MANHASSET PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT
Grade 8 to Grade 12 School Summer Reading List – 2017
Prerequisite Titles for English Courses: 2017-18
GRADE 8
Prerequisite Titles:
GRADE 9 Regents
Prerequisite Titles:
GRADE 9 Honors
Prerequisite Titles:
GRADE 10 Regents
Prerequisite Titles:
GRADE 10 Honors
Prerequisite Titles:
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,by William Kamkwamba
Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch Albom
Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
*Beowulf, translation by Seamus Heaney
Grendel, by John Gardner
*Student must read Beowulf first, followed by Grendel
The Color of Water, by James McBride
The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls
Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
Boy’s Life, by Robert McCammon
GRADE 11 Regents
Prerequisite Titles:
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lost in Yonkers, by Neil Simon
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GRADE 11 Advanced Placement English Language
Prerequisite Titles: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
GRADE 12 Senior English Studies
Prerequisite Titles: Angela’s Ashes, by Frank McCourt
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
GRADE 12 Advanced Placement Literature
Prerequisite Titles: The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
CONTINUE TO REVERSE AND ADDITIONAL PAGES FOR MORE INFORMATION
Suggested Reading Websites for Literature and Suggested Social Studies Titles
Middle School Suggested Summer Reading Websites for Literature:
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newbery
medal.
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/bookawards/booklists/members
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/best-fiction-young-adults
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/nonfiction-award
High School Suggested Summer Reading Websites for Literature
http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet23
http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/reading_list/high_school.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2012/12/05/list-what-commoncore-authors-suggest-high-schoolers-should-read/
http://classiclit.about.com/od/highschoolreading/
Social Studies Titles for Suggested Reading* See note on next page
Grade 8
Hiroshima,,by John Hersey
The Great Adventure : Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Modern America, by Albert Marrin.
Grade 9:
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire, by Jack
Weatherford
Grade 10
Escape from Camp 14, by Blaine Harden
Long Journey Home: A Young Girl's Memoir of Surviving the Holocaust,by Lucy Lipiner
Grade 11
1776, by David McCullough
Warriors Don’t Cry ,by Melba Pattillo Beals
Grade 12
The World Is Flat, by Thomas Friedman
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
Science Related Titles for Suggested Reading:
Life As We Knew It, by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan
Connections, by James Burke
A Short History of Nearly Everything,by Bill Bryson
Predicably Irrational, by Dan Ariely
The Disappearing Spoon, by Sam Kean
In Search of Memory, by Dr. Eric Kandel
The Beak of the Finch, by Jonathan Weiner
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,, by Rebecca Skloot.
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History, by Stephen Jay Gould
The Diversity of Life, by Edward O. Wilson
Under a Lucky Star,, by Roy Chapman Andrews
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA, by James Watson
E=mc2: A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation, by David Bodanis
A Primate’s Memoir: A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among the Baboons, by Robert Sapolsky
Microbe Hunters,, by Paul deKruif
The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic–and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the
Modern World,, by Steven Johnson
The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story, by Richard Preston
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition,, by Oliver Sacks
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, by Oliver Sacks
The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way, by Joy Hakim
The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist, Richard Feynman
To learn more about titles prior to reading, parents and
students may go to www.manhassetlibrary.org, the
Manhasset Public Library website, and follow the
information provided for a description or review.
*Please refer to the separate Social Studies Department listing further in this
packet for information about a Social Studies program involving required
readings for certain courses in that subject.
Manhasset Public Schools
Mara Steindam
District Coordinator, Social Studies
Social Studies Department: Required Summer Reading and Assignments 2017
Dear Parents/Guardians and Students:
The Social Studies department requires summer reading as a part of course curriculum for most
of our Advanced Placement courses. We believe these readings and assignments introduce
students to the level of reading they will encounter during the school year and prepare students
for success in these rigorous classes.
The following courses have Summer Reading and related assignments:
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Social Studies 9 Pre-AP (grade 9)
AP World History (grade 10)
AP United States History (grade 11)
AP Economics (grade 12)
AP US Government & Politics (grade 12)
Students who are enrolled in the above courses for the 2017-2018 school year are required to
complete the summer work. All summer assignments and related detailed information are
available on the Manhasset School District website at the following direct link:
http://www.manhassetschools.org/domain/103
Click on “Summer Reading and Assignments” on the left side of the page to access the
assignment for each course and other related material.
In September, students will be assessed on required reading in their Social Studies class and/or
will be required to submit their written assignment. The assignments will take the form of a
writing task in which students reference their knowledge and understanding of the required
material. Students will be able to ask teachers about required books and the assignment prior to
submission due date.
If you have any questions about Social Studies summer reading please contact me at 267-7576 or
via email at
[email protected]
We encourage our students to continue developing the habits of good readers and to include
reading as a part of their academic and leisure activities. Thanks to our parents for support of the
summer reading program.
Sincerely,
Mara Steindam
Mara Steindam
District Coordinator, Social Studies