The summer reading program for St. Bonaventure High School is an essential part of the beginning of the
school year. Along with keeping the students actively reading from their previous school year to the next, it allows
for the teachers to assess the students in the first weeks of the school year. The summer reading is a required
assignment. Please make certain your child completes his/her respective assignment for his/her grade and level. The
assigned works for summer 2015 are listed below. Click on the class link to open the assignment.
9 CP and 9 Honors
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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
10 CP
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
10 Honors
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A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt
11 CP
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The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
OR
Dune by Frank Herbert
11 AP
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
12 CP
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The Centurion by Leonard Wibberley (Email Mr. McElvogue for a copy of
preferred format: Kindle, iBook, PDF.)
12 AP
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A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Centurion by Leonard Wibberley (Email Mr. McElvogue for a copy of
preferred format: Kindle, iBook, PDF.)
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmund Rostand
Versification: a Short Introduction by James McAuley (Email Mr.
McElvogue for a PDF copy.)
Please check the school’s website for the instructions on the assignments that accompany the summer
reading (http://www.saintbonaventure.com/academics/english.shtml). It is the student’s responsibility to get these
instructions, complete the given assignment, and prepare for testing on the summer reading on the second day of the
school year.
Connan McElvogue
English Department Chair
[email protected]