Agenda Item:
Sequoia HS 2017 Summer Reading List
Date: 2/1/17
Sequoia High School Summer Reading List 2017
Summer reading books should be available at the Sequoia High School library; the Redwood City, East Palo Alto, and San Carlos
libraries; the San Mateo and Redwood City Barnes and Noble stores; and Kepler’s Books and Magazines in Menlo Park.
Please​ read ​one of the following. Note: Students entering ​English II ICAP, English IB Year 1, English IB Year 2 ​must read the work
that is starred
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(*).​ Students entering ​English II ICAP, English IB Year 1 and English IB Year 2​ must consult Sequoia’s website for
additional assignments. The IB Year 2 Summer Reader can be found on Sequoia’s website.
Freshmen (English 1)
Sophomores (English 2)
Juniors (English 3)
Seniors (English 4)
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Annie John​ by Jamaica
Kincaid
Monster ​by Walter Dean
Myers
Marcelo in the Real World​ by
Francisco X. Stork
Lost and Found​ by Anne
Schraff
When You Reach Me​ by
Rebecca Stead
True Believer​ by Virginia
Euwer Wolff
Wonderstruck ​by Brian
Selznick
Always Running​ by Luis
Rodriguez
A Child Called It​ by Dave
Pelzer
The Circuit​ by Francisco
Jimenez
Anthem​ by Ayn Rand
The Bean Trees​ by Barbara
Kingsolver
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Juice​ by Eric Walters
My Name is Asher Lev​ by
Chaim Potok
A Matter of Trust ​by Anne
Schraff
Tears of a Tiger​ by Sharon
Draper
Hoops​ by Walter Dean Myers
The Reformed Vampire
Support Group​ by Catherine
Jinks
The Diary of a Young Girl​ by
Anne Frank
Maus I​ by Art Spiegelman
Chinese Cinderella​ by Yen
Mah Adeline
When The Emperor Was
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Thirteen Reasons Why​ by Jay
Asher
Nickel and Dimed​ by Barbara
Ehrenreich
Someone to Love Me​ by
Anne Schraff
East Side Dreams​ by Art
Rodriguez
Autobiography of My Dead
Brother​ by Walter Dean
Myers
Farewell to Manzanar​ by
Jeanne W. Houston
Daughter of Fortune​ by
Isabel Allende
IB Year 1 Summer Reader​*
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Buried Onions​ by Gary Soto
The Bully​ by Paul Langan
We Beat the Street: How a
Friendship Pact Led to
Success​ by Sampson Davis, et
al.
Go Ask Alice​, anonymous
The Curious Incident of the
Dog in the Night-time​ by
Mark Haddon
Into Thin Air​ by John Krakauer
IB Year 2 Summer Reader​*
Divine​ by Julie Otsuka​*
English II SDAIE
Read the following book:
● The Afterlife​ by Gary Soto
We recommend that parents review the titles and content and assist their student in making a suitable selection.