APS Summer Reading Program Book List.
From the APS Summer Reading Program: http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/summerreading
Students received books during the last week of school and should read at least one book from the
list. Be sure to keep the remaining books for use during the coming school year.
Important note: Students taking AP classes may have additional reading assignments. See the summer
reading link here: http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/Page/45937
Rising 9th grade
“Monster” by Walter Dean Myers
“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou
“Lord of the Flies” by William Golding
“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
Rising 10th grade
“The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green
“Macbeth: Modern English Version” by William Shakespeare, Maynard Mack Jr., Trina Robbins
“Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck
“The Color of Water” by James McBride
Rising 11th grade
“Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston
“The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Numbers” by Rachel Ward
“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain
Rising 12th grade
“Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear: Three Tragedies” by William Shakespeare
“Frankenstein” by Mary Shelly
“The Rose that Grew From Concrete” (Selected Poems) by Tupac Shakur
“Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen