Groves High School Summer Reading
ALL GRADES MUST READ THREE BOOKS.
One from each list, plus an extra from either list.
NINTH
NON-FICTION
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Bad Boy, by Walter D. Myers (970L)
The Water is Wide, Pat Conroy
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier,
Ishmael Beah (920L)
TENTH GRADE
NON-FICTION
Surviving Auschwitz, Primo Levi
The Tenth Circle of Hell, Razak Hukanovic
Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish
Community in Jedwabne, Poland by Jan
Tomasz Gross
ELEVENTH GRADE
NON-FICTION
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make
a Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell
The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Alex Haley
(1120L)
1776, David McCullough
SENIORS
NON-FICTION
The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls (1010L)
Freakonomics, A Rogue Economist Explores
the Hidden Side of Everything, Levitt & Dubner
The Fair Tax, Neal Boortz and John Linder
FICTION
Speak by Lori Halse-Anderson (690L)
Generation Dead, Daniel Waters (820L)
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, by Fannie
Flagg
FICTION
Maus I and II (two books count as ONE
choice) by Art Speigleman
Native Son, Richard Wright (700L)
Beach Music, Pat Conroy
One for the Money, Janet Evanovich
FICTION
Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger (1330L)
Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut (850L)
Fences by August Wilson
The Jungle, Upton Sinclair (1170L)
A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (1050L)
FICTION
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night,
Mark Haddon (1180L)
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte (540-890L)
1984, George Orwell (1090L)
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (730L)
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
ASSIGNMENTS
Ninth through Twelfth Grade, regular classes AND American Literature Honors:
Reading logs for all three books will count as TWO HOMEWORK grades.
Reading log should address your thoughts about what happens in the story, NOT a summary of the
story itself. Consider language choices, characterization, importance of the setting on the
movement of the story, irony or the use of humor. Questions about what you read, and possible
answers to those questions are also acceptable. Each log entry should be about 100 words.
Complete at least five logs per book read.
TWO Tests will be given the first week of school on two of the books you selected.
One essay assignment will be given on the third book.
AP COURSES HAVE SEPARATE READING LISTS
Contact Jeff Smith, Tracy Saunders, Gail Elliott or Andrea Mobley for more information.