All students attending the Nordonia Hills City School District in Fall 2014
are required to participate in the Summer Reading Program.
ASSIGNMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS
Students should be prepared for a written assessment the first week of school for
every required reading. Students should also be prepared for a project to be assigned
for their choice titles. The courses that have the Lexile count requirement will have
their assignments posted on the high school English webpage at:
http://www.nordoniaschools.org/HS_English.aspx
Going into GRADE 9
Going into GRADE 10
COLLEGE PREP
COLLEGE PREP
Required choose ONE from each list:
Required choose ONE of the five:
2014
FICTION
To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee
House of the Scorpion: Nancy Farmer
For One More Day: Mitch Albom
Legend: Marie Lu
Cold Hands, Warm Heart: Jill Wolfson
NONFICTION
This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of
Esther Grace Earl: Esther Earl, Lori Earl
Warrior’s Heart: Erik Greitens
Discovering Wes Moore: Wes Moore
Red Pyramid: Rick Riordan
Mockingjay: Suzanne Collins
Firehouse: David Halberstam
Delirium: Lauren Oliver
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-Time: Mark Haddon
PLUS ONE Choice Title:
Select any title with a Lexile count of 1080 or
above www.lexile.com.
Assessment: Complete a set of written responses
HONORS
The Lord of the Flies
William Golding
AND
A Separate Peace
John Knowles
HONORS
required text
To Kill a Mockingbird
required text
AND
The Bonesetter’s Daughter
required text
AND
A Raisin in the Sun
required text
Harper Lee
required text
PLUS choose ONE from the list:
Ripper: Stefan Petrucha
Butter: Erin Jade Lange
Feed: M.T. Anderson
A Monster Calls: Patrick Ness & Jim Kay
Clockwork Angel: Cassandra Clare
Clockwork Prince: Cassandra Clare
The Book Thief: Markus Zusak
The Rules of Survival: Nancy Werlin
The Fault in Our Stars: John Green
The Healing: Jon Odell
172 Hours on the Moon: Johan Harstad
The Raven Boys: Maggie Stiefvater
Cinder: Marissa Meyer
The Maze Runner: James Dashner (or any in series)
Gone or Hunger: Michael Grant (or any in series)
Wither: Lauren Destefano (or any of The Chemical
Garden series)
This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor
Frankenstein: Kenneth Oppel
Amy Tan
Lorraine Hansberry
Lexia Count based on CCSS Text Measures 2012
All students attending the Nordonia Hills City School District in Fall 2014
are required to participate in the Summer Reading Program.
ASSIGNMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS
Students should be prepared for a written assessment the first week of school for
every required reading. Students should also be prepared for a project to be assigned
for their choice titles. The courses that have the Lexile count requirement will have
their assignments posted on the high school English webpage at:
http://www.nordoniaschools.org/HS_English.aspx
Going into GRADE 11
Going into GRADE 12
COLLEGE PREP
COLLEGE PREP
required text
Unwind
Neal Shusterman
Choice Title:
Select any title that fits one of the following themes.
 Search for Identity
 Facing difficult life decisions
 Effects of Isolation/alienation
 Honor/loyalty
 Survival/Overcoming obstacles
PLUS choose ONE of the three Choice Titles:
Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
Bleachers
John Grisham
After reading your selected work, type at least a
two-page, double spaced reflection, focusing on
how the novel fits with the theme you selected
and how it either relates to you or how it makes
you contemplate the theme itself. Use a minimum
of 4-6 direct quotes with citations to support your
purpose.
The Glass Castle
2014
Jeannette Walls
HONORS
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
AND
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
ADVANCED PLACEMENT
required text
William Shakespeare
required text
AND
The Jungle
required text
AND
Antigone
required text
Zora Neale Hurston
required text
Upton Sinclair
AND
Hamlet
Their Eyes were Watching God
required text
Sophocles
11-12 CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
Assessment: Complete a set of written responses posted on the website.
Bleachers
John Grisham
required text
AND
What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell
required text