High School Summer Reading List
2016 -2017
Please complete the following reading assignments for the grade and class you will be in next year. All
English students will have a written assessment given by their teachers which will be completed in
class the first week of school. Students in 11th Grade Honors and CP American History must also read
the indicated book and complete the form at the bottom of the packet for the first day of class.
9th Grade – Students will read The Gospel of Mark and
CP & Honors English – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
CP & Honors Civics – 1984 by George Orwell
10th Grade – All students will read The Gospel of Mark and
CP & Honors English – Antigone by Sophocles
CP & Honors World Civilizations – A Tale of 2 Cities by Charles Dickens
11th Grade – All students will read The Gospel of Mark and
CP English - October Sky by Homer Hickam
Honors English – Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
CP & Honors American History
Students will read a biography of a famous American of 150 pages or more and complete the
Biography Worksheet at the end of this packet.
AP English Language and Composition – Students will read books 1 and 2 and purchase book 3 below:
1. Nickel and Dimed on (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenreich
2. Fast Food Nation – The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
3. The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric, 2nd Edition by Renee H. Shea
(Author), Lawrence Scanlon (Author), Robin Dissin Aufses (Author). ISBN# 9780 0 312 67650 6;
Publisher Bedford/St Martins. REQUIRED PURCHASE.
11th grade continues on page 2.
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11th Grade (Continued)
AP US History – Read one of the following books:
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
John Adams by David McCullough
1776 by David McCullough
Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose (Lewis and Clark expedition)
D-Day by Stephen Ambrose
Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
Nothing Like It in the World by Stephen Ambrose (Transcontinental Railroad)
Eisenhower by Stephen Ambrose
Flags of our Fathers by James Bradley
Flyboys by James Bradley
12th Grade
Bible – All students will read The Gospel of Mark in the New Testament and write three or four well
written paragraphs explaining which passage(s) were most meaningful to them and why.
CP & Honors English – Students will read The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
CP & Honors Political Science/Economics – Students will read The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli.
AP European History – All students will read two books:
 Sophie’s World by Josteen Gaardner
 The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli
AP English Literature and Composition – Students will read books 1-3 and purchase book 4 below:
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster (Please read this book first)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric, 2nd Edition by Renee H. Shea
(Author), Lawrence Scanlon (Author), Robin Dissin Aufses (Author). ISBN# 9780 0 312 67650 6;
Publisher Bedford/St Martins. REQUIRED PURCHASE.
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CP and Honors American History Biography Worksheet
(Please complete and return to your history teacher on the first day of school)
1. Book title and author:
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2. What is the main character’s significance in history?
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3. What people group did he/she influence/lead?
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4. Who/what are the major influences in his/her life?
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5. Explain any major hardships he/she faced.
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6. Explain any major victories/successes he/she faced.
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7. What did you learn that you can apply to your life?
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