Grades 1112 Summer Reading Titles ***Students are required to read ONE book from the following list. Complete the activities listed at the bottom of this document. ***If you have signed up to take ENG111 (Ivy Tech) or W131 (IPFW), please see the AP English Language summer reading assignment. Dramatic Literature King Lear by William Shakespeare Long Days Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw Contemporary Literature Swamplandia by Karen Russell Atonement by Ian McEwan Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O’Brien The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston A Time to Kill by John Grisham The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Classics Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway The Awakening by Kate Chopin The Stranger by Albert Camus East of Eden by John Steinbeck Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte See Page 2 Nonfiction I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Mindset by Carol Dweck Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah Columbine by Dave Cullen Moneyball by Michael Lewis The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe Assignment: While reading your chosen book, please highlight, sticky note, or annotate for motifs. In other words, what ideas, symbols, or images keep popping up in the book? After reading your chosen book, please write a response and answer the following questions: What do you think the theme of the book is? How have the items you have marked helped to develop that theme? Your response should be written on a notecard (one side). Please bring it to class on the first day of school. Please Note: This list was created to allow significant choice for students with varied interests. Ultimately, the choice of the title is up to students and parents. Please contact Mrs. Imbody at [email protected] if you have any questions.
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