2017SUMMERREADING
**LowerDivision(Freshmen/Sophomores)maychooseanybookfromthelist.**
**UpperDivision(Juniors/Seniors)maychooseONLYfromtheUpperDivisionlist.**
LOWERDIVISIONFICTION
TheTimeMachine
H.G.Wells
Firstpublishedin1895,thenovelfollowsthe
adventuresofahypotheticalTimeTravellerwho
journeysintothefuturetofindthathumanityhas
evolvedintotworaces:thepeacefulEloi—
vegetarianswhotireeasily—andthecarnivorous,
predatoryMorlocks.
*Freedigitalversionsatgutenberg.organd
amazon.com
LifeofPI
YannMartel
Possessingencyclopedia-likeintelligence,unusual
zookeeper'ssonPiPatelsetssailforAmerica,but
whentheshipsinks,heescapesonalifeboatandis
lostatseawithadwindlingnumberofanimalsuntil
onlyheandahungryBengaltigerremain.
MexicanWhiteBoy
MattdelaPeña
Sixteen-year-oldDannysearchesforhisidentity
amidsttheconfusionofbeinghalf-Mexicanandhalfwhitewhilespendingasummerwithhiscousinand
newfriendsonthebaseballfieldsandbackalleysof
SanDiegoCounty,California.
LOWERDIVISIONNONFICTION
ChasingLincoln's
Killer
JamesL.Swanson
Undefeated:Jim
Thorpeandthe
CarlisleIndian
SchoolFootball
Team
SteveSheinkin
Basedonrarearchivalmaterial,obscuretrial
manuscripts,andinterviewswithrelativesofthe
conspiratorsandthemanhunters,CHASING
LINCOLN'SKILLERisafast-pacedthrilleraboutthe
pursuitandcaptureofJohnWilkesBooth:awild
twelve-daychasethroughthestreetsofWashington,
D.C.,acrosstheswampsofMaryland,andintothe
forestsofVirginia.
NativeAmericanJimThorpebecameasuperathlete
andOlympicgoldmedalist.IndomitablecoachPop
Warnerwasafootballmastermind.In1907atthe
CarlisleIndianIndustrialSchoolinPennsylvania,they
forgedoneofthewinningestteamsinAmerican
footballhistory.Called"theteamthatinvented
football,"theytookonthebestopponentsoftheirday,
defeatingmuchmoreprivilegedschoolsinaseriesof
breathtakinglyclosecalls,geniusplays,andbonecrushinghardwork.
UPPERDIVISIONFICTION
GoTellItonthe
Mountain
JamesBaldwin
ThestoryofJohnGrimes,ayoungmanlivingin
Harleminthe1930's.Hisrelationshipwithhisstrict
preacher-father,Gabriel,whomovedfromtheSouthto
escapehispast,isthecentralfocusofthiscompelling
drama.
TheManinthe
HighCastle
PhillipDick
It’sAmericain1962.Slaveryislegalonceagain.The
fewJewswhostillsurvivehideunderassumednames.
InSanFrancisco,theIChingisascommonasthe
YellowPages.Allbecausesometwentyyearsearlier
theUnitedStateslostawar—andisnowoccupiedby
NaziGermanyandJapan.
UPPERDIVISIONFICTION Silence
ShusakuEndo
Seventeenth-centuryJapan:TwoPortugueseJesuit
prieststraveltoacountryhostiletotheirreligion,
wherefeudallordsforcethefaithfultopublicly
renouncetheirbeliefs.Eventuallycapturedandforced
towatchtheirJapaneseChristianbrotherslaydown
theirlivesfortheirfaith,thepriestsbearwitnessto
unimaginablecrueltiesthattesttheirownbeliefs.
UPPERDIVISIONNONFICTION
InFebruary1959,agroupofnineexperiencedhikers
intheRussianUralMountainsdiedmysteriouslyonan
DeadMountain:
elevationknownasDeadMountain.Eerieaspectsof
TheUntoldStoryof theincident—unsettlingandunexplainedcausesof
theDyatlovPass
death,astrangefinalphotographtakenbyoneofthe
Incident
hikers,andsignsofradioactivity—haveledtodecades
ofspeculationoverwhatreallyhappened.
DonnieEichar
DescribesthedevastatingeventsofSeptember1894,
UnderaFlaming
whentwoforestfiresconvergedonthetownof
Sky:TheGreat
Hinckley,Minnesota,andsurroundingcommunities,
HinckleyFirestorm trappingmorethantwothousandpeopleand
of1894
ultimatelycostingmorethanfourhundredlives.
DanielJamesBrown