2016-2017 SCHOOL-WIDE SUMMER
READING PROGRAM
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All students are required to select and read
one book from the thematic school-wide
summer reading lists and to participate in a
school-wide celebration in the fall.
To facilitate discussion and prepare for
written assessment, students are encouraged
to purchase their own copy of their selected
book or take notes on the following: major
characters, conflicts, themes, and significant
quotations.
Students may be assigned summer reading
requirements by individual teachers. These
requirements may not be used to complete
the school-wide summer reading initiative
requirements.
Incoming freshmen should submit their
summer reading choice to their guidance
counselor during their scheduling conference
or email the choice to Bob Crowley no later
than August 4, 2015.
Please contact Bob Crowley
([email protected]) or Ellyn Parsons
([email protected]) for more
information.
Connections of the Heart (Romance & Family
Drama)
 The Boyfriend by R.L. Stein (165 Pages)
 Something Like Normal by Trish Doller (224
Pages)
 Summer Love: Follow Your Heart by Jill
Santopolo (224 Pages)
 The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk King (
384 Pages; Rating: Clean)
 Wenny Has Wings by Janet Lee Carey (240
Pages)
Games We Play (Sports)
 The Contender by Robert Lipsyte (190 Pages;
Rating: Mild L)
 The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That
Changed the World by John Carlos, Dave Zirin &
Cornel West (220 Pages)
 Shooting Stars by Lebron James and Buzz
Bissinger (272 Pages)
 True Legend by Mike Lupica (320 Pages)
 Woodlawn: One Hope. One Dream. One Way.
by Todd Gerelds (208 Pages)
Out of this World (Sci-fi, the Supernatural, the
Apocalypse or the Bizarre)
 Alas Babylon by Pat Frank (323 Pages; Rating: V;
Free PDF Available at
https://bwulchak.wikispaces.com/file/view/alas_
babylon%20pdf%20read%20free.pdf/538889780
/alas_babylon%20pdf%20read%20free.pdf)
 Asylum by Madelein Roux (336 Pages; Rating: L,
M, V)
 The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting (352 Pages;
Rating: L, Mild M, V)
 The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Forde (306
Pages; Rating: Clean)
 Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig (400
Pages; Rating: V)
Reality Reads (True Stories)
 Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized
Graphic Biography By Sid Jacobson & Ernie
Colon (Pages: 160; Rating: V)
 Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers (224
Pages; Rating: Mild L)
 Blink: The Power of Thinking Without
Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (Pages: 296;
Rating: Clean, L, V; Previewed by Nicole Walker;
Free PDF Version Available at
http://www.coursenotes.org/files/uploads/english/blink.pdf)
 The Terrorist’s Son by Zak Ebrahim (112 Pages;
Rating: Clean)
Teen Issues
 Accidental Love by Gary Soto (Pages: 192;
Rating: Clean)
 I Swear by Lane Davis (280 Pages; Rating: Mild
M)
 Panic by Sharon Draper (272 Pages; Rating: M)
 Reality Check by Peter Abraham (352 Pages;
Rating: L, Mild V)
 Survive the Night by Danielle Vega (272 Pages)
 Rating System Key: Clean = Clean Read; L
= Language; M = Mature Themes; V =
Violence
English Department
Honors and AP Summer Reading Requirements
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All English honors and Advanced Placement
students are required to read all books
listed and do assigned writing (Double Entry
Journal) for their respective honors or AP
courses.
All honors and AP students are also expected
to select a book from our school wide
Honors and AP students are encouraged to
purchase copies of books and to highlight
and/or annotate significant passages as they
read.
Honors and AP teachers will assess students
on summer reading at the beginning of the
fall semester.
For more information,
students should go to the following website,
http://goo.gl/jtXq5M , or contact their
respective honors or AP teachers.
For the following classes, students are expected to
choose one novel to read and take notes on so they
are prepared for class discussions and assessments
when school begins in August.
Freshmen Honors
Jane Eyre
Great Expectations
A Separate Peace
The House on Mango Street
Catcher in the Rye (L)
The Secret Life of Bees
Sophomore Honors
Crime and Punishment
Master Harold...and the Boys
Animal Farm
The Plague
The Prince(M)-Machiavelli
Junior Honors
Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer*
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
This I Believe II: More Personal Philosophies of
Remarkable Men and Women by Jay Allison
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time American
Indian by Sherman Alexie
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale
Hurston
*Highly suggested.
For the following classes, students are expected to
read and take notes on all listed books and essays.
All reading materials will be discussed and assessed
when school begins in August.
AP Language (Junior AP English)
Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
Great Gatsby
50 Essays (3rd Edition)
 “Turkeys in the Kitchen” Dave Barry
 “The Declaration of Independence” Thomas
Jefferson
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“Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions”
Elizabeth Caddy Stanton
“In Search of our Mother’s Gardens” Alice
Walker
AP Literature (Senior AP English)
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley