Required Reading
Be sure to check your teacher's Google Classroom for specific assignments that correspond to the summer reading selections.
Entering 9th Grade (Resource)
Unbroken: An Olympian’s Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive by Lauren Hillenbrand (The Young Adult Adaptation)
Entering 9th Grade (CP)
Choose one:
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
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Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (adult or young adult adaptation)
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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zaune
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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Entering 9th Grade
(Honors)
Choose one from each category:
FICTION
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Circe by Madeline Miller
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James by Percival Everett
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A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
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Horse by Geraldine Brooks
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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
NONFICTION
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
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Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
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Stiff by Mary Roach
Entering 10th Grade
(Resource)
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
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The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexi
Entering 10th Grade (CP)
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Entering 10th Grade
(Honors)
Read both:
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
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The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Entering 11th Grade
(Resource)
The Martian by Andy Weir
Assignment will be introduced/posted on Move-up day in Google Classroom
Entering 11th Grade
(CP)
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Audible Link
Entering 11th Grade
(Honors)
Read both:
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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Educated by Tara Westover
Entering 12th Grade
(CP)
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah Audible Link: Born a Crime
AP Language and Composition
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Students are also required to do the following:
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Respond to Op-eds
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Watch and respond to a documentary
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AP Literature and Composition
All students are required to read Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
In addition, all students must select a novel from the following list to read over the summer.
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Furthermore, students are required to view a film and compose an essay based on a prompt due the first day of school.
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