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)
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Entering 9th Grade (CP)
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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 Zauner
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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
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A Man of Two Faces by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Entering 9th Grade
(Honors)
Choose one from each category:
FICTION
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Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
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House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
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The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
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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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A Man of Two Faces by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Entering 10th Grade
(Resource)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Entering 10th Grade (CP)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
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
(Resource & CP)
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah Audible Link: Born a Crime
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
The full summer AP Language reading assignment can be found here.
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.
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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
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The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty by Vendela Vida
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Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
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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.
The full assignment, including instructions for the required notes and the film essay can be found here and on my school webpage.