Novels with a particular translation or ISBN specified must be purchased. Any edition of the other novels is acceptable as long as it is not an abridged version. Click on any of the book covers for more information about each book.
In addition to reading the books on your grade level list, please download the corresponding handouts from the following link:
CLICK HERE FOR ALL OF THE SUMMER READING HANDOUTS!
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6th Grade
List will be posted soon!
7th Grade Pre-AP
Choose two books to read from the 7th Grade Regular list in the section below AND choose one book to read from this list. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnon Rawlings
- Christy by Catherine Marshall
- Sounder by William H. Armstrong
7th Grade Regular
Choose three books to read from this list. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.
- When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
- The Lost Years of Merlin by T. A. Barron
- Jazmin’s Notebook by Nikki Grimes
- Tangerine by Edward Bloor
- London Calling by Edward Bloor
- Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa
8th Grade Pre-AP
Choose three books to read from this list. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.
- Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella
- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest Gaines
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
- The Chosen by Chaim Potok
- Night by Elie Weisel
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Written by Himself
8th Grade Regular
Choose two books to read from this list. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.
- Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella
- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest Gaines
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
- The Chosen by Chaim Potok
- Night by Elie Weisel
English I Pre-AP and English I Pre-AP (Human Geography)
Students are to read both books. Either translation of Homer is acceptable. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.
OR 
- Dove by Robin Lee Graham
- Odyssey by Homer, translated by Lombardo
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
ISBN: 0872204847
OR
- Odyssey by Homer, translated by Rouse
Publisher: Signet Classics
ISBN: 0451527364
English I Regular
Students are to read two books: the required book and one from the list of options. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.
Required book:
- Dove by Robin Lee Graham
Choose one more from this list:
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid
English II Regular and Pre-AP
Students are to read two books: the required book and one from the list of options. Please see the handout (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.
Required book:
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: Riverhead Trade (April 27, 2004)
ISBN-10: 1594480001 ; ISBN-13: 978-1594480003
Choose one more from this list:
- Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk-Kidd
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
- A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
English III AP
Students are to read both books. Please see the handout (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.
- The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Publisher: Penguin Classics Deluxe edition only (with the intro by Eric Schlosser)
ISBN-10: 014303958X ; ISBN-13: 9780143039587 - Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN-10: 0060838582 ; ISBN-13: 9780060838584
Students are to rent and view Super Size Me, a documentary by Morgan Spurlock.
English III Regular
Students are to read both books. Please see the handout (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor by T.C. Foster
English IV AP
Students are to read both books. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.
- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
English IV Regular
Students are to read both books. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.
- The Once and Future King by T. H. White
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
AP US History
Students are to read selected sections from the following textbook available through MBS Direct. Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.
- American Pageant by Kennedy, et al.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN-10: 0618479406
AP World History
Students are to read the following book. Please see the handout (link is at the top of this post) for specific instructions.
- The World That Trade Created by Kenneth Pomeranz
AP Spanish Language
Please see the handout (link is at the top of this post) for the summer reading instructions.
AP Spanish Literature
Students are to read selected stories from the following book. Please see the handout (link is at the top of this post) for specific stories and instructions.
- Momentos Cumbres de las Literaturas Hispanicas (High School) by Rodriquez
Edition: 04
Publisher: Pearson
ISBN-10: 0131016458; ISBN-13: 9780131016458
AP Government
Please see the handouts (link is at the top of this post) for the summer reading instructions.
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Apart from timeless classics, students are also assigned a variety of contemporary novels. The novels on this list have been selected for their literary merit and the appropriate alignment with course objectives and thematic strands. Because of their postmodern nature, some of the books may include—within their historical and/or cultural context—language, events or descriptions that contain profanity, violence, sexual content or material that is intended for the mature reader.
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