As you enjoy your summer vacation, take time to read. Students will be asked to write or present reports about their selections early in the fall. Please do not put off all of your reading until the last week of summer vacation!
Freshmen Read three selections: two from the following list and one individual selection.
| A Separate Peace by J. Knowles |
Kon Tiki by T. Heyerdahl |
| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by B. Smith |
Laughing Boy by O. LaFarge |
| Annie John by J. Kincaid |
My Antonia by W. Cather |
| Back from Tomorrow by G. Ritchie |
The #1 Ladies Detective Agency by A. McCall Smith |
| The Chosen by C. Potok |
Of Mice and Men by J. Steinbeck |
| The Good Earth by P.S. Buck |
Profiles in Courage by J. Kennedy |
| Growing Up by R. Baker |
Story of My Life by H. Keller |
| The Human Comedy by W. Saroyan |
Travels With Charlie by J. Steinbeck |
| I Heard the Owl Call My Name by M. Craven |
Wurthering Heights by E. Bronte |
Sophomores
Read three selections: two from the following list and one individual selection.
| At Risk by A. Hoffman |
House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Memaday |
| Black Boy by R. Wright |
Into Thin Air by J. Krakauer |
| Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger |
Ironweed by W. Kennedy |
| The Color Purple by A. Walker |
Jane Eyre by C. Bronte |
| The Daughter of Fortune by I. Allenhoe |
Kaffir Boy by M. Mathebane |
| Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by A. Tyler |
The Kitchen God's Wife by A. Tan |
| Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by R. L. Stevenson |
The Kite Runner by K. Hosseini |
| The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories by E. A. Poe |
Lovely Bones by A. Sebold |
| Go Ask Alice by Anonymous |
The Mists of Avalon by M. Bradley |
| Go Tell It On the Mountain by J. Baldwin |
Scarlet Letter by N. Hawthorne |
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The Tao of Pooh by B. Huff |
Juniors
Read three selections: two from the following list and one individual selection.
| The Andromeda Strain by M. Crichton |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by V. Hugo |
| Angela’s Ashes by F. McCourt |
The Joy Luck Club by A. Tan |
| Bean Trees by B. Kingsolver |
Main Street by S. Lewis |
| Bell Jar by S. Plath |
The Name of the Rose by U. Eco |
| Beloved by T. Morrison |
Native Son by R. Wright |
| Cannery Row by J. Steinbeck |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by K. Kesey |
| Don Quixote by Cervante |
Reviving Ophelia by M. Pipher |
| Ethan Frome by E. Wharton |
Silent Spring by R. Carson |
| For Whom The Bell Tolls by E. Hemingway |
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Z.N. Hurston |
| Grendel by J. Gardner |
Tracks by L. Erdrich |
| Henderson the Rain King by S. Bellow |
Zen in the Art of Archery by E. Herrigel |
Seniors
Seniors MUST read four (4) books – Either Anna Karenina, OR Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy, two (2) books from the following list and one (1) individual selection.
| 1984 by G. Orwell |
The Fixer by B. Malamus |
| 100 Years of Solitude by G. Marquez |
Franny & Zooey by J.D. Salinger |
| And There Was Light by J. Lusseyran |
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| Autobiography of Malcolm X by M.X |
Handmaid’s Tale by M. Atwood |
| Brave New World by A. Huxley |
Heart of Darkness by J. Conrad |
| Brideshead Revisited by E. Waugh |
Humboldt’s Gift by S. Bellow |
| A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by S. Hawking |
Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog |
| The Brothers Karamazov by F. Dostoevsky |
Love in the Time of Cholera by G. Marquez |
| The Cancer Ward by A. Solzhenitsyn |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by J. Joyce |
| Cat’s Cradle by K. Vonnegut |
Prayer for Owen Meany by J. Irving |
| Cider House Rules by J. Irving |
A Room of One’s Own by V. Woolf |
| A Confederacy of Dunces by J. Kennedy Toole |
Song of Solomon by T. Morrison |
| A Doll’s House & Hedda Gabler by H. Ibsen |
The Stand by S. King |
| A Farewell to Arms by E. Hemingway |
Woman Warrior by M. H. Kingston |
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Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Madness by R. Pirsig |