First Semester Required Mythology Edith Hamilton Animal Farm George Orwell And Then There Were None Agatha Christie Anthem Ayn Rand

Freshman College Prep Outside Reading List for 2013-2014 Over the summer, students need to choose two of the books from the alternate book list and wr...
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Freshman College Prep Outside Reading List for 2013-2014 Over the summer, students need to choose two of the books from the alternate book list and write a two-page, Times New Roman 12, double-spaced book report covering the main characters, problem and solution. This book report should also include your opinion of the book, what you liked, favorite parts, or what you did not enjoy. The reports are due the first full day of class for a grade. The book list for first and second semester is REQUIRED in the classroom. The students must have either a copy of the book or a Kindle or Nook with the book to be available to read in class. First Semester Required Mythology — Edith Hamilton Animal Farm — George Orwell And Then There Were None — Agatha Christie Anthem — Ayn Rand

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Alternate Book List (Choose 2 for summer reading) Call of the Wild — Jack London A Separate Peace — John Knowles A Midsummer Night’s Dream — Shakespeare Tale of Two Cities — Charles Dickens Great Expectations — Charles Dickens The Odyssey — Homer The Iliad — Homer The Unwanteds — Lisa McMann The Great Night — Chris Adrian The Fault in Our Stars — John Green The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams Jane Eyre — Charlotte Bronte It’s Kind of a Funny Story — Ned Vizzini The Last Unicorn — Peter S. Beagle Feed — M.T. Anderson 1984 — George Orwell Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen The Chocolate War — Robert Cormier Ashfall — Mike Mullin Anna Dressed in Blood — Kendare Blake Beauty Queens — Libba Bray Bitter Melon — Cara Chow The Girl of Fire and Thorns — Carson Rae What Happened to Goodbye — Sarah Dessen Everybody Sees the Ants — A.S. King Virtuosity — Jessica Martinez A Monster Calls — Patrick Ness

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Second Semester Required Romeo and Juliet — Shakespeare Fahrenheit 451 — Ray Bradbury To Kill a Mockingbird — Harper Lee Divergent — Veronica Roth

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Alternate Book List (Choose 2 for summer reading continued) The Lightning Thief — Rick Riordan The Scorpio Races — Maggie Steifvater How to Save a Life — Sara Zarr Orchards — Holly Thompson The Berlin Boxing Club — Robert Sharenow I Am Number Four — Pittacus Lore City of Bones — Cassandra Clare The Mermaid’s Mirror — L.K. Madigan Dreams of Significant Girls — Cristina Garcia Legend — Marie Mu The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks — E. Lockhart My Most Excellent Year — Steve Kluger Thirteen Reasons Why — Jay Asher The Outsiders — S.E. Hinton Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal — Conor Grennan Flip — Martyn Bedford Matched — Ally Condie I Will Save You — Matt de la Pena Cloaked — Alex Flinn Blank Confession — Pete Hautman Stupid Fast — Geoff Herback The Name of the Star — Maureen Johnson Please Ignore Vera Dietz — A.S. King Rot & Ruin — Jonathon Maberry Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour — Morgan Matson Recovery Road — Nelson Blake Across the Universe — Beth Revis Taming of the Shrew — Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing — Shakespeare Julius Caesar — Shakespeare The Hobbit — J.R.R. Tolkien The Keeper — Mal Peet A Night to Remember — Walter Lord We Have Always Lived in the Castle — Shirley Jackson I Am Third — Gayle Sayers Something for Joey — Richard Peck Imperium — Robert Harris Achilles — Elizabeth Cook Goddess of Yesterday — Caroline B. Cooney Firebrand — Marion Zimmer Bradley The Dark is Rising — Susan Cooper Crystal Cave — Mary Stewart A Dog’s Purpose — Bruce Cameron Heir Apparent — Vivian Vande Velde

Freshman Honors Outside Reading List for 2013-2014 Over the summer students need to choose three of the books from the alternate book list and write a two-page, Times New Roman 12, double-spaced book report covering the main characters, problem and solution. This book report should also include your opinion of the book, what you liked, favorite parts, or what you did not enjoy. The reports are due the first full day of class for a grade. The book list for first and second semester is REQUIRED in the classroom. The students must have either a copy of the book or a Kindle or Nook with the book to be available to read in class. First Semester Required Mythology — Edith Hamilton A Midsummer Night’s Dream — Shakespeare And Then There Were None — Agatha Christie Animal Farm — George Orwell Anthem — Ayn Rand A Separate Peace — John Knowles

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Alternate Book List (Choose 3 for summer reading) Call of the Wild — Jack London Great Expectations — Charles Dickens The Odyssey — Homer The Iliad — Homer The Unwanteds — Lisa McMann The Great Night — Chris Adrian The Fault in Our Stars — John Green The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams Jane Eyre — Charlotte Bronte It’s Kind of a Funny Story — Ned Vizzini The Last Unicorn — Peter S. Beagle Feed — M.T. Anderson 1984 — George Orwell Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen The Chocolate War — Robert Cormier Ashfall — Mike Mullin Anna Dressed in Blood — Kendare Blake Beauty Queens — Libba Bray Bitter Melon — Cara Chow The Girl of Fire and Thorns — Carson Rae What Happened to Goodbye — Sarah Dessen Everybody Sees the Ants — A.S. King Virtuosity — Jessica Martinez A Monster Calls — Patrick Ness

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Second Semester Required Romeo and Juliet — Shakespeare Tale of Two Cities — Charles Dickens Fahrenheit 451 — Ray Bradbury To Kill a Mockingbird — Harper Lee Divergent — Veronica Ruth

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Alternate Book List (Choose 3 for summer reading continued ) The Lightning Thief — Rick Riordan The Scorpio Races — Maggie Steifvater How to Save a Life — Sara Zarr Orchards — Holly Thompson The Berlin Boxing Club — Robert Sharenow I Am Number Four — Pittacus Lore City of Bones — Cassandra Clare The Mermaid’s Mirror — L.K. Madigan Dreams of Significant Girls — Cristina Garcia Legend — Marie Mu The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks — E. Lockhart My Most Excellent Year — Steve Kluger Thirteen Reasons Why — Jay Asher The Outsiders — S.E. Hinton Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal — Conor Grennan Flip — Martyn Bedford Matched — Ally Condie I Will Save You — Matt de la Pena Cloaked — Alex Flinn Blank Confession — Pete Hautman Stupid Fast — Geoff Herback The Name of the Star — Maureen Johnson Please Ignore Vera Dietz — A.S. King Rot & Ruin — Jonathon Maberry Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour — Morgan Matson Recovery Road — Nelson Blake Across the Universe — Beth Revis Taming of the Shrew — Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing — Shakespeare Julius Caesar — Shakespeare The Hobbit — J.R.R. Tolkien The Keeper — Mal Peet A Night to Remember — Walter Lord We Have Always Lived in the Castle — Shirley Jackson I Am Third — Gayle Sayers Something for Joey — Richard Peck Imperium — Robert Harris Achilles — Elizabeth Cook Goddess of Yesterday — Caroline B. Cooney Firebrand — Marion Zimmer Bradley The Dark is Rising — Susan Cooper Crystal Cave — Mary Stewart A Dog’s Purpose — Bruce Cameron Heir Apparent — Vivian Vande Velde

Sophomore College Prep Outside Reading List 2013-2014

Over the summer students need to choose two of the books from the alternate book list and write a two-page, Times New Roman 12, double-spaced book report covering the main characters, problem and solution. This book report should also include your opinion of the book, what you liked, favorite parts, or what you did not enjoy. The reports are due the first full day of class for a grade. The book list for first and second semester is REQUIRED in the classroom. The students must have either a copy of the book or a Kindle or Nook with the book to be available to read in class. First Semester Required Scarlet Letter — Nathaniel Hawthorne The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Mark Twain Turn of the Screw — Henry James Red Badge of Courage — Stephen Crane

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Alternate Book List (Choose 2 for summer reading) Their Eyes Were Watching God — Zora Neale Hurston (past summer reading) The Secret Life of Bees — Sue Monk Kidd Delirium — Lauren Oliver The Book Thief — Markus Zusak The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian — Sherman Alexie The Old Man and the Sea — Ernest Hemingway (past) For Whom the Bell Tolls — Ernest Hemingway The Crucible — Arthur Miller (past) Paper Towns — John Green Our Town — Thorton Wilder Snow Falling on the Cedars — David Guterson Ordinary People — Judith Guest Of Mice and Men — John Steinbeck Moby Dick — Herman Melville Little Women — Louisa May Alcott The Adventures of Tom Sawyer — Mark Twain White Fang — Jack London Fountainhead — Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged — Ayn Rand Invisible Man — Ralph Ellison The Joy Luck Club — Amy Tan Walden — Henry David Thoreau The Glass Menagerie — Tennessee Williams The Submission — Amy Waldman Caleb’s Crossing — Geraldine Brooks The Heart is a Lonely Hunter — Carson McCullers There But For The — Ali Smith 10 Miles Past Normal — Frances Powell

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Second Semester Required A Farewell to Arms — Ernest Hemingway The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald Raisin in the Sun — Lorraine Hansberry Death of a Salesman — Arthur Miller

Alternate Book List (Choose 2 for summer reading continued) Queen of Hearts — Martha Brooks Leverage — Joshua C. Cohen Under the Mesquite — Guadalupe Garcia McCall Shine — Lauren Myracle This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein — Kenneth Oppal Guantanamo Bay — Anna Perera Past Perfect — Leila Sales The Running Dream — Wendelin Van Draanen The Watch that Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic — Allan Wolf Time and Again — Jack Finney I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings — Maya Angelou The Great Santini — Pat Conroy Wicked — Gregory Maguire A Farewell to Manazar — James D. Houston and Jeanne Houston Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on Little Big Horn — Larry Colton Empire Falls — Richard Russo The Postman — David Brin

Sophomore Honors Outside Reading List 2013-2014 Over the summer students need to choose three of the books from the alternate book list and write a two-page, Times New Roman 12, double-spaced book report covering the main characters, problem and solution. This book report should also include your opinion of the book, what you liked, favorite parts, or what you did not enjoy. The reports are due the first full day of class for a grade. The book list for first and second semester is REQUIRED in the classroom. The students must have either a copy of the book or a Kindle or Nook with the book to be available to read in class. First Semester Required Scarlet Letter — Nathaniel Hawthorne The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Mark Twain Turn of the Screw — Henry James Uncle Tom’s Cabin — Harriet Beecher Stowe Red Badge of Courage — Stephen Crane

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Second Semester Required A Farewell to Arms — Ernest Hemingway The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald East of Eden — John Steinbeck Raisin in the Sun — Lorraine Hansberry A Long Day’s Journey into Night — Eugene O’Neill Death of a Salesman — Arthur Miller

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Alternate Book List (Choose 3 for summer reading) Their Eyes Were Watching God — Zora Neale Hurston (past summer reading) The Secret Life of Bees — Sue Monk Kidd Delirium — Lauren Oliver The Book Thief — Markus Zusak The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian — Sherman Alexie The Old Man and the Sea — Ernest Hemingway (past) For Whom the Bell Tolls — Ernest Hemingway The Crucible — Arthur Miller (past) Paper Towns — John Green Our Town — Thorton Wilder Snow Falling on the Cedars — David Guterson Ordinary People — Judith Guest Of Mice and Men — John Steinbeck Moby Dick — Herman Melville Little Women — Louisa May Alcott The Adventures of Tom Sawyer — Mark Twain White Fang – Jack London Fountainhead — Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged — Ayn Rand Invisible Man — Ralph Ellison The Joy Luck Club — Amy Tan Walden — Henry David Thoreau The Glass Menagerie — Tennessee Williams The Submission — Amy Waldman Caleb’s Crossing — Geraldine Brooks The Heart is a Lonely Hunter — Carson McCullers There But For The — Ali Smith 10 Miles Past Normal — Frances Powell Queen of Hearts — Martha Brooks Leverage — Joshua C. Cohen Under the Mesquite — Guadalupe Garcia McCall Shine — Lauren Myracle This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein — Kenneth Oppal Guantanamo Bay — Anna Perera Past Perfect — Leila Sales The Running Dream — Wendelin Van Draanen The Watch that Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic — Allan Wolf Time and Again — Jack Finney I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings — Maya Angelou The Great Santini — Pat Conroy Wicked — Gregory Maguire A Farewell to Manazar — James D. Houston and Jeanne Houston Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on Little Big Horn — Larry Colton Empire Falls – Richard Russo The Postman — David Brin

Junior College Prep Outside Reading List for 2013-2014 Summer Reading Read one of the books listed below. Be prepared for a reading test on these books on the first day of class. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Required Reading during the School Year Purchase these books in hard copy or on Nook or Kindle. Semester 1 and 2 How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster Macbeth by William Shakespeare Alice in Wonderland by C.S. Lewis Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Junior Honors Outside Reading List for 2013-2014

Summer Reading Read two of the books listed below. Be prepared for a reading test on these books on the first day of class. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Required Reading during the School Year Purchase these books in hard copy or on Nook or Kindle. Semester 1 and 2 How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster Macbeth by William Shakespeare Alice in Wonderland by C.S. Lewis Lord of the Flies by William Golding Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann Grendel by John Gardner

Senior College Prep Outside Reading List for 2013-2014 Summer Reading Read the book indicated below and be prepared for a test on reading comprehension on the first day back to school. This will count as a grade. Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Required Reading during the School Year You will be responsible for purchasing these books and they may be hard copies or on a Kindle or Nook. Bring Slaughterhouse Five with you the second week of school. Semester 1 Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Catch 22 by Joseph Heller How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster Semester 2 The Stranger by Albert Camus Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx

Senior Honors Outside Reading List for 2013-2014 Summer Reading Read the books indicated below and be prepared for a test on reading comprehension on the first day back to school. This will count as a grade. Read carefully and take notes. Many students will need to read the books twice to fully comprehend them. Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Required Reading during the School Year You will be responsible for purchasing these books and they may be hard copies or on a Kindle or Nook. Bring Slaughterhouse Five with you the second week of school. Semester 1 Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Catch 22 by Joseph Heller How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

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Semester 2 Beloved by Toni Morrison The Stranger by Albert Camus Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx