Summer Upper School Reading Assignments

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1 Summer Upper School Reading Assignments College Preparatory English 9: Required: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane Animal Farm by George Orwell The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Accelerated English 9: Required: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom The Book Thief by Markus Zusak A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce Gulliver s Travels (Only Part I and Part II) by Jonathan Swift Animal Farm by George Orwell Assignment: You will be creating a marketing proposal for your boss, the owner of the bookstore where you work, indicating that it would be fiscally advantageous to market the two books you read together in your store. You will provide a detailed summary of each book, the themes they have in common and the target audience(s) for the display in one cohesive proposal. You will also create a mock display of your visual ideas using an app of your choice. More specific details will follow in class.

2 Honors English 9: Required: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards The Book Thief by Markus Zusak My Antonia by Willa Cather Assignment: You will be creating a marketing proposal for your boss, the owner of the bookstore where you work, indicating that it would be fiscally advantageous to market the two books you read together in your store. You will provide a detailed summary of each book, the themes they have in common and the target audience(s) for the display in one cohesive proposal. You will also create a mock display of your visual ideas using an app of your choice. More specific details will follow in class.

3 College Preparatory English 10: Required: The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis Emma by Jane Austen The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Dracula by Bram Stoker The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Animal Farm by George Orwell Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Accelerated English 10: Required: Sense and Sensibility Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard

4 Honors English 10: Required: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Mammy by Brendan O Carroll Animal Farm by George Orwell The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Tess of the d'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Assignment: You will be creating a 500-word New York Times review for each book. Start preparing this summer by reading some of the reviews of various books on the organization s website. Notice that the authors generally use an engaging grabber leading up to the factual information about the book, followed by significant themes illustrated by specific support. We will review the assignment parameters in class, but begin thinking about the high (and low) points of each book that you will succinctly review.

5 College Preparatory English 11: Read the required novel for the grade as well as a novel of your choice from the list below. Keep a handwritten page of notes, observations and questions as you progress throughout each novel. You will be expected to write at length about your books in the form of an MLA-format paper (the topics will be given the first week of class) when you return. Your writing will be expected to express an understanding and mastery of the plot, characters, apparent themes and the implementation of literary devices you learned in the 9th and 10th grades. Required: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen War Dances by Sherman Alexie Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Accelerated English 11: Read the required novel for the grade as well as a novel of your choice from the list below. Keep a handwritten page of notes, observations and questions as you progress throughout each novel. You will be expected to write at length about your books in the form of an MLA-format paper (the topics will be given the first week of class) when you return. Your writing will be expected to express an understanding and mastery of the plot, characters, apparent themes and the implementation of literary devices you learned in the 9th and 10th grades. Required: This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthrone The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen

6 The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Grendel by John Gardner I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Honors English 11: Read the required novel for the grade as well as a novel of your choice from the list below. Keep a handwritten page of notes, observations and questions as you progress throughout each novel. You will be expected to write at length about your books in the form of an MLA-format paper (the topics will be given the first week of class) when you return. Your writing will be expected to express an understanding and mastery of the plot, characters, apparent themes and the implementation of literary devices you learned in the 9th and 10th grades. Required: This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Grendel by John Gardner The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

7 AP English 11 Language and Composition: Each of the books in the list below express an argument in narrative form. As you read the books, focus on identifying the claim made by the author and the ways in which the claim is substantiated. Please annotate the book or take one page of notes for each book. You will be expected to write about the books when classes resume. Have a wonderful summer, filled with good reading! Required: Technopoly by Neil Postman Optional: Choose Two of the Following Books: Gulliver s Travels by Jonathan Swift Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis The Ox-bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Catch-22 by Joseph Heller The Handmaid s Tale by Margaret Atwood Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard Hard Times by Charles Dickens The Stranger by Albert Camus The Plague by Albert Camus The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis Walden by Henry David Thoreau The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

8 College Preparatory English 12: J.D. Salinger s The Catcher in the Rye is an American classic that explores the mind of one teenager as he confronts failure in school, the death of his brother and the challenges of living in American society. As you read the book, look for the following: characterization, symbols and themes. Be prepared to discuss your insights when classes resume. In addition to reading Salinger s book, you are also asked to read one of the books from the list below. These books deal with similar themes. As you read, try to make connections between the books you have chosen and The Catcher in the Rye. Required: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Choose One of the Following Books: Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Ordinary People by Judith Guest A Separate Peace by John Knowles Peace Breaks Out by John Knowles Saint Maybe by Ann Tyler A Long and Happy Life by Reynolds Price Accelerated English 12: Accelerated English 12 is a course in world literature. You will read books from many different cultures in order to understand universal human experiences. As preparation for this course, you will read two books from the following list during the summer. When classes resume, you will be writing original essays about the books. Have a wonderful summer, filled with the world of reading! Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart [Nigeria] Chinua Achebe, A Man of the People [Nigeria] Buchi Emecheta, Kehinde [Nigeria] Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley [Egypt] R.K. Narayan, The Guide [India]

9 R.K. Narayan, The Man-Eater of Malgudi [India] Natsume Soseki, Botchan [Japan] Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake [Japan] Voltaire, Candide [France] Albert Camus, The Plague [Algeria] Albert Camus, The Stranger [Algeria] Alan Paton, Cry the Beloved Country [South Africa] Tristan and Iseult (Joseph Bedier version ibook) [France] James Stephens, The Crock of Gold [Ireland] Hermann Hesse, Demian [Germany] Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose [Italy] Honors English 12: As a world literature course, Honors English 12 features imaginative writing from different cultures that challenges students to find both universal ideas and unique characteristics of writing from different nations. For your summer reading, choose two books from the list below. While you read the books, ask yourself, What universal human experiences are depicted? and, How does this particular writer depict his or her culture? Be prepared to write about your books when classes resume. Have a wonderful summer, filled with the world of reading! Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart [Nigeria] Chinua Achebe, A Man of the People [Nigeria] Buchi Emecheta, Kehinde [Nigeria] Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley [Egypt] Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go [England] R.K. Narayan, The Guide [India] R.K. Narayan, The Man-Eater of Malgudi [India] Natsume Soseki, Botchan [Japan] Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen [Japan] Voltaire, Candide [France]

10 Victor Hugo, Les Miserables [France] Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame [France] Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac [France] Albert Camus, The Plague [Algeria] Alan Paton, Cry the Beloved Country [South Africa] Doris Lessing, The Grass Is Singing [South Africa] Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude [Colombia] Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote [Spain] Nibelungenlied (Anonymous) [Germany] James Stephens, The Crock of Gold [Ireland] Hermann Hesse, Demian [Germany] Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose [Italy] AP English 12: This summer, you will choose one of the following reading projects and read two books. Where three books are listed, read the first book and ONE of the others. As you read the two books, think of comparisons and contrasts between the books. Annotate the books, or take one page of notes on each book. When classes resume, you will be asked to do a timed essay on the books you read. The timed essay will be paper and ink only (no electronic devices), open notes, open book. The timed essay will be the basis for a 12-to-15-page research paper, which will be completed in steps starting with several periods in the library and culminating with an instructor evaluation. The key to success is choosing a theme that appeals to you. Have a wonderful summer, filled with good reading! Project 1: Dystopian Fictions Divided Kingdom by Rupert Thomson Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Project 2: Mythic Fictions The King Must Die by Mary Renault Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

11 Project 3: F. Scott Fitzgerald Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald OR The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald Project 4: School Fictions Old School by Tobias Wolff The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark Project 5: Gothic Fictions The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson OR The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Project 6: Postcolonial Fictions The Famished Road by Ben Okri Midnight s Children by Salman Rushdie Project 7: Toni Morrison The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Beloved by Toni Morrison Project 8: Colson Whitehead The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Project 9: Theatrical Fictions Morality Play by Barry Unsworth An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge Project 10: Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe Project 11: Mary Renault The King Must Die by Mary Renault The Bull from the Sea by Mary Renault Project 12: Fictions of the Fall Atonement by Ian McEwan Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler

12 Project 13: Margaret Atwood The Handmaid s Tale by Margaret Atwood Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Project 14: Victorian Fictions Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Adam Bede by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) Project 15: Monstrous Fictions Dracula by Bram Stoker Grendel by John Gardner Project 16: Dickensian Fictions A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Hard Times by Charles Dickens Project 17: Donna Tartt The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Little Friend by Donna Tartt Project 18: Psychiatric Fictions The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath OR Ordinary People by Judith Guest Project 19: Anne Tyler Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler Project 20: Doris Lessing The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing Project 21: Ernest Hemingway The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Project 22: South Africa Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing

13 Project 23: John Steinbeck East of Eden by John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Project 24: Willa Cather My Antonia by Willa Cather The Professor s House by Willa Cather Project 25: Shirley Jackson We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson