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1 2015 High School Summer Reading List Fort Bend ISD Unless otherwise indicated, the titles listed are required for PAP, AP, and College Now students. Some campuses require reading for ALL students. The title required for all students is indicated. English I Mythology, Edith Hamilton Selected Short Stories To access the stories and assignments, go to The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde Alas, Babylon, Pat Frank To access the assignments, go to All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque The Color of Water, James McBride Mythology, Edith Hamilton ALL PAP and Advanced English I students: To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee Advanced English I: PAP English I: Choose ONE of the PAIRED selections AND The Color of Water, James McBride OR AND Alas, Babylon, Pat Frank (Required for ALL English I students)

2 English II The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan 1984, George Orwell 1984 by George Orwell A Separate Peace by John Knowles A Separate Peace by John Knowles The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens ALL PAP and Advanced English II students: Twelve Angry Men, Reginald Rose A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines PAP English II students ALSO read: Ender s Game, Orson Scott Card Advanced English II: The Pearl, John Steinbeck PAP English II: The Pearl, John Steinbeck AND 1984, George Orwell Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston (Required for ALL English II students) Life of Pi, Yann Martel

3 English III The Jungle, Upton Sinclair Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser In Cold Blood, Truman Capote My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok The Crucible, Arthur Miller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger Beloved, Toni Morrison Freakonomics, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner In Cold Blood, Truman Capote Thank You for Arguing, Revised and Updated Edition, Jay Heinrichs No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy Dune, Frank Herbert ALL AP and Advanced English III students: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain Warriors Don t Cry, Melba Pattillo Beals AP English III students ALSO read: Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury Advanced English III: The Road, Cormac McCarthy OR The Help, Kathryn Stockett AP English III: The Road, Cormac McCarthy AND In Cold Blood, Truman Capote Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell East of Eden, John Steinbeck Black Boy, Richard Wright Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck (Required for Advanced English III students only)

4 English IV Dune, Frank Herbert How to Read Novels Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster (Translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky is strongly recommended) AND Students select ONE of the following to read as the basis for their research paper: Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte AND Students select ONE of the following: Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte Life of Pi, Yann Martel Advanced English IV students read: Native Son, Richard Wright The Firm, John Grisham AP English IV students read: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson English IV Advanced: Brave New World, Aldous Huxley English IV AP: Brave New World, Aldous Huxley AND How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster The Clockwork Universe, Edward Dolnick Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte OR Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky AND Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte (Required for ALL English IV students)

5 English IV, College Now The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson Brave New World, Aldous Huxley AND Blink, Malcolm Gladwell

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