High School Summer Reading
HEADLINE STORY
Friday, May 20, 2005
ENGLISH
9th Advanced – Red Badge of Courage by
Stephen Crane
9th Honors/10th Advanced – Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
10th Honors/11th Advanced – The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
11th Advanced – The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel
Hawthorne
11th PreAP/12th Advanced – Macbeth by W.
Shakespeare
AP English – The Awakening by Kate Chopin,
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
HISTORY
AP US – Contact Mr. Sell
Middle School Summer Reading
Rising 6th, 7th and 8th grade students are required
to read two books and come prepared to write about
their reading the first day of English class. Choose
from the following list and bring the books with you
the first day of class. Please make sure you utilize
an original version and not a paraphrase.
6th grade
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
Vinegar Boy by Alberta Hawse
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Aldrich
Hans Brinker and the Sliver Skates by Mary Dodge
Up the Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
The Bronzed Bow by Elizabeth Speare
Little Men by Louse May Alcott
Little Women by Louse May Alcott
The Last of the Mohicans by James Cooper
Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot
Four Perfect Pebbles by Lila Perl
The Promise of Zion (any of the series) by Robert
Elmer
The Young Underground (any of the series) by
Robert Elmer
Daniel’s Story by Carol Matas
Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath
7th grade
True Confession of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
The Hobbit by Tolkien
The Wind in the Willows by Graham
Incredible Journey by Burnford
Treasure Island by Stevenson
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Twain
This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti
8th grade
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle
Comeback by Dave Dravecky
Piercing the Darkness by Peritti
Julie by Marshal
Rebecca by du Maurier
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Verne
Out of the Silent Planet by Lewis
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