Summer Reading
Students -- This is the required summer reading for your English class next year that you are expected to complete prior to the first day of school. Note that this reading will be assessed during the first week of the school year.
Most Studies, Pre-AP, and AP courses have TWO reading requirements. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the teacher via email.
Hint: THINK AHEAD! There is often a rush on these books during the week prior to the beginning of school at local bookstores, so be sure to get your copy early in the summer -- you do NOT want to have to drive to Fort Worth the week before school starts to get the books needed for your required reading. Besides these are good books and you'll enjoy them more if you can read them when not under pressure.
Parents—Please take the time to review the novels so they can discuss them with you as they read. Having a parent read these novels with the student can add another level to their understanding and enjoyment of the reading. When there is a choice novel, please look over all of them and help your student make a choice with which you are both comfortable.
| 9th Grade: Choose One |
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Ender’s Game
by Card, Orson Scott |
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Speak
by Anderson, Laurie Halse |
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The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl
by Lyga, Barry |
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The Secret Life of Bees
by Kidd, Sue Monk |
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| 9th Pre-AP: Choose One |
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.
by Beah, Ishmael. |
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Before I Die
by Downham, Jenny. |
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Mister Pip.
by Jones, Lloyd. |
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
by Alexie, Sherman |
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Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
by Hemphill, Stephanie. |
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| Global Studies (9): One Required & One Choice |
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REQUIRED: A Raisin in the Sun
by Hansberry, Lorraine |
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Barrio Boy
by Galarza, Ernesto |
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Obasan
by Kogawa, Joy |
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| 10th Grade: Choose One |
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
by Irving, John |
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Enter Three Witches
by Cooney, Caroline |
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The Glass Castle
by Walls, Jeannette |
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The Kite Runner
by Hosseini, Khaled |
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The Neddiad
by Pinkwater, Daniel |
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Thirteen Reasons Why
by Asher, Jay |
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| 10th Grade Pre-AP: One Required and One Choice from 10th Grade List |
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REQUIRED: A Raisin in the Sun
by Hansberry, Lorraine |
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| World Studies (10): Two Required |
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REQUIRED: Man’s Search for Meaning
by Frankel, Viktor |
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REQUIRED: Oedipus Rex
by Sophocles |
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| 11th Grade: Choose One |
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Anthem
by Rand, Ayn |
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Into Thin Air
by Krakauer, Jon |
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King Dork
by Portman, Frank |
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
by Nafisi, Azar |
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The Bell Jar
by Plath, Sylvia |
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| 11th Grade Pre-AP: One Required & One Choice from English III AP List |
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REQUIRED: Anthem
by Rand, Ayn |
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| 11th Grade AP & American Studies: One Required & One Choice |
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REQUIRED: The Awakening
by Chopin, Kate |
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Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers
by Quart, Alissa |
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the American Meal
by Schlosser, Eric |
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
by Philbrick, Nathaniel |
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Into Thin Air
by Krakauer, Jon |
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
by Ehrenreich, Barbara |
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Stiff
by Roach, Mary |
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| 12th Grade: Choose One |
| Title - click for more info |
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1984
by Orwell, George |
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Grendel
by Gardner, John |
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| 12th Grade AP: One Required & One Choice |
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REQUIRED: A Streetcar Named Desire
by Williams, Tennessee |
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1984
by Orwell, George |
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Brave New World
by Huxley, Aldous |
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Catch 22
by Heller, Joseph |
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Emma
by Austen, Jane |
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Bonesetter's Daughter
by Tan, Amy |
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Hurston, Zora Neale |
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