Summer Reading Program Requirements by grade for the 2010-2011 school year

Social Studies

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English

Below is the summer reading required books. For your books, look under the appropriate grade and track level. Books are listed by title and author. Students are required to read ALL books listed under their track. ALL Students will have a SUMMER READING TEST

Grade 9
All Tracks in English

• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Grade 10
Honors 

• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Tracks 2, 3 and 4

• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

Grade 11
AP Language and Composition

• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Honors

• Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Track 2

• Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
• Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Track 3

• Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Grade 12
AP Literature and Composition

• The Awakening by Kate Chopin
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kessey
• A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Honors, Tracks 2 and 3

• Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
• Breath, Eyes, and Memory by Edwidge Danticat