English Department Summer Reading List

ENGLISH II HONORS

 

1.      Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan
2.      The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
3.      Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
4.      The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
5.      Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
6.      The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
7.      Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
8.      Tangerine by Edward Bloor
9.      Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
10. Gathering Blueby Lois Lowry
11.  Izzy Willy Nilly by Cynthia Voigt
12. Into Thin Airby Jon Krakauer
13. Blackhawk Downby Mark Bowden
 
ENGLISH III HONORS and AP
HONORS: Read two selections from the list  
AP : Read one of the two that are marked AP Required reading and one other selection from the list.
Be prepared to write about these books upon our return from Summer break.
 


     1.      Bleachers   by John Grisham
2.      Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Ablom
3.      The Plague by Albert Camus
4.      Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
5.      The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
6.      The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
7.      The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
8.      Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
9.      The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath AP Required Reading
10. Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens AP Required Reading
11. Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
12. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
13. The Left Hand of Darknessby Ursula LeGuin
14. The Killer Angelsby Michael Shaara

 
English IV AP

Read the two books marked Required reading and one other selection from the list 

 

1.      Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
2.      Grendel by John Gardner AP Required Read
3.      Dracula by Bram Stoker
4.      Watership Down by Richard Adams
5.      Macbeth by William Shakespeare AP Required Read
6.      Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
7.      Brave New World by Aldus Huxley
8.      The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
9.      Murder of Roger Akroyd by Agatha Christie
10. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
  1. 1984by George Orwell
  2. Night by Elie Wiesel
  3. Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien (any book from the trilogy)
  4. Esperanza Risingby Pamela Munoz Ryan

 

 

Read two selections from the list. Be prepared to write about these books upon our return from Summer break.