Hampton City Schools Language Arts Department
SUMMER READING FOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH
• Students in AVERAGE (level 2) English must read two (2) books from the appropriate
grade level list on the back. • Students in HONORS (level 3) English must read three (3) books from the appropriate
grade level list on the back.
• Students enrolled in AP English or IB English will receive and follow the summer reading
list from their teachers or school counselors.
Grade 9
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
The Fight (Drama High) by L. Divine
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Hiroshima by John Hersey
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Ruined by Paula Morris
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
We Beat the Street by Davis, Jenkins, Hunt and Draper
Grade 10
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Boot Camp by Todd Strasser
The Color of Water by James McBride
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Secret Story of Sonia Rodriguez by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers
Grade 11
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
How Does It Feel To Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America by Moustafa
Bayoumi
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Grade 12
1984 by George Orwell
Emma by Jane Austen
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Silas Marner by George Eliot
Something Like Hope by Shawn Goodman
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Choose from the following options for your summer reading assignment(s). For Honors English, you can not use the same option for both novels. That means that you can't do the A, B, C's of _____ for both books.
the_abcs_of_summer_reading.doc | |
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summer_reading-_rd_logs.doc | |
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