Summer Reading List

Required Summer Reading for Advanced English Courses Note: Students should be prepared for an essay assignment at the beginning of the school year that demonstrates evidence and analysis garnered from the summer readings. Failure to complete the summer reading requirements and related assignments may disqualify a student from enrollment in the course. English 1 - Accelerated (read at least two of the following) Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter The Odyssey by Homer-Robert Fagles translation only Great Expectations by Charles Dickens English 2 - Accelerated (read at least two of the following) A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque The Life of Pi by Yhann Martel Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Animal Farm by George Orwell American Literature - Honors (read at least two of the following) Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan Macho, by Victor Villasenor Black Boy by Richard Wright The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston The Jungle by Upton Sinclair The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton AP English Lit/Comp (read and annotate all of the following) Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Grendel by John Gardner "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot Hamlet by William Shakespeare. (See AP Eng. teacher for detailed instructions.) A critical essay writing assignment based on these works will begin the first day of class.