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Summer Reading Lists
Summer 2010
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CHAMINADE HIGH SCHOOL
| Students Entering Freshman English |
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Students Entering Sophomore English
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- A Separate Peace by John Knowles
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| Students Entering Junior English |
- Lost Horizon by James Hilton
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| Students Entering Senior English |
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ELMONT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
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FLORAL PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
Instructions: Students will be expected to read one required book (exception 11 and 12 AP) and one book of their choice (suggestions can be found following required reading lists) and complete the independent reading assignment (also below).
Students Entering 7R |
- My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln & Christopher Collier
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 7A |
- Call of the Wild by Jack London
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 8R |
- The Pigman by Paul Zindel
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 8A |
- Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 9R |
- The Messenger by Lois Lowry
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 9A |
- The Pearl by John Steinbeck
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 10R |
- A Separate Peace by John Knowles
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 10A |
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 11R |
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 11AP |
- Malcolm X and
- Freakonomics by Steven Levitt
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 12AP |
- Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann and
- Out Stealing Horses by Per Patterson
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 12RX/Novels |
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 12RX/Creative Writing |
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 12RX/Mass Media |
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Suggested Titles for JUNIOR HIGH Students
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H. FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOL
Printer Friendly Version of Summer Reading List and Assignment (PDF)
Printer Friendly Version of AP Social Studies/Psychology Reading List and Assignment (PDF)
Instructions: Students will be expected to read one required book and one book of their choice (suggestions can be found following required reading lists) and complete the independent reading assignment (also below).
Students Entering 7R |
- Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 7A |
- Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 8R |
- That Was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 8A |
- Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 9R |
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 9A |
- House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 10R |
- Fahrenheit 45 by Ray Bradbury
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 10A |
- Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 11R |
- Secret Life of Bees by Susan Monk Kidd
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 11AP |
- Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller OR
- The Crucible by Arthur Miller
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 12R |
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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Students Entering 12AP |
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Suggested Titles for JUNIOR HIGH Students
HOLY TRINITY DIOCESAN HIGH SCHOOL
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JOHN STREET SCHOOL, POLK STREET SCHOOL, &
WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL
Kindergarten Summer Reading List (students going into the 1st grade)
Children can read ANY of the books by the following authors:
Janet Ahlberg |
Denise Fleming |
Elizabeth Levy |
Anne Rockwell |
Martha Alexander |
Mem Fox |
Leo Lionni |
Alan Say |
Frank Asch |
Don Freeman |
Jonathan London |
Richard Scarry |
Molly Bang |
Isabel Gaines |
James Marshall |
Jon Scieszka |
Byron Barton |
Barbara Hazen |
Bill Martin |
Dr. Seuss |
Ludwig Bemelmans |
Kevin Henkes |
Mercer Mayer |
Ellen Spinelli |
Stan Berenstain |
Russell Hoban |
Robert McCluskey |
William Steig |
Paulette Bourgeois |
Tanya Hoban |
Patricia McKissack |
James Stevenson |
Jan Brett |
Sid Hoff |
Colin McNaughton |
Mike Thaler |
Marcia Brown |
Katherine Holabird |
David McPhail |
Chris Van Allsburg |
John Burningham |
Shirley Hughes |
Susan Meddaugh |
Judith Viorst |
Eric Carle |
Mick Inkpen |
Robert Munsch |
Bernard Waber |
Nancy Carlstrom |
Rachel Isadora |
Shirley Neitzel |
Rosemary Wells |
Judith Casley |
Paul Johnson |
Laura Numeroff |
David Wiesner |
Kate Chorao |
Tony Johnston |
Helen Ozenbury |
Mo Williams |
Miriam Cohen |
Keiko Kasza |
Al Perkins |
Audrey Wood |
Doreen Cronin |
Ezra Jack Keates |
Marcus Pfister |
Dan Yaccarino |
Tomie De Paola |
Steven Kellogg |
David Pilkey |
Jane Yolen |
Bonnie Dobkin |
David Kirk |
Andrea & Jerry Pinkney |
Ed Young |
P.D. Eastman |
Robert Kraus |
Patricia Polacco |
Harriet Ziefert |
Lois Ehlert |
Katherine Lasky |
Beatrix Potter |
Gene Zion |
Ian Falconer |
Lois Kenski |
H.A. Rey |
Charlotte Zolotow |
1st Grade Summer Reading List (students going into the 2nd grade)
Children can read ANY of the following books:
AUTHOR |
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| Adler, David A. |
Young Cam Jansen...Baseball Mystery |
| Bancroft, Henrietta / VanGelder, Richard |
Animals in Winter |
| Berenstain, Stan & Jan |
Berenstein Bears on the Moon |
| Bourgeois, Paulette / Jennings, Sharon |
Franklin and the Contest ; Franklin and the Scooter ; Franklin and Harriet ; Franklin's Bad Day |
| Bridwell, Norman |
Clifford's Valentine ; Clifford and the Halloween Parade ; Clifford's World Book ; Clifford the Big Red Dog ; Count on Clifford ; Clifford to the Rescue ; Clifford We Love You ; Clifford's First Snow Day ; Clifford Gets a Job ; Clifford's First Autum ; Clifford's Halloween ; Clifford's Sports Day ; Clifford's Tricks ; Clifford Goes to Dog School ; Clifford Grows Up ; Clifford's Best Friend ; Clifford's Christmas ; Clifford's First Christmas ; Clifford's First Halloween ; Clifford's Happy Easter ; Clifford's Happy Mother's Day ; Clifford's Kitten ; Clifford's Manners ; Clifford's Puppy Days ; Oops, Clifford! ; Clifford and the Grouchy Neighbor ; Clifford Goes to Hollywood ; Clifford Keeps Cool ; Clifford's Family ; Clifford's First Sleepover ; Clifford Takes a Trip ; Clifford the Firehouse Dog ; Clifford and the Big Storm ; Clifford at the Circus ; Clifford's Class Trip ; Clifford's First Valentine ; Clifford's Thanksgiving Visit ; Clifford the Small Red Puppy ; Clifford's First Day at School ; Clifford and the Big Parade ; Clifford's Pals ; Clifford's Birthday Party. |
| Brown, Marc |
Arthur's Heart Mix-Up ; Arthur's Lost Puppy ; Arthur's Mystery Babysitter ; Good Night D.W. ; Arthur's Birthday Surprise ; Arthur's Off to School ; Arthur in a Pickle ; Arthur's Baby ; Arthur's Eyes ; Arthur's Homework ; D.W. Rides Again ; Arthur and the True Francine ; Arthur's Birthday ; Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy ;Arthur Babysits ; Arthur Clean Your Room ; Arthur's Computer Disaster ; Arthur's Perfect Christmas ; Arthur's Teacher Moves In ; D.W. Go to Your Room ; D.W. Thinks Big ; D.W.'s Library Card ; Arthur's TV Trouble |
| Brownrigg, Sheri |
All Tutus Should Be Pink ; Best Friends Wear Pink Tutus |
| Capuci, Alyssa Satin |
Bathtime for Biscuit |
| Eastman, P.D. |
Big Dog...Little Dog |
| Ehlert, Lois |
Growing Vegetable Soup ; Top Cat |
| Fowler, Allan |
Frogs and Toads and Tadpoles |
| Fritz, Jean |
George Washington's Mother |
| Gelman, Rita Golden |
More Spaghetti I Say |
| Ghigna, Charles |
Mice are Nice |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly |
Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat ; Happy Birthday Ronald Morgan ; Pickle Puss ; Powder Puff Puzzle ; Good Luck Ronald Morgan ; Riddle of the Red Purse ; All About Stacy ; Secret at the Polk Street School ; Purple Climbing Days ; Candy Corn Contest ; In the Dinosaur's Paw ; Show Time at Polk Street School ; Spectacular Stone Soup |
| Hearn, Diane |
Dad's Dinosaur Day |
| Hillert, Margaret |
Circus Fun ; City Fun ; A Friend for Dear Dragon ; Happy Birthday Dear Dragon ; I Love You Dear Dragon ; I Need You Dear Dragon ; It's Halloween Dear Dragon ; Go to Sleep Dear Dragon ; Happy Easter Dear Dragon ; Help for Dear Dragon ; It's Circus Time Dear Dragon ; Who Goes to School? ; The Witch Who Went for a Walk ; Come to School Dear Dragon ; The Snow Baby ; Up Up and Away ; Why We Have Thanksgiving ; LIttle Red Riding Hood |
| Hoban, Lillian |
Arthur's Christmas Cookies ; Arthur's Halloween Costume |
| Hoff, Syd |
Danny and the Dinosaur Go to Camp ; Grizzwold ; Sammy the Seal ; Oliver ; Mrs. Brice's Mice |
| Isadora, Rachel |
At the Crossroads |
| Johnson, Crockett |
A Picture for Harold's Room |
| Jonell, Lynne |
Mommy Go Away |
| Keats, Ezra Jack |
A Letter to Amy ; The Snowy Day |
| Kitamura, Satoshi |
When Sheep Cannot Sleep |
| Kowalczyk, Carolyn |
Purple is Part of a Rainbow |
| Kraus, Robert |
Leo the Late Bloomer |
| Krensky, Stephen |
Bones ; Fraidy Cats |
| Lanski, Lois |
The Little Fire Engine |
| Leeuwen, Jean Van |
Oliver and Albert Friends Forever |
| Ling, Bettina |
The Fattest, Tallest, Biggest Snowman Ever |
| Lionni, Leo |
Inch by Inch |
| Lobel, Arnold |
Mouse Soup ; Days with Frog and Toad |
| Lunn, Carolyn |
A Buzz Is a Part of a Bee ; Spiders and Webs |
| McMullan, Kate |
Fluffy Goes to School |
| Marshall, James |
Fox on the Job ; George and Martha Back in Town ; George and Martha Rise and Shine |
| Mayer, Mercer |
There's a Nightmare in My Closet |
| Meddaugh, Susan |
Cinderella's Rat |
| Murphy, Stuart |
The Best Vacation Ever |
| Numeroff, Laura |
If You Give a Moose a Muffin ; If You Take a Mouse to School |
| O'Connor, Jane |
Splat |
| Parish, Peggy |
Amelia Bedilia Goes Camping ; Amelia Bedelia and the Baby ; Amelia Bedelia Goes Back to School ; Amelia Bedilia |
| Penner, Lucille Recht |
The Statue of Liberty |
| Polacco, Patricia |
Babushka's Doll |
| Rey, Margaret |
Curious George Plays Baseball ; Curious George and the Pizza ; Curious George at the Fire Station |
| Royston, Angela |
Fire Fighter |
| Rylant, Cynthia |
Moonlight The Halloween Cat ; Poppleton Everyday ; Henry and Mudge and the Careful Cousin ; Henry and Mudge and the Tall Treehouse ; Mr. Putter & Tabby Feed the Fish ; Henry and Mudge and Annie's Good Move ; Henry and Mudge and the Wild Goose Chase ; Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon ; Henry and Mudge in the Green Time ; Henry and Mudge Take the Big Test ; Poppleton in Fall ; Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea ; Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan ; Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble ; Mr. Putter & Tabby Stir the Soup ; Poppleton Forever ; Poppleton in Spring ; Poppleton in Winter |
| Scott, Ann |
On Mother's Lap |
| Sharmat, Marjorie Weinmen |
Nate the Great and Me: The Case of the Fleeing Fang ; Nate the Great and the Big Sniff |
| Standiford, Natalie |
The Bravest Dog Ever ; Hollywood Hound |
| Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
Benny's New Friend ; Meet the Boxcar Children |
| Wiseman, B. |
Morris Goes to School |
| Young, Ed |
Seven Blind Mice |
2nd - 5th Grade Summer Reading List (students going into the 3rd, 4th, 5th, & 6th grade)
Children can read ANY Accelerated Reading book in their AR range.
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KELLENBERG MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
Students are required to read two books from their grade level.
| Freshmen |
- The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther
- Pigman by Paul Zindel
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| Sophomore |
- The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- The Chosen by Chaim Potok
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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| Junior |
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Ordinary People by Judith Guest
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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| Senior |
- The Stranger by Albert Camus
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- Murder in teh Cathedral by T.S. Elliot
- The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark
- Too Late the Phalarope by Alan Paton
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NEW HYDE PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
| Students Entering 7th Grade (choose one) |
- Heat by Mike Lupica
- How Angel Peterson Got His Name by Gary Paulsen
- So B. It by Sarah Weeks
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| Students Entering 8R (choose one) |
- The Pigman by Paul Zindel
- Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
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| Students Entering 8A (one required and one choosen) |
- The Pigman by Paul Zindel -- Required
- The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
- It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong
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| Students Entering 9R (choose one) |
- Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
- Freedom Writers by Erin Gruwell
- Tangerine by Edward Bloor
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| Students Entering 9A (two required and one choosen) |
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho -- Required
- Freedom Writers by Erin Gruwell -- Required
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
- Season of Life by Jeffrey Marx
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| Students Entering 10R (choose one) |
- Staying Fat for Sarah by Chris Crutcher
- Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
- Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
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| Students Entering 10A (two required and one choosen) |
- 1984 by George Orwell -- Required
- The Shack by William P. Young -- Required
- Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
- The Color of Water by James McBride
- The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
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| Students Entering 11R (choose one) |
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- Half a Life by V.S. Naipaul
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| Students Entering 11AP (two required and one choosen) |
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Required
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley -- Required
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
- Night Fall by Daniel DeMille
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| Students Entering 12RX (choose one) |
- A Streetcar Named Desire by Tenessee Williams
- Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger
- The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
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| Students Entering 12AP (all required) |
- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway -- Required
- The Awakening by Kate Chopin -- Required
- Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie -- Required
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Special Education |
| Special Education Students Entering 7th Grade |
- Sounder by William H. Armstrong
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| Students Entering Read 180/AIS 8 |
- The Pigman by Paul Zindel
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| Students Entering Read 180/AIS 9 |
- Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
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| Students Entering English 10 Special Class |
- Staying Fat for Sarah by Chris Crutcher
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| Students Entering English 11 Special Class |
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
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| Students Entering English 12 Special Class |
- A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
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SACRED HEART ACADEMY
Freshman Class (Regents) |
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Freshman Class (Honors) |
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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Sophomore Class (Regents) |
- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Plus one of the following:
- A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
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Sophomore Class (Honors) |
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Plus one of the following:
- Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
- Half of the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
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Junior Class (Regents) |
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence
Plus one of the following:
- Sarah's Key by Tatiana DeRosney
- The Book Theif by Markus Zusak
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by MAry Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
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Junior Class (Honors) |
- Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
- Howards End by E.M. Forster
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
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Senior Class (Selected Topics in World Literature) |
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
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Senior Class (World Literature--AP Literature and Composition) |
- Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Atonement by Ian McEwan
- If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor
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Senior Class (Gender Studies) |
- Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
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Senior Class (Shakespeare) |
- A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
- A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
- Film: Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film directed by Kenneth Branagh)
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ST. ANNE'S SCHOOL
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ST. CATHERINE OF SIENNA
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ST. MARY'S COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL
Advanced placement students must read the three required books. Students in Pre-College Literature class must read both designated "required" and any one of the other books on the list. Students assigned to English 10 Honors must read both designated "required" and any one of the other books on the list. All other students must read the book designated "required" and any two of the remaining books on the list.
| Freshman Year |
- Canyons by Gary Paulsen -- Required
- Parrot in the Oven by Victor Martinez
- Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grims
- The Boy Who Drank Too Much by S. Greene
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- The Silver Kiss by Annette Klause Curtis
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| Sophomore Year (Honors and Regular) |
- The Contender by Robert Lipsyte -- Required
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee -- Required for English 10 Honors
- Rooftop by Paul Volponi
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- The Accident by Todd Strasser
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
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| Junior Year (Honors and Regular) |
- A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer -- Required
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
- Snow in August by Pete Hamill
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| Senior Year (Pre-College Lit/Comp., Electives) |
- Ordinary People by Judith Guest -- Required
- The Chosen by Chaim Potok -- Required for Pre-College Literature
- Almost a Woman by Esmerelda Santiago
- Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
- Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg
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| Senior Year (Advanced Placement) |
- Grapes of Wrath by James Steinbeck
- Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Native Son by Richard Wright
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ST. THOMAS SCHOOL
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SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL
Every student is required to read at least one book over the summer. Some suggestions include:
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- The Alienist by Caleb Carr
- All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- Armageddon Summer by Bruce Coville an d Jane Yolen
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
- The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
- Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock
- The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Foer
- The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
- Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger
- The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
- A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
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- The Host by Stephenie Meyer
- In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
- The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
- A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
- A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- Paper Towns by John Green
- Perks of Being a Wallflower by Steohen Chbosky
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- Sold by Patricia McCormick
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
- Troy by Adele Geras
- True Confessions of a Heartless Girl by Martha Brooks
- The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
- Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Students entering the following classes are required to read the following:
Students Entering 10A |
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, by Julia Alvarez
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Students Entering 11AP
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- The Book Theif by Marcus Zusak
- Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
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Students Entering 12AP |
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Oedipus the King by Sophocles
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VALLEY STREAM NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
Students entering the 7th Grade are required to read one of the following: |
- No More Dead Dogs by GOrdon Korman
- Click Here (to find out how I survived seventh grade) by Denise Vega
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
- Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
- Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
- Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
- Melting of Maggie Bean by Tricia Rayburn
- Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
- Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
- Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg
- Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
- Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Perfect by Natasha Friend
- I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
- The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
- Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
- My Father's Summer by Kathi Appelt
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
- Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
- The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff
- Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
- Guts by Gary Paulsen
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Students entering the 8th grade are required to read one of the following: |
- Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
- Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- If I Stay by Gayle Forman
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Matched by Allie Condie
- Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
- Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
- Whirligig by Paul Fleischman
- Knights of the Hill Country by Tim Tharp
- Heat by Mike Lupica
- Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
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Students Entering 8A are required to read one of the following: |
- The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
- Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
- October Sky by Homer H. Hickham
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
- White Fang by Jack London
- Michael Phelps: Beneath the Surface by Michael Phelps
- Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
- I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson
- Children in the Holocaust and World War II: The Secret Diaries by Laurel Holliday
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Students entering English 1 are required to read one of the following: |
- Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
- The Bar Code Tattoo by Suzanne Weyn
- 24 Girls in 7 Days by Alex Bradley
- The Pact by Dr. Sampson Davis
- Feed by M.T. Anderson
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Students entering English 1A are required to read the first book listed and one of the following three: |
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
- Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos
- Travel Team by Mike Lupica
- Into the Wild by John Krakauer
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Students entering English 2 are required to read one of the following: |
- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
- Dreaming Water by Gail Tsukiyama
- A Lesson Before Dying by Earnest J. Gaines
- Snow in August by Pete Hamill
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Students entering English 2A are required to read the first book listed and one of the following three: |
- A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Scout by Ishmael Beah
- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
- A Lesson Before Dying by Earnest J. Gaines
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Students entering Engish 3 are required to read one of the following: |
- Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood by Jeffrey Marx
- Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher
- The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
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Students entering Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (11AP) are required to read two (1 fiction and 1 non-fiction) of the following: |
- Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl (fiction)
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (fiction)
- Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (non-fiction)
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (non-fiction)
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Students entering English 4 are required to read one of the following: |
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
- Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
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Students entering Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition (12AP) are required to read the first book listed and one of the following three: |
- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
- Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
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