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Summer Reading Lists

Summer 2010

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Chaminade High School

St. Anne's School

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CHAMINADE HIGH SCHOOL

Students Entering Freshman English
  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Students Entering Sophomore English

  • A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Students Entering Junior English
  • Lost Horizon by James Hilton
Students Entering Senior English
  • 1984 by George Orwell

 

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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)
Students Entering 7A
  • Call of the Wild by Jack London
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 8R
  • The Pigman by Paul Zindel
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 8A
  • Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 9R
  • The Messenger by Lois Lowry
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 9A
  • The Pearl by John Steinbeck
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 10R
  • A Separate Peace by John Knowles
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 10A
  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 11R
  • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 11AP
  • Malcolm X and
  • Freakonomics by Steven Levitt
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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)
Students Entering 12RX/Novels
  • The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 12RX/Creative Writing
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 12RX/Mass Media
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)

 

Suggested Titles for JUNIOR HIGH Students

  • Around the World in 80 Days
  • Bud not Buddy
  • Car Trouble
  • The Cases that Haunt Us
  • City of Ember
  • Corner of the Universe
  • Dollhouse Murders
  • Eldest
  • Eragon
  • Gathering Blue
  • Harry Potter
  • Hatchet
  • Holes
  • Hoo
  • House of Tailors
  • Inkheart
  • Inkspell
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • Last Shot
  • Library Card
  • Little Women
  • The Lost Boy
  • Maximum Ride
  • The Million Dollar Shot
  • A Murder for Her Majesty
  • Nancy Drew Mystery
  • Number the Stars
  • Race for the Sky
  • Series of Unfortunate Events
  • Star Girl
  • Stranger with My Face
  • The Supernaturalist
  • The Swiss Family Robinson
  • Three Cups of Tea (Young Reader's Edition)
  • Treasure Island
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  • Vanishing Act
  • The Uglies Trilogy
  • The Watsons go to Birmingham
  • The Wave
  • The Westing Game
  • The Witches

Suggested Titles for SENIOR HIGH Students

  • All Around the Town
  • America
  • Angels and Demons
  • Annie's Baby
  • Anthem
  • Are Men Necessary?
  • Artemis Fowl
  • Black Hawk Down
  • Blood and Chocolate
  • The Bluest Eye
  • The Body of Christopher Creed
  • The Boy Who Saved Baseball
  • Bright Lights Big City
  • Candide
  • Children of the Mind
  • Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
  • Cross
  • The Da Vinci Code
  • Daddy's Little Girl
  • Daughters of the Moon
  • Deception
  • Define Normal
  • The Devil Wears Prada
  • Diary Lullaby
  • Don't Die My Love
  • Doors of the Moon and Suns of the Dark
  • Eldest
  • Emma and Me
  • Enough About Me
  • Eragon
  • Everything is Illuminated
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
  • The Fabric of the Universe
  • Fast Food Nation
  • Fight Book
  • The Five People You Meet in Heaven
  • Flags of our Fathers
  • The Fountainhead
  • Freakonomics
  • George's Passion
  • Girl Interrupted
  • Go Ask Alice
  • Green Angel
  • Harry Potter
  • The Hobbit
  • I'm Not Who You Think I Am
  • Infinite Jest
  • Just Listen
  • Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun
  • Letters from Rifka
  • Life Expectancy
  • Life of Pi
  • Lily's Crossing
  • London Bridges
  • The Lovely Bones
  • Loves Music, Loves to Dance
  • Madame Bovary
  • The Memory Keeper's Daughter
  • Middlesex
  • A Million Little Pieces
  • My Sister's Keeper
  • The Namesake
  • New Moon
  • No Second Chance
  • The Notebook
  • On The Road
  • Only if You Could See Me Now
  • The Origin of Time
  • The Other Boleyn Girl
  • Over the Wall
  • The Pact
  • Painting the Black
  • Pandora's Box
  • Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • The Prince
  • The Princess Bride
  • The Princess Diaries
  • Prozac Nation
  • Rainbow Six
  • The Real Panda
  • The Red Tent
  • Running with Scissors
  • The Scarlet Letter
  • The Secret
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Sophie's Choice
  • Story of a Girl
  • The Tender Bar
  • The Thirteenth Tale
  • Three Cups of Tea
  • The Time Machine
  • They Cage the Animals at Night
  • Tuesdays with Morrie
  • Twilight
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin
  • War and Peace
  • Wicked

INDEPENDENT READING ASSIGNMENT

Students will read a book of their choice and complete ONE of the following creative projects. The length of the written assignments should be between one and two pages.

Junior High Students (Grades 7 & 8)

  • Choose an astrological sign for each of the main characters and explain why the character fits the sign’s criteria.
  • Create an original book cover.
  • Choose a scene in the book and create a two-minute soundtrack for the scene.
  • Design and draw costumes for the main characters.
  • Write a letter to one of the characters about an incident in the book.
  • Create a comic book of one of the events in the novel.
  • Write a poem that expresses the novel’s theme.

Senior High Students (Grades 9-12)

  • Retell part of the story from the point of view of another character.
  • Create a board game that reflects the plot of the novel.
  • Compose a two minute soundtrack that expresses the theme of the novel.
  • Write an alternative ending for the book.
  • Write a news story on an important event in the novel.
  • Create a comic book of the novel.
  • Create a power-point presentation of the novel.
  • Write diary entries for the main characters during crucial points in the story.

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H. FRANK CAREY HIGH SCHOOL

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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)
Students Entering 7A
  • Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 8R
  • That Was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 8A
  • Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 9R
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 9A
  • House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 10R
  • Fahrenheit 45 by Ray Bradbury
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 10A
  • Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 11R
  • Secret Life of Bees by Susan Monk Kidd
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
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)
Students Entering 12R
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
  • Plus one book of their choice (see list below)
Students Entering 12AP
  • Teacher's Discretion

 

Suggested Titles for JUNIOR HIGH Students

  • Around the World in 80 Days
  • Bud not Buddy
  • Car Trouble
  • The Cases that Haunt Us
  • City of Ember
  • Corner of the Universe
  • Dollhouse Murders
  • Eldest
  • Eragon
  • Gathering Blue
  • Harry Potter
  • Hatchet
  • Holes
  • House of Tailors
  • Inkheart
  • Inkspell
  • Last Shot
  • Library Card
  • Little Women
  • The Lost Boy
  • Maximum Ride
  • The Million Dollar Shot
  • A Murder for Her Majesty
  • Nancy Drew Mystery
  • Number the Stars
  • Race for the Sky
  • Series of Unfortunate Events
  • Star Girl
  • Stranger with My Face
  • The Supernaturalist
  • The Swiss Family Robinson
  • Treasure Island
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  • Vanishing Act
  • The Uglies Trilogy
  • The Watsons go to Birmingham
  • The Wave
  • The Westing Game
  • The Witches

Suggested Titles for SENIOR HIGH Students

  • All Around the Town
  • America
  • Angels and Demons
  • Annie's Baby
  • Anthem
  • Are Men Necessary?
  • Artemis Fowl
  • Black Hawk Down
  • Blood and Chocolate
  • The Bluest Eye
  • The Body of Christopher Creed
  • The Boy Who Saved Baseball
  • Bright Lights Big City
  • Candide
  • Children of the Mind
  • Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
  • Cross
  • The Da Vinci Code
  • Daddy's Little Girl
  • Daughters of the Moon
  • Deception
  • Define Normal
  • The Devil Wears Prada
  • Diary Lullaby
  • Don't Die My Love
  • Doors of the Moon and Suns of the Dark
  • Eldest
  • Emma and Me
  • Enough About Me
  • Eragon
  • Everything is Illuminated
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
  • The Fabric of the Universe
  • Fast Food Nation
  • Fight Book
  • The Five People You Meet in Heaven
  • Flags of our Fathers
  • The Fountainhead
  • Freakonomics
  • George's Passion
  • Girl Interrupted
  • Go Ask Alice
  • Green Angel
  • Harry Potter
  • The Hobbit
  • I'm Not Who You Think I Am
  • Infinite Jest
  • Just Listen
  • Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun
  • Letters from Rifka
  • Life Expectancy
  • Life of Pi
  • Lily's Crossing
  • London Bridges
  • The Lovely Bones
  • Loves Music, Loves to Dance
  • Madame Bovary
  • The Memory Keeper's Daughter
  • Middlesex
  • A Million Little Pieces
  • My Sister's Keeper
  • The Namesake
  • New Moon
  • No Second Chance
  • The Notebook
  • On The Road
  • Only if You Could See Me Now
  • The Origin of Time
  • The Other Boleyn Girl
  • Over the Wall
  • The Pact
  • Painting the Black
  • Pandora's Box
  • Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • The Prince
  • The Princess Bride
  • The Princess Diaries
  • Prozac Nation
  • Rainbow Six
  • The Real Panda
  • The Red Tent
  • Running with Scissors
  • The Scarlet Letter
  • The Secret
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Sophie's Choice
  • Story of a Girl
  • The Tender Bar
  • The Thirteenth Tale
  • The Time Machine
  • They Cage the Animals at Night
  • Tuesdays with Morrie
  • Twilight
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin
  • War and Peace
  • Wicked

INDEPENDENT READING ASSIGNMENT

Students will read a book of their choice and complete ONE of the following creative projects. The length of the written assignments should be between one and two pages.

Junior High Students (Grades 7 & 8)

  • Choose an astrological sign for each of the main characters and explain why the character fits the sign’s criteria.
  • Create an original book cover.
  • Choose a scene in the book and create a two-minute soundtrack for the scene.
  • Design and draw costumes for the main characters.
  • Write a letter to one of the characters about an incident in the book.
  • Create a comic book of one of the events in the novel.
  • Write a poem that expresses the novel’s theme.

Senior High Students (Grades 9-12)

  • Retell part of the story from the point of view of another character.
  • Create a board game that reflects the plot of the novel.
  • Compose a two minute soundtrack that expresses the theme of the novel.
  • Write an alternative ending for the book.
  • Write a news story on an important event in the novel.
  • Create a comic book of the novel.
  • Create a power-point presentation of the novel.
  • Write diary entries for the main characters during crucial points in the story.

 

AP Social Studies/Psychology Summer Reading Lists

Students are required to read all (or parts) of the following title and complete the assignment available HERE.

Students Entering AP Gov't & Politics
  • Locked in the Cabinet by Robert Reich
Students Entering AP World History
  • Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Students Entering AP US History
  • People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Students Entering AP Psychology
  • Forty Studies That Changed Psychology by Roger Hock

 

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HOLY TRINITY DIOCESAN HIGH SCHOOL

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JOHN STREET SCHOOL, POLK STREET SCHOOL, &

WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL

 

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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
TITLE
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
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
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
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
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
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
Students Entering 9R (choose one)
  • Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
  • Freedom Writers by Erin Gruwell
  • Tangerine by Edward Bloor
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
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
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
Students Entering 11R (choose one)
  • The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
  • The Help by Kathryn Stockett
  • Half a Life by V.S. Naipaul
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
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
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

 

Special Education
Special Education Students Entering 7th Grade
  • Sounder by William H. Armstrong
Students Entering Read 180/AIS 8
  • The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Students Entering Read 180/AIS 9
  • Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Students Entering English 10 Special Class
  • Staying Fat for Sarah by Chris Crutcher
Students Entering English 11 Special Class
  • The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
  • 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

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

Students Entering 11AP

  • The Book Theif by Marcus Zusak
  • Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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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WILLOW ROAD SCHOOL

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