Chaminade High School	Elmont Memorial High School	Floral Park Memorial High School	H. Frank Carey HIgh School
Holy Trinity Diocesan High School	John Street School	Kellenberg Memorial High School	New Hyde Park Memorial High School
Polk Street School	Sacred Heart Academy	St. Anne's School	St. Catherine of Sienna
St. Mary's College Preparatory High School	St. Thomas the Apostle School	Sewanhaka High School	Valley Stream North High School
	Washington Street School....	Willow Road School

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CHAMINADE HIGH SCHOOL

Freshman English

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Sophomore English

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Junior English

Lost Horizon by James Hilton

Senior English

1984 by George Orwell

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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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• The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Curtis
• Bud Not Buddy by Curtis
• WItness by Hesse
• Letters from Rifka by Hesse
• Scorpions by Myers
• The Tarantula Scientist by Montgomery

Students Entering 8th Grade

Students Entering 9th Grade

Students Entering 10th Grade

• Daniel Half Human by Chotjewitz
• My Sister's Keeper by Piccoult
• Wintergirls by Anderson
• Whale Talk by Crutcher
• Hole in My Life by Gantos
• Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement by Bausum

Students Entering 11th Grade

• The Chocolate War by Cormier
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Haddon
• Montana 1948 by Watson
• Into Thin Air by Krakauer
• The Bluest Eye by Morrison
• Coming of Age in Mississippi by Moody

Students Entering 12th Grade

• Nineteen Minutes by Piccoult
• The Kite Runner by Hosseini
• Passing by Larsen
• Siddhartha by Hesse
• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Beah
• Left to Tell by Ilibagiza

• My Brother Sam is Dead by Collier

Students entering 7A must read the following:

• The Call of the Wild by London

Students entering 8R must read the following:

• The Pigman by Paul Zindel

Students entering 8A must read the following:

• Dicey's Song by Voigt

Students entering 9R must read the following:

• The Messenger by Lovry

Students entering 9A must read the following:

• The Pearl by Steinbeck

Students entering 10R must read the following:

• A Separate Peace by Knowles

Students entering 10A must read the following:

• The Book Thief by Zusak

Students entering 11R must read the following:

• The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger

Students entering 11AP must read the following:

• The Autobiographyr by X
• Freakonomics by Levitt

Students entering 12RX must read the following:

• The Bluest Eye by Morrison
• The Kite Runner by Hosseini
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Kesay

Students entering 12AP must read the following:

• Let the Great World Spin by McCann
• Out Stealing Horses by Petterson

 

• Homecoming by Cynthia Voight
• Plus one book of their choice (see list below)

Students Entering 7A are required to read:

Students Entering 8R are required to read:

Students Entering 8A are required to read:

Students Entering 9R are required to read:

Students Entering 9A are required to read:

Suggested Titles for JUNIOR HIGH Students

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 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 Treasure Island 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 Daddy's Little Girl Daughters of the Moon The Da Vinci Code 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 The Life of Pi Lily's Crossing London Bridges The Lovely Bones Loves Music, Loves to Dance Madam 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 Secret The Scarlet Letter 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

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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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• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• Bleachers by John Grisham

• The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Chosen by Chaim Potok
• Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

• Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
• The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Appeal by John Grisham

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek Myth by Bernard Evslin

• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
• The Color of Water by James McBride

 

• Call of the Wild by Jack London
• Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
• The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
• Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther
• Pigman by Paul Zindel

• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Chosen by Chaim Potok
• The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

• The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark
• The Stranger by Albert Camus
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
• Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Elliot
• Too Late the Phalarope by Alan Paton

 

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• Heat by Mike Lupica
• How Angel Peterson Got His Name by Gary Paulsen
• The Melting of Maggie Bean by Tricia Rayburn

Students entering 7A must read ONE of the following:

• Football Genius by Tim Green
• My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen
• So B. It by Sarah Weeks

Students entering 8R must read ONE of the following:

• The Pigman by Paul Zindel
• Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey

Students entering 8A must read ONE of the following:

• The Pigman by Paul Zindel
• The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
• It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong

Students entering 9R must read ONE of the following:

• Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
• Freedom Writers by Erin Gruwell
• Ender's Game by Scott Orson Card

Students entering 9A must read BOTH:

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• Freedom Writers by Erin Gruwell

and ONE of the following:

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
• Season of Life by Jeffrey Marx

Students entering 10R must read ONE of the following:

• Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
• Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
• Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Students entering 10A must read BOTH:

• 1984 by George Orwell
• The Shack by William P. Young

and ONE of the following:

• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
• The Color of Water by James McBride
• The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

Students entering 11R must read ONE of the following:

• The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• Still Me by Christopher Reeve

Students entering 11AP must read BOTH:

• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett

and ONE of the following:

• The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose
• The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
• Night Fall by Nelson DeMille

Students entering 12RX must read ONE of the following:

• A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
• Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger
• The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Students entering 12AP must read ALL of the following:

• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
• The Awakening by Kate Chopin
• Candide by Voltaire

 

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• 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)

Sophomore Class (Regents) Sophomore Class (Honors) Junior Class (Regents)

Junior Class (Honors)

The Indian in the Cupboard (any in series) by Banks	Freckle Juice by Blume	Super Fudge by Blume
The Midnight Fox by Byars	Sleep Out by Carrick	Any sports books by Matt Christopher
Any books by Beverly Cleary	Frindle by Clements	Any books by Roald Dahl
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Dalgliesh	Pee Wee Souts (any in series) by Delton	The Hardy Boys Series (any in series) by Dixon
How to be Cool in the Third Grade by Duffy	Matchlock Gun by Edmunds	The Hundred Dresses by Estes
Elmer and the Dragon by Gannett	My Father's Dragon by Gannett	The Dragons of Blue Island by Gannett
Polk Street School (any in series) by Giff	Only One Wolf by Herriot	Any books by James Howe
Also Applesauce by Hurwitz	Horrible Harry Series by Kline	Nancy Drew Series by Keene
Red Balloon by LAmorisse	Ben and Me by Lawson	Mr. Revere and I by Lawson
Pippi Longstocking (any in series) by Lindgren	Sarah, Plain and Tall (any in series) by MacLachlan	Homer Price (any in series) by McCloskey
Miss Piggle Wiggle (any in series) by McDonald	Owls in the Family by Mowat	Rascal by North
Magic Tree House (any in series) by Osborne	Junie B. Jones (any in series) by Parks	Soup (any in series) by Peck
Mrs. Pepperpot to the Rescue by Proysen	How to Eat Fried Worms by Rockwell	Harry Potter (any in series) by Rowling
The Giving Tree by Silverstein	Chocolate Fever by Smith	A Series of Unfortunate Events (any in series) by Snicket
Any book by Van Allsburg	Boxcar Children (any in series) by Warner	Velveteen Rabbit by Williams
Morris and Boris (any in series) by Wiseman	Crow Boy by Yashima	Any books of the Great Illustrated Classic Series
Any books in the Childhood of Family American Series	The Book of Pigericks by Lobel	Any books by Prelutsky
Any book by Silverstein	Dancing Teepees by Sneve	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Aardema
Turquoise Boy by Cohlene	Any books in the Native American Legends Series

Calculator Riddles by David Adler	Sounder by WIlliam H. Armstrong	Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater	Windcatcher by Avi
The Seven Treasure Hunt by Betsy Byars	The Hockey Machine by Matt Christopher	Strider, the Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary	The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit by Paula Danzinger	Yolanda's Genius by Carol Fenner	The Ghost on Saturday by Sid Fleischman	Back to the Titanic by Beatrice Gormley
A Gift for Mama by Esther Hautzig	Banana Twist by Florence Heide	Bunnicula by James Howe	Aldo Peanut Butter by Johanna Hurwitz
Sarah Plain, and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan	Shiloh by Phyllis Naylor	The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson	The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
Not My Dog by Colby	Time Warp series by Jon Scieszka	The Library Card by Jerry Spinelli	Titanic Crossing by Barbara Williams

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ST. MARY'S COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL

Instructions: 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.

For Students Entering: FRESHMAN YEAR

Canyons by Gary Paulsen (Required)

Parrot in the Oven by Victor Martinez

Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton

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

For Students Entering: SOPHOMORE YEAR (Honors and Regular)

The Contender by Robert Lisyte (Required)

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Required for English 10 Honors)

Warrior Woman by Maxine Hong Kungston

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

The Accident by Todd Strasser

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

For Students Entering: JUNIOR YEAR (Honors and Regular)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (Required)

Good-bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier

Snow in August by Pete Hamill

For Students Entering: 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 Esmeralda Santiago

Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg

For Students Entering: SENIOR YEAR (Advanced Placement)

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Required)

Kite Runner by Knaled Hosseini (Required)

Native Son by Richard Wright (Required)

 

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ST. THOMAS SCHOOL

Students entering 1st grade

Students are required to read at least four of the following books

AUTHOR	TITLE
Jose Aruego	Look What I Can Do
Keith Baker	Hide and Snake
Crosby Bonsall	The Case of the Hungry Stranager ; And I Mean It Stanley! ; Mine's the Best
Felicia Bond	Poinsetta and Her Family
Franklyn M. Branley	What Happened to the Dinosaurs? ;
Jan Brett	The Gingerbread Baby ; The Mitten ; The Hat
Laurene K. Brown	Rex and the Lilly Family Time ; Rex and Lilly Playtime ; Rex and Lilly Schooltime
Marc Brown	Glasses for D.W. ; Arthur (any in the series)
Margaret W. Brown	The Runaway Bunny
Eve Bunting	Flower Garden
Janell Cannon	Stellaluna ; Verdi
Alyssa S. Capucilli	Biscuit ; Biscuit Finds a Friend ; Happy Birthday Biscuit
Eric Carle	The Very Quiet Cricket
Nancy Carlson	Harriet's Recital ; My Best Friend Moved Away
Mary Carmine	Daniel's Dinosaurs
Debbi Chocolate	On The Day I Was Born
Miriam Cohen	When Will I Read? ; Starring First Grade
Henry Cole	Jack's Garden
Tomie De Paola	Now One Foot, Now the Other ; The Art Lesson
PAtricia DeMuth	Johnny Appleseed
Joyce Dunbar	I Want A Blue Banana
Lois Ehlert	Circus
Don Freeman	Corduroy
Mem Fox	Hattie and the Fox
Deborah Guarino	Is Your Moma a Llama?
Barbara S. Hazen	Digby
Ruth Heller	Ruth Heller's How to Hide a Butterfly and Other Insects
Russell Hoban	Bread and Jam For Frances
Pat Hutchins	Rosie's Walk
Eliza Kleven	Hooray! A Pinata!
Steven Krensky	Lionel in the WInter
Shulamith Levy	Fireflies For Nathan
Leo Lionni	On My Beach There Are Many Pebbles ; Swimmy
Arnold Lobel	Frog and Toad Are Friends ; Frog and Toad All Year
Jonathan London	Fireflies, Fireflies, Light My Way
David M. McPhail	A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy
Grace Maccarone	The Lunch Box Surprise ; Soccer Game!
Eve Merriam	Where's That Cat?
Bernard Most	How Big Were the Dinosaurs?
Laura Numeroff	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie ; If You Give a Pig a Pancake
Lucille R. Penner	The True Story of Pocahontas
Marcus Pfister	The Rainbow Fish ; Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale
Lynn Reiser	Best Friends Think Alike
Fay Robinson	Pilots Fly Planes ; Mighty Spiders
Cynthia Rylant	Birthday Presents ; Henry and Mudge (any in series)
Dr. Seuss	Green Eggs and Ham ; I Can Read with My Eyes Shut
Mitchell Sharmat	Gregory, The Terrible Eater
James Skofield	Dectective Dinosaur
Kate Spohn	Dog and Cat Make a Splash
John Stadler	Horray for Snail!
Diane Stanley	Raising Sweetness ; Saving Sweetness
Jill Stover	Popsicile Pony
Karen Wallace	Image you are a Crocodile
Bernard Wiseman	Morris the Moose
Harriet Ziefert	When the TV Broke ; The Turnip
Charlotte Zolotow	My Friend John

 

Students entering 2nd grade

Students are required to read at least four of the following books

AUTHOR	TITLE
Verna Aardema	How the Ostrich Got It's Long Neck
David A. Adler	Cam Jansen Series
David Armentrout	The Drill
Edith Baer	Tis is the Way We Eat Our Lunch
Barbara E. Barber	Saturday at the New You
Daniel Barbot	A Bicycle for Rosaura
Debra & Sal Barracca	The Adventures of Taxi Dog
Marc Brown	Arthur's Teacher Trouble
Betsy Byars	Ant Plays Bear
Joyce Champion	Emily and Alice
Lynn Cherry	The Armadillo from Amarillo
Joanna Cole	Bully Trouble ; Magic School Bus series
Bill Cosby	Little Bill series
Pat Cummings	Jimmy Lee Did It
Arthur Dorros	Animal Tracks ; Ant Cities
Gail Gibbons	Frogs
Deborah Heiligman	From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Kevin Henkes	Chester's Way ; A Weekend with Wendell
B.G. Hennessy	The Dinosaurs Who Lived in My Backyard
Nonny Hogrogrian	One Fine Day
James Howe	Pinky and Rex and the New Baby
Pat Hutchins	My Best Friend
Rachel Isadora	Max
Steven Kellog	Can I Keep Him?
Eric Kimmel	Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock ; Anansi Goes Fishing ; Anansi the Spider ; The Greatest of All
Suzy Kline	Horrible Harry series
Helen Lester	Tacky the Penguin
Ellen Levine	I Hate English!
Susan Meddaugh	Martha Speaks
Jeanne Modesitt	Lunch with Milly
Ann Morris	On the Go ; Houses and Homes
Mary Pope Osborne	Magic Tree House series
Peggy Parish	Amelia Bedelia series
Barbara Park	Junie B. Jones series
Peggy Rathman	Ruby the Copycat
Cynthia Rylant	Mr. Putter and Tabby Bake the Cake ; Mr. Putter and Tabby Pour the Tea ; Henry and Mudge series
Dr. Seuss	Oh the Places You'll Go!
Mitchell Sharmat	Nate the Great series
Paul Showers	How Many Teeth
Janet Stevens	Coyote Steals the Blanket ; The Tortoise and the Hare
Kate Summers	Milly and Tilly
Kyoko Toda	Animal Faces

 

Students entering 3rd grade

Author	Series
David Alder	Cam Jansen
Betsy Byars	The Golly Sisters
Ann Cameron	Julian
Debbie Dadey	The Bailey School Kids
Judy Delton	Pee Wee Scouts
Fitzgerald	The Great Brain
Patricia Reilly Giff	Polk Street Gang
Johanna Hurt	Riverside Kids
Suzy Kline	Herbie Jones ; Horrible Harry
Arnold Lobel	Frog and Toad
Peggy Parish	Amelia Bedelia
Mary Pope Osborne	Magic Tree House
Cynthia Rylant	Henry and Mudge ; Cobble Street Cousins
Marjorie W. Sharmat	Nate the Great

 

Students entering 4th grade

Students are required to read two of the following books

The BGF by Roald Dahl

Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo

Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Superfudge by Judy Bloom

 

Students entering 5th grade

Students are required to read two of the following books

Julie of the Wolves by Jean George Craighead

Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Koningsburg

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Lord

 

Students entering 6th grade

Students are required to read two of the following books

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curits

Kira Kira by Cynthia Kadohata

On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer

 

Students entering 7th grade

Students are required to read two of the following books

Princess Diaries (Vol. 1) by Meg Cabot

The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis

If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince? by Melissa Kantor

Inkheart by Cornelia Caroline Funke

The River by Gary Paulsen

 

Students entering 8th grade

Students are required to read two of the following books

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt

 

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Diary of Pelly D by Adlington	The Extraordinary Adventure of Alfred Kropp by Yancey	Chains by Anderson
Fever 1793 by Anderson	13 Reasons Why by Asher	Chasing Vermeer by Balliett
Tangerine by Bloor	Ender's Game by Card	Things Not Seen by Clements
Airman by Colfer	Diamons in the Shadow by Cooney	The Rag and the Bone Shop by Cormier
Deadline by Crutcher	Gym Candy by Deuker	Bewitching Season by Doyle
Fire from the Rock by Draper	Who Killed My Daughter? by Duncan	Beasty by Flinn
The Graveyard Book by Gaiman	The Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution by Gardner	Uprising by Haddix
Book of Thousand Days by Hale	M.C. Higgins the Great by Hamilton	The Eyeball Collector by Higgins
Incantation by Hoffman	Evil Genius by Jinks	Kira-Kira by Kadohata
Silent to the Bone by Konigsburg	Keturah and Lord Death by Leavitt	Health by Lupica
Airborn by Oppel	A Child Called "It" by Pelzer	The Alchemyst by Scott
The Book of Dead Days by Sedgwick	Enthusiasm by Shulman	Unwind by Shusterman
Stargirl by Spinelli	Black and White by Volponi	Uglies by Westerfeld

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Alexie	In the Time of Butterflies by Alvarez	Wintergirls by Andersen
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Bray	A Long Way Gone by Beah	All the President's Men by Berenstein
Friday Night Lights by Bissinger	True Confessions of a Heartless Girl by Brooks	The Alienist by Carr
Persk of Being a Wallflower by Chbosky	And Then There Were None by Christie	Armageddon Summer by Coville
The Truth About Forever by Dessen	Little Brother by Doctorow	The Eyre Affair by Fforde
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Foer	A Lesson Before Dying by Gaines	Troy by Geras
Paper Towns by Green	The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night-TIme by Haddon	First Part Last by Johnshon
The Poisonwood Bible by Kingsolver	The Devil in the White City by Larson	Life of Pi by Martel
Dragonsinger by McCaffrey	Sold by McCormick	The Host by Meyer
Three Cups of Tea by Mortenson	Diary Queen by Murdock	The Burn Journals by Runyon
Dracula by Stoker	The Kitchen God's Wife by Tan	The Glass Castle by Wells
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by Wroblewski	The Autobiography of Malcom X by X

Students entering English 8 are required to read one of the following novels:

1. The Battle of Jericho by Sharon Mills Draper
2. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
3. Crossing Jordan by Adrian Fogelin
4. Kissing Tennessee by Kathi Appelt
5. Whirligig by Paul Fleischman
6. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos

 

Students entering English 8A are required to read one of the following novels:

1. The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
2. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
3. October Sky (Rocket Boys) by Homer Hickham
4. The True COnfessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

 

Students entering English 1 (9th Grade) are required to read one of the following novels:

1. Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
2. The Bar Code Tattoo by Suzanne Weyn
3. 24 Girls in 7 Days by Alex Bradley
4. The Pact by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt with Lisa Frazier Page
5. Feed by M.T. Anderson

 

Students entering English 1A (9A) are required to read:

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Students entering English 1A (9A) are also required to read one of the following novels:

1. Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos
2. Travel Team by Mike Lupica
3. Into the Wild by John Krakauer

 

Students entering English 2 (10th Grade) are required to read one of the following:

1. The Pact by Jodi Picoult
2. Dreaming Water by Gail Tsukiyama
3. A Lesson Before Dying by Earnest J. Gaines
4. Snow in August by Pete Hamill

 

Students entering English 2A (10A) are required to read:

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

Students entering English 2A (10A) are also required to read one of the following:

1. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
2. A Lesson Before Dying by Earnest J. Gaines

 

Students entering English 3 (11th Grade) are required to read one of the following:

1. Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
2. Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood by Jeffrey Marx
3. Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher
4. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

 

Students entering Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (11AP) are required to read one of the following works of fiction:

1. Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
2. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Students entering Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (11AP) are also required to read one of the following works of non-fiction:

1. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
2. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

 

Students entering English 4 (12th Grade) are required to read one of the following works:

1. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
2. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
3. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
4. Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa Se

 

Students entering Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition (12AP) are required to read:

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Students entering Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition (12AP) will also be required to read one of the following works:

1. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
2. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
3. Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

 

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