2023 Summer Reading List

FRESHMEN - CLASS OF 2027

Over the summer, all Freshman students are responsible for choosing to read one of the recommended book choices listed below. The novel should be finished by the first day of school—Thursday, August 17.

Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian—ISBN: 9780316013

Fred Venturini, The Escape of Light – ISBN: 9781684423927

Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad is Untrue – ISBN: 9781646140008

Ben Philippe, The Field Guide to the North American Teenager – ISBN: 9780062824127

Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give – ISBN: 9780062498533

Harry Mazer, The Last Mission—ISBN: 9780440947974

Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing – ISBN: 9780525554929

Rex Ogle, Punching Bag – ISBN: 9781324016236

Traci Chee, We Are Not Free – ISBN: 9780358668107

Jenni Torres Sanchez, We Are Not from Here – ISBN: 9781984812285

 

SOPHOMORES - CLASS OF 2026

Over the summer, all incoming Sophomore students will choose to read one of the book choices listed below. Each student is required to complete a specific Dialectical Journal for his chosen book as he reads. Students were given a printed copy of the Dialectical Journal in May of their Freshman year; however, a digital copy is included below by clicking the specific, titled link. Please read carefully through the document to understand the expectations. A printed, complete version of this Dialectical Journal is due on the day of Sophomore Orientation--Thursday, August 10.

Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone – ISBN: 9781250170972

Alexandre Dumas, The Count of the Monte Cristo – ISBN: 9781593080884 (Abridged Version)

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment – ISBN: 0553211757

Sungju Lee, Every Falling Star – ISBN: 9781419727610

Zahed Haftlang, I, Who Did Not Die – ISBN: 9781682450116  

Shūsaku Endō, Silence—ISBN: 9781250082244

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart—ISBN: 9780385474542

Ryan Graudin, The Walled City – ISBN: 9781780621999

Arushi Raina, When Morning Comes – ISBN: 9781926890142

 

JUNIORS - CLASS OF 2025

Over the summer, all incoming Junior students will read The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien.

Students are required to complete a Dialectical Journal as they read. Students were given a

printed copy of the Dialectical Journal in May of their Sophomore year; however, a digital copy

is included below by clicking the specific, titled link. Please read carefully through the document

to understand the expectations. A printed, complete version of this Dialectical Journal is due on

the day of Junior Orientation--Friday, August 11.

 

Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried—ISBN: 9780618706419

 

SENIORS - CLASS OF 2024

AP English IV

Over the summer, all incoming Senior AP students are required to read all three book choices

listed below. Select the titled links below to view your expectations associated with your reading. This includes an assessment, which will ask you to apply some of the included terms. The finished reading and supplemental assignments involving literary terms and concepts are due the first day of school--Thursday, August 17.

 

Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman – ISBN: 9798809504843

Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible – ISBN: 9780061577079

Sherman Alexie, Reservation Blues – ISBN: 9780802141903

 

Honors English IV

Over the summer, all incoming Senior Honors students are required to read selections from The

Best American Essays of the Century (editor, Joyce Carol Oates, co-editor Robert Atwan,

Houghton Mifflin Company). Select the titled link below to view your expectations associated

with your reading, this includes specific assigned short stories with accompanying prompts. The

finished reading and supplemental work are due the first day of school--Thursday, August 17.

 

The Best American Essays of the Century – ISBN: 9780618155873

 

English IV

Over the summer, all incoming English IV students will read Disrupting for Good: Using Passion and Persistence to Create Lasting Change, by Chris Fields. Students are required to complete a Dialectical Journal as they read. Students were given a printed copy of the Dialectical Journal in May of their Junior year; however, a digital copy is included below by clicking the specific, titled link. Please read carefully through the document to understand the expectations. A printed, complete version of this Dialectical Journal is due on the day of Senior Orientation--Friday, August 11.

 

Chris Fields, Disrupting for Good: Using Passion and Persistence to Create Lasting Change—ISBN: 9781684269884