Entering Grade 9 Honors
Please note: In addition to the required reading, students will be required complete a project. These projects will be distributed in June.
Required Reading: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Plus read one book from the following list:
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neal Hurston
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Send Me a Sign by Tiffany Schmidt
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Entering Grade 9 Standard
Please note: In addition to the required reading, students will be required complete a project. These projects will be distributed in June.
Read one book from the following list:
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neal Hurston
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Send Me a Sign by Tiffany Schmidt
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Entering Grade 10 Honors
Students must read two books. One book must come from List A; the second book can come from either List A or List B.
List A
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Julia Alvarez
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Soldier Boy by Ishmael Beah
The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
List B
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
One Fan’s Story: If This Hat Could Talk by Jared Carrabis
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
How I Live Now by Meg Rosof
It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Entering Grade 10 Standard
Select one book to read:
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Julia Alvarez
Thirteen reasons Why by Jay Asher
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Soldier Boy by Ishmael Beah
One Fan’s Story: If This Hat Could Talk by Jared Carrabis
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
How I Live Now by Meg Rosof
It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Entering Grade 11 Advanced Placement English Language & Composition
Read ALL of the following:
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
“Letter from Birmingham Jail” (available online) by M.L. King
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Entering Grade 11 Honors
Required Reading
“Letter from Birmingham Jail” (available online) by M.L. King
Plus one book from the following list:
All Souls: A Family Story from Southie by Michael P. MacDonald
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
Drive by Larry Bird
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X with Alex Haley
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Entering Grade 11 Standard
Read ONE book from the following list:
All Souls: A Family Story from Southie by Michael P. MacDonald
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
Drive by Larry Bird
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X with Alex Haley
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Entering Grade 12 Advanced Placement
Read ALL of the following books:
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Heart is a Lonely Hunger by Carson McCullers
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell ***highly recommended but not required
Entering Grade 12 Honors
Required Reading:
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Plus one book from the following list:
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Entering Grade 12 Standard
Read ONE book from the following list:
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
