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ENGLISH SUMMER READING – 2021 Updated list!!
AP English IV
How to Read Literature Like a Professor ( may omit chapters 16-17) by Thomas C Foster
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
English IV
The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
AP English III
1984 By George Orwell
This I Believe (book 1) by Jay Allison
English III
Anthem by Ayn Ran
This I Believe II (book 2) by Jay Allison
AP Seminar (Capstone)
The Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Pre-AP English II
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
English II
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Feed by Matthew Tobin Anderson (Please read attached prior to reading)
Pre-AP English I
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
English I
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
ENGLISH SPRING READING – 2021 Updated list!!
AP English IV
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
English IV
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
AP English III
Nickle and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
English III
TBA In class
Pre-AP 10 English
A Doll’s House by Henrick Ibsen
English II
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Pre-AP 9 English
Farewell to Manzanar By Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D Houston
English I
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank