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ENGLISH SUMMER READING – UPDATED! 2019
AP English IV
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
How to Read Literature Like a Professor ( may omit chapters 16-17) by Thomas C Foster
How to Read Poetry Like a Professor by Thomas C Foster
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: the Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women, by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman** (See Mrs Centeno-Johnston for project assignment)
English III
Anthem by Ayn Rand
This I Believe II: More Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women, by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman* see study guide
AP Seminar (Capstone)
The Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Pre-AP English II
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway
English II
Feed by MT Anderson
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Pre-AP English I
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
English I
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
ENGLISH SPRING READING
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
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
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
English I
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank