Each year, the English department assigns reading during the summer and spring.
Below are the most recent assignments.
Study guide are located HERE.
ENGLISH SUMMER READING – UPDATED! 2023
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
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
English III
Anthem by Ayn Ran
This I Believe II (book 2) by Jay Allison
AP Seminar (Capstone) NEW**Online!
Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers by Michael A. Caulfield
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
AP English IV
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
English IV
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Link to free online BOOK HERE!
AP English III
This I Believe (book 1) by Jay Allison
English III
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
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