English Reading

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
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

AP English IV
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

English IV
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

AP English III
Collection of non-fiction passages (available on google classroom)

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