2021 Summer Reading List for All Grades (By Tori Davis, English Studies Chair)

Summer reading keeps students engaged in academic reading and introduces them to ideas, topics and themes that will be covered in the coming school year. The reading material chosen will inform and direct the initial classroom discussions and assessments, as well as serving as a foundation from which teachers can begin addressing key terminology and class procedures.

English I: 
Choose ONE: 
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik; OR 
The Odyssey (Graphic Novel) ISBN: 978-0-7636-4266-2 by Gareth Hind

Honors English I:
A PDF document of short stories is emailed separately to students in this course.
 
English II: 
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
 
Honors Eng II: 
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
 
English III: 
Choose ONE: 
Stealing Buddha’s Dinner: A Memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen; OR
Dear Martin by Nic Stone; OR
Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine; OR
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
 
AP Language & Composition: 
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman and Politics and the English Language by George Orwell
 
English IV: 
Choose ONE: 
The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America by Sarah Igo; OR 
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang; OR 
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
 
AP Literature & Composition: 
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga and A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver
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