Grade 10 Summer Reading List
Amesbury Public Library
SOPHOMORES: HONORS AMERICAN STUDIES SUMMER READING LIST, 2007
HONORS ENGLISH: You have pre-registered for Honors English. If you decide to change your schedule to college prep English before July 15, you may change your summer reading to the requirements for college prep. HOWEVER, STUDENTS WHO CHANGE THEIR SCHEDULES AFTER JULY 15 ARE STILL REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE HONORS SUMMER READING REQUIREMENTS.
· Books are available at the Amesbury Public Library during the summer. You may also purchase your own copies.
· The titles have been selected to help prepare you for Sophomore Literature which focuses on early American Literature. Discussions and activities using your reading will be an important part of your class.
· Students will read three books, 2 assigned titles and 1 choice from the list.
· Complete Summer Reading Journal entries for each book. Journals are due Sept. 7, 2007.
REQUIRED TITLES
1. The Secret Life Of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (required)
“When Lily’s black Nanny insults a group of angry white men on her way to register to vote in the 1960’s, Lily and Rosalie flee and are taken in by 3 bee-keeping sisters.”
2. The Red Badge Of Courage by Stephen Crane (required)
“Stirring tale of action in American Civil War.”
3. CHOOSE ONE of the following titles:
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (novel)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah (memoir)
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls (memoir)
Salem Falls or Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult (novel)
Saving Erasmus by Steven Cleaver (novel)
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards (novel)
Crashing Through: a true story of risk adventure and the man who dared to see or Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson (biography)
When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago (memoir)
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg (novel)
Plainsong by Kent Haruf (novel)
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston (non-fiction)
The Poisonwood Bible (novel) or Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year Of Food Life (non-fiction) by Barbara Kingsolver
Chewing Gum in Holy Water: A Childhood in the Heart Of Italy by Mario Valentini and Cheryl Hardacre (memoir)
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______________________________________________________________________________ SOPHOMORE SUMMER READING LIST, 2007
COLLEGE PREPARATORY I and II:
ALL STUDENTS are required to read at least TWO BOOKS from the following list before they begin the 2007-2008 school year. Books are available at the Amesbury Public Library, which also has access to inter-library loan. Students are also welcome to purchase copies of their own books.
· Students will read two books: one required title and one choice from the list below. The titles have been selected to help prepare you for American Literature, which is the focus of Sophomore English.
· Summer Reading is due on Friday September 7, 2007. Assessments on each book count as the first test grades for the course. Sophomores who are not scheduled for English during first quarter will turn in their Summer Reading journals during A block or lunch period that day.
· On the back of this sheet are questions for Summer Reading Journals. Complete Journal Entries for each book to turn in on Sept. 7, 2007.
COLLEGE PREPARATORY : Students will read two books.
1. Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (required)
2. Choose one book from the List :
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (novel)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah (memoir)
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls (memoir)
Salem Falls or Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult (novel)
Saving Erasmus by Steven Cleaver (novel)
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards (novel)
Crashing Through: a true story of risk adventure and the man who dared to see or Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson (biography)
When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago (memoir)
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg (novel)
Plainsong by Kent Haruf (novel)
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston (non-fiction)
The Poisonwood Bible (novel) or Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year Of Food Life (non-fiction) by Barbara Kingsolver
Chewing Gum in Holy Water: A Childhood in the Heart Of Italy by Mario Valentini and Cheryl Hardacre (memoir)
For One More Day by Mitch Albom (novel)
