HIGH SCHOOL
REQUIRED SUMMER READING FOR ENGLISH - 2008

 

9TH GRADE REQUIRED READING: The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

 

10TH GRADE REQUIRED READING: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

 

11TH GRADE REQUIRED READING: Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals

 

12TH GRADE REQUIRED READING:  Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

 

HONORS ENGLISH:   1.  Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

                                                &

                                       2.  Any TWO from the following list:

 

TITLE

AUTHOR

Siddhartha

Hesse, Hermann

Native son

Wright, Richard

Red badge of courage

Crane, Stephen

Tess of the D'ubervilles

Hardy, Thomas

Their eyes were watching God 

Hurston, Nora N.

Things fall apart

Achebe, Chinua

Wuthering Heights

Bronte, Emily

Frankenstein

Shelley, Mary

Extremely loud and  Incredibly close

 Foer, Steven

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

Warriors Don’t Cry

Melba Pattillo Beals