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          ENGLISH CLASS SUMMER READING LISTS

     FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 9-12 THIS FALL

REMEMBER:  You must read the assigned number of books from the designated list for your appropriate grade.

Each book must be read in the original, unabridged, unadapted version.  Movies, Cliff's Notes, Spark Notes, comics, and illlustrated classics may be helpful, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTABLE AS SUBSTITUTES FOR READING THE ENTIRE BOOK.  YOU MAY NOT READ A BOOK THAT YOU HAVE READ BEFORE FOR A BOOK REPORT.

Here are some suggestions for taking notes while you are reading.  Don't forget: during the first two weeks of school, I will require writing assignments based on your summer reading.

1.  Write down each character's name as he or she is introduced in the book, and describe each one.  As you read, indicate the importance of each character in the book.

2.  Summarize what happens in the book.  What are the important conflicts?  

3.  Put down a few statements or ideas from the book that are especially noteworthy or meaningful.  Be sure to note from which chapter the quotations are taken.

4.  Is the ending of the book satisfactory?  What are the implications of the ending and its effect on the main character?  Was the main character successful in overcoming a difficulty?  Why or why not?  How much do you sympathize with the main character?

5.  To what extent do you think that the book is worth-while?  Did it help you to gain some insight or to come to a greater understanding in any way?

NINTH GRADE--Choose ONE BOOK from the following list.

   ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll
   THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES by Arthur Conan Doyle
   DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL by Anne Frank
   DEATH BE NOT PROUD by John Gunther
   DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE by Robert Louis Stevenson
   A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH BY Jules Verne
   CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN by Frank Gilbreath
   HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain

TENTH GRADE--Choose TWO BOOKS from the following list.

   THE DAY CHRIST DIED by Jim Bishop
   THE STORY OF MY LIFE by Helen Keller
   THE THREE MUSKETEERS by Alexandre Dumas
   THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway
   THE PEARL by John Steinbeck
   CHRISTY  by Catherine Marshall
   CHINA CRY by Nora Lam
   THE CROSS AND THE SWITCHBLADE by Dave Wilkerson
   WAR OF THE WORLDS by H. G. Wells
   AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie

ELEVENTH GRADE--Choose TWO BOOKS from this list.
(Don't forget to work on your family research project!)

  LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott  
  THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS by James Fenimore Cooper
  THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE by Stephen Crane
  SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY  by Elisabeth Elliot
  THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
  MOBY DICK by Herman Melville
  IN HIS STEPS by Charles Sheldon
  THE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE by Jesse Stuart
  THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER by Mark Twain

TWELFTH GRADE--Choose TWO BOOKS from this list.

  SENSE AND SENSIBILITY by Jane Austen
  JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte
  DAVID COPPERFIELD by Charles Dickens
  GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS by James Hilton
  BRAVE NEW WORLD  by Aldous Huxley
  MERE CHRISTIANITY by C. S. Lewis
  IVANHOE by Sir Walter Scott
  THE BLACK ARROW by Robert Louis Stevenson
  THE TIME MACHINE by H. G. Wells
  THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY by Oscar Wilde

Have a great summer---and read, read, read!


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