Summer Reading Lists 2009-10

9th grade Honors English I   

Choose two of the following:

Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros
The Bean Trees  by Barbara Kingsolver
Chinese Cinderella:  The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Mah-Wu Mei
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Morenson & David Relin
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

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9th Grade Academic English I  Choose one:

Kissing Doorknobs  by Terry Spencer Hesser
Players by Joyce Sweeney
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian   by Sherman Alexie

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10th grade Honors English II -    

Read both titles below

Tuesdays with Morrie  by Mitch Albom
Fahrenheit 451 -   by Ray Bradbury

Choose one additional title from the two listed below:

Girl With A Pearl Earring  by Tracy Chevalier
Bleachers  by John Grisham

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10th grade Academic English II  Choose one:

Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

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11th grade Honors English III  Read both:

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Additional novel of your choice from assignment link below

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11th grade Academic English III  Choose One:

A Time To Kill  by John Grisham
Finding Fish  by Antwone Q. Fisher
My Antonia by Willa Cather

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12th  grade AP English   

Purchase:

How to Read Literature Like a Professor  by Thomas C. Foster
Read one of the novels listed on the handout - click on the link below 

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12th grade Academic English IV Choose One:

Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

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These books are available from the Cuyahoga County Public Library