Harry D. Jacobs High School
2601 Bunker Hill Drive
Algonquin, IL 60102
847-532-6100
Jhs.d300.org
Ami J. Engel
Principal
ami.engel@d300.org
Dear Parent/Guardian:
The Jacobs High School English Department is dedicated to increasing appreciation, independence, and critical thinking while
reading.
To that end, the Summer Reading List for the 2015-2016 school year can be found at the end of this letter. Your child is required to
read one of the novels listed for the English course that he/she will be enrolled in this fall. For all classes, your child's comprehension
and analysis of the novel will be evaluated through class discussions during the first two weeks of school in August.
Books will be available for check out at the Dundee Township Library, the Randall Oaks Branch Library, Eastgate branch, and the
Algonquin Main Library. In addition, books can be purchased at the Spring Hill Mall Barnes and Noble, Algonquin Half Price Books,
and/or online.
Additionally, Anderson Books will be selling the summer reading books in the Jacobs’ library from May 18-22 during all periods.
Only cash or checks will be accepted. Checks should be made out to Anderson’s Bookfair Company. See back for pricing.
Feel free to contact me or the Jacobs High School library with any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Christian
English Division Head
847-532-6186
jennifer.christian@d300.org
Freshman
English (12101211, 1310-1311,
1410-1411)
Choose one:
Sophomore
English
(1313-1314,
1413-1414)
Choose one:
Choose one:
Choose one:
Legend by Marie
Lu
A Long Way
Gone; Memoirs
of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah
The Beginning
of Everything
by Robyn
Schneider
SuperFreakonomics
by Steven Levitt
and Stephen
Dubner
Graceling by
Kristin Cashore
Looking for
Alaska by John
Green
Fast Food Nation
by Eric Schlosser
Cinder by
Marissa Meyer
The Darkest
Minds by
Alexandra
Bracken
Purple Heart by
Patricia
McCormick
Junior English
(1316-1317,
1416-1417)
Speak by
Laurie Halse
Anderson
Senior English
(1319-1320)
The Tipping Point
by Malcolm
Gladwell
Honors Senior
English
(1419-1420)
Required
reading:
How to Read
Literature Like
a Professor by
Thomas C.
Foster
AP Language
(1516-1517)
Required reading:
The Outliers: The
Story of Success by
Malcolm Gladwell.
Choose one of the
following:
Fast Food Nation by
Eric Schlosser
Quiet by Susan Cain
No Impact Man by
Colin Beavan
The Rise and Fall of
the American
Teenager by Thomas
Hine
SuperFreakonomics
by Steven Levitt and
Stephen Dubner
See AP Language letter
with assignment from
Mr. Ziols/Mr. Bigler.
AP Literature
(1519-1520)
Both are
required
reading:
Pride and
Prejudice by
Jane Austen
How to Read
Literature Like
a Professor by
Thomas C.
Foster
See AP
Literature letter
with
assignment
from Mrs.
Billings and
Mrs. Fisher.
Title
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Beginning of Everything
Cinder
Darkest Minds
Fast Food Nation: Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Graceling
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading
Between the Lines
Legend
Looking for Alaska
No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet,
and the Discoveries he Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process
Outliers: The Story of Success
Pride and Prejudice
Purple Heart
Quiet: Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Rise and Fall of the American Teenager
Speak
Superfreakonomics
Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Price + 7.75% Tax = Total
$13.00 + $1.01 = $14.01
$9.99 + $0.77 = $10.76
$9.99 + $0.77 = $10.76
$9.99 + $0.77 = $10.76
$15.95 + $1.24 = $17.19
$9.99 + $0.77 = $10.76
$15.99 + $1.24 = $17.23
$9.99 + $0.77 = $10.76
$9.99 + $0.77 = $10.76
$15.00 + $1.16 =$16.16
$16.99 + $1.32 = $18.31
$8.00 + $0.62 = $8.62
$9.99 + $0.77 = $10.76
$16.00 + $1.24 = $17.24
$14.99 + $1.16 =$16.15
$9.99 + $0.77 = $10.76
$29.99 + $2.32 = $32.31
$17.00 + $1.32 = $18.32
Anderson Books will be selling the summer reading books in the Jacobs’ library from May 18-22 during all
periods.
Only cash or checks will be accepted. Checks should be made out to Anderson’s Bookfair Company.