Summer Reading for Upcoming 12th Grade Dual Enrollment Honors English IV
*** Note: Important textbook information is given at the bottom of this document. Get your textbooks this summer!
Summer Reading Book #1: The Help by Katherine Stockett
Summer Reading Book #2: Trials of the Earth by Mary Hamilton
Summer Reading Book #3: Select one of the following memoirs/autobiographies:
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All Over But the Shoutin’ by Rick Bragg
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An American Childhood by Annie Dillard
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Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
Black Boy by Richard Wright
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I am Malala by Malala Yousazfi
In the Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White
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My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
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Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Keep a character list for each book. This list should include character names, traits, and the page # when they are
introduced.
***Textbook Information – READ CAREFULLY!***
You will need to purchase your textbooks for the fall and spring semesters. Please purchase all books before school
starts so that you are not scrambling to get the Comp. II book after Christmas.
• Comp. I (fall semester):
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The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings by Richard Bullock and Maureen Daly Goggin. 3rd edition.
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ISBN 978-0-393-91957-8
The Little Seagull Handbook by Richard Bullock et al. 2nd edition. ISBN978-0-393-93580-6
Note: These were new books for MDCC students starting Fall 2014. You may be able to get them used from the
class of 2015. You also may purchase them from the MDCC bookstore or online.
• Comp. II (spring semester):
 Literature and Society: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Nonfiction by Pamela J. Annas and Robert
C. Rosen. 4th Edition. ISBN 0131534572.
Note: I have used this book with my dual enrollment class for several years, so you may be able to get it from one
of my former students. This book is NOT sold by the MDCC bookstore. If you can’t get it from a former student,
you can purchase it online.