High School Reading List
2015 -2016
Please complete the following reading assignments for the grade and class you will be in next year. All
English students will have a written assessment given by their teachers which will be completed in
class the first week of school. Please be ready.
9th Grade – All students will read The Gospel of John
CP & Honors English – All students will read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
CP & Honors Civics – All students will read Lord of the Flies by William Golding
10th Grade – All students will read The Gospel of John
Honors English - Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
CP English – October Sky by Homer Hickam
CP & Honors World Civilizations – A Tale of 2 Cities
11th Grade – All students will read The Gospel of John
Honors English – The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
CP English - Silas Marner by George Eliot
Honors and CP American History - A biography of a famous American of 150 pages or more. Please
complete the Biography Worksheet on page 3 of this packet.
AP US History – Choose one of the following books:
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
John Adams by David McCullough
1776 by David McCullough
Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose (Lewis and Clark expedition)
D-Day by Stephen Ambrose
Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
Nothing Like It in the World by Stephen Ambrose (Transcontinental Railroad)
Eisenhower by Stephen Ambrose
Flags of our Fathers by James Bradley
Flyboys by James Bradley
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12th Grade
Bible – All students will read The Gospel of John in the New Testament and write 3 or 4 well written
paragraphs explaining which passage(s) were most meaningful to them and why.
AP European History – All students will read Sophie’s World by Josteen Gaardner
and The Prince by Machiavelli
CP and Honors Political Science/Economics - The Prince by Machiavelli
CP and Honors English –The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
AP English Literature and Composition – Please read all three books
How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster (Please read this book first)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
*Must purchase Literature and Composition ISBN #10 0 312 388063; Publisher Bedford/St. Martins
AP English Language and Composition – Please read all three books
Nickel and Dimed on (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenreich
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solider by Ishmael Beah
Fast Food Nation – The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
*Must purchase Language and Composition 2nd Ed ISBN# 9780 0 312 67650 6; Publisher Bedford/St
Martins
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History Biography Worksheet for 11th Grade
(Please complete and return to your history teacher on the first day of school)
1. Book title and author.
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2. What is the main character’s significance in history?
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3. What people group did he/she influence/lead?
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4. Who/what are the major influences in his/her life?
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5. Explain any major hardships he/she faced.
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6. Explain any major victories/successes he/she faced.
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7. What did you learn that you can apply to your life?
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