High School Reading & Workbook Lists
2015-2016
The following lists include the texts which will be covered in each grade level throughout
the school year; students are responsible for obtaining their own copies in a timely
manner.
Books noted as Summer Reading should be obtained by students on their own and
read prior to the first day of school. Summer reading assignments for each class are
also posted in the Warrior One Stop section of www.svcschools.org.
9th Grade and 9th Grade Honors
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9 Grade
Summer Reading:
 Night by Elie Wiesel
 Mythology by Edith Hamilton
School Year Reading:
 The Odyssey by Homer, Graphic Classics (ISBN: 978-0764142765)
 Oedipus the King by Sophocles, translated by Bernard Knox (ISBN
9781416500339)
 Poetics by Aristotle (ISBN: 978-0486295770)
 The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare (ISBN 9780812035728)
 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (ISBN 9780446310789)
 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (ISBN 9780345342966)
 Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level C (ISBN 978-0821571088)
9th Grade Honors
Summer Reading:
 Night by Elie Wiesel
 Mythology by Edith Hamilton
School Year Reading:
 Oedipus the King by Sophocles, translated by Bernard Knox (ISBN
9781416500339)
 The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fagles (ISBN 9780140268867)
 The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (ISBN
9780451526864)
 The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas (ISBN 9780553213508)
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (ISBN 9780446310789)
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level D (ISBN 978-0821571095)
10th Grade and 10th Grade Honors
10th Grade
Summer Reading:
 The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (ISBN 978-0679734772)
School Year Reading:
 Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare—Folder Library Edition (ISBN
9780743482745)
 Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (ISBN 978-0385474542)
 All Quiet on the Western Front by Eric Maria Remarque (ISBN 9780449213940)
 Black Boy by Richard Wright (ISBN 9780061443084)
 Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (ISBN 9780375714573)
 Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level D (ISBN 978-0821571095)
10th Grade Honors
Summer Reading:
 The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (ISBN 9780679734772)
 The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fagles (ISBN 9780140268867) [*Summer
Reading if not read 9th Grade]
School Year Reading:
 Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare—Folder Library Edition (ISBN
9780743482745)
 Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (ISBN 978-0385474542)
 All Quiet on the Western Front by Eric Maria Remarque (ISBN 9780449213940)
 Black Boy by Richard Wright (ISBN 9780061130243 )
 Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (ISBN 9780375714573)
 Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level E (ISBN 978-0821571101)
11th Grade and 11th Grade Honors
11th Grade
Summer Reading:
 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
School Year Reading:
 The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (ISBN 9780553210095)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (ISBN 9780451530943)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (ISBN 9780743273565)
Hiroshima by John Hershey (ISBN 9780679721031)
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level E (ISBN 978-0821571101)
AP Language and Composition
Summer Reading:
 Black Boy by Richard Wright (ISBN 9780061130243 )
 One additional book for Summer Reading (for specific instructions, see AP
Lang Summer Reading Assignment – also posted under Warrior One Stop)
School Year Reading:
 The Language of Composition by Shea, Scanlon, Aufses (ISBN 9780312676506)
 The Short Prose Reader 13th Edition by Muller & Wiener (ISBN 9780073383934)
 The Lively Art of Writing by Lucile Payne (ISBN 9780451627124)
 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (ISBN 9780451530943)
 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (ISBN 9780743273565)
 The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (ISBN 9780553210095)
12th Grade and 12th Grade Honors
12th Grade
Summer Reading:
 Beowulf -- any good translation
School Year Reading:
 Hamlet by William Shakespeare (Folger Library Edition ISBN 9780743477123)
 The Tempest by William Shakespeare (Signet Classic ISBN 9780451527127)
 Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by various (ISBN
9780451523631)
 Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (ISBN 9780553212143)
 Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis (ISBN 9780060652920)
 Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level F (ISBN 978-0821571118)
AP Literature and Composition
Summer Reading:
 Two full books or plays (for specific instructions, see AP Lit Summer
Reading Assignment – also posted under Warrior One Stop)
School Year Reading:
 Literature: Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (ISBN 9780073124452)
 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (ISBN 9780141439556)
 The Awakening by Kate Chopin (ISBN 9780486277868)
 Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (ISBN 9780553212143)
 Lord of the Flies by William Golding (ISBN 9780399501487)
 Animal Farm by George Orwell (ISBN 0451526341)