Junior Summer Reading
All students are required to read the books listed below that correspond to their academic level.
Students will be expected to discuss the required reading in class at the beginning of the year. Teachers
will assess students based on their required reading. Such assessments may include quizzes/tests, essays,
class participation, and other relevant assessments
Advanced Placement
AP Junior Summer Reading Texts
 The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey (ISBN# 0-451-16396-6)
Summer Reading Assignment
Students must complete the following assignment for both works (due on the first day of school):
1. Make a list of the different places (in chronological order) that the main characters go;
2. Make a list of characters (the main and fairly important ones) and what they do in the
beginning, middle, and end of the novels;
3. Break each novel into four parts—beginning, early middle, late middle, and end—and
write a two or three sentence summary for each part;
4. Answer each of the following questions in two sentences and, when you do, remember
to consider how the novels end:
For The Catcher in the Rye—What argument is Salinger (not Holden) making
about America, and, in particular, the effect of materialism in America?
For One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest—What argument is Kesey making about
America, and, in particular, the role of the individual in America?
Honors
1. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass—Frederick Douglass
This book will be discussed in Social Studies classes, and current Social Studies teachers
provided students with a handout to guide their reading of the text and which must be returned to
school in the fall. If students have misplaced that worksheet, they may access another copy via
the school web page.
2. The Catcher in the Rye—J.D. Salinger
This book will be discussed in English classes. Students are encouraged to keep a reading journal
and take notes as they read. In their notes, students should identify major characters, setting, key
plot details, as well as any significant/though-provoking passages and/or questions the text raised.
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Accelerated
1. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass—Frederick Douglass
This book will be discussed in Social Studies classes, and current Social Studies teachers
provided students with a handout to guide their reading of the text and which must be returned to
school in the fall. If students have misplaced that worksheet, they may access another copy via
the school web page.
2. Fahrenheit 451—Ray Bradbury
This book will be discussed in English classes. Students are encouraged to keep a reading journal
and take notes as they read. In their notes, students should identify major characters, setting, key
plot details, as well as any significant/though-provoking passages and/or questions the text raised.
College Preparatory
1. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass—Frederick Douglass
This book will be discussed in Social Studies classes, and current Social Studies teachers
provided students with a handout to guide their reading of the text and which must be returned to
school in the fall. If students have misplaced that worksheet, they may access another copy via
the school web page.
2. Fahrenheit 451—Ray Bradbury
This book will be discussed in English classes. Students are encouraged to keep a reading journal
and take notes as they read. In their notes, students should identify major characters, setting, key
plot details, as well as any significant/though-provoking passages and/or questions the text raised.