Attleboro High School
Summer Reading List for the 2014—2015 Academic Year
Philosophy
We believe that reading can be a pleasurable experience for all students, and that it is a
skill that can and must be developed through practice. As such, we value summer
reading as a vehicle to exercise young minds, to increase literacy, and to cultivate a love
of reading.
Purpose
The primary goal of summer reading is to maintain essential skills and to motivate
students to read books that are both challenging and appealing. For students in Honors
and AP courses, summer reading has the additional purpose of supplementing the
curriculum. The lists have been devised to promote college readiness and success in high
school students.
Assessment
On the first Friday of the academic year, all students, regardless of which English course
they are taking or which trimester they are scheduled to take it, will take a summer
reading test. This assessment will be used to hold students accountable for meeting the
summer reading requirements and to enable teachers to gauge students’ incoming skill
level. Students will not be allowed to use their books during the exam period.
Obtaining Books
Before leaving for summer vacation, students will know in which English class they are
enrolling and should consult the appropriate section of the reading list. To offer even
more choice, students not enrolling in honors or AP courses may read the books on those
lists for their appropriate grade level. Students are encouraged to buy their own books.
Underlining, highlighting, and annotating personally owned books is also recommended.
Several area bookstores have our reading list and will have books available. Students
may also borrow books from the Attleboro Public Library.
Notice to Guardians
Although the books on this list are appropriate for high school students, both students and
guardians should be aware that some books contain adult topics with adult language
and/or controversial material. Different students and families have different perspectives
on what is most appropriate for a student’s best choice so please review these books
carefully before deciding which ones are most appropriate for your child.
9th Grade Summer Reading List
All students must read the following book:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
In addition to The Fault in Our Stars, English I Honors students must read two
additional titles:
Required Reading:
Homer. Iliad Note: Either a verse or prose version is acceptable.
Read 1 of the following:
Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian
Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist
Hersey, John. Hiroshima
Keneally, Thomas. Schindler’s List
Kingsolver, Barbara. The Bean Trees
London, Jack. Call of the Wild
Remarque, E. M. All Quiet on the Western Front
Weisel, Elie. Night
Yolen, Jane. Briar Rose
In addition to The Fault in Our Stars, English I College Prep students must read one
additional title:
English Department
Science Department
Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Story of a
Part-Time Indian
Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game
Christie, Agatha. And Then There Were None
McCormick, Patricia. Purple Heart
Meyers, Walter Dean. Monster
Newton Fusco, Kimberly. Tending to Grace
Kingsolver, Barbara. The Bean Trees
Trueman, Terry. Stuck in Neutral
Crichton, Michael. Andromeda Strain
Crichton, Michael. Cool It
Social Studies Department
Crew, Linda. Children of the River
Frank, Anne. Diary of Anne Frank
Kovaly, Heda Under a Cruel Star
Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis
Mathematics Department
Ogawa, Yoko. The Housekeeper and the
Professor
Crichton, Michael. Jurassic Park.
Enzensberger, Hans M. The Number Devil
Foreign Languages Department
Soto, Gary. Baseball in April and Other Stories
Valdes-Rodriguez, A. The Dirty Girls Social
Club
Health, PE, and CTE Departments
Carson, Ben. Gifted Hands
Hoyle, Jay. Mark
Visual Arts Department
Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire
Boser, U. The Gardner Heist: The True Story of
the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Theft
General Recommendations
Redfield, James. The Celestine Prophecy
Summer Reading Runner-ups
Dasher, James. The Maze Runner
Roth, Veronica. Divergent
Schmidt, Gary. Okay for Now
10th Grade Summer Reading List
All students must read the following book:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
In addition to The Fault in Our Stars, English II Honors students must read two of the
following:
Dorris, Michael. Yellow Raft on Blue Water
Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees
Malamud, Bernard. The Natural
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. Chronicle of a Death Foretold
McCourt, Frank. Angela’s Ashes
In addition to The Fault in Our Stars, AP World History students must read the
following:
Standage, Tom. An Edible History of Humanity
In addition to The Fault in Our Stars, English II College Prep students must read one
additional title:
English Department
Anderson, M. T. Feed
Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees
McCourt, Frank. Angela’s Ashes
Roy, Travis. Eleven Seconds
Wallace, Daniel. Big Fish
Wolff, Tobias. This Boy’s Life
Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief
Science Department
Bryson, Bill. A Walk in the Woods
Crichton, Michael. Prey
Foreign Languages Department
Bouraoui, Nina. Tomboy
Garcia, Cristina. Dreaming in Cuban
Perez-Reverte, Arturo. The Fencing Master
Social Studies Department
Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglass
Ellis, Joseph. Founding Brothers
Jones, Edward P. The Known World
Loewen, James. Lies My Teacher Told Me
Shaara, Jeff. Rise to Rebellion
Shaara, Michael. The Killer Angels
Stauffer, John. Giants: Parallel Lives of
Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
Wood, Gordon. The American Revolution
Health, PE, and CTE Departments
Acton, Robert. Diving for a Living
Bruschi, Tedy. Never Give Up
Visual Arts Department
King, Stephen. Duma Key
Boser, U. The Gardner Heist: The True Story of
the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Heist
General Recommendations
Byrne, Rhoda. The Secret
Mathematics Department
Abbott, Edwin. Flatland
Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code
Sobel, Dava. Longitude
Summer Reading Runner-ups
Dasher, James. The Maze Runner
Roth, Veronica. Divergent
Schmidt, Gary. Okay for Now
11th Grade Summer Reading List
All students must read the following book:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
In addition to The Fault in Our Stars, AP Language students must read the following
titles:
Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers.
Springer, Sally P., Reider Jon, and Morgan, Joyce Vining. Admissions Matters—What Students & Parents
Need to Know about Getting into College
Spiegelman, Art. Maus: A Survivor’s Tale
In addition to The Fault in Our Stars, English III College Prep students must read one
additional title:
English Department
Mathematics Department
Alvarez, Julia. In the Time of the Butterflies
Castillo, Ana. So Far From God
Green, John. Looking for Alaska
Haley, Alex. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Lynch, Chris. Inexcusable
Stockett, Kathryn. The Help
Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse Five
Carroll, Lewis. Alice through the Looking Glass
Guillen, Michael. Five Equations that Changed
the World
Feynman, Richard. Surely You’re Joking, Mr.
Feynman!
Social Studies Department
Bush, George W. Decision Points
Kerr, Michael. Dispatches
Larson, Erik. Devil in the White City
McCall, Nathen. Makes Me Want to Holler
McInterney, Jay. Bright Lights, Big City
Thompson, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing on the
Campaign Trail
Vowell, Sarah. Assassination Vacation
Wakatsuki, Jeanne. Farewell to Manzanar
Woodward, Bob and Burnstein, Carl. All the
President’s Men
Science Department
Adair, Robert. The Physics of Baseball
Kean, Sam. The Disappearing Spoon
Foreign Languages Department
Allende, Isabel. Stories of Eva Luna
Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises
Van Cauwelaert, Didier. One-Way
Health, PE, and CTE Departments
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickeled and Dimed
Reynolds, Bill. Fall River Dreams
Visual Arts Department
McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The
Invisible Art (a graphic novel)
Hesse, Hermann. Narcissus and Goldmund
Stein, J. & Pimpton, G. Edie: American Girl
Violet, U. Famous for Fifteen Minutes: My
Years with Andy Warhol
Summer Reading Runner-ups
Dasher, James. The Maze Runner
Roth, Veronica. Divergent
Schmidt, Gary. Okay for Now
12th Grade Summer Reading List
All students must read the following book:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
In addition to The Fault in Our Stars, AP Literature students must read three additional
titles:
Required Reading:
Foster, Thomas C. How to Read Literature Like a Professor
McCarthy, Cormac. The Road
Read 1 of the following:
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre
Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations
In addition to The Fault in Our Stars, English IV College Prep students must read one
additional title:
English Department
Science Department
Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the
Galaxy
Danticat, Edwidge. Krik? Krak!
Gladwell, Malcolm. Blink
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog
in the Nighttime
Hosseini, Khaled. A Thousand Splendid Suns
McCarthy, Cormac. The Road
Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise over Fallujah
Cornwall, Particia. The Body Farm
McNeil, William. Plagues and People
Social Studies Department
Reynolds, Bill. Basketball Junkie
Chen, Da. Colors of the Mountain
Friedman, Tom. The World Is Flat
Harford, Tim. Undercover Economist
Khadra, Yasmina. The Attack
Levitt, Steve. Freakanomics
Standage, Tom. Edible History of Humanity
Ung, Leoung. First They Killed My Father
Foreign Languages Department
Allende, Isabel. The House of Spirits
Claudel, Philippe. By a Slow River
Fuentes, Carlos. The Years with Laura Diaz
Health and PE Department
Visual Arts Department
Goldsher, Alan. Paul is Undead
Hustvedt, Siri. What I Loved
Yang. Gene Luen. American Born Chinese (a
graphic novel)
Mathematics Department
Summer Reading Runner-ups
Singh, Simon. The Code Book
Singh, Simon. Fermat’s Enigma
Seife, Charles. Zero
Dasher, James. The Maze Runner
Roth, Veronica. Divergent
Schmidt, Gary. Okay for Now