Summer Reading
2012-2013
Grade 9 Honors English 9
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
English 9
Hate List by Jennifer Brown OR
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
| Grade 11 Honors English 11
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Choose one New York Times nonfiction bestseller by an American author. The publication date must be 2010 or later.
English 11
Choose one New York Times nonfiction bestseller by an American author. The publication date must be 2010 or later.
Modern American History (Honors and Regular)
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Fundamental of Chemistry
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
| Grade 10 Modern World History (Honors and Regular)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Honors Biology
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Honors English 10
The Odyssey by Homer (any translation)
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
English 10
The Giver by Lois Lowry
| Grade 12 AP English Literature and Composition
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver OR
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Choose one additional novel from the AP suggested reading list (see Mrs. Scheer)
Honors English 12
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Reach for the Summit by Pat Summit
English 12
The Extraordinary Cases of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Honors Anatomy and Physiology
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Cadavers by Mary Roach
U.S. Government (Honors and Regular)
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall by William L. Riordon
ALL Senior Religion Classes
Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo
Honors Academic Decathalon
Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pastemak
AP Governmant
Each student will select one autobiography or biography of an American
politician who participated in politics after 1980. After reading the biography, the student will write a two-page summary of the main points
of the book. This should be typed and double spaced.
Due: The first day of school.
| Book Club
(Open to all students and staff)
The first book chosen for the 2012-2013 school year is The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.
The LC Book Club meets once a month during all lunch periods.
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