Summer Reading 2007

Summer reading provides a way for students to remain intellectually engaged while away from school and to begin to reflect on the topics and questions they will study in their new courses. Texts are chosen for their relevance to course material and for the classic stories they tell. Students are expected to complete the reading before school begins. They will discuss their reading and will be assessed on it within the first two weeks of the school year. While the textbooks purchased for the academic year must be the same ISBN and edition listed on the booklist, any edition of summer reading texts is appropriate.

To hone their skills and stay practiced in mathematics, students must also complete a packet of level-appropriate material for their math class. While these packets will not be graded, they must be completed and handed in on the first day of school; students are responsible for the summer review material.

The 2007-2008 Booklist can be found here.

Grade 6:
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell

Grade 7:
The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett (contained in Prentice Hall Literature pages 698-778)
The Fragile Flag by Jane Langton

Grade 8:
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Peter Pan: Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise McGraw

Grade 9:
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baronness Emmuska Orczy
The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White

Grade 10:
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Grade 11:
British Literature Honors: Silas Marner by George Eliot

AP Literature and Composition: Portrait of a Lady by Henry James and Silas Marner by George Eliot

Modern European History Honors: A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt

Grade 12:
British Literature Honors: Silas Marner by George Eliot

AP Language and Composition: All Girls: Single-Sex Education and Why it Matters by Karen Stabiner
and additional presidential candidate biography – see sheet

20th Century History Honors: A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

AP Biology: Biology by Neil Campbell (textbook Ecology unit, pages 1078-1229)

Statistics Honors: How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff