St. Mary's Jr/Sr High - 2008-09 Summer Reading List

St. Mary's students should schedule as much reading time as possible over this summer. As a minimum, students are required to read 2 books, one being the assigned book for the grade level and the second being a student's choice from their grade level reading list. Students will be tested on their required reading upon returning to school in the fall. Students should also be prepared to share information on the book they chose from their reading list. It is recommended that students take notes on each book's setting, major characters, plot, theme and the Christian values demonstrated by the characters.

Required Reading:

Seventh Grade:   Nothing But The Truth   (Avi)
Eighth Grade:     Esperanza Rising   (Munzo-Ryan)
Ninth Grade:      The Bean Trees   (Kingsolver)
Tenth Grade:      MvAntonia   (Gather)
Eleventh Grade: The Awakening   (Chopin)
Twelfth Grade:   In Cold Blood   (Capote)

Student's Choice

7* grade list
The Upstairs Room   (Reiss) Lyddie   (Paterson)
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Avi)
Greatest: Muhammad AH   (Myers)

8th grade list
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn   (Twain)
The Slave Dancer   (Fox) The Man Who was Poe   (Avi)
Summer of the Monkeys   (Rawls)
Beyond the Chocolate War   (Cormier)

9th grade list
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings   (Angelou)
Speak   (Anderson)
The Call of the Wild   (London)

10th grade list
The Alchemist   (Coelho) 
The Wave   (Strasser)
Something Wicked This Way Comes   (Bradbury)

11* grade list
The Awakening  (Chopin)
The Bluest Eve   (Morrison)
A Long Day's Journey Into Night   (O'Neill)
Death of a Salesmen   (Miller)

12th grade list
The Things They Carried   (O'Brien)
Water for Elephants   (Gruen)
Into the Wild   (Krakauer)

11th & 12th ADVANCED PLACEMENT REQUIRED READING AP ENGLISH: all 3 required: 
Madame Boverv   (Flaubert)
Song of Solomon (Morrison)
Odyssey   (Homer)

AP U.S. HISTORY: American Revolution   (Gordon Wood)
BIOLOGY:      Mountains Beyond Mountains   (Tracy Kidder)