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Summer Reading List 2008-09

Grade 9

English (1 Book):
Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

Honors English (2 Books):
Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West

World History I (1 Book):
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Honors World History I (Choose ONE):
Curse of the Romanovs by Staton Yolen or The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

Theology (1 Book):
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom


Grade 10

World Language (1 Book, regardless of level):
French - Shantytown Kid by Azouz Begag
Spanish - City of Beasts by Isabell Allende

English (2 Books):
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Honors English (3 Books):
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

AP World History (1 Book): Origins of the Modern World: A Global and Ecological Narrative by Robert B. Marks


Grade 11

U.S. History (Choose ONE):
Unholy Fire by Robert Mrazek or Cold Mountain by Charles Fraser

Honors U.S. History (1 Book):
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

AP U.S. History (2 Books):
The Rising Tide by Jeff Shaara
Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

English (2 Books):
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Honors English (3 Books):
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

 

Grade 12

Theology (1 Book):
Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl

English (1 Book):
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

Honors English (2 Books):
The Citadel by Archibald Joseph Cronin
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

AP English (3 Books):
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Native Son by Richard Wright

AP Psychology (Choose ONE):
Psychology of the Simpsons by Alan Brown or Psychology of Harry
Potter by Neil Mulholland or Psychology of Survivor by Richard Gering

Books can be ordered from MBS Direct