Page updated: Wednesday, July 12, 2000

Summer English Reading List

Winnacunnet High School

2000-01

Reading is one of the most important skills that you can acquire. In an effort to encourage your personal development in this area, your English teachers have compiled a summer reading list that will both challenge and enrich all readers. It is hoped at the start of your English course (first or second semester) you will take the opportunity to share your response to your summer readings. Area bookstores and local libraries have copies of this list and are ready to provide you with books.

Seniors

WORLD LITERATURE AP titles:

You must read all of the following:

Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories by Luis Sepulveda

(please reference your AP letter for details of all of the other assignments)

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WORLD LITERATURE A, B & C titles:

Please select a minimum of one from the list below:

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
'Tis by Frank McCourt
Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
1984 by George Orwell
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
Dune by Frank Herbert
Rebecca by Daphne de Mauier

or any non-American classic or popular novel

Juniors

AMERICAN LITERATURE HONORS – Part II:

You must read all of the following:

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

AND any book written by an American author having 200+ pages which has been a best seller during the 1990s

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AMERICAN LITERATURE A, B & C – Part II:

Please select a minimum of one from the list below:

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Rule of the Bone by Russell Banks
The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
Billy Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow

or any book written by an American author having 200+ pages which has been a best seller during the 1990s (min of 150 pages)

Sophomores:

AMERICAN LITERATURE HONORS-Part I

You must read three of the following:

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick

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AMERICAN LITERATURE A, B & C – Part I:

Please select a minimum of one from the list below:

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick

or an American non-fiction book (minimum of 150 pages)

Freshmen:

ENGLISH I HONORS:

You must read all three of the following:

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

AND One current fiction bestseller, OR one non-fiction book of choice

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ENGLISH I A, B & C:

Please select a minimum of one from the list below:

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

or a current best seller from any fiction or non-fiction list or