Summer Reading for 2009 - 2010
Cordova High School
2009 Summer Reading List
English 9 (Standard classes choose one)
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
Watership Down Richard Adams
The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas
Ellen Foster Kaye Gibbons
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith
The Contender Robert Lipsyte
Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card
Black Boy Richard T. Wright
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe
English 9 Honors
Must read three books from the above list
English 9 CLUE (read all three)
To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexndre Dumas
English 10 (Standard classes choose one)
A Painted House John Grisham
The Once and Future King T.H. White
Slam Walter Dean Myers
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Julia Alvaraez
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
Tears of a Tiger Sharon Draper
English 10 Honors (must read three books)
The Once and Future King T.H.White
and
Choose two others from the above list
Summer Reading for10 th grade Pre-AP:
All Pre-AP students are required to read a novel of their choice that has been published in the last two years plus two more from the list below. Students are required to bring a copy of their novel of choice to class the first day of school and be prepared to present it to the class in an informal manner.
1.The Kit eRunner by Khaled Hosseini (This books contains violence and sexual content.)
2.Anthem byAyn Rand
3.The Handmaid'sTale by Margaret Atwood (This books contains violence and sexual content.)
4.The Once and Future Kingby T. H. White
5.Brave NewWorld by Aldous Huxley
I would like for all students to read The Kite Runner. We will use it as a basis for several class discussions, and it has appeared on the AP Literature Exam, as have all of the books I have listed. Because of the content of the novel, it is not required.
Pre-AP students get additional information at our class web side:
http://teacherweb.com/TN/CordovaHighSchool/JChappell/
English 11 (Standard classes choose one)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou
Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
A Lesson Before Dying Ernest Gaines
The Bean Trees Barbara Kingsolver
The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien
English 11 Honors
Choose three books from the above list
English 11 AP (choose three from this list only)
Angela’s Ashes Frank McCourt
A River Runs Through It Norman Maclean
The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien
Blue Highways William Least Heat-Moon
The Way to Rainy Mountain N.Scott Momaday
In Cold Blood Truman Capote
The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
English 12 (Standard classes choose one from this list or the AP English list)
The Testament John Grisham
The Lovely Bones (parental advisory) Alice Sebold
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon
(parental advisory) (possibly some strong language and adult themes)
English 12 AP (choose three from this list only)
A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving
Catch-22 Joseph Heller
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Ken Kesey
Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy
The Stranger (APonly)Albert Camus
Invisible Man Ralph Ellison