Mr. Chalk - English I Pre-AP/TAG

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THESE ARE THE TWO BOOKS FOR ALL STUDENTS ENTERING ENGLISH I - PRE-AP
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9th Grade Pre-AP Summer Reading Lists
It is expected that you read at least 2 novels this summer.  You will need to 
make sure each novel is on a different list from those below (And no, 
Twilight can't count as two even if you read the entire series).  It is 
suggested you read an online summary of the novel if you aren’t sure which 
one to choose.  Please do not read the same book you have already read in the 
past or assume that if you read some of these before, you don’t need to read 
this summer.

Children’s Classics Everyone Should Read
Little Women				Louisa May Alcott
Peter Pan				J.M. Barrie
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz		L. Frank Baum
The Secret Garden			Frances Hodgson Burnett
Alice in Wonderland			Lewis Carroll
Chronicles of Narnia			C.S. Lewis
A Wrinkle in Time			Madeleine L'Engle
The Incredible Journey			Sheila Burnford
Oliver Twist				Charles Dickens
Harry Potter series			J.K Rowling
Treasure Island				Robert Louis Stevenson
Arabian Nights				Antoine Galland
The Princess Bride			William Goldman
Swiss Family Robinson			Johann David Wyss
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea		Jules Verne
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy	Douglas Adams
Something Wicked This Way Comes		Ray Bradbury
Le Morte D'Arthur			Thomas Malory

Multicultural Literature
Joy Luck Club				Amy Tan
Red Azalea				Anchee Min
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings		Maya Angelou
Yellow Raft in Blue Water		Michael Dorris
Like Water for Chocolate		Laura Esquivel
Color Purple				Alice Walker
Rain of Gold				Victor E. Villasenor
Life of Pi				Yann Martel
Kite Runner				Khaled Hosseini
Their Eyes Were Watching God		Zora Neale Hurston

Classic Canon (Books you should read before heading off to college)
Red Badge of Courage			Stephen Crane
Wuthering Heights			Emily Bronte
Gone with the Wind			Margaret Mitchell
Catch 22				Joseph Heller
Invisible Man				Ralph Ellison
Catcher in the Rye			J.D. Salinger
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer		Mark Twain
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest		Ken Kesey
Count of Monte Cristo                   Alexander Dumas 
Confederacy of Dunces                   John Kennedy Toole

Student Recommended (9th grade students 2007-2008)
The Lovely Bones			Alice Sebold
Speak					Laurie Halse Anderson
Always Running				Luis Rodriguez
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors	Piers Paul Read
Watchers				Dean R. Koontz
Twilight				Stephanie Meyer
Child Called It				David Pelzer
The Golden Compass			Philip Pullman
Rainbow High				Alex Sanchez
Friday Night Lights			H.G. Bissinger
Perks of Being a Wallflower		Stephen Chbosky
Among the Hidden			Margaret Peterson Haddix
Jurassic Park				Michael Crichton
Face on the Milk Carton			Caroline B. Cooney
Into Thin Air				John Krakauer
The Notebook				Nicholas Sparks			
Into the Wild                           John Krakauer

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Mr. Chalk - English I Pre-AP/TAG

SUMMER READING LIST