Summer Reading & Book Lists

Summer 2026-2027 Reading & Book List

CP Literary Genre & Composition (9th)

  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Honors Literary Genre & Composition (9th)


Honors Worldview Literature & Language (10th)

  • Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

  • Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

CP Worldview Literature & Language (10th)

  • The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros


AP Language & Composition (11th)

  • The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 

  • How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

  • See additional summer coursework on the Canvas page 

Honors American Literature (11th)

  • The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes by Suzanne Collins

  • The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

CP American Literature (11th)


AP Literature & Composition (12th)

  • The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 

  • How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

C P British Literature 

Honors American Literature (12th) 

  • The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes by Suzanne Collins 

  • The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 

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