Summer Reading

These books will be read next year. It is not necessary to read all of them over the summer, but it is recommended that all Accelerated English I students purchase the books before the start of the school year.

• MYTHOLOGY - Edith Hamilton
• THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Folger Edition) - William Shakespeare 
• THE MIRACLE WORKER - William Gibson

The following book must be read over the summer. Students should expect a quiz on these books the first day we meet as a class.

• FAHRENHEIT 451 - Ray Bradbury

These books will be read next year. It is not necessary to read all of them over the summer, but it is recommended that all Accelerated English I students purchase the books before the start of the school year.

• MYTHOLOGY - Edith Hamilton
• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Folger Edition) - William Shakespeare
• PRIDE AND PREJUDICE - Jane Austen
• ANTIGONE - Sophocles

The following books must be read over the summer. Students should expect a quiz on these books the first day we meet as a class.

• MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREETS - Stephen Crane
• A DOLL’S HOUSE - Henrik Ibsen

These books will be read next year. It is not necessary to read all of them over the summer, but it is recommended that all Accelerated English I students purchase the books before the start of the school year.

• MYTHOLOGY - Edith Hamilton
• MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Folger Edition) - William Shakespeare 
• THE LOVED ONE - Evelyn Waugh
• THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH - Thornton Wilder

The following books must be read over the summer. Students should expect a quiz on these books the first day we meet as a class.

• LORD OF THE FLIES - William Golding
• THE CRUCIBLE - Arthur Miller
• BILLY BUDD - Herman Melville

These books will be read next year.  It is not necessary to read all of them over the summer, but it is recommended that all English II students purchase the books before the start of the school year.

• ETHAN FROME - Edith Wharton
• THE GREAT GATSBY - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• ROMEO AND JULIET (Folger Edition) - Shakespeare

The following book must be read over the summer.  Students should expect a quiz on these books the first day we meet as a class.

• LORD OF THE FLIES - William Golding

These books will be read next year.  It is not necessary to read all of them over the summer, but it is recommended that all Honors English II students purchase the books before the start of the school year.

• NORTHANGER ABBEY - Jane Austen
• THE GREAT GATSBY - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH - Thornton Wilder
• RICHARD III (Folger Edition) - William Shakespeare

The following books must be read over the summer.  Students should expect a quiz on these books the first day we meet as a class.

• A DOLL’S HOUSE - Henrik Ibsen
• DAISY MILLER - Henry James

These books will be read next year.  It is not necessary to read all of them over the summer, but it is recommended that all Accelerated English II students purchase the books before the start of the school year.

• ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD - Tom Stoppard
• HAMLET (Folger Edition) - William Shakespeare
• NORTHANGER ABBEY - Jane Austen
• THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH - Thornton Wilder

The following books must be read over the summer. Students should expect a quiz on these books the first day we meet as a class.

• LORD OF THE FLIES - William GoldiNG
• BILLY BUDD - Herman Melville
• THE LOVED ONE - Evelyn Waugh

These books will be read next year.  It is not necessary to read all of them over the summer, but it is recommended that all AP Literature students purchase the books before the start of the school year.

• THE SCARLET LETTER - Nathaniel Hawthorne
• THE AWAKENING - Kate Chopin
• MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Folger Edition) - Shakespeare

The following book must be read over the summer.  Students should expect a quiz on these books the first day we meet as a class.

• A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - Tennessee Williams

These books will be read next year.  It is not necessary to read all of them over the summer, but it is recommended that all AP Literature students purchase the books before the start of the school year.

• GREAT EXPECTATIONS - Charles Dickens
• JANE EYRE - Charlotte Bronte
• TWELFTH NIGHT (Folger Edition) - Shakespeare

The following book must be read over the summer.  Students should expect a quiz on these books the first day we meet as a class.

• THE METAMORPHOSIS - Franz Kafka

These books will be read next year. It is not necessary to read all of them over the summer, but it is recommended that all Honors English students purchase the books before the start of the school year.

• NATIVE SON (Abridged Edition: The Original 1940 Text) - Richard Wright 
• MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Folger Edition) - Shakespeare
• THE AWAKENING - Kate Chopin
• THE COMPLETE MAUS - Art Spiegelman

The following books must be read over the summer.  Students should expect a quiz on these books the first day we meet as a class.

• THE SCARLET LETTER - Nathaniel Hawthorne
• A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - Tennessee Williams

These books will be read next year.  It is not necessary to read all of them over the summer, but it is recommended that all AP Literature students purchase the books before the start of the school year.

• THE STRANGER - Albert Camus
• A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - Tennessee Williams
• MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Folger Edition) - Shakespeare
• TWELFTH NIGHT (Folger Edition) - Shakespeare
• [THE CRUCIBLE, which is in the text; Only buy a copy if you want to Annotate] - Arthur Miller

The following books must be read over the summer.  Students should expect a quiz on these books the first day we meet as a class.

• CRIME AND PUNISHMENT - Fyodor Dostoevsky
• THE SCARLET LETTER - Nathaniel Hawthorne
• WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? - Edward Albee