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.

• THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET - Sandra Cisneros
• MYTHOLOGY - Edith Hamilton
• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM - William Shakespeare
• A RAISIN IN THE SUN - Lorraine Hansberry

The following book must be read over the summer. Students should expect a quiz on this book the first day of class.

• OF MICE AND MEN - John Steinbeck

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.

• ADVENTURES OF THE GREEK HEROES - Anne Wiseman et al. 
• ROMEO AND JULIET (Folger Edition) - William Shakespeare
• A RAISIN IN THE SUN - Lorraine Hansberry
• THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET - Sandra Cisneros

The following book must be read over the summer. Students should expect a quiz on this book the first day of class.

• OF MICE AND MEN - John Steinbeck

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
• GULLIVER'S TRAVELS - Jonathan Swift
• THE TAMING OF THE SHREW - William Shakespeare (make sure to buy the Folger edition)
• BARTLEBY, THE SCRIVENER - Herman Melville

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

• LORD OF THE FLIES - William Golding
• ANIMAL FARM - George Orwell

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
• MACBETH - William Shakespeare (make sure to buy the Folger edition)
• GULLIVER’S TRAVELS - Jonathan Swift
• A ROOM WITH A VIEW - E. M. Forster

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

• DAISY MILLER - Henry James
• HARD TIMES - Charles Dickens
• 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 English II students purchase the books before the start of the school year.

• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Folger Edition) - William Shakespeare
• THE TURN OF THE SCREW - Henry James
• FRANKENSTEIN - Mary Shelley
• THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE - Robert Louis Stevenson

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

• THE GREAT GATSBY - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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.

• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Folger Edition) - William Shakespeare
• FRANKENSTEIN - Mary Shelley
• THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE - Robert Louis Stevenson

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

• THE GREAT GATSBY - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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.

• MACBETH (Folger Edition) - William Shakespeare
• THE LOVED ONE - Evelyn Waugh
• O PIONEERS! - Willa Cather
• BILLY BUDD - Herman Melville

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

• HARD TIMES - Charles Dickens
• MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREET - Stephen Crane

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.

• MACBETH (Folger Edition) - William Shakespeare
• ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD - Tom Stoppard
• GULLIVER’S TRAVELS - Jonathan Swift
• A ROOM WITH A VIEW - E.M. Forster
• THE LOVED ONE - Evelyn Waugh

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.

• ETHAN FROME - Edith Wharton
• HARD TIMES - Charles Dickens
• MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREETS - Stephen Crane

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.

• JULIUS CAESAR (Folger Edition) - William Shakespeare
• THE SCARLET LETTER - Nathaniel Hawthorne
• IN OUR TIME - Ernest Hemingway
• MOTHER NIGHT - Kurt Vonnegut

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

• THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE - Stephen Crane

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.

• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Folger’s Edition) - William Shakespeare
• THE TURN OF THE SCREW - Henry James
• THE STRANGER - Albert Camus
• THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY - Oscar Wilde

The following book must be read over the summer.  Students should expect a quiz on these books the first day of school next year. 

• NIGHT - Elie Wiesel

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.

• PERSEPOLIS PART 1 - Marjane Satrapi
• FRANKENSTEIN - Mary  Shelley
• PRIDE AND PREJUDICE - Jane Austen
• THE WINTER'S TALE (Folger Edition) - William Shakespeare

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

• JANE EYRE - Charlotte Bronte
• IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Oscar Wilde

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 WINTER’S TALE (Folger Edition) - William Shakespeare
• LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (Folger Edition) - William Shakespeare
• A PASSAGE TO INDIA - E. M. Forster
• WAITING FOR GODOT - Samuel Beckett

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

• TO THE LIGHTHOUSE - Virginia Woolf
• A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN - James Joyce
• AN IDEAL HUSBAND - Oscar Wilde