Taconic High School Summer Reading List
Summer 2011
Ninth Grade | Tenth Grade | Eleventh Grade | Seniors |
- Ninth Grade
The Car by Gary Paulson
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair
Mercy by Jodi Picoult
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Donald Duk by Frank Chin
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Eragon by Christopher Paolin
Shooter Walter Dean Myers
HONORS:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky + one from above
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- Tenth Grade
Lucky by Alice Sebold
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
On Hitler’s Mountain by Irmgard Hunt
The Guiness Book of Me: A Memoir of Record by Steven Church
First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung
The Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
Wasted by Marya Hornbacher
Go Ask Ogre by Jolene Siana
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Winterdance by Gary Paulsen
A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey for the Inner City to the Ivy League by Ron Suskin
HONORS:
(choose one of the following)
The Devil in White City by Erik Larson
OR
When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris + one from above (for a total of two)
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- Juniors
The junior class for 2011/2012 school year will be required to choose and read ONE novel from the list below and complete the easy, short assignment with the text.
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
House of Spirits by Isabelle Allende
The Natural by Bernard Malamud
River Cross My Heart by Breena Clark
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Book 1) by Alexander McCall Smith
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Every Second Counts by Lance Armstrong
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehreneich
AP English Language has a separate assignment
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- Seniors
The senior class for the 2011/2012 school year will be required to choose and read ONE novel from the list below and complete an easy, short assignment with the text.
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Gutterson
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
AP English Literature has a separate assignment
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