Summer Reading 2010

General English:  All students enrolled in the general level course must read one of the following five books.

 

Tuesdays With Morrie – Mitch Albom                                     

The Body of Christopher Creed – Carol Plum-Ucci                                         

The House of the Scorpion – Nancy Farmer                            

The Truth About Forever – Sarah Dessen                                            

Travel Team – Mike Lupica MIA at the Chesley Memorial Library

College Prep English:  All students enrolled in College Preparatory English 9 are required to read two books. 

 

REQUIRED: Tuesdays With Morrie – Mitch Albom

AND: Any one  book of your choice  (Your choice must be grade-appropriate. If you choose a novel that is not on the CBNA list, you must have a parent write a note that states his/her approval of your choice.)

 

Suggested Reading:

Lost In The Barrens – Farley Mowat

Hound Of The Baskervilles – Arthur Conan Doyle

Speak – Laurie Halse Anderson

A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court – Mark Twain

April Morning – Howard Fast

The Chocolate War – Robert Cormier

Jurassic Park – Michael Crichton

Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry – Mildred Taylor

House Of The Scorpion – Nancy Farmer

Fantastic Voyage – Isaac Asimov

The Andromeda Strain – Michael Crichton N/A at the Chesley Memorial Library

Marked By Fire – Joyce C. Thomas

Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time – Mark Haddon

All students enrolled in Honors English 9 are required to read the two CP selections as well as Swallow the Ocean by Laura Flynn. 

 

REQUIRED: Tuesdays With Morrie – Mitch Albom

REQUIRED: Swallow the Ocean – Laura Flynn

REQUIRED: Your choice of a fictional novel
 

General English:  All students enrolled in the general level course must read one of the following books.

 

The Burn Journals – Brent Runyon

What Happened to Cass McBride – Gail Giles

Sold – Patricia McCormick

Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines – Joseph Bruchac

Peak – Roland Smith MIA at the Chesley Memorial Library


College Prep English:  All students enrolled in College Preparatory English 10  are required to read two books.  

REQUIRED: A Long Way Gone: Memoir of a Boy Soldier – Ishmael Beal
REQUIRED: Your choice of a fictional novel (Your choice must be grade-appropriate.  If you choose a novel that is not on the CBNA list, you must have a parent write a note that states his/her approval of your choice.)


Honors English: All students enrolled in Honors English 10 are required to read three books.

REQUIRED: A Long Way Gone: Memoir of a Boy Soldier – Ishmael Beal
AND: Any two books of your choice (Your choice must be grade-appropriate.  If you choose a novel that is not on the CBNA list, you must have a parent write a note that states his/her approval of your choice.)

 

General English:  All students enrolled in the general level course must read one of the following books.

 

All Souls: A Family Story from Southie – Michael Patrick

The Bean Trees – Barbara Kingsolver N/A at the Chesley Memorial Library

Big Mouth & Ugly Girl – Joyce Carol Oates

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex – Nathaniel Philbrick

Shock Point – April Henry

College Prep English:  All students enrolled in College Preparatory English 11 are required to read two books.  

REQUIRED: In the Heart of the Sea – Nathaniel Philbrick
AND: Any one book from the list below.

Honors English: All students enrolled in Honors English 11 are required to read three books.

REQUIRED: A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving

REQUIRED: In the Heart of the Sea – Nathaniel Philbrick

AND: Any one book of your choice  (Your choice must be grade-appropriate and be written by an AMERICAN Author.  If you choose a novel that is not on the CBNA list, you must have a parent write a note that states his/her approval of your choice.)

 

Suggested Reading for English 11 College Prep AND English 11 Honors:

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou 

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey

A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving

In Cold Blood –Truman Capote N/A at the Chesley Memorial Library

My Antonia – Willa Cather

Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut N/A at the Chesley Memorial Library

General English:  All students enrolled in the general level course must read one of the following books.

 

The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom

Hole in My Life – Jack Gantos

19 Minutes – Jodi Picoult

Witch Child – Celia Rees

 Stuck in Neutral – Terry Trueman

College Prep English:  All students enrolled in College Preparatory English 12 are required to read two books. 

 

REQUIRED: Into The Wild – Jon Krakauer

AND: Any one book of your choice (Your choice must be grade-appropriate and not part of the Coe-Brown curriculum.  If you choose a novel that is not on the CBNA list, you must have a parent write a note that states his/her approval of your choice.)

 

Suggested Reading:

The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom

Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen

Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte

Girl With a Pearl Earring – Tracy Chevalier      

Stardust – Neil Gaiman

The Road – Cormac McCarthy

Screwtape Letters – C. S. Lewis

19 Minutes – Jodi Picoult

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Robert Lewis Stevenson (Incorrectly listed as H.G. Wells on the official list)

Treasure Island – Robert Lewis Stevenson

Honors English: All students enrolled in Honors English 12 are required to read three books.

REQUIRED: Into the Wild – Jon Krakeur

AND: Any two books of your choice (Your choice must be grade-appropriate and not part of the Coe-Brown curriculum.  If you choose a novel that is not on the CBNA list, you must have a parent write a note that states his/her approval of your choice)

American Studies:  All students enrolled in the American Studies course must read both of the following books.

 

REQUIRED: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain

REQUIRED: Ethan Frome – Edith Wharton

AP Literature:  All students enrolled in the AP Literature course required to read three books.

 

REQUIRED: Aeneid – Virgil (Listed as Vergil on the official list)

REQUIRED: Beowulf

AND: One book from the following list:

A Passage to India – E.M. Forster

Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison

Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy

The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway

Jane Eyre – Bronte

• There is a limit of Two (2) books Per Family
• Books on the Coe-Brown Summer Reading List cannot be renewed.
• We do not own and cannot get the books that have been crossed out.
• If the book you want is not on the shelf, ask at the front desk and we will reserve it for you.
  
• Copies of the Summer Reading Lists are available at the library!