All books are required to be read prior to first day of school. Middle School - Read ONE SELECTION for the grade you are entering and download and complete the Summer Reading Form. This will be turned in at the beginning of school.

High School - Read ALL BOOKS for your grade. Be prepared for an assignment or assessment at the beginning of the school year.

Suggested Parent Summer Reading (not required)
Age of Opportunity Paul David Tripp ISBN: 9780875526058	Generation iY: Our Last Chance to Save Their Future Dr. Tim Elmore ISBN: 9780578063553	Almost Christian Kenda Creasy Dean ISBN: 9780195314847
6th Grade	Links are provided for your convenience only. (choose one) - Summer Reading Form
Black Beauty Anna Sewell ISBN: 1402714521	Hatchet Gary Paulsen ISBN: 1416936475	Tangerine Edward Bloor ISBN: 015201246X
7th Grade	(choose one) - Summer Reading Form
The Giver Lois Lowry ISBN: 0385732554	Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom ISBN: 076790592X	Call of the Wild Jack London ISBN: 0689856741	Travel Team Mike Lupica ISBN: 0142407577	Woods Runner Gary Paulsen ISBN: 0385738846
8th Grade	(choose one) - Summer Reading Form
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas ISBN: 0140449264	Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes ISBN: B0017L8G7U	Warriors Don't Cry Melba Beals ISBN: 1416948821
Grade 9th (notes from instructor)		World Literature (10th Grade)
Mythology Edith Hamilton ISBN: 0316341517	The Hobbit J.R. Tolkien ISBN: 0618260307	Antigone Sophocles ISBN: 1580493882	Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe ISBN: 0385474547
American Literature (11th Grade)		British Literature (12th Grade)
Black Like Me John Howard Griffin ISBN: 0451208641	A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry ISBN: 0679755330	The Importance of Being Ernest Oscar Wilde ISBN: 158049580X	Till We Have Faces C.S. Lewis ISBN: 0156904365
AP Language & composition
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers ISBN: 0618526412	The Great Divorce C.S. Lewis ASIN: B001S37KYM	Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Willieams ISBN: 0811216020	The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Willieams ISBN: 0811214044
AP Literature & Composition
The Stranger Albert Camus ASIN: B000QIYPB6	The Importance of Being Ernest Oscar Wilde ISBN: 158049580X	Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen ISBN: 0307278107	The Razor's Edge Somerset Maugham ISBN: 1400034205	Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte ISBN: 0486478033

Summer Reading for  9th Grade:  Introduction to Grammar and Literature

• The following are the sections of Edith Hamilton’s Mythology that you must read prior to the first day of school. In a note book  or using a computer, as you read each story, take brief notes on the names of the gods and goddesses, the other mythical characters, and write very brief summaries of the plots of the stories.  There will be two types of evaluation for summer reading:  1) you will submit your notes for a neatness and completion grade; 2) you will take a test (matching, true-false, multiple choice) on the reading.

(Note: if the page numbers are incorrect due to a different edition, use the Part or Title of the story to indicate the sections to read.)
All of Part One: “The Gods, the Creation, and the Earliest Heroes”            pp. 21-118
Part Two: “Stories of Love and Adventure” –read only the stories listed below:

• Cupid and Psyche pp. 121-134
• Orpheus and Eurydice pp. 138-142
• Pygmalion and Galatea pp. 145-150
• The Quest of the Golden Fleece (About the Hero Jason)pp. 159-179
• Phaethon pp. 180
• Pegasus and Bellerophon pp. 184-190
• Daedalus pp. 192-194

Part Three: “The Great Heroes Before the Trojan War”—read only these 3 stories:

• Theseus pp. 209-223
• Hercules pp. 224-243

Part Four: “The Heroes of the Trojan War”—read only these three sections:

• The Trojan War pp. 255-276
• The Fall of Troy pp. 277-290

Part Six: “The Less Important Myths” –only read this story:

• Midas pp. 411-413

• J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit

There will be a reading comprehension test the first week of school on this novel. Take notes as you read, if necessary to enhance your memory of the novel.