Required Summer Reading 2021

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PVHS Summer Reading Requirements for 9-12th grade Regular & Honors English classes at PVHS:

Choose ONE of the books below in your grade level to read over the summer. 1 Purchase or borrow the book. Here are some suggestions: 2 • Amy’s Bookcase on 2530 San Juan Blvd., Farmington. Phone: (505) 327-4647 (Yes! Buy local!) • Target (in person and online ordering…will have some titles) • Amazon or Barnes and Noble online ordering • Maria’s Bookshop in Durango, 960 Main Ave. Phone: (970) 247-1438 (Yes! Support one of our regional bookstores!) • Borrow from the Farmington Public Library • Free online option: March by John Lewis is available FREE (See all the instructions for access below near the MARCH book cover image.) 3 READ your chosen book over the summer. (If you’re not into it… try another one from the list!)

4 Take a look at your book again just before school starts / refresh your memory.

The first week of school, bring your book to school (if you can) and be ready to complete 5 an assignment about the book. Anyone in 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade Anyone in 9th or 10th grade Regular or Honors English Regular or Honors English can choose from these titles. can choose from these titles. A Boy and His Dog at the End

FICTION of the World FICTION The Inheritance Games by C. A. Fletcher by Jennifer Barnes Off the coast of Scotland. In the year 2120… $4.6 Billion at stake… An adventure tale of survival, courage, and hope in a world “A thrilling blend of family transforrmed. Ultimately secrets, illicit romance, uplifting. and a high-stakes WATCH the Sci-Fi treasure hunt set in the trailer here! mysterious world of Aurora Rising Texas billionaires. The by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff nonstop twists kept me guessing until the very Adventure in space of an unlikely last page!” — K. McGee crew. Lots of action, comedy, drama. Star Wars fans, this might WATCH the be your book! If you’ve enjoyed the trailer here! movie,Knives Out, you WATCH the will like this book! CLICK HERE trailer here! to meet the authors! TRUE STORY, in comic book format Anyone in 11th or 12th grade March (Book 1) Regular English by John Lewis can choose from these titles. Congressman John Lewis (who passed away in July 2020) tells his FICTION Dreamland Burning story of his participation by Jennifer Latham in the struggle for Civil Tulsa, Oklahoma: 17-year-old Rowan Rights in this comic book finds a skeleton on her family’s style story illustrated by property… Flashback to 1921, 17-year- Nate Powell. old Will must confront his own demons as the Greenwood neighborhood burns. This book is available Based on true historical events, this is a WATCH the FREE online at this LINK. gripping story told in two voices. trailer here! Use your FMS (school) login and password. WATCH the trailer here! WATCH a video about (incoming 9th refer to P.S. There is no movie! the Tulsa massacre. flyer you received.) Download the Then CHOOSE the MackinVia app DATABASE Button. With the Fire on High for your phone by Elizabeth Acevedo or tablet. Emoni is 17 and already a mom with a toddler to care for and life decisions to be made about college and career. Her talents as a chef have been hidden… but with a chance to study in Spain, will she allow them to break free?

WATCH the CLICK HERE trailer here! to meet the authors!

PVHS Summer Reading Requirements for AP Lang (11th) classes at PVHS: All AP 11th students will read three (3) books this summer.

Required Book #1 is Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave 1 by Frederick Douglass

2 Required Book #2 is The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave by Mary Prince

Click HERE for Note: These two can be found free online in PDF form, as well as in the book Book 1 & 2 The Classic Slave Narratives by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Assignment <— ASSIGNMENT for summer!

3 Required Book #3 is one book of your choice from the list below (see page above for other info):

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Barnes Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham March Trilogy by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Note: While PVHS has adopted just the first book of March for summer reading for regular English classes, AP 11 students will be required to read all three books of the trilogy if this the option seleced.). The good news is… the trilogy is FREE on our online service at this LINK. (Use your FMS (school) login. Choose the 4 DATABASE button and the ComicsPlus Database.)

Access, purchase or borrow your books. Here are some suggestions:

• Amy’s Bookcase on 2530 San Juan Blvd., Farmington. Phone: (505) 327-4647 (Yes! Buy local!) • Target (in person and online ordering…will have some titles) • Amazon or Barnes and Noble online ordering • Maria’s Bookshop in Durango, 960 Main Ave. Phone: (970) 247-1438 (Yes! Support one of our regional bookstores!) • Borrow from the Farmington Public Library • Free online access options for Frederick Douglass, Mary Prince, and the March Trilogy 5 READ your books over the summer. 6

Take a look at them again just before school starts / refresh your memory. 7 The first week of school, bring your books to school (if you can) and be ready to complete an

PVHS Summer Reading Requirements for AP LITERATURE (12th) classes at PVHS: All AP 12th students will read two (2) books this summer.

1 Required Book #1 is Life of Pi by Yann Martel Click HERE for Complete Life of Pi summer assignment —-> Life of Pi 2 Assignment

Required Book #2 is one book of your choice from the list below (see detailed info on 3 pages above):

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Barnes Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham March Trilogy by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Note: While PVHS has adopted just the first book of March for summer reading for regular English classes, AP 12 students will be required to read all three books of the trilogy if this the option seleced.). The good news is… the trilogy is FREE on our online service at this LINK. (Use your FMS (school) login. Choose the DATABASE button and the ComicsPlus Database.)

4 Access, purchase or borrow your books. Here are some suggestions:

• Amy’s Bookcase on 2530 San Juan Blvd., Farmington. Phone: (505) 327-4647 (Yes! Buy local!) • Target (in person and online ordering…will have some titles) • Amazon or Barnes and Noble online ordering • Maria’s Bookshop in Durango, 960 Main Ave. Phone: (970) 247-1438 (Yes! Support one of our regional bookstores!) • Borrow from the Farmington Public Library • Free online access options for Frederick Douglass, Mary Prince, and the March Trilogy

5 READ your books over the summer.

6 Take a look at them again just before school starts / refresh your memory.

The first week of school, bring your books to school (if you can) and be ready to complete an 7 assignment about the book.

PV students taking DUAL CREDIT English classes at SJC

You will most likely be asked to read this book during the semester they are taking the course.

You can wait until you know for sure before purchasing it. Or you can purchase it now and get it read during the summer. The choice is yours.

The author will be a guest speaker at SJC in the Fall.

CLICK HERE for info from SJC. (A Dream Called Home will appear here soon.) A Dream Called Home by Reyna Grande

This is the second memoir Reyna Grande has written about her life. She came to the United States from Mexico as an undocumented child. Her first memoir tells the story of her life in Mexico and her immigration to the U.S.

A Dream Called Home picks up where the last book left off… Reyna is entering her junior year of college at the University of California Santa Cruz in the creative writing program. It goes on to follow her as she graduates and begins a career and her new life as a naturalized U.S. citizen in California.