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Roslyn High School countries outside of the United States. Any title chosen should provide you English Department with a better understanding of the multicultural realm. Summer Reading 2011 For students entering Grade 10 Use the following key to help you make your choice Dear Student,

Contemporary (C) If you plan to enroll in the World Mature (M) Literature (Regents) class, you are Mystery and Suspense (M&S) required to read one selection from the Non-Fiction (NF) following list. Science Fiction (S) Teenage Issues (TI) If you plan to enroll in the World Literature and Analysis (honors) class, you will be required to read two (2) For further information regarding the selections from the list. titles, as well as book reviews, please go to www.barnesandnoble.com or Please note that if you are signed up for www.amazon.com. World Humanities, you do not have to read anything from this list; you will Approximately three weeks into the have a different assignment. school year, you will be asked to write or essay or do an assignment based on your book(s). This grade will become Please remember that you are entering a part of your first quarter average. course entitled “World Literature,” which is why many of these titles Enjoy reading and have a great summer! appear unfamiliar. The list before you is a collection of contemporary titles Sincerely, written by authors who represent The Tenth Grade English Teachers multiple cultures and ethnicities. Some of the authors are American but represent a multicultural background, SUGGESTED TITLES while other authors on the list hail from A Fine Balance (C) by Rohinton Laughing Without an Accent: Mistry Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad (C, Crick Crack Monkey (C &TI) by TI) by Firoozeh Dumas Merle Hodge Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America Indian Killer (C) by Sherman Alexie (C, TI) by Firoozeh Dumas

In the Time of the Butterflies (C) by The Kitchen Boy (M&S, TI) by Julia Alvarez Robert Alexander

Journey from the Land of No: A Birth of Venus (C, M) by Sarah Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Dunant Iran (NF) by Roya Hakakian The Silver Cup (TI) by Constance Secret Daughter (C,M) Leeds by Shilpi Somaya Gowda Enjoy reading and have a Molokai (C,M) wonderful summer! by Alan Brennert (C,M)

Midnight at the Dragon Café (C) by Judy Fong Bates . My Brother, My Sister, and I (C) by Yoko Kawashima Watkins

Native Speaker (C) by Chang-Rae Lee

Shosha (C) by Issac Bashevis Singer

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (C,M) by Lisa See

Stones from the River (C) by Ursula Hegi

Ultimate Journey (NF) by Richard Bernstein

When I Was Puerto Rican (NF) by Esmeralda Santiago