PEDDIE SCHOOL English Department Summer Reading 2016

Students are required to do the summer reading. Either tests or writing assignments on the summer reading books, given in the first week or two of the Fall Term 2016, are essential parts of the English curriculum. All of these books can be purchased on line from Amazon [use links] and probably from a large bookstore such as Barnes & Noble. Students are encouraged to purchase books as early in the summer as possible. If you wait until late summer, especially if you are an international student, you may experience some difficulty in obtaining your summer reading books.

Humanities 9 All students must read: Troy by Adele Geras (978-0152045708) AND The Iliad translated by I.A. Richards (978-0393001013)

English 10 All students must read: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (978-1594631931)

Additionally, students must read at least one book from the following list:

The Princess Bride by William Goldman (978-0156035156) Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella (978-0395957738) Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (978-0440180296) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (978-1400032716) The Color Purple by Alice Walker (978-0156028356) Cubs and Other Stories by Mario Vargas Llosa (978-0374521943) Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (978-0345348104) Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell (978-0307947475) The Once and Future King by T.H. White (978-0441020836) Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger (978-0316769501) Archangel by Paul Watkins (978-0312150556) The Alienist by Caleb Carr (978-0812976144)

English 11 (AP English) All students must read: Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward (978-1608195213) AND We Sinners by Hanna Pylvainen (978-1250032188)

Additionally, students looking to read additional books should choose from this list:

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers (978-0307387943) The Chosen by Chaim Potok (978-0449213445) The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (978-0316168816) Stand Before Your God by Paul Watkins (978-0679759416) East of Eden by John Steinbeck (978-0140186390) Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (978-0316776967) Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer (978-1573223782) The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall (978-1847671745) The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson (978-0812992793) Perdido Street Station by China Mieville (978-0345443021) Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (978-1400033423) Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche (978-0307455925) Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (978-0385333481) Bones of the Master by George Crane (978-0553379082) Boys in the Boat by Daniel Brown (978-0143125471) Caucasia by Danzy Senna (978-1573227162)

Senior English: See the separate sheet for summer reading for seniors and PGs.