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2021 Summer Reading List Page 1 of 3 2021 Summer Reading List Page 1 of 3 Students entering the following grades in the fall of 2021 are required to read the books listed under classes they are registered to take. All students will be assessed early in the fi rst quarter. Students should be prepared to take tests that could include several types of questions, including true/false, matching, multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions, as well as other forms of assessments. Above all, it is important to be able to remember the details of what happens in the books; videos and Spark Notes are not viable substitutes. All books can be purchased at online booksellers either as physical books or e-books. To make online purchasing easy for you, each book below is linked to Amazon.com, however you may choose to purchase these books from other sources. Books may not have the same cover as shown here. The ISBN needs to match in order to assure you have the correct book and/or edition. Language Arts 6 History 6 Grade 6 Grade 6 Ghost Dar and the Spear Thrower Jason Reynolds Marjorie Cowley ISBN 9781481450164 ISBN 9780395797259 Language Arts 7 Grade 7 Theodore Boone: The Activist John Grisham ISBN 9780142423097 American History 7 Grade 7 My Brother Sam is Dead James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier ISBN 9780439783606 Language Arts 8 Grade 8 Grade 8 Harbor Me The Graveyard Book Jacqueline Woodson Neil Gaiman ISBN 9780525515142 ISBN 9780060530945 English IA and English I Honors Grade 9 Grade 9 Fahrenheit 451 Steelheart Ray Bradbury Brandon Sanderson ISBN 9781982102609 ISBN 9780385743570 2021 Summer Reading List Page 2 of 3 Students entering the following grades in the fall of 2021 are required to read the books listed under classes they are registered to take. All students will be assessed early in the fi rst quarter. Students should be prepared to take tests that could include several types of questions, including true/false, matching, multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions, as well as other forms of assessments. Above all, it is important to be able to remember the details of what happens in the books; videos and Spark Notes are not viable substitutes. All books can be purchased at online booksellers either as physical books or e-books. To make online purchasing easy for you, each book below is linked to Amazon.com, however you may choose to purchase these books from other sources. Books may not have the same cover as shown here. The ISBN needs to match in order to assure you have the correct book and/or edition. English II Grade 10 It’s Trevor Noah — Grade 10 Born a Crime Grade 10 The Other (Adapted for Young Readers) Celtic Empire Wes Moore Trevor Noah Clive Cussler Wes Moore ISBN 9780525582199 ISBN 9780735218994 ISBN 9781588369697 In addition to the required book above, choose one more from these four at right: Grade 10 Educated: Grade 10 A Memoir A Wizard of Earthsea Tara Westover Ursula K. Le Guin ISBN 9780399590504 ISBN 9780547722023 English II Honors Grade 10 Educated: Grade 10 Grade 10 A Memoir Old Man and the Sea Counting Descent Tara Westover Ernest Hemingway Clint Smith ISBN 9780399590504 ISBN 9780684801223 ISBN 9781938912658 World History and AP World History Grade 10 Homegoing Yaa Gyasa ISBN 9781101971062 English III Grade 11 Feed MT Anderson ISBN 9780763662622 2021 Summer Reading List Page 3 of 3 Students entering the following grades in the fall of 2021 are required to read the books listed under classes they are registered to take. All students will be assessed early in the fi rst quarter. Students should be prepared to take tests that could include several types of questions, including true/false, matching, multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions, as well as other forms of assessments. Above all, it is important to be able to remember the details of what happens in the books; videos and Spark Notes are not viable substitutes. All books can be purchased at online booksellers either as physical books or e-books. To make online purchasing easy for you, each book below is linked to Amazon.com, however you may choose to purchase these books from other sources. Books may not have the same cover as shown here. The ISBN needs to match in order to assure you have the correct book and/or edition. AP English Language and Composition Grade 11 Grade 11 Grade 11 The Boys in the Boat Outliers: The Story of Success Scythe Daniel James Brown Malcolm Gladwell Neal Shusterman ISBN 9780316497039 ISBN 9780316017930 ISBN 9781442472433 U.S. History and AP U.S. History Grade 11 Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand ISBN 9780812974492 English IV English IV Honors Grade 12 Grade 12 The Beach Cloud Atlas Alex Garland David Mitchell ISBN 9781573226523 ISBN 9780812984415 Government/Economics and AP Government/Economics Grade 12 The Color of Law Richard Rothstein ISBN 9781631494536 AP English Literature and Composition Grade 12 Grade 12 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Brave New World Ken Kesey Aldous Huxley ISBN 9780143105022 ISBN 9780060850524.
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