SUMMER READING 2009 Table of Contents *Seniors...................................................................................................2 *Juniors...................................................................................................3 *Sophomores...........................................................................................4 *Freshmen...............................................................................................5 Adventure................................................................................................6 The Arts..................................................................................................7 Sports......................................................................................................8 College.....................................................................................................9 *America: Past and Present................................................................10 Mystery and Imagination....................................................................11 Reader’s Choice...................................................................................12 Science and Technology.......................................................................13 Biography and Memoir........................................................................14 Books to Film.......................................................................................15 World View...........................................................................................16 *These lists include required as well as suggested reading Seniors Juniors Each senior must read the three starred books and should choose at least Each junior must read the two starred books and should choose at least two others from this list or from any other list in the Summer Reading two others from this list or any other list in the Summer Reading booklet. Postgraduate students should select their books from this list. booklet. *THE LIFE OF PI...............................................................Yann Martel *A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY....................................John Irving *PURPLE HIBISCUS.................................Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche *THE BEAN TREES...............................................Barbara Kingsolver *EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE....................................................................Jonathan Safran Foer What is the What.................................................................Dave Eggars The Trouble with Poetry.....................................................Billy Collins Kindred.........................................................................Octavia E. Butler The Sea...............................................................................John Banville The Amazing Adventures of The Devil in the White City.................................................Erik Larson Kavalier and Clay.........................................................Michael Chabon The Professor and the Madman................................Simon Winchester A Lost Lady..........................................................................Willa Cather Gertrude and Claudius.......................................................John Updike The Endurance................................................................Alfred Lansing The Piano Tuner................................................................Daniel Mason The Opposite of Fate................................................................Amy Tan In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens.................................Alice Walker The God of Small Things................................................Arundhati Roy Prodigal Summer.....................................................Barbara Kingsolver Montana 1948.....................................................................Larry Watson Saturday...............................................................................Ian McEwan Before You Know Kindness...........................................Chris Bohjalian . The History of Love..........................................................Nicole Krauss 2 3 Sophomores Freshmen Each sophomore must read the three starred books and should choose at Entering freshmen must read the starred books and should choose at least two others from this list or any other in the Summer Reading least two others from this list or from any other list in the Summer booklet. Reading booklet. *BEL CANTO.....................................................................Ann Patchett *WARRIORS DON’T CRY....................................Melba Patillo Beals *THE BUFFALO SOLDIER.........................................Chris Bohjalian *MY NAME IS ASHER LEV............................................Chaim Potok *1984.................................................................................George Orwell *SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS................................David Guterson The True Story of Hansel and Gretel............................Louise Murphy God Grew Tired of Us.......................................................John Bul Dau The Road Not Taken and Other Poems.............................Robert Frost Delights & Shadows..............................................................Ted Kooser Girls of Tender Age...........................................Mary-Ann Tirone Smith A Separate Peace...............................................................John Knowles Crow Lake..........................................................................Mary Lawson Ender’s Game...............................................................Orson Scott Card The Rapture of Canaan..................................................Shari Reynolds Women of the Silk..........................................................Gail Tsukiyama The Weight of Water..........................................................Anita Shreve Clan of the Cave Bear..............................................................Jean Auel The Highest Tide.....................................................................Jim Lynch Great Expectations........................................................Charles Dickens Black Boy.........................................................................Richard Wright Iron and Silk.....................................................................Mark Salzman To Kill a Mockingbird...........................................................Harper Lee Briar Rose...............................................................................Jane Yolen 4 5 Adventure The Arts The Kid Who Climbed Everest............................................Bear Grylls The Life and Death of Classical Music......................Norman Lebrecht Greasy Rider......................................................................Greg Melville Musicophilia........................................................................Oliver Sacks Three Day Road...............................................................Joseph Boyden Song Man......................................................................Will Hodgkinson The Snow Leopard......................................................Peter Matthiessen Clapton.................................................................................Eric Clapton The Last Season.....................................................................Eric Blehm Girl in Hyacinth Blue.....................................................Susan Vreeland The Devil’s Teeth.................................................................Susan Casey The Lost Painting..............................................................Jonathan Harr Skeletons on the Zahara........................................................Dean King Shadow Divers..................................................................Robert Kurson 6 7 Sports College Four Days to Glory...........................................................Mark Kreidler The Gap Year Advantage..........................Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson The Entitled........................................................................Frank Deford Fat Envelope Frenzy...................................................Joie Jager-Hyman The Edict..................................................................................Bob Cupp Taming the Tuition Tiger.................................................Kathy Kristoff Meat Market....................................................................Bruce Feldman When Your Kid Goes to College........................................Carol Barkin American Shaolin.............................................................Matthew Polly Colleges That Change Lives...............................................Lauren Pope Opening Day........................................................................Jonathan Eig The Fiske Guide to Colleges.........................................Edward B. Fiske Beckham.........................................................................David Beckham You’re On Your Own (But I’m Here If You Need Me).......................Marjorie Savage 8 9 America: Past and Present Mystery and Imagination The starred book is required of all students taking United States The Spellman Files...................................................................Lisa Lutz History, AP United States History, or American Civilization. In the Woods.........................................................................Tana French *CHANGES IN