Maret School—10th-12th Grade Summer Reading 2019 *Not all courses have summer reading. Courses not listed here have no summer reading. Humanities Electives African History Choose one of the following memoirs or biographies: • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf by Pam Scully • Ken Saro-Wiwa by Roy Doron and Toyin Falola • Unbowed by Wangari Maathai • The Devil that Danced on Water by Aminatta Forna • Dreams in a Time of War by Ngũgĩ wa • Winnie Mandela: A Life by Anné Mariè du Preez Bezdrob Thiong’o • Patrice Lumumba: Africa's Lost Leader by Leo Zeilig Civil Liberties Listen to 3 episodes from the Constitutional podcast produced by The Washington Post: 1) episode 1: Framed, 2) any one from episodes 2-16, and 3) episode 17: Ourselves and Our Posterity Podcast available at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/constitutional Comedy and Satire Viewing: Select any film (except Dr. Strangelove) from AFI’s list of “100 Funniest American Movies of All Time”: http://www.afi.com/100years/laughs.aspx Reading: Select one of the following books: • The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. • Calypso by David Sedaris Kamau Bell • You Can’t Touch My Hair by Phoebe • Sleepwalk with Me by Mike Birbiglia Robinson • Bossypants by Tina Fey • How to Make People Laugh by Negin • Fresh Off the Boat by Eddie Huang Farsad • Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy • Normal by Marc Maron Kaling • Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan • Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson • I Can’t Make This Up by Kevin Hart • The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae • Hits and Misses by Simon Rich Comparative Literature Cien Años de Soledad by Gabriel García Márquez Contemporary American Literature Flight by Sherman Alexie Contemporary Black Women Writers Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans Exploration of Ethics through Literature Lord of the Flies by William Golding *Please purchase the Penguin Classics Deluxe edition with an introduction by Stephen King Globalization Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Human Geography The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú Law, Culture, and Society Listen to Season 1 of the Serial podcast (12 episodes) available at: https://serialpodcast.org/ Literature and Theories of Knowledge Required viewing: The Matrix by Andy and Lana Wachowski AND Inception by Christopher Nolan Suggested viewing: The Truman Show by Peter Weir The Incredible Shrinking Man by Jack Arnold Run, Lola Run by Tom Tykwer Pi by Darren Aronofsky Big Fish by Tim Burton Interstellar by Christopher Nolan The Others by Alejandro Amenábar Magnolia by Paul Thomas Anderson Suggested reading: The Power by Naomi Alderman Neuromancer by William Gibson Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick I, Robot by Isaac Asimov Lovers, Warriors, Poets, and Thinkers of the Ancient Mediterranean Suggested reading: Metamorphoses: A Play by Mary Zimmerman, Ovid Metamorphosed by Philip Terry Multiculturalism and Social Justice in the American Musical The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built by Jack Viertel The Power of Story Choose one memoir from the list below AND one film or documentary from the list below: Memoirs (choose one): • Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali • Becoming Maria by Sonia Manzano • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean- • The Color of Water by James McBride Dominique Bauby • Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride • A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah • Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt • Ball Four by Jim Bouton • Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi • Brain on Fire by Sarah Cahalan • Born a Crime by Trevor Noah • Black Ice by Lorene Cary • Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama • When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrice Khan • In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park Cullors • Trying to Float by Nicolaia Rips • The World According to Fannie Davis by • Out of Place by Edward Said Bridgett M. Davis • Just Kids by Patti Smith • Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Houston • Where the Past Begins by Amy Tan • Negroland by Margo Jefferson • Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance • Small Fry by Lisa Brennan Jobs • Educated by Tara Westover • Power Forward by Reggie Love • Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson • The Home that Was Our Country by Alia Malek Films (choose one): Feature Films • Queen of Katwe • Coal Miner’s • The Social • Elizabeth • The Aviator • 42 Daughter Network • On the Basis of • Raging Bull • Milk • I’m Not There • Straight Outta Sex • The Last • The Imitation • Jackie Compton • Into the Wild Emperor Game • Malcolm X • Walk the Line • 127 Hours • 12 Years a • The King’s • Mishima: A Life • Bohemian • Capote Slave Speech in Four Chapters Rhapsody • Ali • The Pianist • Lincoln • Persepolis • American • The Theory of • Notorious • Schindler’s List • Ray Gangster Everything • Hotel Rwanda • Amadeus • Selma • Gandhi • Frida • Woman in Gold Documentaries • Amy • Free Solo • Everything is Copy • Three Identical Strangers • Jane • Exit Through the Gift Shop • McQueen • The Kid Stays in the Picture • Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda • Won’t You Be My Neighbor? • Life Itself • I Am Not Your Negro • RBG • The Internet’s Own Boy • What Happened, Miss • Marwencol • Bombshell: The Hedy Lamar Simone? • Senna Story • Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own • Cobain: Montage of Heck • Cutie and the Boxer Words • Man on Wire • Dear Zachary: A Letter to a • Stories We Tell • Whitney Son About His Father • Halving the Bones • Searching for Sugar Man • Grizzly Man Psychology The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes Us Human by V. S. Ramachandran The Question of Evil from Voltaire to Camus La Peste by Albert Camus Sex, Gender, and Society: An Introduction to Queer Studies Summer reading for this course includes three parts. For detailed information on reading for this course, please see: https://tinyurl.com/yyncevs4 Read and annotate: Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele Read and annotate one memoir/autobiography from the list below: • When We Were Outlaws by Jeanne Córdova • Boy Erased by Garrard Conley • Through the Door of Life by Joy Ladin • The Gilded Razor by Sam Lansky • Redefining Realness by Janet Mock • Butterfly Boy by Rigoberto González • Dirty River by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna- • Hiding in Hip Hop by Terrance Dean Samarasinha • Born Both by Hida Viloria • Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Charles M. Blow • The Truth About Me by A. Revathi • We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib • Black Bull, Ancestors, and Me by Nkunzi Zandile • Hunger by Roxane Gay Nkabinde • The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin • A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby Watch and take notes on one film from the list below: • And the Band Played On • Cloudburst • Eat with Me • Kinsey • Esteros • A Girl Walks Home Alone at • Milk • Tangerine Night • Blackbird • Pride • XXY • Daughters of the Dust • To Wong Foo, Thanks for • Margarita with a Straw • Moonlight Everything Julie Newmar • Appropriate Behavior • Pariah • The Birdcage • Kaboom • The Handmaiden • Chasing Amy Science Advanced Environmental Science Choose one of the following memoirs or biographies: • Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel • The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by by Carl Safina Elizabeth Kolbert • The Invention of Nature: Alexander von • Water: A Natural History by Alice Outwater Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf .