Summer Reading Assignments
Welcome to the Summer Reading Assignments page!
Below are the books and assignments for each grade that are required reading for this summer. The A.P. summer reading is also found below.
The summer reading books are available for purchase on Amazon or any book provider of your choice. The ISBN number is included to help purchase the correct version of the book.
FRESHMEN - Class of 2026
ENGLISH
- Season of Life 9781416545408
or 9780743269742
AND Choose One of the following:
- The Hobbit 9780547928227
- The Alchemist 9780062315007
- The Hate U Give 9780062498540
- Ready Player One 9780307887443
- Children of Blood and Bone 9781250294623
SOPHOMORES - Class of 2025
ENGLISH – Choose One of the following:
- Homegoing 9781101971062
- Underground Railroad 9780345804327
- Everything I Never Told You 9780143127550
- The Kite Runner 9781594631931
- Educated 9780399590504
See Attached Assignments for Class of 2025 for English
RELIGION
- Alive Paul Piers Read 9780380003211
JUNIORS - Class of 2024
ENGLISH
- Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro
Juniors in A.P. Lit do not read this book.
SENIORS - Class of 2023
ALL RELIGION ELECTIVES (except Bioethics-see below)
- Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl 9780807014271
BIOETHICS (as a Science or Religion)
- Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot 9781400052189
A.P. CLASSES
A.P. U.S. History
- Barracoon Zora Neale Hurston 9780062748201
A.P. European History
- The Return of Martin Guerre Natalie Zemon Davis 9780674766914
A.P. English Lit
Juniors:
- Frankenstein Mary Shelley (No need to purchase - issued at yr. end)
- The Knife Thrower Steven Millhauser 9780679781639
Seniors:
- Odyssey Robert Fagles translation 9789609012201
- The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald (No need to purchase - issued at yr. end)