Summer Reading – High School – Twelth

Twelfth grade

From SPF Summer Reading Hub: All incoming 12th graders taking English IV should choose one of the following titles.  Click on the image for more information.  Titles that contain content that may be considered mature for the grade level are indicated with an asterisk (*).

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Print

Libby – eBook, eBook, eAudio

Make Your Bed by William H. McCraven

Print & audiobook

Libby – eAudiobook

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey

Print

Libby – ebook

How to Break Up with Your Phone by Catherine Price

Print

Smarter Better Faster by Charles Duhigg

Print & Audiobook

Libby – eAudiobook

Twelfth grade – AP

From SPF Summer Reading Hub: All incoming 12th graders taking AP English Literature  should read Silas Marner by George Eliot.  In addition, students should choose one other title from the following.  Click on the image for more information.  Titles that contain content that may be considered mature for the grade level are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Silas Marner by George Eliot

Libby – eBook

Print

In addition to reading, students should choose one other title from the following.  Click on the image for more information.  Titles that contain content that may be considered mature for the grade level are indicated with an asterisk (*).

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Print

Libby – eBook, eAudiobook (multiple versions populate, please pick the one that you need)

Beloved* by Toni Morrison

Print

Libby – eBook, eAudio

A Thousand Splendid Suns* by Khaled Hosseini

Print

Libby – ebook, eAudio

Summer Reading – High School – Eleventh

Eleventh Grade

From SPF Summer Reading Hub: All incoming 11th graders taking English III should choose one of the following titles.  Click on the image for more information.  Titles that contain content that may be considered mature for the grade level are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Print & Audiobook

Libby – ebook, eaudiobook

Maus* by Art Spiegelman

Print (multiple editions populate, please select the correct one you need)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Print

Print

Libby – eBook, eAudio (please note other titles do populate, please pick the correct title you’re looking for).

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Print

Libby – eBook & eAudiobook

AP Eleventh Grade

Summer Reading Hub: All incoming 11th graders taking AP English Language should choose one of the following titles.  Click on the image for more information.  Titles that contain content that may be considered mature for the grade level are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Grit by Angela Duckworth

Print

Libby – eBook, eAudiobook

Missoula* by John Krakauer

Print

Libby – eBook, eAudiobook

Columbine* by Dave Cullen

Print

Libby – eBook, eAudiobook

The Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins

Print

Libby – eBook

Crossing the Line by Kareem Rosser

Print

Hoopla – eBook

Boy Erased* by Garrard Conley

Print

Libby – ebook

Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

Print Book

Libby – eBook, eAudiobook

Summer Reading – High School – Tenth Grade

Tenth Grade

From SPF Summer Reading Hub:  All incoming 10th graders should choose one of the following titles.  Click on the image for more information.  Titles that contain content that may be considered mature for the grade level are indicated with an asterisk (*).

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Print Book

Libby – eBook

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe* by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Print Book, Audiobook

Playaway

Libby – Audiobook, Audiobook, eBook

New Boy* by Tracy Chevalier

Print Book

Little Fires Everywhere* by Celeste Ng

Print Book & Audiobook

Libby – eBook, eAudio

The Color of Water by James McBride

Print Book & Audiobook

Libby – eBook, eAudio

Middle School

All incoming students enter 6th through 8th grade are required to read two books during summer break – one fiction book and one nonfiction book. These books are free of choice; however, the school has a list of suggested titles to help you get started. Still need help? Ask one of our Youth Services Librarians for help! To view the school’s guidelines, visit their Summer Reading Hub.

High School

Summer Reading – High School – Ninth Grade

Ninth Grade

From SPF Summer Reading Hub: All incoming 9th graders should read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.  In addition, students should choose one other title from the following.  Titles that contain content that may be considered mature for the grade level are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Print Copy & Audiobook

Libby – eBook & eAudio

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Print Copy & Audiobook

Libby – eBook

Hoopla – eBook & eAudiobook

The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima

Print Copy

Libby – eBook

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Print Copy & Audiobook

Libby – eBook, eAudiobook

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury 

Print Copy

Hoopla -ebook & eAudio

The Perks of Being a Wallflower *by Stephen Chbosky

Print Copy, Audiobook

Libby – eBook, eAudiobook