Summer Reading 2020

2020 Summer Reading Letter for all levels and courses

English I

Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	Summer of the Mariposas Guadalupe Garcia McCall

English I Accelerated

The Power of One Bryce Courtenay	True Grit Charles Portis

American Literature

A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry	The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls

American Literature Honors

A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry	Educated Tara Westover

Junior English Electives

The Lock Artist Steve Hamilton

A.P. Literature

1984 George Orwell	Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neal Hurston
	Please note: Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Thurston, will be used in the AP Literature course; it is not required summer reading.  Students enrolled in AP Lit will read the book during the school year as assigned by the teacher.

Senior English Electives

All seniors are required to complete the Senior College Essay for the first day of class. More information can be found here.  In addition, students enrolled in any senior English elective are to read the following book:

Before the Fall Noah Hawley

A.P. Language

The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot