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Summer Reading List

Summer Reading List

Sayville High School Summer Reading List

 

The following books are part of the Summer Reading Program.  Most of these books are available at the High School Library, as well as local bookstores and the Sayville Public Library. 

 

Students entering grade 9:

  • Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes

Extra Credit:

  • Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson
  • The Contender, Robert Lipsyte
  • Bless the Beasts and the Children, Glendon Swarthout
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stephenson
  • Into Thin Air, John Krakauer

9 Honors: (both)

  • Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
  • Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton

 

Students entering grade 10: (choose 1)

  • Object Lessons, Anna Quindlen
  • The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
  • They Cage the Animals at Night, Jennings Michael Burch
  • The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kid
  • The Color of Water, James McBride

10 Honors: (both)

  • Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
  • Bless Me Ultima, Rudolpho Anaya

 

Students entering grade 11: (choose 1)

  • How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Julia Alvarez
  • The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver
  • Killer Angels, Michael Shaara
  • Player Piano, Kurt Vonnegut
  • Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom

11 Honors: (both)

  • Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
  • The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver

11 AP:

  • Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
  • + a work of non-fiction from the list provided in June.

 

Students entering grade 12: (choose 1)

  • Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
  • In Cold Blood, Truman Capote
  • Ordinary People, Judith Guest
  • A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines

Additional choices for 12 G:

  • Fly Boys, James Bradley
  • Into the Wild, John Krakauer
  • Deathwatch, Robb White

12 H:

  • One from 12 R List
  • and A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, Michael Dorris

12 AP:

  • The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • + 1 from the list provided in June