Unless your class is listed below, you should also read
                                         
                                          Two books of your choice.

Some classes require specific summer reading:

Students entering Honors Sophomore English should read:
     Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood and Life of Pi   by Yann Martel, in addition to This I Believe 2 .

Students entering Honors Junior English should read:
     Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, and Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe,
     in addition to This I Believe 2 .

Students entering Honors Junior MGC (Modern Global Communities) should read:
     Passing by Nella Larsen, and Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, in addition to This I Believe 2 .

Students entering Senior MGC Shakespeare in the World should read:
     The Collector by John Fowles, This I Believe 2, and one book of choice.

Students entering Senior Religion in Literature should read:
     The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta, This I Believe 2 , and one book of their choice.

Students entering Honors Senior British Literature should read:
     Beowulf   by Seamus Heaney, This I Believe 2 , and two books of choice.

Students entering African-American Literature should read:
     a book from the list below, This I Believe 2 , and one book of choice.

Students entering AP English Literature are required to read:
     All The King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, and Atonement by Ian McEwan, and should be prepared to compare
     the two works  during the first week of  school. Students should also read This I Believe 2 .

Students entering AP English Language should read:
     This I Believe 2 and one set of three books from a list available from the instructors,
     Mr. Baron( brian_baron@newton.k12.ma.us )  or  Mr. Kaplan (Alexander_kaplan@newton.k12.ma.us).

Summer Reading for African American Literature

Please choose one of the following biographies/autobiographies and read it thoroughly over the summer.   We will begin the year with work on this book.

If you are enrolled for curriculum one credit, you should challenge yourself to read a harder, longer book.   We urge you to go online and find out about the books before committing to one.

Enjoy!

Ms. Sumner and Ms. Leslie

Easier

The Greatest:   Muhammad Ali by Walter Dean Myers (172 pp)

Maya Angelou   by Nancy Shuker (128pp)

Mary McLeod Bethune; a Great American Teacher by Pat McKissak (111pp)

Ella Fitzgerald   by Bud Klimet (112pp)

Whoopi Goldberg: Entertainer by J Rose Blue (103pp)

Earvin "Magic" Johson: Champion and Crusader by Ted Gottfield (128pp)

Spike Lee:   By Any Means Necessary by Jim Haskin (123pp)

Thurgood Marshall by Lisa Aldred (127pp)

Toni Morrison by Douglas Century (103pp)

Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers (214pp)

Wilma Rudolph by Tom Biracree (111pp)

Will Smith:   King of Cool (144pp)

Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Powerhouse with a Pen by Catherine A. Welch (104 pp)

Young Superstars of Tennis: the Venus and Serena Williams Story by Mike Fillon (144pp)

Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Beals (200pp)

Longer / More Challenging

Days of Grace:   A Memoir by Arthur Ashe   (317pp)

W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography by Virginia Hamilton (218pp)

Autobiography of Malcolm X   by Malcolm X with Alex Haley (460pp)

Martin Luther King Jr. by Dan Frady (216pp)

Jazz is the Bittersweet Blues of Life by Wynton Marsalis (249pp)

Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks (192pp)

I Never Had it Made by Jackie Robinson (287pp)

The Rock Says by The Rock (292pp)

Rebel For the Hell of It:The Life of Tupac Shakur by Armond White (230pp)

Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington (166pp)

A Mighty Long Way:   My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School by Carlotta Walls Lanier   (250pp approx)

A Hope in the Unseen:   An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League by Ron Suskind   (about 360pp)

Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (300+ pp)