* The summer reading assignment will provide students with the opportunity to select enrichment readings and allow them to prepare for the increased expectations that are inherent to upper level course work. * Parental input should be a component of students’ selections. Students should be sure to choose works that are right for them by consulting parents, teachers and local librarians for their recommendations. Parents can access book reviews using any Internet search engine (Yahoo, Search.com, Google), or by accessing any online book distributor. ** English 9 students will be required to read two (2) books: one require readings title and one work of the student’s choice from the attached list. The English 9 required title is: Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck** English 9 Honors students will be required to read TWO (2) required books.The English 9 Honors required titles are: Childhood’s End, Arthur C. Clarke; Once and Future King, T. H. White – Sections I (“The Sword in the Stone”) and IV (“The Candle in the Wind”). The middle sections may be read for extra credit.
Optional Titles for 9R Students: Great Expectations Charles Dickens Watership Down Richard Adams The Once and Future King T. H. White The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Stephen King Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott Around the World in 80 Days Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne A Cry in the Night Mary H. Clark A Stranger is Watching Mary H. Clark Where Are the Children? Mary H. Clark Weep No More My Lady Mary H. Clark While My Pretty One Sleeps Mary H. Clark A Gift of Magic Lois Duncan Locked in Time Lois Duncan Third Eye Lois Duncan Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle Lost Horizon James Hilton Rumblefish S.E. Hinton The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir Frank McCourt Outsiders S.E. Hinton Pigs in Heaven B. Kingsolver Les Miserables Victor Hugo Beowulf (Raffel, B., trans) Anonymous Arabian Nights Kathryn Wesley
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