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Young Adult Summer Reading

All lists will be posted as soon as they become available to us!

Click on the book title to see if it is available at the library and/or to place a hold on it

Required Reading Revealed!

Since you have to read those summer reading books why not spill your guts and tell everyone what you thought...good or bad! All submissions are anonymous!

6th Grade

Miles River Middle School

Read at least two of the following titles :

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Curtis
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
Belle Prater’s Boy by Ruth White
Seedfolks by Paul Fleischmann

 

7th Grade

Miles River Middle School

All students must read:

Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred Taylor
Then choose one or more of the following :
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (this book is available for digital download)
Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell
Driver's Ed by Caroline Cooney
Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs

 

8th Grade

Miles River School

All students must read two required books:

The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

And one or more of the following:

Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
Free Choice (you choose!)

 

9th Grade

Hamilton-Wenham High School

9H:  Genre Study, Writing, and Literary Analysis
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (Bantam Classic Abridged Edition,
ISBN 0553213504)
The Color of Water by James McBride         
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd


9A1:  Genre Study, Writing, and Literary Practices
The Color of Water by James McBride
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd


9A1 Skills:  Genre Study, Writing, and Skills Development 
Nothing But the Truth by Avi

 

10th Grade

Hamilton-Wenham High School

10H:  Classic and Cultural Literary Analysis
            Tess of the D’Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy
            A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
            Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns


10A1:  Classic and Cultural Literary Studies
            Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
            Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury


10A1 Skills:  Classic and Cultural Literary Skills 
            Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

 

11th Grade

Hamilton-Wenham High School

11H:  Honors British Literature 
            As You Like It  by William Shakespeare
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
            1984 by George Orwell


11A1:  British Literature
            1984 by George Orwell
            The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton


11A1 Skills:  British Literature and Beyond
            The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells

 

12th Grade

Hamilton-Wenham High School

12AP:  Advanced Placement English
            Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
            Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
            The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
            Old School by Tobias Wolff


12H:  Honors American Literature
            Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
            The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
            Old School by Tobias Wolff


12A1:  American Literature 
            The Namesake byJhumpa Lahiri
            Old School by Tobias Wolff


12A1 Skills:  American Literature and Skills Review
            I Had Seen Castles by Cynthia Rylant