All students' English courses will begin with a unit based on their required summer reading, which consists of one assigned book and three books of the own choosing. It is essential that students complete this required summer reading before classes begin in September, arriving on the first day ready to discuss their texts.
Current students have already been provided with the required reading selections. New students will receive the reading by mail over the summer. Ebook and audiobook versions are available in the Waynflete Digital Library.
We look forward to an exciting year and wish all of you a summer of good reading!
Assigned Summer Reading:
Grade 9: The Leavers by Lisa Ko
Grade 10: Kindred by Octavia Butler
Writers' Workshop: They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib
Essay Writing: The Best American Essays 2023 edited by Vivian Gornick
Shakespeare in America: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrel
Voices of African American Writers: Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Graphic Novel: Daytripper by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá
Literature of Native Americans: Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Should you wish to purchase additional copies of the required summer reading titles, may we recommend supporting local bookseller and our fundraising partner, Print: A Bookstore.