Suggested Reading
Looking for a book? Please visit the Library Learning Common's print collection and ebook/audiobook collection. Additional resources can be found on the BHS Library Learning Common's website.
Note: Students returning to BHS can check out books for the summer by visiting the Library Learning Commons during the last weeks of school. Ebooks/audiobooks from OverDrive Sora are available 24/7 (including summer months for students and staff - use your BPS Google account for access). During the summer, interested BHS community members are also encouraged to visit the Bethel Public Library or Bethel's local bookseller, Byrd's Books.
Description:
BHS students are encouraged to enjoy their reading! Please feel free to review the suggestions by BHS English department teachers for potential titles OR select a title or titles of their own choice.
Upon returning to school, English teachers will use class time to recognize and celebrate summer reading. Students will be asked to complete a Google Form recording any titles they have read over the summer. It is not required to complete additional work while reading (unless noted in Honors/AP course assignments). However, any personal method such as note-taking, sticky notes, sketching, etc. is encouraged.
Teachers will provide instructions for a related activity at the beginning of the school year. English teachers will determine the activity description and value.
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
Collection of Poetry (ex: Summer Poems, Blockbuster Movie Poems, Poetry and Music, Poetry and the Environment)
Hope Nation edited by Rose Brock
Educated by Tara Westover
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
I Never Thought of It That Way by Monica Guzman
On Writing by Stephen King
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
The Elements of Style by William Strunk
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
Little Family by Ishmael Beah
The Grandest Stage by Tyler Kepner
The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created by Jane Leavy
Path Lit by Lightning by David Maraniss
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Originals by Adam Grant
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker
The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Stone Blind by Natale Haynes
Questions about a course or suggested title?
Please contact Ms. Burke, English Department Chair.