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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.
Program Description:
BHS students are encouraged to enjoy reading! Please feel free to review the suggestions from BHS English department teachers for potential titles OR select a title of your own choice.
Upon returning to school, English teachers will take time to recognize and celebrate summer reading. Students will be asked to complete a Google Form recording titles read over the summer.
Students will be asked to submit their completed summer reading activity (see checklist here) to for extra credit to their English teacher at the start of the school year.
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Suggested Poetry Options:
"Birches" by Robert Frost
"Digging" by Seamus Heaney
"Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou
"My Uncle's Favorite Coffee Shop" by Naomi Shihab Nye
Hope Nation edited by Rose Brock
Educated by Tara Westover
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Women 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
On Writing by Stephen King
The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The Women by Kristin Hannah
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Thank You for Coming to My TED Talk by Chris Anderson
CT State Library Suggested Reading List:
Questions about an English course or suggested title?
Questions about an English course or suggested title?
Please contact Ms. Hall, English Department Chair.
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