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**please see the bottom for a special note on AP Seminar**
**please see the bottom for a special note on AP Seminar**
AP Seminar & English 2 Suggested/Recommended Titles for Summer Reading
AP Seminar & English 2 Suggested/Recommended Titles for Summer Reading
This is by no means an exhaustive list of titles; it's merely a starting point for those that feel overwhelmed.
This is by no means an exhaustive list of titles; it's merely a starting point for those that feel overwhelmed.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/124900.2020_YA_MG_Books_With_POC_Leads
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/93222.The_Most_Popular_Young_Adult_Books_on_Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2204.YA_Nonfiction_Books
https://www.readbrightly.com/ya-books-2018/
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/ya-books-that-are-also-great-reads-for-adults
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ariannarebolini/best-ya-books-of-all-time
City of Thieves, David Benihoff
Life of Pi, Yann Martel
Born Confused, Tanuja Desai Hidier
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Bryan Mealer & William Kamkwamba
Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Laini Taylor
Divergent, Veronica Roth
An Egg on Three Sticks, Jackie Moyer Fischer
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
Gone, Michael Grant
Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton
The Maze Runner, James Dashner
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way, Bill Bryson
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, Barbara Ehrenreich
Pop, Gordon Korman
Ready Player One, Ernest Cline
Slam, Walter Dean Myers
Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson
Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan, Rick Bowers
The Tequila Worm, Viola Canales
Tupac Shakur: Legacy, Jamal Joseph
Watership Down, Richard Adams
World War Z, Max Brooks
A Special Note about AP Seminar
If possible, Seminar students should choose one of the following books to read over the summer (not required, of course!):
Think Like a Freak by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner: Teaches one to identify biases, look at data objectively, and question conventional societal constructs.
Think Again by Adam Grant: Explores the art of rethinking and questioning assumptions, a vital skill for AP Seminar arguments.
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich: A fantastic nonfiction dive into low-wage America that is perfect for sparking research topics on economics, labor, and society.
They Say / I Say by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein: This is a crucial "how-to" guide for writing academic arguments and effectively utilizing quotes, which is the foundation of AP Seminar tasks.
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