Rising 11th Graders

English Department Summer Reading

Statement on Summer Reading: Families and Caregivers should review the titles listed at grade level and make a selection in collaboration with your student in order to make the best choice for your student/family.

All students in grades 9-12 will read two books this summer.

Book 1: Students will select one book from the Grade Level Book List. All students must complete this Google form when they finish the book (use your Melrose school Google 👈🏻account). Students are encouraged to take notes. Upon your return to school in the fall, you will engage in a learning experience in your ELA class using this book.
Book 2: All students in grades 9-12 will select and read at least One Choice Book, and complete this Google form upon completion (use your Melrose school Google 👈🏻account). The choice book can be any book of interest.

Students not enrolled in AP English Language and Composition may also consider the following books:

Gather, Kenneth Cadow
Star Splitter, Matthew Kirby
We Were Liars, E Lockhart
The Martian, Andy Reid
The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
In the Wild Light, Jeff Zentner

Class of 2026 | Rising 11th Graders

Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
Where You Go Is Not Who You Will Be, Frank Bruni
The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brain, Nicholas Carr
An American Childhood, Annie Dillard
Better: A Surgeon's Note on Performance, Atul Gawande
Outliers, Tipping Point, OR Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Alex Haley
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Childhood Among Ghosts, Maxine Hong Kingston
Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer (Young Readers Edition)
Garlic & Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise, Ruth Reichel
Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time, Ian O'Connor
The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan (Young Readers Edition)

⬇️How can I get the print/ebook/audiobook? ⬇️

Book titles above are active links to our school Sora account. On Sora, you may also find an audiobook version. In addition, the Melrose Public Library as well as the Boston Public Library have all summer reading titles.