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Honors and CP students: Please use this note-taking guide when reading. *Core level students - see below.
Required Reading
Required Reading
Theme: Immigrant stories, diversity, novels / fiction
All incoming eleventh graders are EXPECTED to read one book from the list below over the summer months. Teachers will begin the school year with lessons and assessments that will incorporate these texts.
*You are responsible for securing your own copy.
**Each title below is linked to a book summary on Goodreads
Honors and CP students
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - Ken Kesey *
**A total of 4-5 short stories written by author William Faulkner
The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas *
American Street - Ibi Zoboi *
Game - Walter Dean Myers
Love, Hate, and Other Filters - Samira Ahmed
Everything Sad Is Untrue - Daniel Nayeri
Out of Nowhere - Maria Padian
All American Boys - Jason Reynolds
Americanized: A Rebel Without a Green Card - Sara Saedi
All American Muslim Girl - Nadine Jolie Courtney
Honors- Additional MUST read: The Awakening by Kate Chopin
*Please use the Post-It note method, focusing on social standards and expectations
Core Level - Please use this note-taking guide for the titles below
Displacement - Kiku Hughes
Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World's Most Infamous Prison by: Sarah Mirk
The Crossover by: Kwame Alexander (either Novel in Verse or Graphic Novel version)
* Note: These books contain explicit and/or profane language that parents may want to be aware of. Click on the linked book titles, and/or visit Common Sense Media, for more information to inform your reading decisions.
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