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**Please use this "Note-Taking Guide" for taking notes while reading.
You can use sticky notes or written notes in your copy of the book, or keep your notes on a separate document - whatever works for YOU!
Summer Reading
Summer Reading
Theme: Memoirs, Autobiographies, Biographies, life stories
non-fiction, not an event
All incoming twelfth graders are EXPECTED to read one book from the list below. 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
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by: Trevor Noah
Just Mercy by: Bryan Stevenson
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by: William Finnegan
Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on a Navajo Nation by: Michael Powell
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by: Jon Krakauer
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by: David Goggins
Crying in H Mart by: Michelle Zauner
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by: J.D. Vance
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by: Barack Obama
Suggested Core titles:
Hey Kiddo by: Jarrett Krosoczka (graphic novel)
Just Mercy: Adapted for Young Adults by: Bryan Stevenson
It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by: Trevor Noah (YA edition)
**All of the book titles have been selected, in coordination with the WRHS English Department Chair, as well as the Library Media Specialist, by the grade level teachers, read by at least one of the grade level teachers, and reflect the grade level curriculum. These books have also been chosen to reflect a diversity of reading levels, interests, subject matter, voices and perspectives. We have provided choices at each grade level, for parents and students to decide what book choice best suits their summer reading needs.
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