High Schools
Westmont High School
English 1 & Hon. English 1: Geeking Out Podcast (14 Episodes)
English 2 & Hon. English 2: In the Dark Podcast Season 2 (Episodes 1-11)
English 3:
From Tribe-On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger
Is Google Making Us Stupid? by Nicholas Carr
The Paranoid Style of American Policing by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Excerpt from Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted by Malcolm Gladwell
Pre-Game by Dave Zirin
English 4 & Hon. English 4: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Please buy a copy of the book because we are going to use it to develop and practice annotation skills.
AP Lit 4: Required - A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
AND one of the following -
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
1984 by George Orwell
LA LAB: Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
Students need to make AT LEAST THREE ANNOTATIONS per chapter about important events or characters in that chapter.
Downers Grove North
Requirements:
No required summer reading.
DGN Library has an optional BINGO board students can use to enter a prize drawing for reading. There is also a curated list of teacher recommendations students can choose to explore if they want.
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Downers Grove South
Requirements:
No required summer reading.
Hinsdale South High School
Requirements:
Encourages students to to read over the long break and pursue their individual reading preferences and passions. As a starting point, Hinsdale South recommends the 2023 Lincoln Award books nominated by teens, teachers, and librarians across Illinois. Additionally, the Association of Illinois High School Librarians keeps an archive of previously-nominated titles that students and parents may choose to reference for additional titles.
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Hinsdale Central High School
Requirements:
Encouraging students to read one book of their choice from the designated level, and, if inspired, keep reading from all the lists. When school starts in the fall, students should expect to take a survey in class about their summer reading experience.
If you have any questions, please direct them to David Lange, English Department Chair, at dlange@hinsdale86.org.
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Summer Reading Recommendations