Summer Reading List
Each summer, the school selects one book for the whole community, students and faculty alike, to read together. In addition to that book, the English department asks each student to read a second book, one specific to the course he'll take in the fall. Within the first few days of school, students take tests in class on books assigned by the English department and should prepare for those tests by taking notes as they read--notes on the incidents and details associated with the significant characters.
Summer 2009
This year the Math and Computer Science departments have chosen the all-school summer reading book: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (ISBN-10: 1-4000-3271-7). If you have questions about that book, please contact Mr. Frank Corley of the Math department.
The English department adds the following required reading for its courses:
Freshmen:
People of Darkness, Hillerman
ISBN 0-06-109915-5
Sophomores:
The Great Train Robbery, Crichton
ISBN 0-06-050230-4
Juniors:
Regular: Atticus, Hansen
ISBN 0-06-0927860
Honors: Cold Mountain, Frazier
ISBN 0-375-70075-7
Seniors (fall semester courses):
American Lit: Into the Wild, Krakauer
ISBN 0385486804
Satire: White Noise, DeLillo
ISBN 0140077022
Poetry: Life Work, Hall
ISBN 0807071331
Reading and Writing Fiction: Old School, Wolff
ISBN 0375701494
Expository Writing: Into the Wild, Krakauer
ISBN 0385486804
Alienated Hero: 1984, Orwell
ISBN 0451524934
Literature of Initiation: Old School, Wolff
ISBN 0375701494
Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part I, Shakespeare
(any unabridged edition, e.g. ISBN 0521626897)
Irish Lit.: Belfast Diary, Conroy
ISBN 0807002178
All of these books should be available for purchase through our new on-line vendor. However, bargain-savvy families will also want to check for new or used copies of the books through half.com, amazon.com, other Internet sources, current students, local bookstores (including college bookstores) and libraries.
