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 2008
This year the Science and History Departments have chosen the all-school summer reading book: the 2005 edition of Longitude by Dava Sobel (the one with the introduction by Neil Armstrong, ISBN-10: 0-8027-1529-X). See their letter home for details about expectations and assessment.
The English department adds the following required reading for its courses:
Freshmen:
People of Darkness, Hillerman
ISBN 0-06-109915-5
(mid-summer test option on Thursday, June 26th at 11 a.m.)
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
African American Voices: Magic City, Rhodes
ISBN 0060929073
Poetry: Tales from Ovid, trans. Hughes
ISBN 0374525870
Reading and Writing Fiction: Old School, Wolff
ISBN 0375701494
Expository Writing: Into the Wild, Krakauer
ISBN 0385486804
(available at a discount from amazon.com)
Alienated Hero: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Haddon
ISBN 4000-3271-7
Shakespeare: Henry IV, Part I, Shakespeare
(any unabridged edition)
Irish Lit.: Reading in the Dark, Deane
ISBN 0-375-70023-4
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.
