Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. Rumi
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BREWSTER HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER READING 2017 “The beauty of the universe consists not only of unity in variety, but also of variety in unity.” -Umberto Eco (author of The Name of the Rose) This year, in order to provide a variety of titles for summer reading and to build a community of readers, the English Department reached out to teachers and administrators throughout the building. Below, you will find lists of fiction and nonfiction titles that cover a variety of topics and themes chosen by some of your favorite administrators, and history, math, science, modern language, art, special education, English and music teachers. We’ve designed the lists by grade level, but we encourage parents to have conversations with their children about advanced subject matter that may appear in suggested titles. Book descriptions can be found at www.amazon.com. Read the descriptions and reviews, see what connects with you, and choose books (from our list) that you will enjoy reading! Summer reading assessments will occur in ALL English classes within the first two weeks of the school year. We strongly suggest that students take notes while reading in order to complete assignments when they return to school in September. ✓ Students enrolled in an honors level, college level, or AP level course will have additional summer reading assignments. These students should read one book from the appropriate grade level list (below) AND complete course specific summer reading work. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Students entering 9th grade should choose one of the nine books from the list below to read this summer. ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢
The Maze Runner - James Dashner Wintergirls - Laurie Halse Anderson The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros Pinned - Sharon G. Flake The Cage - Ruth Minsky Sender World War Z - Max Brooks The Translator - Daoud Hari The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
Students entering 10th grade should choose one of the ten books from the list below to read this summer. ➢ The Running Dream - Wendelin Van Draanen ➢ When I was Puerto Rican - Esmeralda Santiago ➢ Behind the Beautiful Forevers - Katherine Boo ➢ The Boys in the Boat - Daniel James Brown ➢ Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen ➢ The Little Prince - Antoine de St. Exupéry ➢ A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson ➢ The Talent Code - Daniel Coyle ➢ The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas ➢ A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking _______________________________________________________________________________________ Students entering 11th grade should choose two of the eleven books from the list below to read this summer. ➢ Pattern Recognition - William Gibson ➢ A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers ➢ The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho ➢ Stim - Kevin Berry ➢ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot ➢ Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell ➢ All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr ➢ A Beautiful Mind - Sylvia Nasar ➢ The Art Spirit - Robert Henri ➢ The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut ➢ The Orchardist - Amanda Coplin ________________________________________________________________________________________ Students entering 12th grade should choose two of the twelve books from the list below to read this summer. Beloved - Toni Morrison Quiet - Susan Cain Man’s Search for Meaning - Victor Frankl The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini City of Thieves - David Benioff The Complete Book of Basketball - Bill Simmons and Malcolm Gladwell ➢ Constellation of Vital Phenomenon - Anthony Marra ➢ Band of Brothers - Stephen Ambrose ➢ Longitude - Dava Sobel ➢ The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story - Diane Ackerman ➢ The Demon in the Freezer - Richard Preston ➢ Generosity: An Enhancement - Richard Powers ________________________________________________________________________________________ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢