2018 SUMMER READING for HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH

June 1, 2018

Fallen Angels, Walter Dean Myers

Long Way Down, Jason ReynoldsMarch I, II, III, John LewisMudbound, Hillary JordanOne Of Us Is Lying, Karen M. McManus Popular, Maya Van WagenenSalt to the Sea, Ruta SepetysThe Berlin Boxing Club, Robert SharenowThe Hate U Give, Angie ThomasThe Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, Stephanie Oakes Tomboy, Liz PrinceTurtles All the Way Down, John Green Unwind, John ShustermanWe are the Ants, Shaun David HutchinsonWe Were Liars, E. LockhartWhen I Was the Greatest, Jason Reynolds Dear Martin, Nic StoneSpeak, Laurie Halse Anderson Autobiography of a Face, Lucy Grealy Maus I and II, Art Spiegelman The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch Feed, M.T. Anderson Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, David Lubar Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury Call of the Wild, Jack London The Invisible Man, H.G. Wells A Soldier’s Play, Charles Fuller Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak Bleachers, John Grisham The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold Way Past Cool, Jess Mowry

Native Son, Richard Wright

1984, George Orwell

Catch-22, Joseph Heller

Fences, August Wilson

Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer

The Road, Cormac McCarthy

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

Life of Pi, Yann Martel

The Salt Eaters, Toni Cade Bambara

The Color Purple, Alice Walker

Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card

The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls

Up From Slavery, Booker T. Washington

The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan

All American Boys, Jason Reynolds

Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys

Boy On The Wooden Box, Leon Leyson

Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and

Changed Medicine Forever, Jim Murphy

Breakthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the

World, Jack Andraka

City of Thieves, David Benioff

Copper Sun, Sharon Draper

Elena Vanishing, Elena Dunkle

Fake ID, Lamar Giles

How It Went Down, Kekla Magoon

I Am Nujood, Ali Nujood

I'll Give You the Sun, Jandy Nelson

The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night-Time, Mark

Haddon The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger

Black Boy, Richard Wright

The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper

Requirements

Readi ng is essential to critical thinking and preparation for College, Careers, and Citizenship. All high school students in

Newport News P ublic Schools are required to read ONE BOOK from the list below.

Students enrolled in AP or IB ENGLISH will receive a separate summer reading list.

In September, teachers will provide students with an assessment for their Summer Reading.