Quincy High School Summer Reading

English 9 Advanced
All students must read:
Bless Me, Ultima - Anaya
December Stillness - Hahn 

English 9 Honors
Choose two of the following:
Touching Spirit Bear - Mikaelsen
The Alchemist - Coelho
Chinese Cinderella - Mah
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Smith

English 9 Standard
Choose one of the following:
The Rifle - Paulsen
Drivers' Ed - Cooney
House on Mango Street - Cisneros

English 10 Advanced
All students must read:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Haddon
The Hobbit - Tolkien

English 10 Honors
Choose two of the following:
Monster - Myers
The Moon is Down - Steinbeck
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Stein
The Samurai's Garden - Tsukiyama

English 10 Standard
Choose one of the following:
Tuesdays With Morrie - Albom
Nailed - Jones
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Stein

AP English 11
All students must read:
Outliers - Gladwell
op-ed reading; contact Mr. Columb at columb@gmail.com for requirements

English 11 Honors
Choose two of the following:
Girl With A Pearl Earring - Chevalier
The Bean Trees - Kingsolver
The Blind Side - Lewis
The Time Traveler's Wife - Niffenegger

English 11 Standard
Choose one of the following:
Deathwatch - White
The Bean Trees - Kingsolver
The Blind Side - Lewis

AP English 12
All students must read:
The Odyssey (Books V - XIII) - Homer
Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus - Sophocles

English 12 Honors
Choose two of the following:
The Color of Water - McBride
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Albom
All Souls - MacDonald
The Lovely Bones - Sebold

English 12 Standard
Choose one of the following:
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Albom
All Souls - MacDonald
Mortal Stakes - Parker

Transitional English
Choose one of the following:
The Prophet of Yonwood - DuPrau
The Contender - Lipsyte