Quincy Public Schools Summer Reading
Reading List for
North Quincy High School
Incoming Freshmen
English 9 / Standard - Choose one of the following:
Chinese Cinderella - Mah, Adeline Yen
I am the Cheese - Cormier, Robert
The House on Mango Street - Cisneros, Sandra
Killing Mr. Griffin - Duncan, Lois
English 9 / Honors - Choose two of the following:
Wait Till Next Year - Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Murder on the Orient Express - Christie, Agatha
Chinese Cinderella - Mah, Adeline Yen
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Smith, Betty
English 9 / Advanced - All students must read:
Dracula - Stoker, Bram
This title can also be found online here.
All students must read either:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Smith, Betty
Wait Till Next Year - Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Incoming Sophomores
English 10 / Standard - Choose one of the following:
Tuesdays With Morrie - Albom, Mitch
A Walk to Remember - Sparks, Nicholas
Nailed - Jones, Patrick
English 10 / Honors - Choose two of the following:
Seabiscuit: An American Legend - Hillenbrand, Laura
Tuesdays With Morrie - Albom, Mitch
The Samurai's Garden - Tsukiyama, Gail
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden - Greenberg, Joanne
English 10 / Advanced - All students must read:
A Separate Peace - Knowles, John
All students must read either:
Seabiscuit: An American Legend - Hillenbrand, Laura
The Samurai's Garden - Tsukiyama, Gail
Incoming Juniors
English 11 Standard - College Writing / American Literature
Choose one of the following:
The Bean Trees - Kingsolver, Barbara
Brian's Song - Blinn, William
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Haddon, Mark
English 11 Honors - College Writing / American Literature
Choose two of the following:
The Time Traveler's Wife - Niffenegger, Audrey
The Bean Trees - Kingsolver, Barbara
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Haddon, Mark
English 11 Advanced - AP
All students must read:
The Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck, John
All students must read either:
The Time Traveler's Wife - Niffenegger, Audrey
Beloved - Morrison, Toni
Incoming Seniors
English 12 Standard - Senior Themes
Choose one of the following:
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Albom, Mitch
All Souls - MacDonald, Michael Patrick
Mortal Stakes - Parker, Robert
English 12 Honors - Expository Writing / Creative Writing / British Literature
Choose two of the following:
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Albom, Mitch
The Lovely Bones - Sebold, Alice
All Souls - MacDonald, Michael Patrick
Asian Studies - Honors
All students must read:
The Joy Luck Club - Tan, Amy
Choose one of the following:
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Albom, Mitch
The Lovely Bones - Sebold, Alice
All Souls - MacDonald, Michael Patrick
English 12 Advanced - AP
All students must read:
The Fountainhead - Rand, Ayn
All students must read either:
The Count of Monte Cristo - Dumas, Alexandre
This title can also be found online here.
Grendel - Gardner, John