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QHS Summmer Reading
All students should complete the reading assignment according to the level of English class for the next school year. A test will be administered in class within one week of the start of the new school year. Advanced sections may be required to complete additional assignments. All titles may be obtained in local libraries, book stores and online. Students are responsible for getting the proper books.
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9th Grade |
10th Grade |
11th Grade |
12th Grade |
Transitional English |
9th Grade
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
10th Grade
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
11th Grade
AP English 11
All students must read:
Outliers - Gladwell
op-ed reading; contact Mr. Columb at columb@gmail.com for requirements
English 11 Honors
All students must read:
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Contact Mr. Natalizia at cnataliziaghs@gmail.com for study guide
Choose one of the following:
Girl With A Pearl Earring - Chevalier
The Bean Trees - Kingsolver
The Blind Side - Lewis
English 11 Standard
Choose one of the following:
Deathwatch - White
The Bean Trees - Kingsolver
The Blind Side - Lewis
12th Grade
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
Transitional English
Choose one of the following:
The City of Ember - DuPrau
The Contender - Lipsyte