Please note: all books purchased should be print copies, not digital.
Freshmen (Class of 2026)
English Department
Accelerated Freshman Literature and Composition:
- The Elephant Whisperer, Lawrence Anthony (ISBN: 9781250007810)
CP Freshman Literature and Composition:
- One of us is Lying, Karen McManus (paperback) (ISBN: 1524764728)
Social Studies Department
Accelerated World History I:
- Guns, Germs, and Steel*, Jared Diamond (ISBN: 9780393354324)
* Note 6/1/22: Click here to download the summer reading packet.
CP World History I (Choose one of the following):
- A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah (ISBN: 9780374531263)
- Words in the Dust, Trent Reedy (ISBN: 9780545261258)
- Temple Boys, Jamie Buxton (ISBN: 9781626720367)
Sophomores (Class of 2025)
English Department
Honors Sophomore Literature and Composition:
- The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak (ISBN: 9780375842207)
CP Sophomore Literature and Composition:
- Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell (ISBN: 9781250064875)
Social Studies Department
Accelerated World History II:
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See (ISBN: 9780812968064)
AP World History:
- Traditions and Encounters Textbook (Assignment Forthcoming)* (ISBN: 9780076681280)
* Note 5/23/22: Click here to download the summer reading packet.
CP World History II:
- Candide*, Voltaire (ISBN: 9780140455106)
*Here are the Candide summer reading instructions, background information guide, and chapter reading guide and questions that you will need to complete your summer reading.
World Languages Department
AP Spanish:
- La Guerra Sucia, Nathaniel Kirby (ISBN: 9781934958056)
Juniors (Class of 2024)
English Department
AP English Language and Composition:
- East of Eden (Penguin Orange Collection), John Steinbeck (ISBN: 9780143129486)
CP American Literature:
- The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd (ISBN: 9780143121701)
Social Studies Department
U.S. History:
- (Digital Copy) American History Textbook Modules 1-4 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), ISBN: 9780358410928
- https://www.hmhco.com/shop/k12/American-History/9780358410928
AP U.S. History:
- American Pageant Textbook (Chapters 2-6)* (ISBN: 9780618479405)
*AP US History Summer Reading Guides: Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6
World Languages Department
AP Spanish:
- La Guerra Sucia, Nathaniel Kirby (ISBN: 9781934958056)
Seniors (Class of 2023)
English Department
AP English Language and Composition:
- East of Eden (Penguin Orange Collection), John Steinbeck (ISBN: 9780143129486)
AP English Literature and Composition:
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster (ISBN: 9780062301673)
Senior Literature: Seniors will read one book for the fall semester and one for the spring semester based upon their registered courses.
African American Literature:
- A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines (ISBN: 9780375702709)
The Literature of Comedy:
- Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris (ISBN: 9780316776967)
Dystopian Literature:
- Brave New World, Aldous Huxley (ISBN: 9780060850524)
Film as Literature:
- A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens (Dover Thrift) (ISBN: 9780486268651)
Women’s Literature:
- Island of a Thousand Mirrors, Nayomi Munaweera (ISBN: 9781250051875)
World Languages Department
AP Spanish:
- La Guerra Sucia, Nathaniel Kirby (ISBN: 9781934958056)