         
This page was updated for summer 2008.
You will find reviews linked to several of the selections
below.
In its continuing efforts to meet the needs of its students, the
Department of Language Arts has instituted a required summer reading program.
Teachers will test students over the book in the fall. Failure to read the
book could result in a drop of one letter grade during the first six weeks
grading period. Students in the following classes must do summer reading:
9-1, 9-2
HD
11-1, 11-2 HD
10-1, 10-2
HD
11-1, 11-2 AP
World
Studies
W131
American Studies
HD
AP Language and Comp
AP Literature and Comp
Freshman Choices;
Sophomore Choices;
Junior Choices;
Senior Choices
(Choose one)
Mark Haddon - A Curious Incident about the Dog in the Nighttime
This novel contains occasional profanity. Please see our department rationale.
It is on the recommended book list for young adults.
Review:
http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/curious_incident_of_the_dog/
Sue Monk Kidd - The Secret Life of Bees
Review:
http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/secret_life_of_bees/
Jon Krakauer - Into Thin Air
(non fiction)
(Choose one)
Pearl S. Buck - The Good Earth
Review:
http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/0743272935.asp
Yann Martel - The Life of Pi
Review:
http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/life_of_pi/review/
Jhumpa Lahiri -
The Namesake
(some sexual content)
Review:
http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/namesake/
Please see our departmental rationale for the inclusion
of this book.
Review:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503EEDE1F3DF93BA3575BC0A9629C8B63
(Choose one)
Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse Five
Review :
http://www.vonnegutweb.com/sh5/sh5_nytimes.html
Henry James - Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw
(students must read both novels if choosing this option)
Online text of Daisy Miller
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/JamDais.html
Online text of The Turn of the Screw:
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/JamTurn.html
Review:
(Choose one)
Graham Greene- The Quiet American
http://www.allreaders.com/Topics/info_27331.asp
Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina
http://classiclit.about.com/library/weekly/aafpr031502a.htm
Granted, students may find a great disparity between the relatively Greene's
relatively short novel and Tolstoy's long one, but please keep in mind that
Anna Karenina is a novel that many colleges - and AP tests - expect that
students have read.
Questions or concerns? Email Mrs. Hannah-Hansen
mhansen@mccsc.edu
Students at South always have a choice!
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