G.W. Hewlett High School

English Department

Summer Reading 2011

For Students Entering Grade 12

12R: Select at least one of the following texts, read it/them, and be prepared for a discussion in English class on the first day of school in September.  Teacher guided discussion will take place before a subsequent writing assignment is given in class. 

SUPA English: See the separate sheet and complete the assignment, which is required for entrance to the course.

English 12AP: 1) Select one text from the list below and 2) Complete the assignment on the separate sheet for English 12AP.  These tasks are required for entrance to the course. 

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose by Tony Hsieh

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

Drown by Junot Diaz

House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III

Howard’s End by E.M. Foster

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

King Lear by William Shakespeare

Malcolm X by Manning Marable

Native Son by Richard Wright

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

The God of Small Things by Arundhatie Roy

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

There Is No Year by Blake Butler

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte