G.W. Hewlett High School

Department of English

Summer Reading 2011

For Students Entering Grade 9

9R: 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. 

9H: Select two texts from the list.    

A Home on the Field by Paul Cuadros

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Falling Through The Earth: A Memoir by Danielle Trussoni

Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

The Iliad by Homer

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution  by Sally Gardner

This I Believe Jay Allison and Dan Gediman, eds.