English Department
Summer Reading
2008
10th
Grade
Select
at
least one of the following texts (two if you are entering 10H),
read it/them, and be prepared for a discussion in English class on the
first day of school in September. A
subsequent assignment will follow teacher guided discussion.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
A Nation of Immigrants by John F. Kennedy
Ball Don't Lie by Matt de la Pena
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton
Wilder
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahari
Into thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
My Brother's Keeper
by
Patricia McCormick
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahari
Othello OR
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Shaving Lessons: A Memoir of Father and Son by
Kurt Chandler
Summer of '49 by David Halberstam