English Department
Summer Reading
2008
12th
Grade
Select
at
least one of the following texts (two if you are entering 12AP),
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.
Abundance by
Sena Jeter Naslund
The
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by
Michael Chabon
The
Awakening
by Kate Chopin
Belovedby
Toni Morrison
Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
The
Devil in the
Fat
Envelope Frenzyby
Joie Jager-Hyman
Flow by
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The
The
Golden Notebookby
Doris Lessing
Growing
Up by Russell
Baker
The
Historian byElizabeth
Kostova
In
Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
King
Learby
William Shakespeare
The
Painted Drum by
Louise Erdrich
Poetry,
Language, Thoughtby
Martin Heidegger
Wuthering
Heightsby
Emily Bronte