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Back to School: Hinsdale South Summer Reading List
For those Hinsdale South students who haven't been spending their summer reading, here's a quick reminder on what you need to have read by the start of school.
We all know how much 15-, 16- and 17-year-olds love spending their summers reading books, right?
But just in case there are a few Hinsdale South students out there leaving their required summer reading to the last minute (wink, wink), Patch pulled the assigned books by class, according to a document posted on the home page of the English department.
Here's to getting it over with and enjoying the last days of summer!
For All Ninth Graders (the Class of 2017) for English I:
Students must choose ONE of the following books:
- Acceleration by Graham McNamee
- Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock
- Sunrise over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers
For All Ninth Graders (the Class of 2017) for English I Honors:
Students must read BOTH of the following books:
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
For All Tenth Graders (the Class of 2016) for English II and English II-AR:
Students must choose ONE of the following books:
- Divergent by Veronica Roth
- Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
- Unwind by Neil Shusterman
For All Tenth Graders (the Class of 2016) for English II Honors:
Students must read the following book:
- Beowulf: A New Verse Translation translated by Seamus Heaney
For All Eleventh Graders (the class of 2015) for English III & American Studies:
Students must choose ONE of the following books:
- Chew on This by Charles Wilson & Eric Schlosser (as a choice for only American Studies)
- Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich (as a choice for both courses)
- Scratch Beginnings by Adam Shepard (as a choice for both courses)
- There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz (as a choice for both courses)
For All Eleventh Graders (the class of 2015) for AP English Language and Composition:
Students must read BOTH of the following books:
- The Awakening by Kate Chopin
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
For All Twelfth Graders (the class of 2014) for any Senior English Class (except AP):
STUDENTS MUST CHOOSE ANY ONE OF THE BOOKS LISTED ON THE SHEET CALLED “SENIOR SUMMER READING 2013.” STUDENTS WILL ALSO RECEIVE COPIES OF THIS LIST IN THEIR ENGLISH CLASSES.
For All Twelfth Graders (the class of 2014) for AP English Literature and Composition:
Make sure that you have received the reading list with instructions from your eleventh-grade AP English teacher or get the reading list from the English office, which will be available by June 1.
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