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Summer reading 2019We’re asking everyone to read one book(or an equivalent) over the summer. Here’s the list: All incoming freshmen should read Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoAll incoming sophomores whose class is not specifically listed below should read Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. Sophomore honors students should read Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie. Sophomore Global honors should read 1984 by George Orwell. Sophomore New Media Communities students should listen to ONE of the following podcast series:a) Serial, season one (true crime, murder mystery)b) Mogul (History of Hip-Hop)c) Gladiator (Aaron Hernandez story)d) Last Seen (Boston art heist)e) You Must Remember This: Charles Manson's Hollywood (movies and cults)f) OR...read Born a Crime by Trevor NoahAll incoming juniors whose class is not specifically listed below should read Educated by Tara Westover. For students taking Junior NMC: watch and read...a) When They See Us (Netflix series)b) Central Park Five (Ken Burns Documentary)c) HONORS ONLY: Ta-Nehisi Coates, "The Case For Reparations" (The Atlantic)For students taking junior honors, please read Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth (just the title novella)For students taking juniors Global honors, please read Passing by Nella Larsen.Incoming seniors should read the following books based on the course they have selected: Multicultural literature: There There by Tommy Orange. Shakespeare: Choose one of the following titles: Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World As Stage Tina Packer, Women of Will: Following the Feminine in Shakespeare's PlaysTiffany Stern, Making Shakespeare: From Page to StageAyanna Thompson, Passing Strange: Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary AmericaFilm Studies: For students taking Senior Film Studies: see this website: ) ACP: watch THREE movies from the list provided on the website, and blog about your viewing.b) HONORS: watch SIX movies from the list provided on the website, and blog about your viewing.Words that Change the World: Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaWomen in Literature: The Power by Naomi AldermanAfrican American Literature: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesContemporary Literature: Read any book of your choice published in the last 10 years. Horror and Science Fiction: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAP Literature: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriAP Language and Composition: You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice by Tom VanderbiltAsian-American Literature: Level Up by Gene Luen Yang ................
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