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JOHN A. FERGUSON HIGH SCHOOL READING LIST, SUMMER 2015

In an effort to maintain high academic standards, summer reading is a requirement at John A. Ferguson Senior High. Required books are listed below for each grade and academic level. Students will be held responsible for all the books listed under their appropriate category. Students will be given assessments based on their reading at the beginning of the school year.

|Gifted (All academies except IB) |

|9th Grade |10th Grade |

|City of Beasts by Isabel Allende |Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel |

|The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima |Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury |

|11th Grade |12th Grade |

|The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho |Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |

|In Cold Blood by Truman Capote |The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde |

|Regular and Honors (Non-IB, Non-Gifted) |

|9th Grade |10th Grade |

|The Book Thief by Markus Zusak |Allegiant by Veronica Roth |

|Anthem by Ayn Rand |Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury |

|11th Grade |12th Grade |

|To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee |Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat |

|In Cold Blood by Truman Capote |Forrest Gump by Winston Groom |

|International Baccalaureate |

|9th Grade Pre IB |AP Literature/10th Grade Pre IB |

|The City of Beasts by Isabel Allende |The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde |

|The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima |The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger |

|11th Grade |12th Grade |

|Fiela’s Child by Dalene Matthee |The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood |

|How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster |I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou |

|Advanced Placement (NON-IB) |

|AP Language and Composition |

|Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman |

|***Corresponding assignment can be found on school website*** |

|AP Literature (10th grade) |

|The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger |

|The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde |

|AP Literature (12th grade) |

|Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |

|The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde |

|Intensive Reading Plus |

|9th Grade |10th Grade |

|Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick |Street Pharm by Allison Van Diepen |

|11th Grade |12th Grade |

|The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks |Crank by Ellen Hopkins |

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