2015 MS HS Summer Reading
Summer Reading (middle school and high school) – Riverside Academy 2015
6th grade:
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, or Ransom, by Lois Duncan
7th grade:
Isle of Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell , or I Know What You Did Last Summer, by Lois Duncan
8th grade:
Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls, or Saga of the Sioux, by Dee Brown
English I (Basic):
Holes, by Louis Sachar
English I (Academic):
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, or Rumble Fish, by S.E. Hinton
English I (Honors):
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton and The House of Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer
English II (Basic):
Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen
English II (Academic):
Down a Dark Hall, by Lois Duncan
English II (Honors):
Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom
Intro to Comp:
House Rules, by Jodi Picoult, or Paper Towns, by John Green
English III (Basic):
The Pearl, by John Steinbeck
English III (Academic):
If I Stay, by Gayle Forman
English III (Honors):
Paper Towns, by John Green, or 1st to Die, by James Patterson
English IV: (ALL SECTIONS):
Looking for Alaska, by John Green or Along Came a Spider, by James Patterson
DE Speech: Read the following speeches: Sir Winston Churchill – “We Shall Fight Them On The Beaches;” John F. Kennedy – Inaugural Address; Alexander The Great – “The Envy Of Those Who Return;” Patrick Henry – “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death,” and Neil Armstrong – Moon Landing. DE ENG 101:
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, or The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
DE ENG 102:
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
6th grade:
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, or Ransom, by Lois Duncan
7th grade:
Isle of Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell , or I Know What You Did Last Summer, by Lois Duncan
8th grade:
Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls, or Saga of the Sioux, by Dee Brown
English I (Basic):
Holes, by Louis Sachar
English I (Academic):
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, or Rumble Fish, by S.E. Hinton
English I (Honors):
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton and The House of Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer
English II (Basic):
Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen
English II (Academic):
Down a Dark Hall, by Lois Duncan
English II (Honors):
Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom
Intro to Comp:
House Rules, by Jodi Picoult, or Paper Towns, by John Green
English III (Basic):
The Pearl, by John Steinbeck
English III (Academic):
If I Stay, by Gayle Forman
English III (Honors):
Paper Towns, by John Green, or 1st to Die, by James Patterson
English IV: (ALL SECTIONS):
Looking for Alaska, by John Green or Along Came a Spider, by James Patterson
DE Speech: Read the following speeches: Sir Winston Churchill – “We Shall Fight Them On The Beaches;” John F. Kennedy – Inaugural Address; Alexander The Great – “The Envy Of Those Who Return;” Patrick Henry – “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death,” and Neil Armstrong – Moon Landing. DE ENG 101:
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, or The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
DE ENG 102:
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
