Norwell High School

18 South Street

Norwell, MA 02061

781-659-8810

2008-2009 Summer Reading

Students are required to read one of the following books and take a test on it during the first week of school. AP students - see your list.

9^th Grade: Danger Zone – David Klass (out of print, but a very good book)

Ellen Foster – Kaye Gibbons

Touching Spirit Bear – Ben Mikaelsen

10^th Grade: The Catcher in the Rye – J. D. Salinger

Ironman – Chris Crutcher

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon

11^th Grade: Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer

CP/Honors The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison

The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien

The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd

11^th Grade AP English Language: Read all three books.

Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer

The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien

Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt

12^th Grade: Snow Falling on Cedars – David Guterson

Bringing Down the House – Ben Mezrich

Love Medicine – Louise Erdrich

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress – Dai Sijie

12^th Grade AP English Literature: Read all three books.

The Tortilla Curtain – T. C. Boyle (please buy this book and have it with you for discussion the first week of class)

The Sound of Waves – Yukio Mishima (please buy this book and have it with you for discussion the first week of class)

The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame