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Summer Reading 2021

Required summer reading for Boston Latin School students.

Required Reading

Note: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, The Daily Show late-night host, is a high-interest memoir to enjoy over the summer. It was provided by the Boston Public Schools and is a suggested title and not required.

 

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Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Hoopla.

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Chimamanda Adichie's TED Talk  "The Danger of the Single Story" 

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Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett in Hoopla.

 

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The NPR story that describes the setting of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot in New Orleans in post Katrina times.

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The Awakening by Kate Chopin in Hoopla.

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"15 Facts about  Kate Chopin's The Awakening"  by Kristy Puchko from Mental Floss (Feb. 9, 2018)

 

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The Stranger by Albert Camus in Internet Archive.

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The Animated Book version of The Stranger from Classics TV. (Spoiler alert!)

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