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Summer Reading 2025

Required Reading

If you are taking AP Literature, you must read 3 texts: Purple Hibiscus, The Awakening, and The Stranger.  All of these texts are available electronically and are linked below.

For both AP Lit and ELA 12, your summer reading will be assessed during the first week of school, so make sure you do a thorough job.  You are strongly recommended to take notes on your reading. 

 

Access Notes:

 Hoopla

  • For help setting up your Hoopla account, read the instructions on this handout or watch this video.

     

  Sora

  • Login through your Boston Public School Clever account (see how here).

 

 

 

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Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Sora

 

 

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Extras:

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

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The Awakening by Kate Chopin in Hoopla

The Awakening by Kate Chopin in Sora

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Extras:

"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 Hoopla

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Extras:

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

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