Summer Reading 2016: For students

Summer Reading 2016 letter by Susan Moran, Program Director for English. 

• Information on options for grades 7-12, along with links to reviews. 

English summer reading lists

• Information and links to English summer reading lists by class.

Questions? Email Ms. Moran: smoran@bostonpublicschools.org

Incoming 7th grade students will choose one of the books below and 4 free choice books from the Class IV English list. Click the title to read reviews.

Rising 8th graders will read one of the two books pictured below, the 3 required books and one free choice book from the Class V English list. Click on the titles to read reviews.

Claudette Colvin: Twice toward Justice Phillip Hoose	So Hard to Say Alex Sanchez

Required titles for English:

• Green, John. The Fault in Our Stars.
• Mikaelsen, Ben. Touching Spirit Bear.
• Mosley, Walter. 47.

Rising 9th graders will read one of the two books pictured below, any 2 of the required books and 2 free choice books from the Class V English list. Click on the titles to read reviews.

The Gangster We All Are Looking For Thi Diem Thuy Le	Some Assembly Reguired: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen Arin Andrews

Two from required English book list:

• Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale.
• Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World.
• Kesey, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
• Orwell, George. 1984.
• Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse Five.

In conjunction with a visit from the author in September, all rising 10th grade students will read The Prince of Los Cocuyos by Richard Blanco, the two required titles and three books from the Class III English list.

The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood Richard Blanco

Required English titles:

• Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed.
• Wilson, August. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

Rising 11th graders will read one of the two books pictured below, the 2 required books and two free choice book from the Class II English list. Click on the titles to read reviews.

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana Gayle Tzemach Lemmon	Never Let Me Go Kashuo Ishiguro

Required English titles:

• Shakespeare, WIlliam. Othello.
• Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Rising 12th graders will read one of the two books pictured below and then the required texts for either English 12 or AP Literature.

Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie	The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace Jeff Hobbs

Required English titles