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Summer Reading List for 2026-27

Freshwomen

ENGLISH 9
  • All But My Life – Gerda Weissmann Klein
  • The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
ENGLISH 9 HONORS
  • Beneath the Wide Silk Sky – Emily Inouye Huey
  • Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
RELIGION 9

Sophomores

ENGLISH 10
  • A Step From Heaven - An Na
  • Before We Were Free - Julia Alvarez
ENGLISH 10 HONORS
  • Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
  • The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
RELIGION 10
  • Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust - Immaculee Ilibagiza with Steve Erwin
LEADERSHIP 10
AP WORLD HISTORY
  • Assignment: Students will have a summer Schoology course page created where they can access their summer assignment. 

Juniors

AMERICAN LITERATURE (Juniors & Seniors)
  • Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
BRITISH LITERATURE HONORS (Juniors & Seniors)
  • Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
  • And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
IB LANGUAGE & LITERATURE (Juniors)
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
  • Atonement - Ian McEwan
IB ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS AND SOCIETIES (ESS) (Juniors & Seniors)
  • Assignment: Mrs. Whitney will send an e-mail with instructions in early July.
AP U.S. HISTORY
  • Assignment: Students will have a summer Schoology course page created by 7/5 where they can see the AP summer assignment and access and submit work. An email will be sent out with more information. The assignment will consist of reading and writing about the first two time periods of the course.
IB HISTORY HL
HONORS US HISTORY
  • Assignment: Honors US students will have a summer Schoology course page created by 7/5. An email will be sent out when it is open. The assignment will involve reading and writing about the early topics of the course.
IB FRENCH SL/SPANISH SL (Juniors)
  • Assignment: Find someone with whom you can frequently talk in the language being studied. Do fun things using the language.

Seniors

AMERICAN LITERATURE (Juniors & Seniors)
  • Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
BRITISH LITERATURE HONORS (Juniors & Seniors)
  • Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
  • And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
  • A Room of One’s Own - Virginia Woolf
  • The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
IB LANGUAGE & LITERATURE (Seniors)
  • Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
  • The Crucible – Arthur Miller
IB BIOLOGY HL (Seniors)
  • Students should be working on their background information for their IA. It is 3-5 research based paragraphs related to their topic. It should be cited with footnotes and will be due Thursday, September 10
IB ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS AND SOCIETIES (ESS) (Juniors & Seniors)
  • Assignment: Mrs. Whitney will send an e-mail with instructions in early July.
AP GOVERNMENT
IB CLASSICAL LATIN (Seniors)
  • Assignment: Students should be working on researching, collecting evidence for, and writing their internal assessments. Students should revisit their Action Sheet for a link to the document with the two tables they will need to complete as part of their IA research this summer. One table is for secondary source research, and the other is for collecting their primary sources. By July 31st, students should have 1.) completed both tables according to the directions outlined in the document, and 2.) and have contacted Ms. Tuminno to schedule a check-in meeting during August on Zoom. Please keep an eye out for emails from Ms. Tuminno this summer for more information.
IB FRENCH SL (Seniors)
  • Assignment: Students going into the second year of French IB should find three articles in French from the themes we studied this year (identity, healthy mind, healthy body, experiences, travel, migration) that they believe will interest the others in class. For each article, write a summary in French, key vocabulary, and the student's personal critique of the article (in French!) Be sure to send the URLs to Dr. Horohoe. We will present these articles in class in September. Find someone with whom you can frequently practice French. (Daily practice is best!)
IB SPANISH SL (Seniors)
  • Assignment: Students going into the second year of Spanish IB should find three articles in Spanish from the themes we studied this year (identity, healthy mind, healthy body, experiences, travel, migration, the arts) that they believe will interest the others in class. For each article, write a summary in Spanish, key vocabulary, and the student's personal critique of the article (in Spanish!). Be sure to send the URLs to Dr. Horohoe. We will present these articles in class in September. Find someone with whom you can frequently practice Spanish. (Daily practice is best!)