2009 DUXBURY HIGH SCHOOL

REQUIRED SUMMER READING

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Entering 9th Grade:
Levels 1, 2, and 3) are expected to read at least one of the following:

The Right Stuff, by Tom Wolfe
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell

Entering 10th Grade:
· All students entering 10th grade (U.S. History I) should choose at least one of the following books.
· Students enrolled in Pre Advanced Placement United States History I must choose TWO books from the available options:

George Washington: Spymaster, Thomas Allen
Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution, Natalie Bober
The Ransom of Mercy Carter, Caroline Cooney
Commander in Chief: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, Albert Marrin
Brave Companions, David McCullough
The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara

Entering 11th Grade (Social Studies):
· All students entering 11th grade (U.S. History II) should choose at least one of the following books.
· Students enrolled in Advanced Placement United States History II must choose TWO books from the following:

Flags of our Fathers, James Bradley
The Watsons Go To Birmingham, 1963, Christopher Paul Curtis
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Russell Freedman
Wait Till Next Year, Doris Kearns Goodwin
All Souls, Michael MacDonald
Mornings on Horseback, David McCullough
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, Peter Sis. OK for Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 students. NOT for AP students

Entering 11th Grade AP English: read all of the following:

The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
The Autobiography of Malcolm X with the assistance of Alex Haley
On Writing, by Stephen King

Entering 12th Grade:
Students entering Grade 12 English (Levels 1, 2, and 3) are expected to read at least one of the following:

A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
The Samurai's Garden, by Gail Tsukiyama

Students entering Grade 12 AP English read all of the following:

Tess of the D'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy
Cry, The Beloved Country, by Alan Paton
The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien
A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Remarque