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All ASRHS students are expected to read over the summer. This year, students in honors and CP classes may choose to read a book(s) from the nominees for the Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award. If you choose to read from the list of nominees, you may take part in the statewide vote for this year’s winner in September. Have a great summer and happy reading!
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Incoming Freshmen: Humanities I CP and Honors
Please read at least one from the list below or from the Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award Nominees:
- I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Divergent by Veronica Roth
- The Maze Runner by James Dashner
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Boying Up-How to be Brave, Bold and Brilliant by Mayim Bialik
- Girling Up- How to be Strong, Smart, and Spectacular by Mayim Bialik
Please prepare notes to help you in our work the first few weeks of class. You may use this template for non-fiction or this one for fiction.
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Incoming Sophomores: Humanities II - College Prep and Honors
Please read at least one or from the Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award Nominees:
- I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
- The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- War Is---: Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers Talk about War** edited by Marc Aronson and Patty Campbell
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi
- Spare Parts by Joshua Davis
- We’ll Soon Be Home Again by Jessica Bab Bonde
- Friday Night Lights by Buzz Bissinger
Please prepare notes to help you in our work the first few weeks of class. You may use this template for non-fiction or this one for fiction.
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Incoming Juniors: American Literature - College Prep and Honors
Please read at least one or from the Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award Nominees:
- They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- It’s Kind of A Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
- Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
- American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
- The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
Please prepare notes to help you in our work the first few weeks of class. You may use this template for non-fiction or this one for fiction.
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Incoming Seniors: World Literature - College Prep and Honors
Please read at least one from the Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award Nominees:
- Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- Running with Sherman by Christopher McDougall
- The Patron Saint of Nothing by Randy Ribay
- The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century by Sarah Miller
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Educated by Tara Westover
Please prepare notes to help you in our work the first few weeks of class. You may use this template for non-fiction or this one for fiction.
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Incoming AP Language and Composition
(Please access further instructions via Google Classroom)
https://classroom.google.com/c/NjAzMzM0NTg0NjA2?cjc=4eetarx
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Students are required to purchase their own copies of the titles below:
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot
Additional work will be listed in the Google Classroom for this course.
Incoming AP Literature and Composition
- Slaughterhouse - Five by Kurt Vonnegut
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Optional: Summer Book Club Meetings will be announced over Google Classroom as soon as class lists are available