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High School (9-12)
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All ASRHS students are encouraged to read over the summer. Please select one title of interest. Extra credit will be awarded.
Honors and AP students are REQUIRED to read. Please see the instructions below.
Have a great summer and happy reading!
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Incoming Freshmen: Humanities I CP and Honors
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I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Divergent by Veronica Roth
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The Maze Runner by James Dashner
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Becoming by Michelle Obama
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Boying Up - How to be Brave, Bold and Brilliant by Mayim Bialik
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Girling Up - How to be Strong, Smart, and Spectacular by Mayim Bialik
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Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
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Incoming Sophomores: Humanities II - College Prep and Honors
- 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
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Incoming Juniors: American Literature - College Prep and Honors
- 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
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
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Incoming Seniors: World Literature - College Prep and Honors
- 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
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Incoming AP Language and Composition
(Please access further instructions via Google Classroom)
https://classroom.google.com/c/NjY5MDE5NTIxMTEx?cjc=a5zn3s7
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Students are required to purchase their own copies of the titles below:
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Additional work will be listed in the Google Classroom for this course.
Incoming AP Literature and Composition
- Slaughterhouse - Five by Kurt Vonnegut