MANSFIELD SUMMER READING LIST, 2008
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

All students at Mansfield High School are encouraged to read one or more books for their enjoyment and for their continued skill development during summer vacation. The following suggested titles are related thematically to the different courses’ units. They vary in levels of difficulty. These books should be available at most bookstores and at the Mansfield Public Library.

Suggested Reading for Grade 9

Son of the Mob, Gordon Korman
Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson 
The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier
April Morning, Howard Fast
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
Across the Nightingale Floor, Tales of the Otori, Book 1, Lian Hearn
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou 

Suggested Reading for Grade 10 

Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom
A Parrot in the Oven, Victor Martinez
Annie John, Jamaica Kincaid
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, 
Mark Haddon
Farenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
Cold Sassy Tree, Olive Burns
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
My Antonia, Willa Cather

Suggested Reading for Grade 11 

Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer
A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines
Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
Black Boy, Richard Wright
Hunger of Memory, Richard Rodriquez
High Tide in Tuscon, Barbara Kingsolver

Students taking 11 AP must read one of the above books and the following: 

The Jungle, Upton Sindair

AP students are encouraged to take notes on the two books that they have read to help them review for their assessment.

Suggested Reading for Grade 12 

All Souls, Michael Patrick MacDonald
The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls
Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt 
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen 
Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson


Students taking 12 AP must read one of the above books and the following:

Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

AP students are encouraged to take notes on the two books that they have read to help them review for their assessment.