2026 Summer Reading

Grade 9

AS General Paper / English I / ELL English I

Choose One:

• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• Unbroken by Lauren Hildebrand
• Animal Farm by George Orwell

*See assignments posted in the Incoming 9th Grade English / AICE General Paper Summer Reading Google Classroom (Code: 7c6pxkko) or Assignment Instructions for Incoming 9th Graders.

**Summer reading is required for AICE General Paper classes and extra credit for English I and English I ELL classes.

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Grade 10

English II / ELL English II (Extra Credit)

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

English II Honors (Required)

• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

AS English Language (Required)

• Night by Elie Wiesel
• Letter from Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Grade 11

English III / ELL English III (Extra Credit)

• The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

English III Honors (Required)

• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

AS Literature (Required)

• Various Background/Contextual Articles

AP English Language & Composition (Required)

• Various Nonfiction Essays

*See assignments posted in the AP Lang Summer Reading Google Classroom (Code: zki737xj)

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Grade 12

AICE Gen Paper / English IV / ELL English IV (Extra Credit)

• Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

AP English Literature & Composition (Required)

• There There by Tommy Orange

*See assignments posted in the AP Lit Summer Reading Google Classroom (Code: hroieyhm)