11th Grade Summer Reading
These are the summer reading
selections for AP Prep 11, Honors English 11, College Prep 11A, and
College Prep 11B.
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on the title to
check on each book's availability in the IMC.
AP Prep 11
Students enrolled in AP Prep
11 are required to read three novels. Students should obtain the
books and study packet materials from Miss Radziak, who will be distributing
materials for Mr. Lawler, before leaving for the summer.
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Beloved
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access in eBook or Audio book format using Overdrive.
Toni Morrison
Available in Audio book format from the IMC.
Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio,
but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has endured horrible
things and survived, but she misses Sweet Home, the farm where so many
horrible things happened. She is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died
nameless except for the engraving on her tombstone, Beloved. But, a
teenager arrives calling herself Beloved and Sethe's life explodes.
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The Joy Luck Club
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access in eBook format using Overdrive.
Amy Tan
Available in eBook and Audio book format from the IMC.
"It is the story of four Chinese-immigrant women
and their American-born daughters. Each of the Chinese women has her own
view of the world based on her experiences in China and wants to share that
vision with her daughter. The daughters try to understand and appreciate
their mothers' pasts, adapt to the American way of life, and win their
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Native Son
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Richard Wright
Available in Audio book format from the IMC.
A young African-American man
trapped in the poverty-stricken ghetto of Chicago's South Side accidentally
kills a rich white girl and finds himself on a path to self-destruction. |
Honors English 11
Students enrolled in Honors English
11 are required to read A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.
Click here for A Farewell
to Arms Reading Guide . This guide is to assist you as you read the book; it will
not be collected or graded.
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Farewell to Arms
Available in eBook format from the IMC.
Ernest Hemingway
This is the story of a young American named
Frederic Henry who volunteers for service with the Italian army in World
War I, falls in love with his English nurse, and deserts from
the retreating Italian front. Having escaped to Switzerland, they live in
harmony until the tragic end of her pregnancy, during which both she and
the child die.
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College Prep 11A and College Prep
11B
Students enrolled in College Prep 11A
and College Prep 11B are required to read For One More Day by Mitch Albom.
Click here for a
For One More Day Reading Guide . This guide is to assist you as you read the book; it will
not be collected or graded.
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For One More Day
Available in Audio book format from the IMC.
Mitch Albom
After years of drinking, being
rejected by his wife and daughter, and a suicide attempt, ex-baseball star
Charley Benetto returns to his childhood home where he encounters the ghost
of his mother, who tells him family secrets and guides him in making his
life better.
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