12th Grade Summer Reading
These are the summer reading
selections for AP English 12, Honors English 12, College Prep 12A and
College Prep 12B.
Click on the title to
check on each book's availability in the IMC.
AP English 12
Students enrolled in AP English 12 are required to read
three novels. Students should obtain the books and study packet materials from Mr. Valerio before leaving for the summer.
Click on the link for
Mr. Valerio's AP Writing Assignment
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Crime
and Punishment
Click here to
access in eBook and Audio book format using Overdrive.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Available in eBook format from
the IMC.
Raskolnikoff
murders an old moneylender and her sister, and after a lengthy investigation
a saintly prostitute, Sonya, convinces him to confess.
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Wuthering Heights
Available in Audio book format
from the IMC.
Emily Bronte
Forced by a
storm to spend the night at the home of the somber Heathcliff, Mr. Lockwood
uncovers a tale of terror and hatred on the Yorkshire moors. |
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How to Read Literature Like a
Professor
Thomas C.
Foster
Presents a
discussion on how to understand symbolism in literature, discussing the
appearance of journeys, eating, drowning, rain, violence, sex, illness,
geography, Christ figures, and other signifiers, and how to see patterns the
way literature professors do. |
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Mythology
Edith Hamilton
A collection of Greek, Roman, and Norse myths retold by
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Honors
English 12
Students enrolled in Honors English 12 are required to read
The Once and Future King by T.H. White.
Click here for The Once and Future King Reading Guide . This guide is to assist you as you read the book; it will
not be collected or graded.
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The Once and Future King
Available in Audio book format from the IMC.
T.H. White
Tells the story of the youth and
reign of King Arthur, the establishment of the Round Table, and the search
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College Prep 12A
Students enrolled in College Prep 12A are required to read
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
Click here for
The Alchemist Reading Guide . This guide is to assist you as you read the book; it will
not be collected or graded.
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The Alchemist
Click here to
access in eBook format using Overdrive.
Paulo Coelho
Available in eBook format from the IMC.
Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd
boy, sets out from his home in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of
buried treasure, but through his encounters with a Gypsy woman, a man who
calls himself a king, and an Alchemist, he learns the value of the treasures
found within himself. |
College Prep 12B
Students enrolled in College Prep 12B
are required to read The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell and Zlata
Filipovic.
Click here for The
Freedom Writers Diary Reading Guide . This guide is to assist you as you read the book; it will
not be collected or graded.
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The Freedom Writers Diary
Erin Gruwell and Zlata Filipovic
Tells the story of how young
English teacher Erin Gruwell confronted the problem of racial and ethnic
intolerance in her classroom, and features excerpts from the diaries of her
students, now known as The Freedom Writers.
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