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  Summer Reading List for Students of Villa Duchesne

Summer Reading for Students of Villa Duchesne
Required by the English Department
2008-2009

This list is to be considered required reading in preparation for discussion in context, tests, and essays at the discretion of the assigning teacher. If you open the pdf or word files on your Tablet PC, you can use the pen tools or keyboard and text box to enter your reflections and answers. On a pdf file you will find the pen/pencil/text box tools at Tools -> Advanced Commenting.

Seventh grade:
Mass, Wendy - A Mango-shaped Space
Lowry, Lois - The Giver
Note: Use the reading list provided by the teacher for two additional selections. This list can be found on Edline, once you login.

Eighth grade:
Gies, Miep - Anne Frank Remembered
Griffin, John. Black Like Me
View two films: Jane Eyre and A Raisin in the Sun
Note: Use the reading list provided by the teacher for two additional selections. This list can be found on Edline, once you login.

Ninth grade:
Burke, Jan - Dear Irene (Pocket Books ISBN: 0 7434 4449 3) Study Guide
Cabot, Meg. All American Girl (paperback or hard cover)
Maier, Paul L. - The Flames of Rome (Kregel ISBN: 0 8254 3297 9)

 Study Guide 1

 Study Guide 2

 Study Guide 3

 Study Guide 4

 Study Guide 5

 Study Guide 6

 Study Guide 7

 

Honors Nine:
Burke, Jan - Dear Irene (Pocket Books ISBN: 0 7434 4449 3)
Study Guide
Grimal, Pierre - The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. (ISBN: 0-631-20102-5) Study Guide
Harrington, Charles Elster and Joseph Elliot - Tooth and Nail (Harcourt ISBN: 0-15-601382-7)
Study Guide
Maier, Paul L. - The Flames of Rome (Kregel ISBN: 0 8254 3297 9) Study Guide

Tenth grade:
Maraire, J. Nozipo - Zenele: A Letter for my Daughter. (ISBN: 978-0385318228)
Study Guide
Seierstad, Asne - The Bookseller of Kabul  (ISBN 0-316-15941-7) Study Guide
Tsukiyama, Gail - Women of the Silk  (ISBN 0-312-09943-6) Study Guide

Honors Ten:
Maraire, J. Nozipo - Zenele: A Letter for my Daughter. (ISBN: 978-0385318228) Study Guide
Seierstad, Asne - The Bookseller of Kabul  (ISBN 0-316-15941-7) Study Guide
Tsukiyama, Gail - Women of the Silk  (ISBN 0-312-09943-6) Study Guide

Eleventh grade:
Austen, Jane - Pride and Prejudice
Bronte, Charlotte - Wuthering Heights
Lawrence, D.H. - T
he Fox / The Captain's Doll / The Ladybird (ISBN: 0-141-44183-6)

AP British Literature:
Austen, Jane - Pride and Prejudice (Penguin ISBN: 0-14-043426-7)
Orwell, George - 1984 (Signet ISBN: 0451524934)
Shakespeare,William - Hamlet (New Folger's Library ISBN: 0-671-72262-X)
Study Guide

English 12:
James, Henry - The Turn of the Screw
Miller, Arthur - The Crucible
Steinbeck, John - Of Mice and Men
Study Guide

AP American Literature:
James, Henry - The Turn of the Screw
Miller, Arthur - The Crucible
Steinbeck, John - The Grapes of Wrath
Study Guide

 
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