Stockdale High School

Summer Reading Lists - 2008

These titles are suggested only. No tests or other assessments on the readings will be given. We strongly recommend that all students continue to read widely and frequently throughout the year.  The only exception is the English 11AP list below.

English 9

The Count of Monte Cristo

Great Expectations

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Kidnapped

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Night

The Old Man and the Sea

The Picture of Dorian Grey

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Tom Sawyer

Treasure Island

English 10 – Non-Medical-Academy:

The Good Earth

Master Harold and the Boys

The Life of Pi

Cry, the Beloved Country

1984

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Crime and Punishment

Medea

English 10 – Medical Academy

Death Be Not Proud

The Island of Dr. Moreau

All Things Bright and Beautiful (or any other from the series by Herriott)

The Double Helix

The Hot Zone

Arrowsmith

English 11 – Non-AP

Black Boy

Native Son

The Color Purple

The Joy Luck Club

The Way to Rainy Mountain

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

The Jungle

My Antonia

A Farewell to Arms

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

English 11 – AP

The Grapes of Wrath

Bless Me, Ultima

The Red Badge of Courage

The Narrative of Frederick Douglass

For the English 11AP course the above books will be available for checkout from Stockdale’s textbook room starting the second week of summer school

English 12

Dr. Faustus

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Long Day’s Journey into Night

The Merchant of Venice