This year students will be required to read two books over the course of the summer. Students will select one book for English class, and one book from any of the other disciplines. The exception to this is freshmen who will read both TROY and THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEENS. All other students are to be sure that their books are chosen from the appropriate grade level. As always, it is the hope of the Wayne Schools that students will be encouraged to read more than the two required books before returning to school in September. Teachers, students, and department chairs contributed to titles on this list. The list was reviewed by the Board of Education and a parent group, all of whom approved of the books. That being said, we recognize that not everyone’s thoughts about literature are the same, and therefore, we suggest that parents review their children’s selections before their children begin reading. We believe that it is in the best interest of each student to have his/her own copy of summer reading books so that the student may read at his/her leisure, as well as, highlight and/or annotate the text at will. To that end, local bookstores have been provided with our summer reading list. If purchasing the book is not possible, a copy of the book may be obtained at the public library which has multiple copies of the titles or your child’s school may be able to lend a limited number of copies to students on a first come- first served basis between June 2 and June 6.
Subject Area |
Grade |
Book Titles |
English |
Grade 9
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Students must read BOTH selections:
- TROY by Adele Geras
- THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEENS
by Sean Covey*
Wayne Hills Honors students must also read
- FARHENHEIT 451 and SIDDHARTHA.
Wayne Valley Honors Students must also read
- GROWING UP by Russell Baker and
- CYRANO DeBERGERAC
|
Grade 10
|
- MY SISTER’S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult
- THE LIFE OF PI by Yann Martel *
Wayne Hills Honors students must also read
- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and
- THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES.
Wayne Valley Honors students must also read
- SHANE by Jack Schafer and
- A FAREWELL TO ARMS
|
Grade 11
|
- THE ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coelho
- THE RAZOR’S EDGE by Somerset Maugham
Wayne Hills Honors students must also read
- THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD and
- BRAVE NEW WORLD *
Wayne Valley Honors students must also read
- LORD OF THE FLIES and
- TURN OF THE SCREW
|
Grade 12
|
- A WALK IN THE WOODS by Bill Bryson *
- THE PLAGUE by Albert Camus
Wayne Hills AP students must also read
- HOW TO READ LITERATURE LIKE A PROFESSOR
by Thomas Foster and
Wayne Valley AP students must also read
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT and
- A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE by Tennessee Williams
|
Science
|
Grade 9
|
- DOUBLE HELIX by James Watson
|
Grade 10
|
- ACCEPTABLE RISK by Robin Cook
|
Grade 11/12 |
- VECTOR by Robin Cook
- THE PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES by James Kakalios *
|
Fine & Perf. Arts/ Phys. End
|
Grades 9-12 |
- IT’S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE: MY JOURNEY BACK TO LIFE by Lance Armstrong/ Sally Jenkins
- THE WINNER WITHIN by Pat Riley
- THE MOON AND SIXPENCE by Somerset Maugham
- A SEASON ON THE MAT:DAN GABLE AND THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION by Nolan Zavoral *
- THE OMINVORE’S DILEMMA: A NATURAL HISTORY OF FOUR MEALS by Michael Pollan *
|
Math
|
Grades
9-12 |
- AN IMAGINARY TALE: THE STORY OF THE SQUARE ROOT OF ONE by Paul J. Nahiv
- THE AVERAGE AMERICAN by Kevin O’Keefe
- THE NUMBER DEVIL: A MATHEMATICAL ADVENTURE By H. Magnus and
E. Berger *
- PRIME OBSESSION: BERNHARD REIMANN AND THE GREATEST UNSOLVED PROBLEMS IN MATHEMATICS by John Derbyshire
|
Social Studies
|
Grades
9-12 |
- A SMALL PLACE by Jamaica Kincaid
- INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL by Harriet Jacobs
- THE LITTLE REGIMENT AND OTHER CIVIL WAR STORIES by Stephen Crane
- CIVIL WAR SHORT STORIES by Ambrose Bierce
- MANHUNT by James Swanson *
- TRIANGLE by Katherine Weber *
- A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER by I. Beah *
- ORDINARY MEN by Christopher Browning
- THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe (Wayne Hills only)
- THE JUNGLE by Upton Sinclair
- BLIND QUEST by Burt Tucker *
|
Applied Technologies/Bus. Ed./Family & Consumer Science and Technology Education
|
Business Education
|
Grades
9-12 |
- LEADERSHIP by Rudolph Giuliani, Ken Kurson
- CAN’T BUY MY LOVE: HOW ADVERTISING CHANGES THE WAY WE THINK AND FEEL by Jean Kilbourne *
|
Family and Consumer Science
|
Grades
9-12 |
- FAST FOOD NATION by Eric Schlosser*
- THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: A NOVEL by Lauren Weisberger
|
Technology Education
|
Grades
9-12
|
- BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING by Malcolm Gladwell*
- THE EVOLUTION OF USEFUL THINGS: HOW EVERY DAY ARTIFACTS- FROM FORKS AND PINS TO PAPER CLIPS AND ZIPPERS CAME TO BE AS THEY ARE by Henry Petroski
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* indicates new addition to the list
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