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 5.
Subject Area |
Grade |
Book Titles |
Wayne Hills
Honors Students
Additional Required Reading |
Wayne Valley
Honors Students
Additional Required Reading |
| English |
Grade 9
|
Students must read BOTH selections:
TROY
by Adele Geras
THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEENS
by Sean Covey*
|
FARHENHEIT 451 and SIDDHARTHA.
|
GROWING UP by Russell Baker and CYRANO DeBERGERAC |
Grade 10
|
MY SISTER’S KEEPER
by Jodi Picoult
THE LIFE OF PI
by Yann Martel*
|
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES.
|
SHANE by Jack Schafer and
A FAREWELL TO ARMS |
Grade 11
|
THE ALCHEMIST
by Paulo Coelho
THE RAZOR’S EDGE
by Somerset Maugham
|
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD and
BRAVE NEW WORLD
|
LORD OF THE FLIES and
TURN OF THE SCREW s |
Grade 12
|
A WALK IN THE WOODS
by Bill Bryson*
THE PLAGUE by Albert Camus
|
AP Students:
HOW TO READ LITERATURE LIKE A PROFESSOR
by Thomas Foster and
BELOVED by Toni Morrison.
|
AP students
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT and
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
by Tennessee Williams |
Department Selections |
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 (WH only)
THE JUNGLE
by Upton Sinclair
BLIND QUEST
by Burt Tucker |
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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