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The 2007 Summer Reading List for Eleventh and Twelfth Grade Students Only Do Not Read Any Book That You Have Read Previously for Summer Reading
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LIST IS NOT THE SAME AS LAST YEAR’S LIST! BE CERTAIN TO READ BOOKS FROM THE 2007 LIST 1984 by George Orwell (R. L. 8.9). Eternal warfare, the price of bleak prosperity in satire of totalitarian barbarism. Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCourt (R.L. 6.0). In this extraordinary memoir, the author transforms the story of an Irish-Catholic childhood lived in poverty, misery, and despair intro a mesmerizing tale filled with love and forgiveness. Bag of Bones by Stephen King (R.L. 6.0). A tale of grief and lost love’s enduring bonds of haunting secrets of the past, and of an innocent child caught in a terrible crossfire. Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (R.L. 7.2). Autobiographical novel about an ambitious and brilliant young woman’s search for values and her eventual breakdown. Beloved by Toni Morrison (R.L. 6.0). In
post-Civil War Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (R.L. 7.1). Vulgarly, bitterly, savagely funny. A powerful account of World War II bombing missions. Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton (R.L. 6.2). A novel about a black man’s country under white man’s law. Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-Time
by Mark Haddon (R. L. 5.4). Christopher Boone’s quest to investigate the
suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating,
unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (R.L. 4.7) Oskar
Schell is not your average nine-year-old. He spends his time imagining
wonderful creations. When his father dies in the Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the
All-American Meal
(R.L. 10.4). The author investigates and comments on the cultural history
that has changed the way Insomnia by Stephen King (R.L. 6.6). Ralph
sees that the citizens of a small Into Thin Air: A Personal Account Of the Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
(R.L. 7.2). The odyssey of one black man’s fervent search for his own identity. Marley and Me by John Grogan (R.L. 6.9). Dog lovers will delight in the antics of Marley, a yellow lab, as he happily terrorizes the Grogan household. Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (R. L. 6.0). Modern classic of mystery and suspense as private-eye Sam Spade tracks down a statuette worth a fortune. Mean Justice: A True Account of a Town’s Terror, a Prosecutor’s Power, A Betrayal of Innocence by Edward Humes (R. L. 9.0). Relates the story of an innocent man sentenced to life for the murder of the person he loved most. Monster by Walter Dean Myers (R. L. 5.1). While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken. Poisonwood Bible by Barbara
Kingsolver (R.L. 6.6). This enthralling novel about a troubled white American
family in Africa is narrated by a missionary’s four funny, smart, brave
daughters, who are caught up in the political upheaval of what was called the
Shadow
Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve
One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson
(R.L. 7.1). The true story of two deep-sea wreck divers who dove to a mysterious
submarine lying at the perilous depth of 230 feet off the coast of
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