Norwell High School
18 South Street
Norwell, MA 02061
781-659-8810
2010-2011 Summer Reading
Students are required to read one of the following books and take a test on it during the first week of school. AP students - see your required list.
9th Grade: Danger Zone – David Klass (out of print but available at Amazon.com)
Ellen Foster – Kaye Gibbons
Touching Spirit Bear – Ben Mikaelsen
The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
10th Grade: The Catcher in the Rye – J. D. Salinger
Ironman – Chris Crutcher
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
Into Thin Air – Jon Krakauer
11th Grade: Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer
CP/Honors The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison
The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien
The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd
11th Grade AP English Language: Read all three books.
Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer
The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien
Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt
12th Grade: Snow Falling on Cedars – David Guterson
Bringing Down the House – Ben Mezrich
Love Medicine – Louise Erdrich
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress – Dai Sijie
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - Thomas L. Friedman
12th Grade AP English Literature: Read all three books.
The Tortilla Curtain – T. C. Boyle (please buy this book and have it with you for discussion the first week of class)
The Sound of Waves – Yukio Mishima (please buy this book and have it with you for discussion the first week of class)
Snow Falling on Cedars – David Guterson