CBA Summer Reading List

CBA Summer Reading List – 2014 (Please note: certain AP courses may have required summer reading which is NOT on this list – those readings will be assigned separately)

Social Studies Department Summer Reading

Students taking AP European History

The PrinceMachiavelli

UtopiaThomas More

Students taking AP Government

HardballChris Matthews

Religion Department Summer Reading – all 12th grade students

SiddharthaHerman Hesse

The Work is YoursLuke Salm, FSC (Christian Brothers Publication – may have to purchase online)

English Department Summer Reading

Required reading for incoming Seventh graders:

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of LifeWendy Mass

Get Organized Without Losing ItJanet Fox

All incoming 7th graders must alsoread one Newbery Award Winner (except The Giver). For the complete list, go to:

Required reading for incoming Eighth graders

Choose FOUR (4) of the following:

Code Talkers Joseph Bruchac

Tears of a Tiger Sharon M. Draper

Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes Maureen Johnson

The Gadget Paul Zindel

Kissing Doorknobs Terry Spencer Hesser

The Contender Robert Lipsyte

No Promises in the Wind Irene Hunt

Diary of Anne FrankAnne Frank

Robinson CrusoeDaniel Defoe (NOT young adult or children’s version)

The Gospel According to LarryJanet Tashjian

Required reading for incoming Ninth graders:

Regents and Honors:

Of Mice and MenJohn Steinbeck

NightElie Weisel

The OutsidersS.E. Hinton

Regents - Choose ONE of the following, Honors choose TWO:

Fallen AngelsWalter Dean Myers

The Secret Life of BeesSue Monk Kidd

Animal FarmGeorge Orwell

Required reading for incoming Tenth graders:

Regents Students MUST read:

Little BrotherCory Doctorow

Regents Students also pick THREE (3) of the following:

Murder on the Orient ExpressAgatha Christie

The Adoration of Jenna FoxMary E. Pearson

The Martian ChroniclesRay Bradbury

TwistedLaurie Halse Anderson

The UgliesScott Westerfeld

UnwindNeal Shusterman

Honors students pick FIVE (5) of the following:

The AlchemistPaulo Coelho

Murder on the Orient ExpressAgatha Christie

Enders GameOrson Scott Card

SpeakLaurie Halse Anderson

All Quiet on the Western FrontErich Maria Remarque

The Hunger GamesSuzanne Collins

The HobbitJ.R.R. Tolkien

Required reading for incoming Eleventh graders:

Regents:

My AntoniaWilla Cather

The Perfect StormSebastian Junger

The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain

Honors:

A Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway

Into the WildJon Krakauer

The GlassMenagerieTennessee Williams

The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain

11th grade Advanced Placement Language & Composition:

The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain