Xavier High School

Xavier High School, Middletown, CT

Book List 2017-2018

The following textbooks will be used in the 2017-2018 school year. New textbooks will be available through our online book company, MBS Direct. For pricing information, please visit the MBS Direct website. The address for this site can be found on the Xavier home page www.xavierhighschool.org

Books are listed by course number. To find a student’s course numbers, please refer to the course list mailed from your son’s Academic Dean.

Please note: all workbooks must be bought new [Indicated: * underlined]. Some textbooks may be newly adopted at Xavier this year; used copies of these books may be available “used” through MBS Direct

PLEASE NOTE:

Some CourseSmart/ VitalSource programs are listed as acceptable options. If a CourseSmart/ VitalSource edition is not listed as an option, please check with the course teacher as to whether or not the CourseSmart/ VitalSource program is acceptable for the given course.

E-BOOKS ARE ACCEPTABLE OPTIONS: MAKE SURE THE EDITION OF THE E-BOOK IS THE SAME AS THE HARD COVER EDITION USED.

Used books must not have answers written in them.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Page 2: SUMMER READING

Page 3: Religion
Pages 4, 5, 6: English
Pages 7, 8: Mathematics
Pages 9, 10: Science
Pages 11, 12, 13: Language
Pages 14, 15: Social Studies
Page 16: Business, Computer Science
Page 17: Physical Education, Health; Fine Arts

SUMMER READING 2017 PAGE 2

GRADE 9

ENGLISH:

Honors: The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obrecht

Accelerated: A Separate Peace by John Knowles
College Preparatory: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
RELIGION:
All Students: Did Adam and Eve Have Belly Buttons? by Matthew J. Pinto

GRADE 10

ENGLISH:
Honors: Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Accelerated: 1984 by George Orwell
College Preparatory: Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat

WORLD HISTORY
Advanced Placement: The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day- The Complete Papyrus of Ani—Eva Van Dassow
Honors The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day- The Complete Papyrus of Ani—Eva Van Dassow, Raymond Faulkner, Carol Andrews and Ogden Geolet
Accelerated: Lucy’s Legacy: Quest for Human Origins by Donald Johanson
College Preparatory: Lucy’s Legacy: Quest for Human Origins by Donald Johanson
GRADE 11

ENGLISH:
Advanced Placement: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

Honors: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Accelerated: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
College Preparatory: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

UNITED STATES HISTORY:
Advanced Placement: 1776 by David McCullough
Honors: 1776 by David McCullough
Accelerated: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

College Preparatory: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

GRADE 12

ENGLISH:
Advanced Placement: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge [available on-line]
[Background information from Mr. Flowers on the Belgium Congo]

Honors: Beowulf translation Seamus Heavey [978-0-393-32097-8]
Accelerated: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
College Preparatory: Lord of the Flies by William Golding

RELIGION:
All Students: Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis [Suggested ISBN: 978-00606529120]
AP FRENCH Kiffe demain, Faiza Guene 978-2253113751 [Paperback]; 978-2213655987 [Kindle]

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COURSE BOOK ISBN

110 SACRED SCRIPTURES
New American Bible (Revised) [Holy Bible: School and Church], Fireside Publishers: 978-1-55665-491-6 Understanding the Scriptures-Complete (Please be sure to purchase the full-year edition,
NOT the semester edition) (Midwest Theological Forum REV 11) 978-1-890177-47-8

Handbook for Today’s Catholic, Liguori Publishing, 2004 978-0-7648-1220-0

120 CHRIST’S CHURCH AND HER SACRAMENTS

Living in Christ: The Sacraments: Encounters with Christ, Joanna Dailey, 2012 978-1-59982-091-0
Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd edition (2003) Bantam Doubleday Dell 978-0-385-50819-3
--also available on-line

Sex and the Teenager (Ave Maria Press, 2008) 978-1-59471-161-9
Church History: Apostolic Times to Today 2013 Edition 978-1-59982-148-1
The New American Bible, Fireside Publishers (Keep from last year)

134, 136 CATHOLIC MORALITY
Our Moral Life in Christ, 2003 (Midwest Theological Forum, 3rd Edition, 2009) 978-1-890177-29-4
Older editions are not acceptable… THIS IS THE COMPLETE COURSE EDITION…
Some web-sites offer earlier editions with the same ISBN. We use the 3rd edition only.

Catechism of the Catholic Church (Keep from last year) 978-0-385-50819-3
--also available on-line

The New American Bible, Fireside Publishers (Keep from last year)

143 CHRISTIAN LIFE [Second Semester]
Creating a Christian Lifestyle (St. Mary’s Press, 1996) 978-0-88489-358-5

Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd edition (2003) Bantam Doubleday Dell 978-0-385-50819-3
--also available on-line
The New American Bible, Fireside Publishers (Keep from last year) 978-1-55665-491-6

151 CATHOLIC APOLOGETICS [First Semester]
Fundamentals of the Faith: Essays in Christian Apologetics by Peter Kreeft, 1988 978-0898702026
152 THEOLOGY OF THE BODY [First Semester]
Theology of the Body for Teens: Student Workbook by Brian Butler 978-1-932927-86-3

153 WORLD RELIGIONS [First Semester]
World Religions: A Voyage of Discovery (4th Edition, 2015) St. Mary’s Press 978-1-59982-329-4

154 PEACE AND JUSTICE [First Semester]
Living Justice and Peace: Catholic Social Teaching in Practice
by Jerry Windley-Daoust (Saint Mary’s Press, 2008) 978-0-88489-985-3

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COURSE BOOK ISBN

0301 SAT REVIEW
SAT Review *Official Study Guide for the New SAT 2016 (2015 Edition) 978-1-4573-0430-9

211 HONORS INTRO LIT & COMP (9)…NO literature book necessary for this course.

Prentice Hall Writing & Grammar Ruby Level, Handbook Edition (2004) 978-0-13-037551-3
*Writing and Grammar Exercise Workbook, Prentice Hall 978-0-13-043476-0

*Vocabulary Workshop Level F 2012 978-0-8215-6631-2

A Christmas Carol (Paperback) 978-0-553-21244-0

The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback) 978-0-553-21350-8
Romeo and Juliet (Paperback) 978-0-553-21305-8

212 ACCEL INTRO LIT & COMP (9)
Literature: Common Core, Grade 9 HARDBACK (2015) 978-0-13-326820-1
ALTERNATE: Literature: Common Core, Grade 9 ETEXT ACCESS (2015) 978-0-13-327087-7

Prentice Hall Writing & Grammar Ruby Level, Handbook Edition (2004) 978-0-13-037551-3

*Writing and Grammar Exercise Workbook, Prentice Hall 978-0-13-043476-0

*Vocabulary Workshop Level E 2012 978-0-8215-6630-5
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback) 978-0-446-31078-9

The Pearl (Paperback) 978-0-14-017737-4

213 COLLEGE PREP INTRO LIT & COMP (9)

Literature: Common Core, Grade 9 HARDBACK (2015) 978-0-13-326820-1
ALTERNATE: Literature: Common Core, Grade 9 ETEXT ACCESS (2015) 978-0-13-327087-7

Prentice Hall Writing & Grammar Ruby Level, Handbook Edition (2004) 978-0-13-037551-3
*Writing and Grammar Exercise Workbook, Prentice Hall 978-0-13-043476-0

*Vocabulary Workshop Level D 978-0-8215-6629-9 To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback) 978-0-446-31078-9

The Pearl (Paperback) 978-0-14-017737-4

219 STUDY SKILLS 9
Materials Available From The Instructor

221 HONORS WORLD LITERATURE (10) NO literature book necessary for this course.

*Vocabulary Workshop G 2012 978-0-8215-6632-9
Things Fall Apart (Paperback) 978-0-385-47454-2

The Inferno (Paperback) 978-0-451-53139-1

Julius Caesar (Paperback) 978-0-553-21296-9
Epic of Gilgamesh: English version with intro 1972 Sanders (Trans) 978-0-14-044100-0
The Oedipus Cycle: Fitts, Fitzgerald (Trans) 1939 978-0-15-602764-9
Prentice Hall Writing & Grammar Ruby Level, Handbook Edition (2004) 978-0-13-037551-3
[Kept from freshman year]
Mythology, Edith Hamilton 978-031-634-1516

226 ACCEL WORLD LITERATURE (10)

*Vocabulary Workshop Level F 2012 978-0-8215-6631-2 Things Fall Apart (Paperback) 978-0-385-47454-2

Julius Caesar (Paperback) 978-0-553-21296-9
Pearson Common Core Literature Grade 10 (2015) Hardback 978-0-133-26821-8

THIS BOOK IS ONLY AVAILABLE AS USED

Epic of Gilgamesh: English version with intro 1972 Sanders (Trans) 978-0-14-044100-0
Prentice Hall Writing & Grammar Ruby Level, Handbook Edition (2004) 978-0-13-037551-3

[Kept from freshman year]
*Writing and Grammar Exercise Workbook, Prentice Hall 978-0-13-043476-0
Mythology, Edith Hamilton 978-031-634-1516

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COURSE BOOK ISBN

227 COLLEGE PREP WORLD LITERATURE (10)
Prentice Hall Writing & Grammar (Keep from last year) 978-0-13-037551-3
*Writing and Grammar Exercise Workbook, Prentice Hall 978-0-13-043476-0

Pearson Common Core Literature Grade 10 (2015) Hardback 978-0-133-26821-8

THIS BOOK IS ONLY AVAILABLE AS USED

*Vocabulary Workshop Level E 2012 978-0-8215-6630-5

Things Fall Apart (Paperback) 978-0-385-47454-2

Animal Farm (Paperback) 978-0-451-52634-2
Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths 978-0-553-25920-9

229 STUDY SKILLS 10
Materials Available From The Instructor
232 ACCEL AMERICAN LITERATURE (11)
Prentice Hall Literature: American Experience (2005 Edition) (2002 Edition Acceptable) 978-0-13-180436-4

*Vocabulary Workshop G 2012 978-0-8215-6632-9

The Great Gatsby (Paperback) 978-0-7432-7356-5
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Paperback) 978-0-14-243717-9 or 978-0-14-310732-3
Scarlet Letter (Paperback) 978-0-14-310766-8

233 COLLEGE PREP AMERICAN LITERATURE (11)

Prentice Hall Literature: American Experience (2005 Edition) (2002 Edition OK too) 978-0-13-180436-4

*Vocabulary Workshop F 2012 978-0-8215-6631-2

Of Mice and Men (Paperback) 978-0-1401-7739-8
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Paperback) 978-0-14-243717-9 or 978-0-14-310732-3
235 HONORS AMERICAN LITERATURE (11)
[No literature book is necessary for this course.]

*Vocabulary Workshop H 978-0-8215-8013-4

Death of a Salesman (Paperback) 978-0-14-048134-1

Great Gatsby (Paperback) 978-0-7432-7356-5
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Paperback) 978-0-14-243717-9 or 978-0-14-310732-3

Scarlet Letter (Paperback) 978-0-14-310766-8

238 AP ENGLISH 11

[No literature book is necessary for this course.]

*Vocabulary Workshop H 978-0-8215-8013-4
*Mult Ch/Free Response Questions AP Eng Lang & Comp Exam (7th Ed, 12) 978-1-934780-20-6
The Sun Also Rises (Paperback) 978-0-7432-9733-2
White Noise (Paperback) 978-0-14-310598-5
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Paperback) 978-0-14-243717-9 or 978-0-14-310732-3

Scarlet Letter (Paperback) 978-0-14-310766-8

240 HONORS BRITISH LITERATURE

Hamlet (Paperback) 978-0-553-21292-1

A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback) 978-0-451-53057-8
Canterbury Tales (Paperback) 978-0-14-042438-6
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Paperback) 978-0-14-044092-8
Heart of Darkness (Paperback) 978-0-486-26464-6

Gulliver’s Travels (Paperback) 978-0-19-953684-9

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COURSE BOOK ISBN

242 ACCEL BRITISH LITERATURE

PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE: TIMELESS VOICES: BRITISH TRADITION: ISBN: 0-13-180437-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-13-180437-1… Edition: 2005 [2002 also acceptable]: same book as used last in 2016-

2017 [can be purchased only used.]

*Vocabulary Workshop H 978-0-8215-8013-4
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Simon Armitage, 2007) (Paperback) 978-0-393-33415-9
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation, Bilingual Edition, 2000 (Paperback) 978-0-393-32097-8
Brave New World 978-1-508-97609-7

246 SPEECH COMMUNICATION
How to Design and Deliver Speeches (Allyn & Bacon 8th edition 2004) 978-0-205-37801-2

247 COLLEGE PREP BRITISH LITERATURE

PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE: TIMELESS VOICES: BRITISH TRADITION: ISBN: 0-13-180437-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-13-180437-1… Edition: 2005 [2002 also acceptable]: same book as used last in 2016-

2017 [can be purchased only used.]

*Vocabulary Workshop G 978-0-8215-6623-9

Frankenstein (Paperback) 978-0-553-21247-1
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 978-1-511-96340-4

248 AP ENGLISH LITERATURE

Literature: Intro to Reading and Writing (Pearson/Prentice Hall, 7th Edition, 2004) 978-0-13-183819-2

*Mult Ch/Free Response Questions AP Eng Lit & Comp Exam (D&S Marketing 8th Ed) 978-0-193478018-3

The Great Gatsby (Paperback) 978-0-7432-7356-5

The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback) 978-0-06-091307-6

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COURSE BOOK ISBN
0301 SAT Review *Official Study Guide for the New SAT 2016 (2015 Edition) 978-1-4573-0430-9

310 HONORS GEOMETRY 9
Geometry For Enjoyment & Challenge (McDoug-Litt, 1991) 978-0-86609-965-3