Easton Public Schools
Summer Reading List-Oliver Ames High School
Entering grade 9 English Honors:
The Alchemist and one of the following: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, or I am the Cheese
All other ninth (9th) grade students must read
The Alchemist
Entering grade 10 Literary Types and Themes Honors:
To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men
All other tenth (10th) grade students must read
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Moby Dick, The Crucible, and a short stories packet
All other eleventh (11th) grade students must read
Ghostway and one of the following: The Color Purple, The Bean Trees, The Things They Carrie or A Lesson Before Dying
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Entering grade 12 AP:
The French Lieutenant’s Woman, The Poisonwood Bible, and The Kite Runner. Extra (not in lieu of) credit: a title of your own choosing (novel length, i.e. more than 100 pages; however, it may be nonfiction or fiction)
Entering grade 12 English Literature Honors:
The Kite Runner, The Lord of the Flies, and Frankenstein. Extra (not in lieu of) credit: a title of your own choosing (novel length, i.e. more than 100 pages; however, it may be nonfiction or fiction)
All other twelfth (12th) grade students must read
The Lord or the Flies and a title of your own choosing (novel length, i.e. more than 100 pages; however, it may be nonfiction or fiction).
Humanities (Honors, elective)
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Annotated Mona Lisa 2nd Ed Carol Strickland