<p>The books my school assigns are generally on a 5th grade reading level. Some of my classmates get confused when a book has more than three characters. I read Atlas Shrugged on my own and loved it, but I can't believe they're making you read a thousand-page book over one summer - it took us months to get through "Of Mice and Men." I'd so rather be in your school.</p>
<p>Yeah, I can't believe they're making you read Atlas Shrugged as well. For me they always had this huge list and said that at the very least you should read 3.
Freshmen year I read-Winesburg, Ohio
Tale of Two Cities (that was harsh)
The Glass Jar</p>
<p>Sophmore year- Jane Eyre
Martian Chronicles
and I don't remember</p>
<p>Junior year-A Farewell to Arms
Animal Dreams
I don't remember</p>
<p>Senior year- Old Man and the Sea
Johnny Got His Gun
A Raisin in the Sun
Cat's Cradle
Jacob's Room (that was also very harsh)</p>
<p>Yeah, I've had at least two books to read every summer since the summer before freshman year.</p>
<p>Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren (AP US Gov)</p>
<p>^ I love brave new world. :)</p>
<p>Going into English Lit II Honors we have a summer reading assignment on the book The Illiad. The assignment is sooo long, i don't think ill have any free time this summer -_________________________________-</p>
<p>^Brave New World was great.</p>
<p>Yeah, when I found out how long Atlas Shrugged was, I almost broke down in tears. I'm lucky the other two books are short. However, in terms of pages, I had more reading last summer. Weird choice of books, however.</p>
<p>Freshman year: had to read Catcher in the Rye, do a project on it, and read a free choice book and give an oral report on it when we got back</p>
<p>Sophomore year: Had to read Pride and Prejudice, do a project on it, read a free choice book and give an oral report on the free choice book. Also for APHistory I had to read John Adams (most. boring. book. ever) and about 3-4 chapters in our textbook</p>
<p>Junior year: had to read the Scarlet Letter, do a project on it, read a free choice book and give an oral report on the free choice book. For APHistory I had to read the Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw and about 3-4 chapters in our textbook. APChem I had to read about 6ish chapters in the textbook.</p>
<p>Senior year: I'm not really sure but I know for AP English we have to read 3 books. I think one is Their Eyes Were Watching God and we have to do some project regarding memoirs. For APBio we have to read an insane amount of chapters in the book. And for AP Calc we have to teach ourselves the first chapter in the book.</p>
<p>Tuesdays with Morrie is a really nice book.</p>
<p>I'm a graduated senior (just had my graduation yesterday!) and here's what it looked like for us: </p>
<p>Freshman year: I had to read The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. That was it. </p>
<p>Sophomore year: I had to read 1984. That was it. For APUSH, though, we had to read three chapters of the book and write an essay. Tons of work. Not even worth it. D: </p>
<p>Junior year: I had to read The Scarlet Letter, Bless Me Ultima, and Huck Finn. In addition to journals, we had to respond to questions about style and analyzing the book (there were five questions for each book, and we had to provide pretty extensive answers.) Plus, we had a test on grammar (though it was pretty easy.) By the way, after we did all of this work, we just took tests and never discussed the book. I thought that was pretty odd. </p>
<p>Senior year: Read Pride and Prejudice, The Grapes of Wrath, and Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich. We had to these one-page write-ups about the first two books that really got into what the book was about. I think all of us had to redo them within the first two weeks of school after we discussed the books.</p>
<p>I haven't had required summer reading since 4th grade :)</p>
<p>Oh, and to the person who has to pick 1 book of 5: Never Let Me Go is AMAZING.</p>
<p>My Sister's Keeper is an amazing book, I'd recommend that one.</p>
<p>We had required reading all through elementary school, but it was a number of books, not specific books. In high school the entire school reads one book every year and then there is additional reading for AP classes.</p>
<p>AP English Lit:</p>
<ol>
<li>How to read literature like an English Professor</li>
<li>Life of Pi</li>
<li>I forget the 3rd book</li>
</ol>
<p>I have required reading every year for English, and the past year for history class as well (and this summer I'll have one for APUSH).</p>
<p>Most of them have been good books, so I can't complain. The history assignment was...terrible, though. No one read the book all the way through.</p>
<p>For AP Lit I have to read The Remains of the Day and do 30 DJs on it, then I have to read Atonement and write an essay.</p>
<p>For AP English Lit:
A Tale of Two Cities
A Doll House
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man</p>
<p>Memory Keepers Daughter is a great book</p>
<p>"A Doll's House"? In my school that's actually one read during the year, and only by one sophomore class (mine).</p>
<p>For Freshman year the list was:
1. The Hobbit
2. Fahrenheit 451</p>
<p>For English 10:
1. The Death of Ivan Ilych
2. Farewell to Manzenar
3. The Girl With the Pearl Earing</p>
<p>For English 10 Honors (the class I'm in):
1. The Death of Ivan Ilych
2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
3. A Separate Peace</p>
<p>For Global II Honors:
1. A World Lit Only By Fire</p>
<p>I have yet to get assignments from AP English Language and APUSH, but they're sure to be...interesting.</p>
<p>hey mermaid, how'd you like A Separate Peace?</p>
<p>I actually really liked it. It was the best out of the three books assigned, and it's a really interesting book about school boys and the things being paranoid and jealous can do to a person.</p>