Dear Parents,

Please see below for your son's required Summer reading. All books must be completed before you return from Summer break. There is no required reading for incoming freshmen.

Discussion and testing will take place shortly after we return to school in August.

Entering English II:

The Sea Wolf or Call of the Wild by Jack London

Entering Honors English 1I:
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Entering American Literature:
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

Entering A.P. English Language and Composition:
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Entering World Literature:
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Entering A.P. English Literature and Composition:

Identify several readings from both Old and New Testaments on the relationship between faith and reason. For help, refer to this Encyclical Letter of Pope John Paul II: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_15101998_fides-et-ratio_en.html

AND READ ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

Thank You.

Damien English Department