Summer Reading List

For all new and returning students:

The following is the Summer Reading List for the 2009-2010 school year. Students are expected to have read these books before the start of the St. Bernard Fall 2009 school semester. There are also assignments associated with each book -- these assignments will be posted here soon, so keep checking back!

Next year, you will be in...

9th grade English Composition!
Welcome to St. Bernard High School! Here are the books for you to read -
Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansbury
The Giver by Lois Lowry

9th grade English Honors I!
Welcome to St. Bernard High School! Here are the books for you to read -
Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansbury
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

10th grade World Literature!
Welcome back...here are the books for you to read -
Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

10th grade English Honors II!
Welcome back...here are the books for you to read -
Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

11th grade American Literature!
You guys know the drill...here are your books to read -
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter

11th grade AP Language & Composition!
You guys know the drill...here are your books to read -
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

12th grade British Literature!
Alright Seniors! Your summer reading assignment is -
Grendel translated by John Gardner
Macbeth by William Shakespeare or Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

12th grade AP Literature & Composition!
Alright Seniors! Your summer reading assignment is -
Grendel translated by John Gardner
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly or 1984 by George Orwell

Links and summer assignments coming soon...