I think I might have been the only one that was absolutely thrilled and excited to get the reading list every year for my English classes. Why? Because it meant a trip to the bookstore to buy my favorite thing on the planet, MORE BOOKS! Because I needed them, wanted them, and would own a copy of all the books I wanted to read on that list.
I know it usually said we only had to read one or two books to fill the requirement, but I usually picked about 3-4 books and read all of them throughout the summer. I absolutely loved all of them. Here are some of the ones that I read throughout my summer breaks in high school.
These were just a few of the ones I've had to read. However, looking at my old high school's current summer reading lists....damn I wish I was in HS now! I know exactly which ones I'd read!
Here are the reading lists for my current high school for the 2015-2016 school year, where the projects are due the 1st day of school:
9th Grade:
- Unwind by Neal Shusterman
- Gone by Michael Grant
- We Beat the Street by The Three Doctors
- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
- The Future of Us by Jay Asher
10th Grade:
- You Look Different in Real Life by Jennifer Castle
- Noggin by John Corey Whaley
- The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu
- Foul Trouble by John Feinstein
- NIL by Lynne Matson
11th Grade:
- Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
- Fake ID by Lamar Giles
- To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
- Avalon by Mindee Arnett
- You Look Different in Real Life by Jennifer Castle
12th Grade:
- The Impossible Knife by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Caged Warrior by Alan Sitomer
- The Program by Suzanne Young
- The Winner's Curse by Jennifer Smith
- Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
The projects are awesome too...ranging from create a movie poster, a book jacket, a book journal, for the regular English class to create a book talk, a soundtrack, and other awesome projects for the Honors English. Seriously, what the hell...can I please be back in HS nao! Though to be honest, some of these are already on my TBR list...and my wish list over at bookdepository :D
I've never head of any of those books. I'm so glad we never had to do summer reading when I was a kid; I read all summer long, but books I wanted to read, not ones the teacher picked. We had one required book per quarter and while I enjoyed maybe half of them, the rest were nothing but a chore.
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