High School Summer Reading 

Summer reading is required in all grades.  Please find the books required for your 2013-14 classes below.  English selections are accompanied by required study guides and assignments, which one may access by following the links provided below.

If you have trouble accessing the summer reading assignments, please contact Ryan Walsh: rwalsh@allsaintsacademy.com.  Specific questions about each assignment and reading selection should be addressed to the teacher noted in the assignment.

AP Chemistry Summer Reading

Chemistry by Steven Zumdahl and Susan A. Zumdahl 7th Edition text book; Assignment

English Summer Reading

English I (9^th grade): The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams and Animal Farm by George Orwell; Assignment

Lyceum English I (9^th grade): Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; Assignment 

World Literature (10^th grade): Life of Pi by Yann Martel; Assignment

Lyceum World Literature (10^th grade): The Essential Aeneid by Virgil (translated by Stanley Lombardo) (ISBN: 0872207900) and Life of Pi by Yann Martel; Assignment

English III (11^th grade):  The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway; Assignment

AP English Language (11^th grade):  Thank You for Arguing by Jay Heinrichs and Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell; Assignment

English IV (12^th grade):  The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver; Assignment

AP English Literature (12^th grade):  1) My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok or The Romance Reader by Pearl Abraham; 2) The Poison Wood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver; 3) “Ranking, Evaluating, and Liking” by Peter Elbow; Assignment 

History Summer Reading

Grade 9:  Jack: The Early Years of John F. Kennedy by Ilene Cooper

Grade 9 Lyceum:  Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Roy Jenkins

Grade 10:  A History of the World in 6 Glasses *Students are responsible for chapters 7-12 and Epilogue, but are encouraged to read the entire book.

Grade 10 AP World History: Fortunate Sons: The 120 Chinese Boys Who Came to America, Went to School, and Revolutionized an Ancient Civilization by Liel Leibovitz and Matthew Miller

Grade 11:  The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw

Grade 11 AP US History:  Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph Ellis

Grade 12 AP Macroeconomics:  Economics by Example by Davide A. Anderson

Grade 12 AP US Government:  Hardball Chris Matthews

Grade 12 Contemporary World History: Let It Be Morning by Sayed Kashua