Like most schools in the area, LHS encourages its students to take part in an Independent Summer Reading program.  Students are urged to read the books assigned by their upcoming English teacher, take notes on characters, plot, themes, and be prepared to take tests on the summer reading selections within the first month or so of school.

Below is the list of books which are on our Independent Summer Reading lists by grade level.  All are available at the Adams County Public Library, Littlestown branch, as well as at area book stores.

***Note from the Library: The hyperlinks are for a a title seach for that book in the Adams County Library System catalog.  Also be aware that some summer reading titles have abridged versions or versions simplified for children, so be careful if you place holds that you are getting the item you need for school.  If you have any questions please feel free to call the Littlestown Library at 359 0446.

Academic English 9: A choice of two from the followinglist:

Watership Down, Richard Adams

The Jungle, Upton Sinclair

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austin

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne

A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula LeGuin

Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson

Basic English 9: Required to read:

Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson OR

House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros

Academic English 10: Required to read all of thefollowing:

All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque

Kaffir Boy, Mark Mathabane OR

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Basic English 10: A choice of one book:

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl,

or

Maus,Book I, Art Spiegelman

And the viewing of:

Schindler’s List, the video, available in video stores and area libraries

Academic English 11: Required to read all of thefollowing:

Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston

Walden, Henry David Thoreau