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Littlestown HS Summer Reading List @ Littlestown
Thu, May. 22nd 7:27 pm
            The LHS English Department encourages all of our students to enjoy a relaxing and rejuvenating summer vacation. One way to enjoy the break is to take trips to far away places andtimes through a good book or two.

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

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

And the viewing of:

The Patriot, the video, available in video stores and area libraries

Basic English 11: Required to read:

The Call of the Wild, Jack London

        And view:

       The Patriot

Advanced Placement English 12: Required to read:

Brave New World, Aldous Huxley

1984, George Orwell

Any full-length Charles Dickens novel (not The Christmas Carol)

First five books and the four Gospels of The Bible as literature

(Modern and King James)

Academic English 12: All required to read:

1984, George Orwell

The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare (acquire the script, rent the video, and read along)

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, OR Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

Basic English 12: All required to read:

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson (published under several titles)

Ten Little Indians, Agatha Christie (In ACLS catalog as And Then There Were None)

ERE 12:  Choose:  Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde  OR Ten Little Indians