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BISHOP READY HIGH SCHOOL

READING ASSIGNMENTS

SUMMER 2008

 

Following is the list of books which have been assigned for required summer reading.

 

Students will be responsible for obtaining copies of the books.

Bishop Ready High School will not provide the summer reading books.

Branch libraries and area bookstores have a copy of the summer reading list.

 

Books have been assigned to correlate with our academic disciplines and curricular themes with the goal of integrating social justice into the curriculum.

 

Each student is required to read both books at his/her grade level. 

Students are to be prepared to discuss the books and to be tested on the content

and its relationship to the curriculum.

 

Grade

Discipline

Title (Author)

 

 

 

9th

English

The Hobbit (Tolkien)

 

*Theology

Dandelion Wine (Bradbury)

 

 

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (McCullers)

 

 

 

10th

English

The Crucible (Miller)

 

Theology

Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey (Goodall)

 

 

 

11th

English

A Tiger for Malgudi (R. K. Narayan)

 

History

Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai (Lekuton)

 

 

 

12th

English

The Stranger (Camus)

 

Theology

Three Cups of Tea (Mortenson and Relin)

 

 

 

* Students may read either one (or both) of the 9th grade theology books.