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BROMFIELD SUMMER READING LISTs 
2010


Complete copies of the Summer Reading Assignments and Teacher Instructions including guidelines for the written assignment (if applicable) are available at the library in Reference as well as on The Bromfield School site:  http://www.psharvard.org/Bromfield/english.html

Extra copies of the books have been ordered but may not be listed in the catalog.  Please call the library at 978-456-4114 if you do not find what you are looking for!

7th Grade   
8th Grade  
9th Grade College Preparatory English
9th Grade Honors English  
10th Grade Classical Literature
10th Grade Honors Classical Literature
Junior American Literature
Junior Honors American Literature
Senior English Literature College Preparatory
Senior Honors English
Advanced Placement English Literature & Composition

 

7th Grade  

Required:

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

8th Grade

Required:

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

9th Grade College Preparatory English

Choose One:

The Chosen by Chaim Potok
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Endurance:  Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander
The Secret Life of Bees by Susan Monk Kidd

9th Grade Honors English

Required:

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

Choose One:

The Chosen by Chaim Potok
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Endurance:  Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander
The Secret Life of Bees by Susan Monk Kidd 

10th Grade Classical Literature

Choose One:

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracey Chevalier
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Hood by Stephen Lawhead
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewksi

10th Grade Honors Classical Literature

Required:

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Choose One:

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Hood by Stephen Lawhead
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewksi

 

Junior American Literature

Required:

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Junior Honors American Literature

Required:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Choose One:

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Senior English Literature College Preparatory

Required:

The Elephant Man by Christine Sparks

Additional Suggestions:

Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Senior Honors English

Required:

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

Select One:

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition

Required:

Tess of the D’Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy - July 6th
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende  - August 6th
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving - September 7th


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