Index
Freshman Summer Reading List
Sophomore Summer Reading List
Junior Summer Reading List
Senior Summer Reading List
FRESHMAN SUMMER READING LIST
2008 - 2009
All Freshmen will read two books. One must be from the Physical Education/Health choices. The second will be from the music choice if the student has elected band or chorus. All other students will read one selection from the technology choices as their second book. The St. Joseph High School faculty feels that reading should become a lifetime habit. Every student at St. Joseph High School receives a summer reading list according to his/her grade level. We encourage regular reading beyond the requirements. Enrichment as well as enjoyment should result from this supplementary reading. We recommend that the required books be read carefully and notes taken. Testing will take place within the first two weeks of school. Teachers are required to incorporate a “summer reading” grade that is 10% of the first quarter grade.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION/HEALTH (All students choose one):
Summer of 98 by Mike Lupica
The Game and the Glory by Michelle Akers and Gregg A. Lewis
In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle by Madeleine Blais
Travel Team by Mike Lupica
It’s Not About The Bike: My Journey Back To Life by Lance Armstrong
MUSIC
Learn to Read Music by Howard Shanet
TECHNOLOGY (Technology students choose one):
Geeks by Jon Katz
A Girl’s Life Online (formerly Katie.com) by Katherine Tarbox
Published by Penguin Putnam 2001
(recommended to Saint Joseph High School by an internet safety expert, contains some objectionable language and sexual references)
Please note: Books may be purchased on line by going to the school's web site at
www.sjcadets.org and clicking the appropriate ordering information.
Purchasing this way will benefit St. Joseph High School and provide
a book discount.
SOPHOMORE SUMMER READING LIST
2008-2009
Sophomores will read one book from the Foreign Language list and one from the History list. The St. Joseph High School faculty feels that reading should become a lifetime habit. Every student at St. Joseph High School receives a summer reading list according to his/her grade level. We encourage regular reading beyond the requirements. Enrichment as well as enjoyment should result form this supplementary reading. We recommend that the required books be read carefully and notes taken. Testing will take place within the first two weeks of school. Teachers are required to incorporate a “summer reading” grade that is 10% of the first quarter grade.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES (choose one):
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle for French students (see Mrs. Marcucci)
(ISBN 067973114-8)
On Rue Tatin: Living and Cooking in a French Town by Susan Hermann Loomis for French students
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudofo Anaya for Spanish students
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho for Spanish students
Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball’s Last Hero by David Maraniss for Spanish students
Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino for Italian students
Please read and Type Notes on:
I. Introduction
II. “Petie Pete vesus Witch Bea-Witch” #37- # 70 The Old Women’s Hide “253”
III. Each story must have a 3-5 sentence summary to go along with it. In
the summary please include the characters of the story as well as what
happened in the story.
IV. These notes will be collected and be a great resource when studying
for the exam
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez for Spanish students
HISTORY (choose one):
A Case of Abraham Lincoln by Julie Fenster and Douglas Brinkley
The Devil in Massachusetts by Starkey
Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Andrew Jackson: A Life and Times by H. W. Brands
We Are Our Mothers’ Daughters by Cokie Roberts
Flags Of Our Fathers by James Bradley
Fair Ball: A Fan’s Case of Baseball by Bob Costas (2001 edition)
Please note: Books may be purchased on line by going to the school's web site at
www.sjcadets.org and clicking the appropriate ordering information.
Purchasing this way will benefit St. Joseph High School and provide
a book discount.
JUNIOR SUMMER READING LIST
2008 - 2009
Juniors will read one book from the Science list and one from the Math list. The St. Joseph High School faculty feels that reading should become a lifetime habit. Every student at St. Joseph High School receives a summer reading list according to his/her grade level. We encourage regular reading beyond the requirements. Enrichment as well as enjoyment should result from this supplementary reading. We recommend that the required books be read carefully and notes taken. Testing will take place within the first two weeks of school. Teachers are required to incorporate a “summer reading” grade that is 10% of the first quarter grade.
SCIENCE (choose one):
Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Life and Death of a Salt Marsh by John Teale
Silent Spring by Rachel Carsen
The Double Helix by James Watson
Ever Since Darwin by S. J. Gould
Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey
Camouflage and Mimicry by D. Owen
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
The Lost World by Michael Crichton
MATH
Flatland: A Romance of A Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott
Please note:
Books may be purchased on line by going to the school's web site at www.sjcadets.org and clicking the appropriate ordering information. Purchasing this way will benefit St. Joseph High School and provide a book discount.
SENIOR SUMMER READING LIST
2008 - 2009
Seniors will read one book from the English list and one from the Religion list. The St. Joseph High School faculty feels that reading should become a lifetime habit. Every student at St. Joseph High School, therefore, receives a summer reading list according to his/her grade level. We encourage reading regularly beyond the requirements. We recommend that the required books be read carefully and notes taken. Testing will take place within the first two weeks of school. Teachers are required to incorporate a “summer reading” grade that is 10% of the first quarter grade. Seniors should read as much as possible both this summer and next as they prepare for college challenges. Local libraries have excellent suggestions for pleasure reading.
ENGLISH (choose one):
This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff
The Color of Water by James McBride
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
ADVANCED PLACEMENT ONLY: Read both.
Crime and Punishment by T. Dostoevsky
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
RELIGION (choose one):
Should a senior have both religion courses scheduled for the spring of the school year, he/she is still required to take the summer reading test in the fall of that year.
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. (Required for students enrolled in course #041, Introduction to World Religions. Students must read this book during the summer regardless of which semester they have the class. This book is an option for all other students.)
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Ann Rice
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
Please note: Books may be purchased on line by going to the school's web site at www.sjcadets.org and clicking the appropriate ordering information.
Purchasing this way will benefit St. Joseph High School and provide a book discount.