FRESHMAN SUMMER READING LIST

2012 - 2013

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):

Go For the Goal by Mia Hamm

Summer of ’49 by David Halberstam

Training for Young Distance Runners by Larry Greene and Russ Pate

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 St. Joseph High School by an internet safety expert, contains some objectionable language and sexual references)

SOPHOMORE SUMMER READING LIST

2012-2013

Sophomores will read one book from the Foreign Language list based upon the language studied 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 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.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES (choose one):

A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle for French students

(ISBN 067973114-8)

On Rue Tatin: Living and Cooking in a French Town by Susan Hermann Loomis for French students

Eiffel’s Tower\by Jill Jonnes for French students

The Greater Journey by David McCullough 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 (see Mrs. Voll for details)

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez for Spanish students

Journey To the West (Chinese Classics, Classic Novels in Four Volumes) by Wu Cheng’en (Author), W.J.F. Jenner (Translator)

Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio by Pu SongLing (Author), John Minford (Introduction)

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

Flags Of Our Fathers by James Bradley

Fair Ball: A Fan’s Case of Baseball by Bob Costas (2001 edition)

JUNIOR SUMMER READING LIST

2012 - 2013

College Prep English will read the one book listed. Honors English students must read both English books listed. Math and Science students will receive packets in lieu of books.

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.

ENGLISH (COLLEGE PREP):

Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

HONORS ENGLISH:

Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

MATH: Math packet required in lieu of a math book.

SCIENCE: Science packet required in lieu of a science book. These packets are available through Edline. Another packet will be available during February break.

SENIOR SUMMER READING LIST

2012 - 2013

College Prep English Seniors and Honors English Seniors will read both books from the English list. AP English will read both books from the AP List. All seniors will read 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.

COLLEGE PREP & HONORS ENGLISH (Must read both books):

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

The Color of Water by James McBride

ADVANCED PLACEMENT ONLY: (Must read both books):

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

RELIGION (choose one):

Please note: 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 is 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

Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee IIibagiza

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

The Gift of Peace by Joseph Cardinal Bernadin