FRESHMAN SUMMER READING LIST

2010 - 2011

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

SOPHOMORE SUMMER READING LIST

2010 - 2011

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 (see Mrs. Voll for details)
• 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
• Flags Of Our Fathers by James Bradley
• Fair Ball: A Fan’s Case of Baseball by Bob Costas (2001 edition)

JUNIOR SUMMER READING LIST

2010 - 2011

Juniors will read one book from the Science list. Honors English students must read both English books listed. 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
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
• The Double Helix by James Watson
• Ever Since Darwin by S. J. Gould
• Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey
• The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
• The Lost World by Michael Crichton

HONORS ENGLISH ONLY (all honors students must read both):

• Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
• Teacher Man by Frank McCourt

SENIOR SUMMER READING LIST

2010 - 2011

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