Summer Reading for St. Francis High School 2007-2008 School Year

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In-coming 9th graders (honors included):
Red Sea has been eliminated as a summer reading book for incoming ninth grade students.

Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen

There will be quizzes at the beginning of the school year to ensure completion of the required reading and measure reading comprehension.  
 
In-coming 10th graders: 

Classical Literature and Composition Course:

Marley and Me by John Grogan

Quiz will commence on the second day of school.  Themes and ideas will be reflected upon throughout the year.

Honors Classical Literature and Composition Course:

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines

Choose one of the following:

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Incoming 11th Graders:

American Literature and Composition:

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

Advanced Placement Literature and Composition: 

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Choose one of the following:

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

Montana 1948 by Larry Watson

Recommended Reading (but not required):

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemmingway

My Antonio by Willa Cather 

In-coming 12th graders:

World Literature and Composition

Reach for the Summit by Pat Summit

Advanced Placement Language and Composition: 

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

Choose one of the following:

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Firehouse  by David Halberstam