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Class II (Grade 11 )  1999


If you are seriously interested in S.A.T. scores above 500, the best thing you can do for yourself and your future is to read as much as possible this summer.   Nothing else will prepare you as effectively or as pleasantly as reading.

Please notice that this list is not packed with the kind of difficult, classical literature that we study during the school year.  Summer reading should be fun - something you can do at the beach.  The books on this list include mysteries, science fiction, romance, adventure, intrigue, and sports.  Look hard, choose carefully, and don't be afraid to challenge yourself.

You must have read at least five books, three from this list and two of your own choice.

THE MISTS OF AVALON  by Marion Zimmer Bradley
A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ  by Walter Miller, Jr.
BURR  by Gore Vidal
TRINITY  by Leon Uris
CENTENNIAL  by James Michener
STARGAZEY  by Martha Grimes
ACCIDENTAL TOURIST  by Ann Tyler
WITHOUT REMORSE  by Tom Clancy
ICARUS AGENDA  by Robert Ludlum
DEVICES AND DESIRES  by P.D. James
THE NATURAL  by Bernard Malamud
SULA   by Toni Morrison
KAFFIR BOY by Mark Mathabane
SEEING RED  by Dan Shaughnessy
REMEMBERING ME  by Mary Higgins Clark
THE TESTAMENT  by John Grisham
EVERYTHING TO GAIN  by Barbara Taylor Bradford
HAVING OUR SAY  by Sara L. & A. Elizbeth Delany
THE GLASS LAKE  by Maeve Binchy
HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS  by Julia Alvarez
TOXIN  by Robin Cook
ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH  by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
FOOLS CROW  by James Welch
TILL WE HAVE FACES  by C.S. Lewis
ELEANOR AND THE FOUR KINGS  by Amy Kelly
THE COLOR PURPLE  by Alice Walker
SMALL VICES  by Robert Parker
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT  by Robert Cormier
THE HIDING PLACE  by Corrie Ten Boom
A LESSON BEFORE DYING  by Ernest Gaines
WHITE NOISE  by Don DeLillo

 


 


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