You
are required to read a total of five books from this list which was compiled by
members of the English Department. Since you will be asked to write about these books in
September, you must take notes on all five books. Use the format provided, and expect that
these notes will be collected by your teacher.A. Non-Fiction
Appel, Willa Cults in America: Programmed for Paradise
Bedoukian, Kerop Some of Us Survived
Bernard, Jacqueline Journey Toward Freedom: Sojourner Truth
Bird, Larry Drive
Bontemps, Arna Free at Last: Frederick Douglass
Ching-To, Chow Journey in Tears
Cronkite, Kathy On the Edge of the Spotlight
David, Joy, et al. The Black Soldier
Dolan, Edward F. Matthew Henson: Black Explorer
Frommer, Harvey Rickey and Robinson: Men Who Broke Baseball's Color Barrier
Goldstone, Robert C. Next Year in Jerusalem
Herriot, James All Creatures Great and Small
Hovey, Tamara A Mind of Her Own: George Sand
Huggins, Nathan Black Odyssey
Kahn, Roger Boys of Summer
Koehn, Ilse Mischling Second Degree: My Childhood in Nazi Germany
Landin, Margaret Anna and the King of Siam
Laure, Jason, et al. South Africa: Coming of Age Under Apartheid
Lofts, Norah Anne Boleyn
Meltzer, Milton Taking Root: Jewish Immigrants
Moody, Anne Coming of Age in Mississippi
Nabokov, Peter Native American Testimony
Strawberry, Darryl Darryl
Uchida, Yoshiko Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family
Van Devanter, Lynda Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam
B. Fiction
Bellamy, Edward Looking Backward
Choi, Sook-Nyul Gathering of Pearls
Craven, Margaret I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Ferber, Edna So Big
Harris, Mark Bang the Drum Slowly
Kerr, M.E. Gentlehands
McCullers, Carson A Member of the Wedding
Myers, Walter Dean Fallen Angels
Orwell, George Animal Farm
Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar
Renault, Mary The King Must Die
Rinaldi, Ann Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre
Saberhagen, Fred The First Book of Swords
Shelley, Mary Frankenstein
Sillitoe, Alan The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
Smith, Betty A Tree Grows in Brooklyn or Joy in the Morning
Stewart, Mary The Crystal Cave
Temple, Frances The Ramsay Scallop
Townsend, John Rowe The Summer People
Voigt, Cynthia On Fortune's Wheel
Washington, Mary Black-Eyed Susan
C. Drama
Chekhov, Anton The Sea Gull
Gibson, William The Miracle Worker
Luce, William The Belle of Amherst
Pomerance, Bernard The Elephant Man
Shakespeare, William Antony and Cleopatra
Thomas, Dylan Under Milkwood
NOTES ON SUMMER READING
Use this format for recording your notes on each of the five books you read this
summer.
Title:
Author:
Setting:
Major Characters:
Plot Summary (limited to three sentences):
Theme:
Personal Reaction/Evaluation: