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Boston Latin School Summer Reading Lists
Class IV B   2002


Members of the English Department have compiled the following list of summer reading; it is based entirely on books that Boston Latin School Students read in their English courses in Classes VI and V.  You are required to read a total of seven books from this list before school opens in September: the three books from the required list and four additional books from the other list.

Since you will be asked to write about these books in September, you must take notes on all seven books. Use the format provided, and expect that these notes will be collected by your teacher.

The Three Required Books

Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
The Sea-Wolf, Jack London
Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare

Other Books (Choose four.)

Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
April Morning, Howard Fast
The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
The Friends, Rosa Guy
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, James Hilton
Annie John, Jamaica Kincaid
Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
The Contender, Robert Lipsyte
The Call of the Wild, Jack London
The Giver, Lois Lowry
The Learning Tree, Gordon Parks
The Yearling, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Friedrich, Hans Peter Richter
The Pearl, John Steinbeck
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson*
Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson*
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain*
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain*
Farewell to Manzanar, Jean Wakatsuki Houston
Night, Elie Wiesel
Dragonwings, Laurence Yep

* Read only one book by any author on this second list

NOTES ON SUMMER READING

Use this format for recording your notes on each of the seven books you read this summer.

Title:

Author:

Setting:

Major Characters: 

Plot Summary (limited to three sentences):

Theme: 

Personal Reaction/Evaluation:

 


 


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