Freshmen
Sophomores
Juniors
Seniors
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Incoming Freshmen
Must read: Heroes, Gods, and Monsters - Bernard Evelin
Plus two (2) selections from the following list:
David Copperfield--Charles Dickens
Robinson Crusoe--Daniel Defoe
Dracula--Bram Stoker
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee--Dee Alexander Brown
The Andromeda Strain--Michael Crichton
Dandelion Wine--Ray Bradbury
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn--Betty Smith
Red Badge of Courage--Stephen Crane
Incoming Sophomores:
Choose three selections from the following list:
Hemingway, E. For Whom the Bell Tolls
Melville, H. Billy Budd
Swarthout, G. Bless the Beasts and Children
Waugh, E. The Loved One
Wodehouse, P.G. Any novel
Kipling, R. Kim
Faulkner, W. Light in August
Hansberry, L. A Raisin in the Sun
Twain, M. Life on the Mississippi
Irving, J. A Prayer for Owen Meany
Honors Students, Required:
Dickens, C. Great Expectations
Plus two selections from the Sophomore List (above).
Incoming Juniors:
Choose three selections from the following list:
Austen, J. Pride and Prejudice
Baldwin, J. The Fire Next Time
Wilder, T. The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Camus, A. The Plague
Irving, W. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Williams, T. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof AND The Glass Menagerie
Faulkner, W. The Hamlet
Wilde, O. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Bronte, E. Wuthering Heights
Douglass, F. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
American Writers, Honors Students, Required:
Cooper, J. The Pioneers
Hawthorne, N. The Scarlet Letter
Plus one selection from the Junior List (above).
AP US History, Required:
Ellis, J. Founding Brothers
Incoming Seniors:
Choose three selections from the following list:
Fielding, J. Joseph Andrews
Dreiser, T. Sister Carrie
Trollope, A. Barchester Towers
Shakespeare, W. All’s Well that Ends Well
Pirsig, R. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
O’Connor, F. Wise Blood
Waugh, E. Brideshead Revisited
Mill, J.S. On Liberty
Dillard, A. An American Childhood
Wolff, T. This Boy’s Life
Brooks, G. Year of Wonders
Eliot, T.S. The Waste Land AND Murder in the Cathedral
AP English Literature, Required:
Faulkner, W. Absalom, Absalom!
Shakespeare, W. Hamlet
Plus two selections from the Senior List (above).
