Summer Reading Requirements
Jackson Christian High School
Summer 2009

"Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand." --Ezra Pound

Here is a list of books that are required for JCS High School students to read over the summer.  Even though classes will discuss the books, students may expect to take a quiz over the book at the beginning of the school year, as teachers evaluate students' initial comprehension of the novel.  We hope you enjoy your encounters with these books, as well as ones that you choose on your own. 

9th Grade: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

9th Grade Honors: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
In addition, choose one of the following books to read: A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens or A Raisin in the Sun by Lorainne Hansberry

10th Grade: Run, Boy, Run by Uri Orlev

10th Grade Honors: The Count of Monte Cristo (Abridged). Here is the version that Mrs. Earls suggests: The Count of Monte Cristo ISBN: 9780553213508 by Bantam Classics
In addition, choose one book from the College Bound Reading List on Mrs. Earls' Class Page. The book that you choose should be one that you have not already read for Accelerated Reader or that you have not read as assigned reading for school. 
 

11th Grade: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

11th Grade Honors: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
In addition, read Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore

12th Grade: Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C. S. Lewis

12th Grade Dual Credit (Honors): Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C. S. Lewis
In addition, read two books from the College Bound Reading List on Mrs. Moran's Class Page.  The books that you choose should be ones that you have not already read for Accelerated Reader or that you have not read as assigned reading for school.