For those of us still in school, or college, i was wondering what books you have to read over the summer, if any. here's my list:

All school book: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

Specific 10th grade books:
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons

And then two books of our choice from this list:
http://www.bls.org/doc_content/10thGrade.pdf

I chose Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
and A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

The three exam schools in Boston have to read these books, so basicall you have almost 7,000 kids trying to get the all school book, so the hold list from the Library is LONG. And then about 2,000 kids trying to read the other two books.

I already have 4 of the 5 books, so i'll have my reading and essays done about 3 weeks into vacation.


soooooo, what do you have to read?

I don't know about any essays, but I know i get to read Jane Eyre for English. I found out just in a conversation with my teacher haha. I am really excited for that :)

i dont have to do any summer reading, my sister, who will be a junior, has to read 3 books and take very descriptive notes

heh, that reminds me that i need to do my summer reading before the summers up, I don't want to fail English. But of course I haven't even heard of the books that i have to read.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Autobiography of Ben Franklin
Of Mice and Men
The Crucible by Arthur Miller


Has anybody read these before? Some of them have interesting titles, I have heard that uncle toms cabin is pretty good.

Which of Mince And Men? They are both by John Steinbeck, but I liked the play better than the book. I recommend reading the play if you have the choice.

Unfortunately I don't have a choice it's for Honors english so we'll be going over every last detail so it's very very important to get the right book.

That reminds me. I have to read the Illiad for Latin. O:

I never had to read books over the summer. I'm sure glad I didn't too, that would suck to have to write book reports during summer break.

I've read Of Mice and Men and it's great read, I read it when I was in High School and I couldn't put it down after I started reading it. You won't get tired of this book in my opinion.

ugh. i hate Steinbeck. I've read a lot of his stuff, and i have yet to like one of them except the play version of Of Mice and Men.
I've read:
The Red Pony
Of Mice and Men (both play and book)
East of Eden
and
The Pearl