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East Meadow U.F.S.D.Summer Reading Selections – 2013EAST MEADOW HIGH SCHOOLGrades 9 -10ENTERING GRADE 9 ALL students are required to read at least one of the novels listed below. Novels that are marked with an asterisk are considered to be more challenging. Novels marked (RS) are only for those students enrolled in RS courses in Grade 9; however RSstudents are encouraged to choose any novel from the list. Honors students must read A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain, alongwith two other texts; at least one must have an asterisk.TITLEAUTHORTexS.E. Hinton (RS only)Money HungrySharon Flake (RS only)Annie JohnJamaica KincaidWhite FangJack LondonSeparate PeaceJohn KnowlesHole in My LifeJack GantosTwistedLaurie Halse AndersonHouse on Mango StreetSandra CisnerosCode OrangeCaroline B. CooneyThe HostStephenie MeyerThe Boys of WinterWayne Coffey*Tuesdays with MorrieMitch Albom*First Crossing: Stories by Teenage ImmigrantsDonald R. GalloENTERING GRADE 10 ALL students are required to read at least one of the novels listed below. Novels that are marked with an asterisk are considered to be more challenging. Novels marked (RS) are only for those students enrolled in RS courses in Grade 9; however RSstudents are encouraged to choose any novel from the list. Honors students must read Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, along with two other texts;at least one must have an asterisk.TITLEAUTHORDavid CopperfieldCharles Dickens (RS only)The HobbitJ.R.R. TolkienMysteries of PittsburghMichael ChabonThe Scarlet PimpernelEmmuska OrczyNarrative Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick DouglassCatalystLaurie Halse AndersonGentleman of the RoadMichael ChabonDreams from my FatherBarack ObamaI am LegendRichard MathesonEast of EdenJohn SteinbeckSkinnyIbi KaslikAlas BabylonPat Frank*The Bell JarSylvia Plath*On WritingStephen King*The Memory Keeper’s DaughterKim Edwards*The NamesakeJhumpa Lahiri

East Meadow U.F.S.D.Summer Reading Selections – 2013EAST MEADOW HIGH SCHOOLGrades 11 - 12ENTERING GRADE 11COURSE TITLE AUTHORAP Native Son Richard WrightH The Natural Bernard MalamudThe Sun Also RisesErnest HemingwaySCALE The Kite Runner Khaled HosseiniR / RS Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk KiddSeabiscuit: An American Legend Laura HillenbrandI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya AngelouJohnny Got His GunDalton TrumboENTERING GRADE 12COURSE TITLE AUTHORAP The Illiad (Lattimore trans.) HomerMythologyEdith HamiltonSCALE Dubliners James JoyceR / RS Life of Pi Yann MartelHistory of Kelly GangPeter CareyThe Time MachineH.G. WellsPicture of Dorian GrayOscar WildeCrystal CaveMary Stewart