US Summer Reading Lists - Buckingham Browne & Nichols

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLSummer Reading 2013BB&N Upper School students are expected to read at least three books overthe summer, with most foreign language students reading an additional bookin that foreign language.Attached are the summer reading lists for Upper School students at BB&N. Belowyou will find a summary of the school’s summer reading requirements. If youhave specific questions, the best answer will probably come from the academicdepartment head or foreign language program coordinator.English (Ms. Krauss,Chair)History (Mr. Carrera,Chair)General (Ms. Donahue,Ms. Dow, Mrs. MarderLibrarians)Read at least 2 [at least 1 if you are reading a Historybook.]Read 1 if your course requires it. [see listing].Ninth gradehas no assigned reading.Read at least 1. [This list contains general fiction, generalnon- fiction, and books in the following subject areas:math, science, and art. A student may read an additionalbook from the English Department list instead of a bookfrom this list.Arabic (Ms. McDonough) As assigned by course. Ninth grade has no Arabicreading. There is no level 1 summer reading.Chinese (Mr. Yang)French (Mme. Roucher-Greenberg)Latin (Mr. Edbrooke)As assigned by course. Ninth grade has no Chinesereading. There is no level 1 summer reading.As assigned by course. Ninth grade has no Frenchreading. There is no level 1 summer reading.As assigned by course. Ninth grade has no Latin reading.There is no level 1 summer reading.Russian (Mr. Walker)Spanish (Sra. Sanchez-Gomez)As assigned by course. Ninth grade has no Russianreading. There is no level 1 summer reading.As assigned by course. Ninth grade has no Spanishreading. There is no level 1 summer reading.Enjoy your reading as well as the rest of your summer. I hope you’ll find yourreading to be enjoyable, stimulating, and memorable.Geoffrey TheobaldDirector, Upper SchoolRoss ClarkAcademic Dean

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLENGLISH DEPARTMENTThe English Department’s list is in alphabetical order by author’s last name and is open toeveryone in grades 9-12. You may choose to substitute other books by the listed authors.Requirements: You must read at least two books from the English Department (i.e., notthe General) list. If you are reading a book for a history course, then you are required toread at least one book from the English Department list. Naturally, we encouragestudents to read more than the required number of books. Seniors should note that oneof their required books must be the one specified for the senior elective; see the listfollowing this one.The Reading List for EnglishAngelou, Maya: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (The first volume in the autobiographyof the poet, set in the small, segregated town of Stamps, Arkansas. It pays tribute to thefrank, resourceful grandmother who raised her from a timid child beset by the stresses ofher parents' abandonment and the poverty and racism of her community to a confident,creative young woman.)Alexie, Sherman: Reservation Blues (Through the story of a Spokane garage band, thisnovel reveals the humor and frustrations of Native American life on and off thereservation.)Anam, Tahmima : A Golden Age (A novel about a widow and her family and her smallbut remarkable role in the Bangaladeshi war for independence in the 1970s.)Atwood, Margaret: Cat’s Eye (A young woman returns to the landscape of her childhood.Her return triggers memories of the tricky, often cruel dynamics of friendships amonggirls and the lasting effects of those relationships.)Austen, Jane: Northanger Abbey (A wry portrait of a young woman with an activeimagination and an eagerness for romantic adventure. Northanger Abbey strikes her asjust the mysterious locale where her fantasies might be realized.)Baldwin, James: Go Tell It on the Mountain (A young boy follows in his father's footstepsand becomes a preacher. An autobiographical novel, set in Harlem in the 1930s.)Bradley, Marion Z.: The Mists of Avalon (The legendary saga of King Arthur and hiscompanions at Camelot is retold from the perspectives of the women involved. Viviane is"The Lady of the Lake," the priestess of the Isle of Avalon, a mystical, mist-shroudedisland. Her quest is to find a king who will ally himself with both Avalon and a fledglingreligion: Christianity.)Breem, Wallace: Eagle in the Snow (The year is 406. The Roman Empire is in tatters,hanging together only through force of habit and the will of a few strong generals. One

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLDai, Sijie: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Two teen-aged doctors' sons are sent for"re-education" into China's countryside, where they discover a suitcase full of forbiddenFrench novels and meet an enchanting seamstress’s daughter. Her secret re-educationunder their influence surprises everyone.)Diamant, Anita: The Red Tent (Well-known Old Testament stories come alive with theresearched and imagined experiences of Jacob’s wives and only daughter, Dinah. Dinahnarrates the family history from the red tent, where the women give birth and spend partof each month, before the group migrates from Mesopotamia to Canaan and Dinah endsher journey alone, as a midwife in Egypt.)Dickens, Charles: David Copperfield (Like Great Expectations, this is a bildungsroman, ornovel of growing up, that explores the role of the heart and the place of relationshipswith others in achieving maturity. Dickens once said that of all his fictional “children”David Copperfield was his favorite.)Doctorow, E. L.: Homer and Langley (A novel based on the lives of real-life reclusivebrothers who, in the words of the author, “opted out of civilization and pulled the worldin after them.”)DuMaurier, Daphne: Rebecca (A young woman, haunted by the spirit of her firsthusband's wife, discovers the shocking secret of his earlier marriage.)Duncan, David James: The River Why (In this funny, thoughtful novel, a young man froma family obsessed with fishing sets out on a journey to pursue what he believes is theideal life: days filled nothing but with fishing. Gus’s journey to the Oregon Coast leadshim to a new understanding of himself and the larger world.)Eire, Carlos Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy (A memoir of aboyhood just before, during, and after Fidel Castro’s revolution in Cuba. His parentssend Carlos and his brother Tony out of Cuba to a very different life in the United States.)Fitzgerald, F. Scott: Tender is the Night (Brilliant young psychiatrist Dick Diver ruins hismarriage by pursuing a tragic relationship with a beautiful young patient. Set on theFrench Riviera during the 1920s, this novel was Fitzgerald’s next work after completingThe Great Gatsby.)Follett, Ken: Pillars of the Earth (Betrayal, murder, revenge, and faith form the core of thispage-turner set in 12 th -century England.)Forster, E.M.: A Room With A View (Following a trip to Italy, Lucy Honeychurch realizesthat she must choose between her conventional fiancé and the entirely unconventionalGeorge Emerson.)

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLGoodman, Allegra: Intuition (Set in Cambridge, this literary thriller revolves around agroup of lab researchers, one of whom is about to be fired when he suddenly discoversan important cancer medication—or does he?)Greenberg, Joanne: I Never Promised You A Rose Garden (With the help of anunderstanding doctor, a teenage girl struggles to overcome schizophrenia. A realisticlook at the world of split personality and the courage of an indomitable spirit.)Hardy, Thomas: The Mayor of Casterbridge (Drunk and exasperated by bad luck, MichaelHenchard sells his wife at a country fair. His deed returns to haunt him 18 years later.)Hemingway, Ernest: A Farewell to Arms (Lt. Frederick Henry discovers the fragility oflove and friendship during the Italian campaign of World War I. Considered by many tobe the author's most wrenchingly beautiful work.)Herbert, Frank: Dune (Classic science fiction novel about a land of deserts and of thelong-awaited Messiah.)Hesse, Herman: Siddhartha (This story of a young man’s search for enlightenmentreverberates with echoes of Buddhism and Hinduism; it delivers the reader into ajourney that is at once exotic and familiar. This short novel has long been a favorite ofcollege and high school students interested in the call of the inner life.)Hosseini, Khaled: The Kite Runner (A novel about Amir, the son of a wealthy Afghanibusinessman, and Hassan, the son of Amir’s father’s servant, starting with theirchildhood games in Kabul, through a harrowing event that changes their relationship,and to the events in their adult lives that bond them once again.)Huxley, Aldous: Brave New World (One of the great classics of science fiction, this is athought-provoking and fascinating look at how the future may turn out.)Irving, John: The World According to Garp (By turns dark, outrageous, and funny, thisnovel charts the eventful life of T.S. Garp. Despite some sad and shocking incidents, it is apage-turner. If you liked A Prayer for Owen Meaney, try this: it’s the book that made Irvingfamous.)Jones, Edward P.: The Known World (Jones uses a sometimes forgotten detail of pre-CivilWar America—that some black landowners possessed slaves of their own—to weave anintricate tale that begins with the premature death of one of these slave owners and thenrecounts the struggle of his widow to run the plantation on her own, a struggle thatdraws in her family, her slaves and the sprawling cast of characters in her small Virginiatown.)Kingsolver, Barbara: Animal Dreams (A young woman, having returned to her Arizonahome town, deals with an aging father, a sister working for a cause in Nicaragua, an exboyfriend,and pollution of the town’s river.)

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLLessing, Doris: Ben, In the World (In this sequel to The Fifth Child, the adult Ben Lovatt, agenetic "throwback" to Neanderthal, is on his own in a world of hard-heartedness, crime,and exploitation. The final section, set in Brazil and then Argentina, is one of this greatwriter's most dazzling achievements.)Marshall, Paule: Brown Girl, Brownstones (An autobiographical account of a youngBarbadian girl, who moves with her family to Brooklyn, New York in the 1930s.)Matar, Hisham: In the Country of Men (A novel set in 1979 Libya in which a nine-year-oldboy struggles to make sense of events both familial and political.)Maxwell, William: So Long, See You Tomorrow (A farmer's murder dissolves the friendshipbetween two boys; years later, one revisits his childhood pain to make sense of troublingmemories.)McCullers, Carson: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (The characters of this haunting novelinclude an enigmatic mute, a disillusioned radical, and a lonely teenage girl; theirindividual struggles, though set in a small southern town, are universal.)Merullo, Roland: Revere Beach Boulevard (This page-turning story of the mob in Revere,Massachusetts experiments with multiple points-of-view and explores our optimisticyearning for the "mystery of love.")Mishima, Yukio: The Sound of Waves (In an isolated Japanese fishing village, twoteenagers from different social classes fall in love and deal with traditional ideas abouthonor, family, and community. A timeless, beautifully told coming-of-age story.)Mistry, Rohinton: A Fine Balance (Four strangers, a student, a widow, and two tailors, areforced to live together in a small apartment in India. As political pressure andgovernment intervention mounts, the four are forced to choose between their dreams andeach other.)Mitchell, David: Black Swan Green (Don’t be deterred by the slang of these small-villageBritish teenagers or by the protagonist’s stammer; you’ll soon get the hang of both in thisrich coming-of-age story set in 1982–1983. Despite the foreign background, you’llrecognize the bullying, the longing to be accepted, undercurrents of familial tensions, andthe thrill of youthful adventures.)Mosher, Howard Frank: A Stranger in the Kingdom (Set in 1950s northern Vermont, thisnovel may remind you of To Kill a Mockingbird in part, but it's also a murder mystery anda chronicle of a family deeply rooted in a place as told by the younger brother whoseinnocent eyes are opened by the events unfolding around him.)Okada, John: No-No Boy (In post-WWII Seattle, a young Japanese-American man, whowas a conscientious objector and imprisoned as a result, struggles with his choice, withhis family, and with his dual heritage.)

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLOrwell, George: 1984 (The classic portrayal of a horrifying future in which thegovernment knows and controls all.)Pham, Andrew X: Catfish and Mandala (A memoir about a young man’s bicycle journeythrough Vietnam, revisiting scenes of his childhood and working through revelationsabout family in Vietnam and the United States.)Proulx, Annie: The Shipping News (The quirky, funny, and poignant story of how Quoyleregains control of his life by moving his family to a bleak Newfoundland maritime town.)Quinn, Daniel: Ishmael (With no plot to speak of, this novel is unlike any other: a bizarrephilosophical conversation between a wise, telepathic gorilla and a disgruntled youngman interested in saving the world. Ishmael, the gorilla, divides the planet into Leaversand Takers as he explains his theories about what has gone wrong with humancivilization.)Reiken, Frederick: The Lost Legends of New Jersey (Set in the early 1980s, this novel depictslife seen through the eyes of a teenage boy who plays hockey, has a crush on the toughgirl next door, and faces the unraveling of his family.Salzman, Mark: Lost in Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia (The author of Iron and Silkrecounts his hapless adolescent experiences with Zen Buddhism, karate, the cello, andsummer employment, in 1970s Connecticut.)Stegner, Wallace: Crossing to Safety (A semi-autobiographical novel tracing thesimultaneously strong and strained friendship between two couples who meet ingraduate school and then reunite later in life.)Steinbeck, John: The Grapes of Wrath (The Joads, a family of Oklahoma farmers, set out ina dilapidated car for California, which they believe is a land of plenty and opportunity,but where they are bullied by sheriffs and labor contractors. A classic of social-activistfiction, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940.)Tan, Amy: The Joy Luck Club (The bestseller about the conflicts and affections betweenfour women who were born in China and their California-raised daughters. A movingand imaginative account of the modern Asian woman's search for identity.)Tartt, Donna: The Secret History (Murder, madness, pagan ceremonies—who said collegewasn’t fun? In this bestselling literary thriller, a clique of gifted students at an elite NewEngland university come under the sway of their charismatic classics professor todisastrous results.)Theroux, Paul: The Mosquito Coast (A hilarious and then harrowing portrait of anAmerican inventor who, abominating the decline of his country in the first two decadesafter World War II, takes his family to the Honduran jungle to begin civilization again.Thoreau's Walden in the middle of nowhere, 130 years later.)

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLToibin, Colm: Brooklyn (Transplanted by family circumstances from her town in Irelandto Brooklyn, New York, Eilis Lacey copes with homesickness, fellow inhabitants of aboarding house, work and night school, and the decisions romance brings.)Tolkien, J.R.R.: The Lord Of The Rings, Volume I, II or III. (The great epic of Middle Earth.)Towler, Katherine: Snow Island (As she learns about a summer visitor's mysterious past,16 year-old Alice Dagget comes of age on a secluded island off the coast of Rhode Islandduring World War Two.)Trevor, William: Felicia’s Journey (A psychological thriller: a young Irish woman runsaway from home to search for her boyfriend in England where she encounters a gentlemiddle-aged man who is searching for a new friend to join others in his Memory Lane.)Unsworth. Barry: Sacred Hunger (This carefully researched novel follows the crew of theslave ship Liverpool Merchant as they finish construction, recruit sailors, purchase slaves inAfrica and voyage across the Atlantic; meanwhile, the British ship owner's son stayshome to woo his beloved and perform a version of The Tempest.)Verghese, Abraham: Cutting for Stone (After the gripping opening scene in which adevout nun gives birth to twins, this poetic novel goes on to trace the paths of severalsurgeons practicing in an Ethiopian and then an American hospital.)Vonnegut, Kurt: Slaughterhouse Five (The protagonist, Billy Pilgrim, becomes “unstuck intime," and travels among points in his life, including the bombing of Dresden, Germanyin World War II and the planet Tralfamadore, whose inhabitants offer anotherperspective on gender, death, and time.)Wharton, Edith: The Age of Innocence (A satiric novel about social life in New York in the1870s that, through the life of a young lawyer, raises questions about expectations andimagination, obedience and unconventionality, marriage and romance.)Wolff, Tobias: Old School (Based on the author's own experiences and set after the eventstold in his memoir This Boy's Life, this nostalgic novel vividly describes life at a 1960sboys' boarding school. It highlights the visits of famous writers while also delving intothe narrator's own struggles as a budding writer and maturing young man.)Woolf, Virginia: Mrs. Dalloway (A stream-of-consciousness account of a day in the life ofClarissa Dalloway as she walks through post World War I London, prepares for andhosts a party, and reflects on her life and times. Woolf's story is the basis for MichaelCunningham's novel (and film), The Hours.)Wright, Richard: Black Boy (Black Boy is an autobiographical story about Richard Wright'sbecoming a writer. Raised in the South, he encountered overt racism and abject povertythat could have deterred him from achieving his dreams. This bildungsroman exploreshow the human spirit can overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles.)

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLYezierska, Anzia: Bread Givers (A Jewish immigrant girl asserts her independence to getan education and makes choices about assimilation.)Zuckoff, Mitchell: Lost in Shangri-La (When a transport plane carrying sightseeingAmerican servicemen and women crashes near a beautiful and unmapped valley deepwithin Dutch New Guinea, three wounded survivors must fend for themselves. Thistrue-life adventure story chronicles their attempts to heal and attract help, all whiletraversing a jungle home to warring tribes of spear-carrying cannibals who have neverbefore encountered a white man—or woman.) You may also be interested in Zuckoff’sjust-published Frozen in Time, which chronicles a dramatic search-and-rescue missionfollowing the 1942 crash of a U.S. cargo plane in the Arctic wilderness.Senior English Elective BooksALIENS: The Hours, Michael CunninghamCULTURE CLASH: Things Fall Apart, Chinua AchebeDOPPELGANGERS AND DISTORTED MIRRORS: The Life of Pi, Yann MartelFICTION WRITING: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Anne LamottGENDER ALCHEMY: Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher StoweMOBY DICK: A WHALE OF A WORK: In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel PhilbrickAND “Bartleby the Scrivener,” Herman MelvillePILGRIM SOULS: A Month in the Country, James Lloyd CarrSHAKESPEARE: Henry IV, Part I (Pelican edition)SIBLING BONDS AND RIVALRIES: Swamplandia!, Karen RussellTRUE STORIES AND THE PERSONAL ESSAY: The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls

HISTORY DEPARTMENTGrade 10BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLGlobal History II: Modern World HistoryKing Leopold’s Ghost Adam HochschildA gripping account of how King Leopold II of Belgium took over the Congo and hisbrutal treatment of its native peoples. The narrative focuses on the unlikely hero EdmundMorel, a Liverpool shipping agent who discovered Leopold’s atrocities and workedtirelessly to end them.The Girl from Foreign Sadia ShepardThe author sets out to fulfill her grandmother's dying wish that she learn about herheritage. Her grandmother grew up among the Bene Israel, a small Jewish community inIndia; when she married a Muslim, she left Judaism and, eventually, India, and adoptedthe name Rahat Siddiqi.Women of the Silk Gail TsukiyamaThe author takes her readers back to rural China in 1926, where a group of women forgea sisterhood amidst the reeling machines that reverberate and clamor in a vast silkfactory from dawn to dusk. Leading the first strike the village has ever seen, the youngwomen use the strength of their ambition, dreams, and friendship to achieve the freedomthey could never have hoped for on their own.Daughter of Fortune Isabel AllendeRaised in the British colony of Valparaiso, Chile after being abandoned as a baby, apregnant Eliza follows her lover to California at the height of the Gold Rush and findsadventure and adversity on her road to independence and love. This novel exposes thereader to mid-nineteenth-century life in the bustling ports of Chile, Great Britain,Northern California, and China.Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA novel set during the civil war in 1960s Nigeria. The story is about the Igbo people ofEastern Nigeria, who seceded from Nigeria in 1967. It focuses on the lives of twin sistersfrom an elite family, but it is broadly about the impact of this disastrous and bloodypolitical conflict on the Igbo across class lines.From the Land of Green Ghosts Pascal Khoo ThweIn this memoir, Khoo Thwe recounts his upbringing in a Catholic town in Burma, as oneof the Padaung people. Khoo Thwe was a political activist while in university in the1980s, during the repressive dictatorship of General U Ne Win. He ends up a politicalrefugee in England.

US in the Modern World IBUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLCatch 22 Joseph HellerFifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of Americanliterature and one of the funniest—and most celebrated—books of all time. Set in Italyduring World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier,Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are tryingto kill him.Grade 11All US History CoursesCommon Ground J. Anthony LukasThe climax of this humane account of ten years in Boston that began with news of MartinLuther King's assassination is a watershed moment in the city's modern history--the 1974riots that followed the court-ordered busing of kids to integrate the schools. Lukasfocuses on two working-class families, one headed by an Irish-American widow and oneby an African-American mother, and on the middle-class family of a white liberal couple.A Hope in the Unseen Ron SuskindCedric Jennings is the illegitimate son of an off-and-on drug dealer/ex-con and ahardworking, badly paid mother; it is her single-minded vision to have the boy escapethe mean ghetto streets unscathed. Cedric has listened to her and is, as the book opens, anA student at a run-down, dispirited Washington, DC, high school, where he treads a thinline between being tagged a nerd and being beaten by gang leaders. Suskind, a WallStreet Journal reporter, follows the African-American youth through his last two years ofhigh school and freshman year at Brown University.The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm XMalcolm X's searing memoir belongs on the small shelf of great autobiographies. Thereasons are many: the blistering honesty with which he recounts his transformation froma bitter, self-destructive petty criminal into an articulate political activist, the continuedrelevance of his militant analysis of white racism, and his emphasis on self-respect andself-help for African Americans. Although many believe his ethic was directly opposed toMartin Luther King Jr.'s during the civil rights struggle of the '60s, the two were not sodifferent.Out of this Furnace Thomas BellUsing a narrative style that relies on information gathered from several primary sources,this novel describes the struggles faced by workers in the steel industry outsidePittsburgh. It follows several generations in one particular family; themes stressed in itinclude immigration, assimilation, and the obstacles faced by organized labor.

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLThe Burning Tim MadiganA gripping account of the 1921 Tulsa race riots.The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that ChangedAmerica Erik LawsonNot long after Jack the Ripper haunted the ill-lit streets of 1888 London, H.H. Holmesmurdered somewhere between 27 and 200 people, mostly single young women, in thechurning new metropolis of Chicago. Many of the murders occurred during the city'sfinest moment, the World's Fair of 1893. Larson's book is a novelistic yet wholly factualaccount of the fair and the mass murderer who lurked within it.Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir Doris Kearns GoodwinWhen historian Goodwin was six years old, her father taught her how to keep score for"their" team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. While this activity forged a lifelong bond betweenfather and daughter, her mother formed an equally strong relationship with her throughthe shared love of reading. Goodwin recounts some wonderful stories in this coming-ofagetale about both her family and an era when baseball truly was the national pastimethat brought whole communities together.The Things They Carried Tim O’BrienA powerful collection of interrelated short pieces on the experiences of ten US soldiers ofthe Alpha Company fighting in Vietnam.All the President’s Men Carl Bernstein and Bob WoodwardJournalists Carl Bernstein and Bob deliver the stunning revelations and pieces in theWatergate puzzle that brought about Nixon's scandalous downfall.Mother Night Kurt VonnegutAmerican Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israelas a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallowshumor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict thatwill haunt us all.All Souls: A Family Story from Southie Michael Patrick MacDonaldIn this plainly written, powerful memoir, MacDonald, now 32, details not only his ownstory of growing up in Southie, Boston's Irish Catholic enclave, but examines the myriadways in which the media and law enforcement agencies exploit marginalized workingclasscommunities.A Lost Lady Willa CatherMrs. Forrester, the protagonist of this 1923 novel, witnesses the frontier vanish as thepioneer spirit is supplanted by an ethos of acquisitive commercialism.

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLUS in the Modern World IIA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark TwainElectives:Modern ChinaBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Dai SijiePsychologyNo summer readingSummer Research Seminar**to be arranged individually with the instructor**Macroeconomics APNaked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science Charles WheelanEurope APWolf Hall Hilary MantelGlobal EconomicsNaked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science Charles Wheelan20 th Century U. S. Social and Cultural HistoryRagtime E. L DoctorowU.S. Government & Politics AGame Change Mark Halperin and John HeilemannWorld ReligionsDestiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes Tamim Ansari

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLGENERAL SUMMER READING LIST 2013Fiction11-23-63, by Stephen KingIf you could time travel and stop a tragedy, would you? A modern English teacherdiscovers a portal to 1963, and travels back to attempt to change the past and prevent theassassination of President Kennedy.Ahab’s Wife: or, the star-gazer, by Sena Jeter Naslund“Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last,” says Una Spenser, the titlecharacter of this historical novel. Adventurous, curious, passionate, and kind, Una’s richlyimagined story takes us to early 19 th century New England where we meet abolitionists, thefounders of Unitarian Universalism, and explore Una’s own fascinating life.American Gods, by Neil GaimanShadow has been released from prison early after his wife is killed in an accident.Rootless, he takes a job traveling across the United States with the mysterious Mr.Wednesday. Wednesday, however, isn’t human; he is one of many gods brought toNorth America by immigrants hiding in the form of humans, gathering forces for one lastfight against the new gods -- of technology.The Art Forger, by Barbara A. ShapiroFact: 1:00 am, March 18, 1990, $500 million worth of art was stolen from the IsabellaStewart Gardner Museum. Fiction: Over 20 years later, young artist Claire Rothunexpectedly discovers the key to the mysterious and shocking theft. Powerful galleryowners and collectors, artist scandals and affairs, plus Mrs. Gardner’s own amazinghistory come together in this absorbing novel.The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth SteinLife, as seen through the eyes of Enzo, a pet dog who spends his days studying hisprofessional race car driver master and dreaming of the day he will be reborn as a man.The Book Thief, by Marcus ZusakDeath narrates this deceptively simple story of a girl growing up in small town NaziGermany. Liesl lives with her foster parents and a hidden Jewish boxer, stealing thingswith her best friend Rudy to get by, eventually stealing just the books of the mayor’s wifewhen she learns to read.Boy 21, by Matthew QuickBy the author of The Silver Linings Playbook, this book is about friendship, sacrifice,secrets, organized crime, and basketball. If your coach asked you confidentially not onlyto befriend a traumatized kid who thought he was an alien, but also to potentially giveup your starting position on the basketball team to the same kid, would you do it?The Brothers K, by David James DuncanFor 1950’s minor league pitcher Papa Chance, an injury is a career ender; for us it is justthe beginning of the story of the Chance family through to the Vietnam War. His foursons and two daughters react very differently to the events around them, but are alwaysa family.

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLThe Call of the Wild, by Jack LondonIn the classic novel, domestic dog Buck is taken from his California ranch and turned intoa sled dog in the Yukon during the heat of the Gold Rush. In order to survive, he mustadapt to become more primal; he must hear the call of the wild!Caucasia, by Danzy SennaA biracial family with two daughters moves between black militants and whitesuburbanites exploring the complicated legacies of race.The Christmas Kid & Other Stories, by Pete HamillPete Hamill loves New York. This is the Brooklyn of his post-World War II youth andthe immigrant experiences of his neighborhood. Told with great heart, you can see hisscruffy friends, hear their Brooklyn accents, meet the good neighbors and the bigots, andread about their romances and conflicts. Though these stories take place in the lastcentury, the encounters and emotions of the characters are instantly recognizable.Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth WeinThis is a story of friendship, courage, and two young British women during World WarII. One is a pilot, and the other, her best friend, who has been captured and held as a spyin Nazi-occupied France. Thrilling and frightening, it is both heartbreaking and heartwarming, and captivates the reader with the warmth of its characters.Corelli’s Mandolin, by Louis de BerniersA love story, a war story, and the story of one town, this epic tale begins just beforeWorld War II arrives in a small Greek island, and ends there many decades later,following the story of Captain Antonio Corelli, part of the Italian invasion, and Pelagia,the local doctor’s daughter.Daughter of Smoke and Bone, by Laini TaylorOrphaned art student Karou has a curious adoptive family, and an even more curiousjob: collecting teeth for a secretive buyer. Her life derails when what appears to be afurious, angel-like being begins tracking and possibly attempting to murder her in thisfantasy title.Dovekeepers, by Alice HoffmanTwo-thousand-years ago, 900 Jews held the Roman army at bay from the summit ofMasada after their Temple was destroyed. Four women narrate this spellbinding tale offaith and endurance.Empire Falls, by Richard RussoRecently divorced Miles Roby is the owner of the Empire Grill, the local gathering spotfor gossip and grub in Empire Falls, a small, dying mill town in central Maine, and thefather of a teenage daughter is dealing with her own problems at the local high school.Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott CardAt only six-years-old, Ender Wiggin, identified by secret government officials as aMachiavellian boy genius, is sent away to Battle School to learn to command the militaryof the future. Unbeknownst to him, he is the last hope of the human race.

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLLonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtryTwo washed-up, retired Texas Rangers set out with a few hands, a boy, and a woman ona cattle run; they won’t all survive it. Filled with the staples of typical Western stories(cowboys, Native Americans, rattlers, romance, adventure), this is no simple story.The Name of the Rose, by Umberto EcoCalled in to investigate heresy within the Abbey, Brother William is confronted withseven deaths in seven days. Armed with voracious curiosity, he collects evidence, anddeciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts to unravel this twisted mystery. Thisdetective story for puzzlers takes place in a Franciscan monastery in 1357.The Once and Future King, by T.H. WhiteThis is the masterful, epic story of King Arthur, his youth and early reign, his mature yearsof envisioning the Round Table and pursuing the Holy Grail, and finally, his tragic end.One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia MarquezA lyrical masterpiece by the master of magical realism, this classic, epic title has beentranslated into hundreds of languages. In the small town of Macondo, the members ofthe Buendia family live out their lives across many decades, revolutions, romances, and alot of passion.Paper Towns, by John GreenWhat do you do when the girl next door you’ve secretly loved since 3 rd gradeunexpectedly breaks into your bedroom in the middle of the night, takes you on an epicadventure, and then promptly disappears? If you’re anything like Quentin, you’re goingto try to find her. This book is witty, pensive, mysterious, sweet, and wickedly fun to read.The Passage, by Justin CroninThere is nothing sparkly about the vampires in this epic novel. After something goeshorribly awry following secret government experiments on human subjects, a plague isunleashed that alters the DNA of humans to become horrifying blood-thirsty creatures.Humanity is nearly extinct, but a few souls have survived, and may be closer to a curethan they realize.The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen ChboskyCharlie has every reason to feel like a wallflower; his best friend just committed suicideand everyone else seems to have had a personality change over the summer beforefreshman year. Charlie copes by sending letters to an anonymous friend, and begins tofind his place as he befriends some seniors who tell it like it is but always have your back.The Quantum Thief, by Hannu RajaniemiIn this exciting, debut science-fiction novel, thief Jean Le Flambeur is rescued from prisonby Mieli, and taken in her unique spaceship to a place on Mars called the Oubliette.Meanwhile, an investigator receives information in a robbery pointing to someone whosename is Le Flambeur.

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLSalvage the Bones, by Jesmyn WardMississippi poverty, a threatening hurricane, and a dysfunctional family, leave Esch,14 years old and pregnant, desperate to find a ray of hope in the bleak circumstances thatcontinue to rain down on her unfortunate family.Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz-ZafonAs a child growing up in Franco’s Spain, Daniel finds a rare and possibly cursed booktitled The Shadow of the Wind, written by the mysterious Julian Carax. He learns that aman is seeking and burning all copies of the book, and becomes almost obsessed withdiscovering the truth behind it.Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan DoyleWatson has recently returned from war due to an injury, and is seeking a roommate.When he meets and moves in with Sherlock Holmes, a timeless partnership is formed.This is the first ever novel about the detective, in which he will solve more than onemurder, drive Watson crazy, and cement his place in literary history.Someone Knows My Name, by Lawrence HillAnita is kidnapped from Africa by slavers in 1745, survives the ocean voyage, andescapes from her South Carolina owner during the chaos of the Revolutionary War. Thebook spans her life through harrowing times as she fulfills her life promise to make itback to her beloved Africa.Stolen, by Lucy ChristopherImagine this scenario: you are abducted from the airport by a handsome stranger, only towake up in the Australian Outback, the only two people for hundreds of miles, anddiscover that he has been following you and planning this for years. Could you ever stopbeing afraid and try to escape? Could you ever forgive him?The Submission, by Amy WaldmanIn this work of fiction, a committee blindly chooses the design of a September 11 thmemorial, only to discover that the architect is a Muslim-American. This absorbing storycombines the people, prejudices, and politics of post-9/11 America.Time and Again, by Jack FinneyOne day, Si steps out of his apartment and into the New York City winter of 1882. It ishard to believe, but he’s got the photographs to prove it. This classic time travel romancebrings the New York City of the 19 th century come to life.What is the What, by Dave EggersValentino Achak Deng left home at age 7, and with thousands of other children, made hisway across the Sudan to avoid the wars ravaging his country. Though this is afictionalized memoir, it is based on Deng’s true experience of being one of the Lost Boys.What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, by Nathan EnglanderHow does one define love? Is orthodoxy more righteous than secular practice? Do weshare universal morality, regardless of religious heritage? In these eight stories we findthought-provoking situations and conversations, many both funny and sad.

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLThe Yellow Birds, by Kevin PowersCritics have referred to this novel as The Things They Carried of the Iraq War. Poetical andlyrical, this is the story of Private Bartle, the promise he made to Private Murphy’smother to keep him safe, how things go wrong, and how Bartle copes with civilian lifewhen it is all said and done.Zorro, by Isabel AllendeBorn to an aristocratic Spanish father and a Shoshone mother, Diego de la Vega was theman who wore Zorro’s mask. His crisis of identity and love for an unattainable womanmake for captivating reading.MemoirThe Caliph’s House: a year in Casablanca, by Tahir ShahRemembering idyllic childhood vacations in Morocco, Tahir Shah moves his youngfamily to Casablanca determined to restore the long empty and once palatial Caliph’s(religious ruler’s) house – but first he must have the jinni exorcised! That’s just thebeginning of this funny and intriguing story of Shah’s encounters with ancient NorthAfrican culture in modern Morocco.How to be Black, by Baratunde ThurstonBaratunde Thurston, an editor at the Onion, has over 30 years of expertise on the subject,and is happy to share his experiences and thoughts. Helpful essays like “How to beBlack at Harvard,” “Where did you get that name?” and “How to be the next (Black)president,” compliment stories of his life. This memoir is thoughtful, comedic, andrecommended to fans of Kevin Hart.My Life in France, by Julia ChildIn 1948, Julia Child and her husband Paul arrived as diplomats in post-war France. Sheknew nothing about France, spoke no French, and only knew Paul. This didn’t stop Julia,though. She threw herself into French life, and enrolled in a cooking course at Le CordonBleu. What came after can be seen on TV!Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David SedarisIn laugh-out-loud essays, Sedaris recounts his early speech therapy sessions to correct alisp and moves on to his attempts to explain American culture in French to the French.Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Curethe World, by Tracy KidderPaul Farmer is a 44-year-old specialist in infectious diseases, an attending physician atBrigham and Women’s Hospital, and the founder of the international healthorganization, Partners in Health. You’ll travel from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, andRussia -- a few of the places where Farmer has improved medical delivery to the world’smost desperate.

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLThe Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream, by Sampson Davis,George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt and Lisa Frazier PageThey grew up on the streets of Newark, facing city life's temptations, pitfalls, even jail.But one day these three young men made a pact. They promised each other they wouldall become doctors, and stick it out together through the long, difficult journey to attainthat dream.She’s Not There: a life in two genders, by Jennifer Finney BoylanIt took forty years to accept that he had a secret. James Boylan, college English professorand best friend of author Richard Russo, shares his journey from male to female and, atlast be a person with no secrets.The Story of My Experiments with Truth, by Mahatma GandhiThough not an autobiography in the traditional sense – this book was written whenGandhi was only 52 and does not include all the usual background and detail of his life –Gandhi does tell the story of the events and struggles that led to his philosophy andbeliefs. In short, approachable chapters, his honest accounting makes for great, and eveninspirational, reading.Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl StrayedWhen life gets complicated, sometimes it is best to take a hike. Follow Cheryl, a smart,funny and intrepid 20-something, with her too-big backpack and her too-small boots asshe bravely/naively treks three months on the 1100 mile trail…solo.NonfictionBlades of Glory, by John RosengrenDiscover the story of hockey in Minnesota through the portrait of the Jefferson HighSchool Jaguars. Ranked first among high school teams, the "truth and beauty" of thegame are revealed.The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, by Michael LewisWelcome to the wacky world money and finance, of subprime mortgages, CDOs, giganticegos, and questionable get-rich-quick schemes. Witty and outrageous, it would be funnyif it weren't the real story of the financial meltdown of 2008.Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has NeverSeen, by Christopher McDougallMexico’s Tarahumara Indians are the greatest runners in the world. Though unlike therest of us, when they run 50 miles, they enjoy it. Christopher McDougall set off to learntheir secrets and challenge himself to run a Tarahumara race.Bringing Down the House: the inside story of six M.I.T. students who took Vegas formillions, by Ben MezrichMIT students are known to be smart, motivated, and mathematically minded. In 1993, agroup of students and their math professor bested the blackjack tables in Las Vegas andwon over 3 million dollars, all by figuring out the secrets of winning at the game.

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLCandyfreak: a journey through the chocolate underbelly of America, by Steve AlmondRegretting that his beloved Caravelle candy bar (crispy center with caramel dipped inchocolate) is no more, Almond (yes, his real name), a self-confessed candyholic, journeysAmerica to meet the small manufacturers still making the good stuff. From a chocolateengineer in a Vermont gourmet chocolate lab to the peanut roasters at Goldenberg’sPeanut Chew headquarters, your mouth will be watering when it isn’t laughing.The Cruelest Miles: the Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic,by Gay SalisburyIn 1925, with a blizzard brewing, the isolated community of Nome, Alaska was beingravaged by a diphtheria outbreak; the closest medicine was a thousand miles away. Thisis the gripping tale of the men and dogs who raced through treacherous conditions todeliver the life-saving serum.The Education of a Coach, by David HalberstamBill Belichick was analyzing plays from the time he was a nine-year-old, but this is morethan just a simple biography. Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, Halberstam, bringsinsight to the work, intelligence, and strength it takes to build and maintain achampionship team.Essays, by E.B. WhiteBest known for the classic Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White (1899-1989) was a prolific authorand essayist for the New Yorker and other publications. His short essays are nostalgic,comedic, and timeless.Fermat’s Enigma: the epic quest to solve the world’s greatest mathematical problem,by Simon SinghIn 1993, a Princeton mathematician announced that he had solved a math problem; this,however, was a math problem that people had been striving for over 350 years to solve.Exploring the history of those who tried to solve it through the centuries, this is less astory of math than it is a story of human dedication, perseverance, and sacrifice.Ghost Soldiers: the Epic Account of World War II’s Greatest Rescue Mission,by Hampton SidesFor three years, nearly 500 POW survivors of the 1942 Bataan Death march lived inmisery until their secret rescue by 121 Army Rangers, working with a Filipino guerillaforce. This is an amazing yet true account of determination and survival.The Greatest Game Ever Played, by Mark FrostIn 1913, 20 year-old Francis Ouimet, an amateur golfer who taught himself the game bycaddying for The Country Club in Brookline, MA, overcame incredible odds to win theU.S. Open – the first time a pro was denied the win. An amazing story, it is almost toogood to be true…but it is.In Defense of Food, by Michael PollanPacked with information, this short book covers both 20th century food science andcommon sense solutions for the problems we Americans face when two-thirds of us areoverweight and many will develop type 2 diabetes. Eat when you’re hungry, but eatwholesomely. Be healthy.

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca SklootThe discovery of HeLa cells was a breakthrough for modern science. Still living, thesecells were taken from Henrietta Lacks, a poor, dying African American woman, withouther consent or that of her family. This work explores the ethics, benefits, and legacy ofher cells.In the Garden of Beasts, Eric LarsenIn 1933, Berlin, the naïve U.S. Ambassador, his wife, grown son and flirtatious daughterenter the bewildering, and – for the observant – harrowing world of the dawn of the Nazitakeover of Germany. It reads like fiction, but it’s not.Joy of Pi, by David BlattnerThis is an intriguing little gem that explores the many facets of pi, including memorydevices to help memorize pi to hundreds of places. There are pi-inspired cartoons,poems, and jokes to foster new affection for the funny little symbol.Mornings on Horseback: the story of an extraordinary family, a vanished way of life,and the unique child who became Theodore Roosevelt by David McCulloughTeddy Roosevelt is easily considered one of the more prolific Presidents in United StatesHistory. But before he could grow his iconic moustache and don his spectacles, he was achronically asthmatic little boy in the shadows of many siblings and glamorous parentsin the Badlands. This is his story.A Moveable Feast, by Ernest HemingwayErnest Hemingway remembers life as a young man in the 1920’s. Peopled with theliterary figures he knew – Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound – this is both afascinating and revealing book about life between the wars and the man who went on towrite The Sun Also Rises.El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency, by Ioan GrilloNew reports tell of increasing violence in Mexico, but what is really going on south of theborder? Is the American black market the cause? Grillo explores the history, culture, andpolitics behind El Narco, which is not just one gang, but a frightening and highlymilitarized industry.Nothing to Envy: ordinary lives in North Korea, by Barabara DemickIf you were hung up on the Hunger Games, read about the real life dystopia that is NorthKorea. Told through the stories of everyday North Koreans, it is terrifying, timely, and true.Open, by Andre AgassiDespite achieving enormous success as a professional tennis player by the age of twentytwo,Andre Agassi found himself to be less than satisfied with his seemingly perfect life,resenting the sport that made him famous.Playing the Enemy, by John CarlinNelson Mandela was not always the respected former South African president he istoday. Following the tumultuous end of apartheid, he needed to work to gain thesupport of many South Africans. He settled on using the national rugby team toimprobably unite his conflicted country.

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLThe Red Rose Crew: a True Story of Women, Winning and Water, by Daniel J. BoyneWomen’s sports teams did not get much recognition in 1975. The Red Rose Crew is thebiography of the first United States women’s rowing team to enter into the first Olympicsthat women were ever allowed to compete in -- their challenges, heartbreak, anddetermination.Rin Tin Tin: the life and the legend, by Susan OrleanOnce the biggest grossing star in Hollywood, this German shepherd was found on aWWI battlefield by the young soldier who adopted him and brought him to Hollywood.Lee Duncan devoted his life to Rinty as the dog became a symbol of loyalty, courage, andheart. From silent films to 1960s television, Rin Tin Tin – and his progeny (both real andnot so much)– became “America’s dog.”Seabiscuit, by Laura HillenbrandDuring the great depression of the 1930's, a novice horse owner, an antisocial cowboytrainer, a half-blind, too-tall jockey and an ornery, undersized racehorse join forces tocreate a champion.Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans who Risked Everything to SolveOne of the Last Mysteries of World War II, by Robert KursonIn 1991, two weekend recreational scuba divers discovered the wreck of a WWII GermanU-boat off of the New Jersey coast. How did it get there? Whose bones lie in thewreckage?A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill BrysonBill Bryson likes to try new things and explore new topics, but he takes a huge risk whenhe decides to undertake the topic for this book: the history of everything. His writing issometimes funny, sometimes profound, but always creative, thoughtful, and fun to read.Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: the epic life and immortal photographs of EdwardCurtis, by Timothy EganHe was the Indiana Jones with a camera in his day. Edward Curtis’s goal to photographevery Native American tribe created a 20 volume work that is one of America’s nationaltreasures. Walk in his shoes from the offices of the President and J.P. Morgan, to thewilderness, deserts, and islands to which he travelled to convince the reluctant to posefor his camera.Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Mary RoachPeople Magazine hit the nail on the head when it called this book “morbidly entertaining.”This is a humorous, but never disrespectful, exploration of the world of cadavers.The Tipping Point, by Malcolm GladwellFor every fad, trend, or idea to take off, there has to be a tipping point: a moment when asmall change yields big results. Popular author and New Yorker staff writer, Gladwellexplores this idea in modern society.

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLWhere Men Win Glory: the Odyssey of Pat Tillman, by Jon KrakauerTurning down a multi-million NFL contract, Pat Tillman joined the Army to fight inAfghanistan. Two years later, he was killed, but not by enemy fire. Krakauer documentsthe as-yet unresolved circumstances of Tillman’s death, and the government cover-upthat attempted to hide the truth.Note: We are indebted to the Cooperative Library Association for many of the recommendationsand annotations for these books, and to Amazon.com for many book descriptions.WORLD LANGUAGES DEPARTMENTARABICRising Arabic 2: Write a description of yourself and your family, and explain how youspent the summer.Rising Arabic 3,4:1) Handwrite a self-description to introduce yourself to your new Arabic teacher.2) Handwrite two hundred words per month (June, July, August) about your summeractivities.CHINESEChinese Proverb StoriesISBN 9781461106265Amazon.comBy Hongchen Wang & Yinong YangChinese II: need to purchase the book and read the first 10 storiesChinese III: no need to purchase the book, but need to read stories from 11-20.Chinese IV : no need to purchase the book, but need to read stories from 21-30.FRENCHThere is NO summer reading required for incoming ninth graders!Students entering French 2 and French 2 Honors (Grade 10 only):Un été pas comme les autres, by Huguette Zahler, Amsco Publication,ISBN 0-87720-479-9. Read chapters 1 to 10. Additional work for students entering French2 Honors: complete exercises A and B for each chapter.Students entering French 3:Un autre été pas comme les autres, by Huguette Zahler, Amsco Publication, ISBN 978-1-56765-337-3. Read chapters 29 to 33, complete exercises A and B for each chapter.

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLStudents entering French 3 Honors:Un papillon dans la cité, by Gisèle Pineau, Press Pocket, ISBN (or : Editions Sépia, ISBN2-907888-13-7).Students entering French 4: (correction added 5/22/13)C’est la vie, by Evelyne Amon, Mc Graw Hill Publisher, ISBN 0072824123. Read pages2 to 48 and answer questions pp. 23 to 24 and 49 to 50.Students entering French AP:L’étranger, by A. Camus, Gallimard, Folio, ISBN 2-07-039371-2. Read and take notes onPart 1.Students entering Fr5H Théâtre:Le Cid, by Pierre Corneille, Classiques Larousse, texte intégral, ISBN 2-03-871100-3 or2-03-871620-XStudents entering Fr5Cinéma:Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, by Eric‐Emmanuel Schmitt, Collection Classiques etContemporains, Magnard Publisher, ISBN 2‐210 75467‐4.Bonne lecture!LATINLATIN 3, 4, 5Latin 3: Saylor, Steven, Catilina's Riddle (Ivy books/Ballantine Publishing, 1993)0-8041-1269-XLatin 4 AP: Homer, The Iliad, Trans. by Robert Fagles (Viking Penquin Classics,1991) 0-14-044592-7 (Students may use any other edition also.)Required: Books 1, 2, 7, 9, 16, 18, 22, 24Recommended: The remaining booksLatin 4/5: Selected poems provided by teacher from Norton AnthologyRUSSIANRUSSIAN 1 -> RUSSIAN 2The summer provides a wonderful opportunity to review some of this year’s material, tolearn a few new words, and to practice your real-world skills with reading and listening.Textbook: Memorize the endings on p. 313; Complete 5:7; Watch the whole Live fromRussia! Video (dvd in back of the book)

Workbook: Homework Days 5:4, 5:6BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLSUPPER SCHOOLVocabulary: Review Units 3, 4; Learn Unit 5 (non-italics).Other Resources:Moscow Echo Radio: http://www.moskva.fm/play/4015/translation?adv=echomskBBC Russian Multimedia: http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/multimedia/Rambler.ru (Russian news/search portal): http://www.rambler.ru/Apps:Russian Poetry App: “Verses of Russian Poets”Russian Radio App: “Internet Radio PCRadio”Russian: “Hangman Russian (Viselitsa)”Podcasts:Чехов: http://chehov1.rpod.ru/SPANISHPlease note that there is NO summer reading required for incoming ninth graders!Spanish 2 Students can go to the teacher’s website and download the PDFhttp://bbns.haikulearning.com/rsanchezgomez/spanish2/cms_page/viewSpanish 2 Honors Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio QuirogaMs. Caso will share the story with students through email, google drive or school server.Spanish 3 Students will find the book in the following link.http://www.emdl.fr/uploads/telechargements/catalogue/espagnol/lectures_es/gael/Gael-y-la-red.pdfSpanish 3 Honors El delantal blanco, Sergio Vodanovichttp://www.eslconnect.com/apspanish/eldelantalblanco.htmlSpanish 4Project on the Internet. Ms. Evans will email students directly.Spanish AP LanguageCuentos de Eva Luna, Isabel Allende ISBN-978-84-9759-252-9Dos palabrasEl oro de Tomás VargasLo más olvidado del olvidoDe barro estamos hechosSpanish 5 cinemaCajas de cartón, Francisco JiménezISBN: 0-618-22616-8 Houghton Mifflin CompanyRead the first three chapters.Spanish 5 Honors La casa de Bernarda Alba, Federico García LorcaStudents can go to the teacher’s website and download the PDF.http://bbns.haikulearning.com/rsanchezgomez/spanish5honors/cms_page/view/2798680