Glen Ridge High School
200 Ridgewood Avenue
Glen Ridge, NJ 07028
June 2016
Dear Eleventh Grade CP Students:
The English Department of Glen Ridge High School believes that summer reading is the best way for a student to continue the learning process and make transitions to new classes. Therefore, we are requiring you to read the novel All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr over the summer in preparation for your eleventh grade English course. This novel was published in 2014, and it won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The book is currently available in hardcover and e-Book editions, such as Kindle and NOOK book. You will be assessed on the reading within the first week of your return to school in September.
Additionally, a list of suggested readings for your enrichment is on the back of this letter.
Have a restful, healthy and productive summer. READ ON!
Sincerely,
The GRHS English Department
ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH STUDENTS
REQUIRED READING:
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE - Doerr
SUGGESTED READING:
FICTION
EMMA – Austen
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE – Austen
ROBINSON CRUSOE - Defoe
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST – Wide
FIGHT CLUB - Palahniuk
HOWARD’S END – E. M. Forster
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES – Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
BRAVE NEW WORLD – Huxley
STATION ELEVEN – Mandel
THE STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIRKY - Zevin
THE INVENTION OF WINGS - Kidd
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE – Burgess
TINKER, TAYLOR, SOLDIER, SPY – Le Carre
THE HANDMAID’S TALE – Atwood
AMERICAN GODS – Gaiman
NEVER LET ME GO - Ishiquro
THUNDERBALL (a James Bond novel) - Fleming
WHITE TEETH –Smith
THE WATCHMEN – Moore and Gibbons
NON-FICTION
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT – Brown
THE GREAT BRIDGE: THE EPIC STORY OF THE BUILDING OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE – McCullough
DEAD WAKE: THE LAST CROSSING OF THE LUSITANIA – Larson
BEYOND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS: LIFE, DEATH AND HOPE IN A MUMBAI UNDERCITY - Boo