West Broward High School

Suggested Titles for Bobcat Summer 2011 Reading

Students will be expected to complete in their English and Reading class a project, assignment or assessment related to their summer reading.
In addition to the suggested titles listed for each grade, students in any grade may also read ANY of the
15 books from the 2011-2012 Florida Teens Read list. (See Page 2)
9th Grade
Reading and Regular English / They Cage the Animals at Night – Jennings Michael Burch
Honors / The Chocolate War – Robert Cormier
10th Grade
Honors / Fahrenheit 451 -- Ray Bradbury
Reading and Regular English
(Choose one) / Hawk Channel Chase -- Tom Corcoran
Air Dance Iguana -- Tom Corcoran
Octopus Alibi -- Tom Corcoran
11th Grade
Reading and Regular English
(Choose one) / The Thief Lord – Cornelia Funke,
Tuesdays With Morrie – Mitch Albom
Choose any one book from the Florida Teens Read list below.
Honors
(Choose one) / The House on Mango Street – Sandra Cisneros
The Namesake – Lahiri Jhumpa
AP
(Choose one) / A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khalid Hosseini (mature themes)
East of Eden – John Steinbeck
12th Grade
Reading and Regular English
(Choose one) / The Color Purple – Alice Walker
Choose any one book from the Florida Teens Read list below
Honors
(Choose 2 of the 3) / Fallen Angels - Walter Dean Myers
The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
All the King’s Men - Robert Penn Warren
AP
(read both) / Macbeth: William Shakespeare (online)
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/title/m/macbeth.html
How to Read Literature Like a Professor – Thomas C. Foster
2011-2012 “Florida Teens Read” Books
Borderline – Allan Stratton
Bruiser –Neal Shusterman
Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares – Rachel Cohn
Dirty Little Secrets – Cynthia Jaynes
Girl in Translation – Jean Kwok
Heist Society – Ally Carter
Incarceron – Catherine Fisher / The Maze Runner – James Dashner
The Miles Between – Mary Pearson
The Orange Houses – Paul Griffin
Paranormalcy– Kiersten White
Ship Breaker – Bacigalupi, Paolo
Swat -- Avashti Swati
Stitches: A Memoir – David Small

Some titles may contain explicit language or content. Synopses of all titles are available at http://www.floridamedia.org/?page=Flo_Teen_Nominations. Books may be borrowed from local libraries or purchased.