11th Grade Summer Reading List
AP, Honors, College Prep A and B, and Resource Center
AP English 11: Students are required to read all threeof the following classic books.
Native Son by Richard WrightMovie Trailer
Trapped in the poverty-stricken ghetto of Chicago's South Side, a young African-American man finds release only in acts of violence.
Beloved by Toni MorrisonMovie Trailer
Sethe, an escaped slave who now lives in post-Civil War Ohio, has borne the unthinkable and works hard at "beating back the past." She struggles to keep Beloved, an intruder, from gaining possession of her present while throwing off the legacy of her past.
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Movie Trailer
The personal, often painful, histories of four Chinese American women who began meeting in San Francisco in 1949 to play MahJong, are revealed as the daughter of one who has died searches for her sisters in China to tell them about the mother they never knew.
Honors English 11: Students are required to read the assigned ClassicBook. In addition, they must choose one Contemporary Book from the list below.
Classic Book:
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Movie Trailer
An American, injured while volunteering as an ambulance driver for the Italian army during World War I, falls in love with his nurse and becomes disillusioned with the war.
CPA and CPB English 11: Students are required to read oneContemporary Book from the list below.
Contemporary Books
I am Malala by Malala YousafzaiMovie Trailer
Malala Yousafzai's describes her fight to get education for girls under Taliban rule, the parental support she received to pursue an education, and the retaliation which she faced from the Taliban which tried to kill her.
230 pages.
The Greatest: Muhammed Ali by Walter Dean Myers. Movie Trailer
The life of Muhammed Ali, both inside the boxing ring and outside, where he fought just as hard for civil rights, is recounted in exciting detail by this this well-known young adult author.
172 pages.
I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-JacksonMovie Trailer
Elli Friedmann, who was taken at age 13 tothe Auschwitz concentration camp when the Nazis invaded her native Hungary in 1944, details her experiences.
224 pages.
Fangirl by Ken Baker.Movie Trailer
Freshman songwriting loner Josie Brant and famous rocker Peter Max are brought together after Josie's friend's betrayal.
271 pages.
Bleachers by John GrishamMovie Trailer
When his old coach dies, high school football star Neely Crenshaw returns to his hometown after fifteen years, reunites with his former teammates, and struggles to resolve his mixed feelings about the man.
229 pages.
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan KielyMovie Trailer
Racial profiling and police brutality become personal in this story, as sixteen- year- old Rashad is beaten for a crime he did not commit and his classmateQuinn is forced to decide whether or not to come forward with the truth of what he saw.
316 pages.
Hoop City by Scott Blumenthal and Brett Hodus
Twin brothers, growing up in New York City, both dream of NBA careers. When one of them makes a bad choicewhich ends in his paralysis, the other must go on without him.
130 pages.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordMovie Trailer
Henry Lee, a Chinese-American in Seattle, struggles with the anti-Japanese feelings of his father and the generational differences with his own son, as he reflects back on his youth during World War II when his Japanese-American friend Keiko and her family were sent to an internment camp.
301 pages.
Tell Me Three Things by Julie BuxbaumMovie Trailer
Sixteen-year old Jessie, still grieving over her mother's death, must move from Chicago to "The Valley," with a new stepfamily but no new friends until an anonymous fellow student emails and offers to help her navigate the school's treacherous social waters.
329 pages.