Book List: 2016-2017
Notes on the book list:
Please order books marked with an asterisk by the ISBN. This is the number following the title and author or editor of the book.
Please note the summer assignments at the end of each reading list.
AP English Literature and Composition
*Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama 6th edition (978-0673525093)
*5 Steps to a 5 (978-0071846288)
*Keys To Great Writing (978-1-58297-492-7)
*How to Read Literature Like a Professor (978-0-06-00942-7)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (any complete edition)
Book List: 2016-2017
Notes on the book list:
Please order books marked with an asterisk by the ISBN. This is the number following the title and author or editor of the book.
Please note the summer assignments at the end of each reading list.
AP English Literature and Composition
*Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama 6th edition (978-0673525093)
*5 Steps to a 5 (978-0071846288)
*Keys To Great Writing (978-1-58297-492-7)
*How to Read Literature Like a Professor (978-0-06-00942-7)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (any complete edition)
*So We Read On by Maureen Corrigan (978-0316230063)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (any complete edition)
The Power and the Glory By Graham Greene (any complete edition)
The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne (Book provided in class)
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (Book provided in class)
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (any edition)
*Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe (978-0743297318)
Plays and poetry in Literature textbook
Summer reading assignment: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
AP English Language and Composition
*Barron’s AP English Language and Composition, 6th Edition (978-1438004969)
*Keys To Great Writing (978-1-58297-492-7)
A Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting Ahead by Charles Murray (any edition)
*The Bedford Reader, Tenth Edition by X.J. Kennedy and others (978-0-312-66779-5)
An Education For Our Time by Josiah Bunting (any edition)
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman by Richard P. Feynman (any edition)
West With The Night by Beryl Markham (any edition)
American Essays (Provided in class)
Sports Essays (Provided in class)
The Writer’s Workshop (Provided in class)
With Love and Prayers (Provided in class)
Summer reading assignment: Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman by Richard P. Feynman
3Rs I
Writer’s Inc. (provided in class)
*Harp and Laurel Wreath edited by Laura Berquist (ISBN 0-89870-716-1)
*Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation by Jane Straus (978-1118785560)
The Bible (King James or RSV recommended)
Gift of the Magi (0-486-27061-0)
Importance of Being Earnest (provided in class)
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and A Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall (any edition)
Animal Farm by George Orwell (any edition)
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski (any edition)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (provided in class)
Cracker: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (provided in class)
Summer reading assignment: The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
3Rs II
Writer’s Inc. (provided in class)
*Harp and Laurel Wreath edited by Laura Berquist (ISBN 0-89870-716-1)
*Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation by Jane Straus (978-1118785560) Note: If you used a different edition of this book in 3Rs I, you may continue to use that edition.
The Bible (King James or RSV recommended)
The Princess Bride (provided in class)
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (provided in class)
*Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (978-0743482776)
*War Stories by Paul Dowswell (ISBN 978-0794514990)
To Kill A Mockingbird (any complete edition)
Edith Hamilton’s Mythology (provided in class)
Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis: any complete edition)
Old Man and the Boy by Robert Ruark (any editon)
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (any edition)
Summer reading assignment: The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
History: Art, Literature, and Philosophy
*The Complete Idiot’s Guide to World History, 2nd Edition (978-1615641482)
The Bible
Antigone (Provided in class)
Phaedo (Provided in class)
Paris (Provided in class)
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (any edition)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (any edition)
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (any edition)
Heart of Darkness (Provided in class)
West With The Night by Beryl Markham (any edition)
With Love and Prayers (Provided in class)
The Aeneid (0553210416)
· *Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (978-0743482745)
Various online sources for poetry and history
Summer reading assignment: The Books of Genesis and Exodus from The Old Testament. Read these two books as you would read a story. I suggest using a translation like the King James or the RSV.
AP World History (Literature component included)
Cracking the AP: World History Exam: Princeton Review (Wait for the 2017 edition)
*Global History (AMSCO) (ISBN 1-56765-607-2)
*Complete Idiot’s Guide to World History ( 978-1615641482)
*Eyewitness to History edited by John Carey ( 978-0380729685)
Heart of Darkness (Provided in class)
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Antigone (provided in class)
Online Sources
Summer reading assignment: Read Genesis and Exodus from the Old Testament. Read the first four chapters, called Sura, from the Koran, found at this link: http://www.clearquran.com/002.html.
Latin I
*Henle Latin First Year (0829410260)
*Henle Grammar (978-0-8294-0112-7)
*Review Text in Latin Two Years (978-0877205555)
Latin I: No summer assignment
Latin II
*Henle Latin First Year (0829410260)
*Henle Grammar (978-0-8294-0112-7)
*Review Text in Latin Two Years (978-0877205555)
Summer assignment: Review the following:
Grammar, 5-13, 44-47
Text (purple book) Vocabulary list pages 91-98, 217-220.
Latin III
Latin for Americans (provided in-class)
Wheelock’s Latin (provided in-class)
*Review Text in Latin Three and Four Years by Freundlich (978-0877205586)
Vulgate Bible (provided in class)
Summer assignment: Review the following:
Grammar: 5-13, 44-47, 48-51, 56-59
Text (purple book), 217-224
Advanced Placement Latin
*AP Virgil--Aeneid (978-0-86516-764-3)
AP Virgil Workbook (978-0-86516-7742)
AP--Gallic Wars (978-0-86516-778-0)
Workbook for Caesar’s Gallic Wars (978-0-86516-753-7)
Review Text in Latin in Three and Four Years (978-0877205586)
Aeneid in English (Translation by Mandelbaum recommended)
Summer assignment: Memorize the pull out sheet from the Aeneid. Read the first six books of the Aeneid in English.
Beginning Latin I
Latina Christiana I Third Edition (9781930953024)
Note: If you wish to order auxiliary materials, like CDs, for this book, please Google Memoria Press.
No summer assignment.
Beginning Latin II
Latina Christiana 2, Third Edition
Note: If you wish to order auxiliary materials, like CDs, for this book, please Google Memoria Press.
Summer assignment: Review your vocabulary and forms from the Latina Christiana I book.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (any complete edition)
The Power and the Glory By Graham Greene (any complete edition)
The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne (Book provided in class)
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (Book provided in class)
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (any edition)
*Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe (978-0743297318)
Plays and poetry in Literature textbook
Summer reading assignment: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
AP English Language and Composition
*Barron’s AP English Language and Composition, 6th Edition (978-1438004969)
*Keys To Great Writing (978-1-58297-492-7)
A Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting Ahead by Charles Murray (any edition)
*The Bedford Reader, Tenth Edition by X.J. Kennedy and others (978-0-312-66779-5)
An Education For Our Time by Josiah Bunting (any edition)
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman by Richard P. Feynman (any edition)
West With The Night by Beryl Markham (any edition)
American Essays (Provided in class)
Sports Essays (Provided in class)
The Writer’s Workshop (Provided in class)
With Love and Prayers (Provided in class)
Summer reading assignment: Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman by Richard P. Feynman
3Rs I
Writer’s Inc. (provided in class)
*Harp and Laurel Wreath edited by Laura Berquist (ISBN 0-89870-716-1)
*Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation by Jane Straus (978-1118785560)
The Bible (King James or RSV recommended)
Gift of the Magi (0-486-27061-0)
Importance of Being Earnest (provided in class)
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and A Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall (any edition)
Animal Farm by George Orwell (any edition)
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski (any edition)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (provided in class)
Cracker: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (provided in class)
Summer reading assignment: The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
3Rs II
Writer’s Inc. (provided in class)
*Harp and Laurel Wreath edited by Laura Berquist (ISBN 0-89870-716-1)
*Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation by Jane Straus (978-1118785560) Note: If you used a different edition of this book in 3Rs I, you may continue to use that edition.
The Bible (King James or RSV recommended)
The Princess Bride (provided in class)
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (provided in class)
*Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (978-0743482776)
*War Stories by Paul Dowswell (ISBN 978-0794514990)
To Kill A Mockingbird (any complete edition)
Edith Hamilton’s Mythology (provided in class)
Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis: any complete edition)
Old Man and the Boy by Robert Ruark (any editon)
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (any edition)
Summer reading assignment: The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
History: Art, Literature, and Philosophy
*The Complete Idiot’s Guide to World History, 2nd Edition (978-1615641482)
The Bible
Antigone (Provided in class)
Phaedo (Provided in class)
Paris (Provided in class)
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (any edition)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (any edition)
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (any edition)
Heart of Darkness (Provided in class)
West With The Night by Beryl Markham (any edition)
With Love and Prayers (Provided in class)
The Aeneid (0553210416)
· *Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (978-0743482745)
Various online sources for poetry and history
Summer reading assignment: The Books of Genesis and Exodus from The Old Testament. Read these two books as you would read a story. I suggest using a translation like the King James or the RSV.
AP World History (Literature component included)
Cracking the AP: World History Exam: Princeton Review (Wait for the 2017 edition)
*Global History (AMSCO) (ISBN 1-56765-607-2)
*Complete Idiot’s Guide to World History ( 978-1615641482)
*Eyewitness to History edited by John Carey ( 978-0380729685)
Heart of Darkness (Provided in class)
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Antigone (provided in class)
Online Sources
Summer reading assignment: Read Genesis and Exodus from the Old Testament. Read the first four chapters, called Sura, from the Koran, found at this link: http://www.clearquran.com/002.html.
Latin I
*Henle Latin First Year (0829410260)
*Henle Grammar (978-0-8294-0112-7)
*Review Text in Latin Two Years (978-0877205555)
Latin I: No summer assignment
Latin II
*Henle Latin First Year (0829410260)
*Henle Grammar (978-0-8294-0112-7)
*Review Text in Latin Two Years (978-0877205555)
Summer assignment: Review the following:
Grammar, 5-13, 44-47
Text (purple book) Vocabulary list pages 91-98, 217-220.
Latin III
Latin for Americans (provided in-class)
Wheelock’s Latin (provided in-class)
*Review Text in Latin Three and Four Years by Freundlich (978-0877205586)
Vulgate Bible (provided in class)
Summer assignment: Review the following:
Grammar: 5-13, 44-47, 48-51, 56-59
Text (purple book), 217-224
Advanced Placement Latin
*AP Virgil--Aeneid (978-0-86516-764-3)
AP Virgil Workbook (978-0-86516-7742)
AP--Gallic Wars (978-0-86516-778-0)
Workbook for Caesar’s Gallic Wars (978-0-86516-753-7)
Review Text in Latin in Three and Four Years (978-0877205586)
Aeneid in English (Translation by Mandelbaum recommended)
Summer assignment: Memorize the pull out sheet from the Aeneid. Read the first six books of the Aeneid in English.
Beginning Latin I
Latina Christiana I Third Edition (9781930953024)
Note: If you wish to order auxiliary materials, like CDs, for this book, please Google Memoria Press.
No summer assignment.
Beginning Latin II
Latina Christiana 2, Third Edition
Note: If you wish to order auxiliary materials, like CDs, for this book, please Google Memoria Press.
Summer assignment: Review your vocabulary and forms from the Latina Christiana I book.