Apponequet Summer Reading Program
Grade Nine College English


The English/Language Arts Department has established a summer reading program to promote the enjoyment of reading outside the academic environment and to encourage lifelong reading habits and experiences. During the first full week of the school year, students will take an objective examination based on two required readings. The examinations are designed to discourage the use of abridged editions and film adaptations. Encourage your child to take notes and review them prior to the tests. Both test results will be averaged with the grades for the first quarter. This list has been distributed to the town library and local bookstores. You might want to consider purchasing used books, or borrowing them from other students.

Your child should select and read (2) titles from the following list :

Alas, Babylon by Frank, Pat
All Creatures Great and Small by Herriot, James
All Things Bright and Beautiful by Herriot, James

Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm/Haley
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Gaines, Ernest
Black Like Me by Griffin, John

Born Free by Adamson, Joy
Brave New World Revisited by Huxley, Aldous
Bridge of San Luis Rey by Wilder, Thornton

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Brown, Dee
Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard
Cheyenne Autumn by Sandoz, Mari

Christy by Marshall, Catherine
Cold Sassy Tree by Burns, Olive
The Color Purple by Walker, Alice

Con.Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Twain, Mark
Daddy-Long-Legs by Webster, Jean
Dandelion Wine by Bradbury, Ray

Death Be Not Proud by Gunther, John
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Cather, Willa
Doll's House by Ibsen, Henrick

Dracula by Stoker, Bram
Drums Along the Mohawk by Edmonds, Walter
Effects of Gamma Rays on Man in the moon.... by Zindel, Paul

Exodus by Uris, Leon
Fahreneit 451 by Bradbury, Ray
Fellowship of the Ring by Tolkien, J.R.R.

Future Shock by Toffler, Alvin
Giants in the Earth by Rolvaag, O.E.
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

Go Tell It On the Mountain by Baldwin, James
Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by McCullers, Carson
Hiding Place by Ten Boom, Corrie

Hiroshima by Hersey, John
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Adams, Douglas
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Greenberg, J.

Invisible Man by Wells, H. G.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Jules
Joy in the Morning by Smith, Betty

Joy Luck Club by Tan, Amy
Kaffir Boy by Mathebane, Mark
Karen by Killilea, Marie

Kon-Tiki by Heyerdahl, Thor
Last of the Breed by L'Amour, Louis
Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Irving, Washington

Life on the Mississippi by Twain, Mark
Lilies of the Field by Barrett, Corrie
Lisa Bright and Dark by Neufeld, John

Little Men by Alcott, Louisa May
Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas
Member of the Wedding by McCullers, Carson

Night to Remember by Lord, Walter
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, Somerset
Oliver Twist by Dickens, Charles

Once and Future King by White, T.H.
Ordinary People by Guest, Judith
Oregon Trail by Parkman, Francis

Ox-Bow Incident by Clark, Walter
Pearl by Steinbeck, John
Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston

Ramona by Jackson, Helen
Rebecca by Du Maurier, Daphne
Rescue by Meltzer, Milton

River Runs Through It by Maclean, Norman
Scarlet Pimpernel by Orezy, B. Emma
Screwtape Letters by Lewis, C.S.

Shabanu by Staples, Suzanne
Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre
To Be a Slave by Lester, Julius

To Sir, With Love by Braithwaite, E.R.
Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Smith, Betty
Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T.

Walk Across America by Jenkins, Peter
War and Remembrance by Wauk, Herman
Watership Down by Adams, Richard

When the Legends Die by Borland, Hal
While My Pretty One Sleeps by Clark, Mary Higgins
Winds of War by Wauk, Herman