COLLEGE Preparatory
LIST OF REQUIRED
SUMMER READING
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ENGLISH
9 COLLEGE Preparatory LIST OF REQUIRED SUMMER READING |
| To continue the development of critical reading skills necessary for success, students entering the ninth grade level College Preparatory English programs are expected to read any one or more of the following works during the summer. Students will complete a project of some kind related to the summer reading | |
| Title | Author |
| Little Women | Louisa May Alcott |
| Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Children of the River | Linda Crew |
| The Color Water | James McBride |
| White Fang | Jack London |
| Although many of these authors' works have translated well into film, the movie is never a substitute for the book. Our interest as readers is not only in the story but in the way that the story is told. The written word holds the key to understanding. | |