Vandebilt Catholic High School Summer Reading List

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Incoming 8th Graders

Level One

All read the following book:

Anthem – A. Rand

Students choose ONE of the following:

Be a Changemaker – L. A. Thompson

Start Something That Matters – B. Mycaskie

The Promise of a Pencil, How an Ordinary Person can Create Extraordinary Change – A. Braun

Regular Classes

All read the following book:

The Hiding Place – Boom, Carrie Ten, Scherill, John; et.al.

Students choose ONE of the following:

Bringing the Boy Home – N. A. Nelson

Rules of the Road – J. Bauer

Skills

All read the following book:

Touching Spirit Bear – B. Mikaelson

 

9th Grade

Level One

All read the following book:

Night – Elie Weisel

Students choose ONE of the following:

Uglies – Scott Westerfeld

Ender’s Games – Orson Scott Card

Regular

All students read the following:

Stargirl – Jerry Spinelli

Students choose ONE of the following:

The Life of Pi – Y. Martel

Hunger Games – S. Collins

Skills

All students read the following:

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief – R. Riordan

 

10th Grade

Level One

All students read the following:

Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom

Students choose ONE of the following:

Rebecca – Daphne duMaurier

The Alchemist – Paolo Coelho   

Regular

All students read the following:

Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom

Students choose ONE of the following:

I Am Malala – Malala Yousafzai

The Illustrated Man – R. Bradbury

Skills

All students read the following:

Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom

 

11th Grade

Level One

All students read the following:

A Farewell to Arms – E. Hemingway

Students choose ONE of the following:

The Awakening – K. Chopin

The Andromeda Strain – M. Crichton

Regular

Students choose TWO of the following:

Fahrenheit 451 – R. Bradbury

The Andromeda Strain – M. Crichton

A Farewell to Arms – E. Hemingway

Skills

All students read the following:

The Maze Runner – James Dashner

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12th Grade

Level One

Students choose TWO of the following:

1984 – G. Orwell

A Tale of Two Cities – C. Dickens

Jane Eyre – C. Bronte

Pride and Prejudice – J. Austen

Regular

All students read TWO of the following:

1984 – G. Orwell

Jane Eyre – C. Bronte

Murder on the Orient Express – A. Christie

Skills

All students read the following:

Divergent – Veronica Roth