Elementary

Pearl Junior High School

2^nd Grade

Choose One

Dinosaurs Before Dark

by Mary Pope Osborne

The Chalk Box Kid

by Clyde Robert Bulla

3^rd Grade

Choose One

Sideways Stories from Wayside School Series

(the first book in the series)

by Louis Sachar

4^th Grade

Because of Winn Dixie

by Kate DiCamillo

5^th Grade

Frindle

by Andrew Clements

Bud, Not Buddy

by Christopher Paul Curtis

 Bud, Not Buddy Comprehension Questions - click here for questions

7^thGrade

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

by John Boyne

8^th Grade

The Pigman

by Paul Zindel

Please refer to the appropriate supply list for additional information.

Pearl High School

Accelerated English I (9^th Grade)

Tuesdays with Morrie

by Mitch Albom

Accelerated English II (10^th Grade)

Read Both

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

Separate Peace

by John Knowles

AP English III (11^th Grade)

Complete Summer Reading Assessment.

(Click on "Summer Reading Assessment" for form.)

Read Both

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

A Raisin in the Sun

          by Lorraine Hansberry

Dual Enrollment/English Comp I (11^th/12^th Grade)

Complete Summer Reading Assignment.

(Click on "Summer Reading Assignment" for form.)

Read Both

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

Dual Enrollment/American Literature (11^th/12^th Grade

Read Both

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A Raisin in the Sun

by Lorraine Hansberry

The edition of the book does not matter as long as it is the correct author and title and NOT an abridged version of the book. ALL AP English III and Dual Enrollment Comp I students must complete the Summer Reading Assessment pages on their book(s). These can be found by clicking on the appropriate links above.