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THE READING LISTS AND SUPPLY LISTS BELOW ARE FOR 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR.
Required Summer Reading List
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Students enrolled in the courses listed below are required to do summer reading. You are responsible for having the book(s) read on the first day of school. Please see the list below to determine what you should read. If you have any questions, please contact the English Department Chairperson Heather Westerfield (hwesterfield@pearlk12.com).
* ALL Advanced Placement English III and Dual Enrollment students must complete the Summer Reading Assessment Sheets. ALL 9th Grade Accelerated English I students must complete the Tuesdays with Morrie Project. These may be accessed using the links in the table below or by scrolling to the bottom of this page.
Students enrolled in regular English I, II, III, or IV do NOT have summer reading.
Elementary
Pearl Junior High School
2nd Grade
Choose One
Dinosaurs Before Dark
by Mary Pope Osborne
The Chalk Box Kid
by Clyde Robert Bulla
3rd Grade
Choose One
Sideways Stories from Wayside School Series
(the first book in the series)
by Louis Sachar
4th Grade
Because of Winn Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
5th Grade
Frindle
by Andrew Clements
6th Grade Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Bud, Not Buddy Comprehension Questions - click here for questions
7thGrade
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
8th Grade
The Pigman
by Paul Zindel
Please refer to the appropriate supply list for additional information.
Pearl High School
Accelerated English I (9th Grade)
Tuesdays with Morrie
by Mitch Albom
MUST COMPLETE Tuesdays with Morrie PROJECT
Accelerated English II (10th Grade)
Read Both
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
Separate Peace
by John Knowles
AP English III (11th 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 (11th/12th 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 (11th/12th 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). ALL 9th Grade Accelerate English I students must complete the Tuesdays with Morrie Project with their book. These can be found by clicking on the appropriate links above.
Books may be purchased online, from any metro area bookstores, or checked out at the Pearl Public Library. Please read supply lists carefully. Students need to have their own copies of some books for classroom/home use.
