Christian Brothers High School

Sophomore, Junior, and Senior

Summer Reading List 2016

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Sophomore

(Honors) The Book Thief, Markus Zusak 9780375842207

(College Prep) Whirligig, Paul Fleischman 9780312629113

(FCP) The House of the Scorpion, Farmer 9780689852237

Junior

(Honors) Huckleberry Finn, Twain 9780553210798

(College Prep) The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd 9780143121701

Senior

(AP Literature) How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Foster 9780062301673

(College Prep) Brave New World, Aldous Huxley 9780060850524

(AP Language) This Boy’s Life, Wolff 9780802136688

The Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell 9780316017930

SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT

Sophomore

Accelerated World History II

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See 9780812968064

World History II (College Prep and Fundamental College Prep)

Choose ONE of the following:

The Count of Monte Cristo, Dumas 9780553213508

Shockwave: The Countdown to Hiroshima, Walker 9780060742850

Girl with a Pearl Earring, Chevalier 9780452282155

Junior

U.S. History (College Prep)

Choose ONE of the following:

Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II’s

Greatest Mission, Sides 9780385495653

The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson 9780375725609