Summer Reading List Guidelines:
- Limit 2 books Per Family
- Books on the CBNA lists CANNOT be renewed. Books can be borrowed for a period of 2 weeks only and must be returned at the end of the 2 weeks.
- If we own a book you want but it is not on the shelf, ask at the front desk and we can reserve it for you.
- Copies of the different lists are also available at the library!
9th Grade Required Reading 10th Grade Required Reading 11th Grade Required Reading 12th Grade Required Reading
10th Grade General Required Reading
Choose 1 Book from this list for Required Reading:
The Burn Journals, Brent Runyon Memoir
When he was 14 years old, Brent Runyon set himself on fire. In this chronicle, Runyon describes that devastating suicide attempt and his recovery over the following year.
What Happened to Cass McBride?, Gail Giles
Something bad has happened to pretty, popular Cass McBride. Something that involves Kyle Kirby, and his younger brother, David, who just happens to be dead.
Sold, Patricia McCormick
Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.
Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two, Joseph Bruchac
Throughout World War II, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved countless American lives.
Peak, Roland Smith
After Peak Marcello is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he’s sent to live with his long-lost father, who runs a climbing company. But Peak learns that his father’s renewed interest in him has strings attached. He wants Peak to be the youngest person to reach the Everest summit.
The Burn Journals, Brent Runyon Memoir
When he was 14 years old, Brent Runyon set himself on fire. In this chronicle, Runyon describes that devastating suicide attempt and his recovery over the following year.
What Happened to Cass McBride?, Gail Giles
Something bad has happened to pretty, popular Cass McBride. Something that involves Kyle Kirby, and his younger brother, David, who just happens to be dead.
Sold, Patricia McCormick
Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.
Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two, Joseph Bruchac
Throughout World War II, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved countless American lives.
Peak, Roland Smith
After Peak Marcello is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he’s sent to live with his long-lost father, who runs a climbing company. But Peak learns that his father’s renewed interest in him has strings attached. He wants Peak to be the youngest person to reach the Everest summit.
10th Grade College Prep Required Reading
2 Books are Required Reading:
1st Book: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah
Ishmael Beah tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve in Sierra Leone, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found he was capable of truly terrible acts.
2nd Book: Choose any age-appropriate title.
1st Book: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah
Ishmael Beah tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve in Sierra Leone, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found he was capable of truly terrible acts.
2nd Book: Choose any age-appropriate title.
10th Grade Honors Required Reading
3 Books are Required Reading:
1st Book: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah
Ishmael Beah tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve in Sierra Leone, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found he was capable of truly terrible acts.
2nd and 3rd Books: Choose any two age - appropriate titles.
1st Book: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah
Ishmael Beah tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve in Sierra Leone, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found he was capable of truly terrible acts.
2nd and 3rd Books: Choose any two age - appropriate titles.