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2008 Upper School Summer Reading List

All rising 10th-, 11th-, and 12th-graders must sign up to read one of the following books. Students will then meet in discussion groups in the fall to discuss the book they read. Incoming 9th-graders choose from a separate list.

Please note: All incoming ESL students must read Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck.

 
Title/Author Recommended by

American Born Chinese / Gene Luen Yang

Michael L. '09

American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch; An Odyssey in the New China / Matthew Polly

Chris Myers, US Librarian

Atlantis Found: A Dirk Pitt Novel / Clive Cussler Scott H. '09

Autobiography of a Face / Lucy Grealy

Myra Clark, AASK

A Beggar in Jerusalem / Elie Wiesel

Aubrey J. '09

Annie S. '09

Jericho Knight, US Library Asst.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / Frank Miller Todd P. '09

Between a Rock and a Hard Place / Aron Ralston

Matt E. '09

Black Swan Green / David Mitchell

Terry Hansen, US Religion
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking / Malcolm Gladwell

Geoff G. '09

Case Histories / Kate Atkinson

Bev Shue, US Library Asst.

Darkly Dreaming Dexter / Jeff Lindsay

Nathan H. '09

Did Monkeys Invent the Monkey Wrench? / Vince Staten

Rob Orr, US Science

The Eyre Affair / Jasper Forde

Charlotte L. '09

Julie Sikkink, US History

Foundation / Isaac Asimov

John Holloran, US History

A Game of Thrones (Book 1 in the Song of Ice and Fire series) / George R.R. Martin

Art Ward, US English
The Glass Castle / Jeannette Wells Katrina Perry, US French

The Historian / Elizabeth Kostova

Tyler G. '09

The Hours / Michael Cunningham

Ran W. '09

In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle / Madeleine Blais

Carling L. '09

Robin Schauffler, US Service

Invisible Monsters / Chuck Palahniuk

Maddy D. '09

The Jungle / Upton Sinclair

Ankur G. '09

Jurassic Park / Michael Crichton

Maggie M. '09

Charlie P. '09

Letters of a Woman Homesteader / Elinor Pruitt Stewart

Lynne Sadler, US English

The Long Walk / Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman)

Sidra T. '09

Marisa W. '09

Gabriel Edge, US Mathematics

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story / John Berendt Peter Langley, US Biology

The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break / Steven Sherrill

Torben N. '09

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game / Michael Lewis

Michael G. '09
Monkey Dancing: A Father, Two Kids, and a Journey to the Ends of the Earth / Dan Glick Dana Mosher Lewis, US Spanish and Yearbook
Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science / Charles Wheelan Micheline Ghattas, US French
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America / Barbara Ehrenreich Rick Rees, US English and ArtLit
Norwegian Wood / Haruki Murakami

Olivia H-G. '09

Jordan Elliott, Head of Upper School

Old School / Tobias Wolff Matthew Hanly, Head of School
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals / Michael Pollan Deri Bash, Dean of Residential Life
The Once and Future King / T. H. White

Austin S. '09

Debby Schauffler, US English

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / Ken Kesey Rachel E. '09
The Other Boleyn Girl / Philippa Gregory Tessa Daniel, US Spanish
Picasso's War: The Destruction of Guernica and the Masterpiece That Changed the World / Russell Martin Gary Crossman, US Mathematics
The Places in Between / Rory Stewart Maria McIvor, US Spanish
Reaper Man / Terry Pratchett Eric W. '09
Saffron Kitchen / Yasmine Crowther Tna Meyerhoff, Safety Director
Scribbler of Dreams / Mary E. Pearson Stephanie H. '09
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto / Chuck Klosterman Stephen L. '09
Shadow Divers / Robert Kurson

Prakash B. '09

Alex T. '09

Snow Crash / Neal Stephenson Jeff Gadette, US Mathematics
Suite Francaise / Irene Nemirovsky Corbet Clark, US History and Religion
The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism / Fritjof Capra David A. '09

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time / Greg Mortenson and David Relin

Hope Stevens, US History and Winterim

A Walk in the Woods / Bill Bryson

Kaityln C. '09

Water for Elephants / Sara Gruen

Janosz D. '09

Welcome to the Monkey House / Kurt Vonnegut

Zoheyr D. '09
 


 
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