Summer Reading 2023

This year, Upper School students will be asked to read a required book and to choose texts from two lists generated by our faculty. The first list represents a cross-section of contemporary titles from our choice libraries and represents very different disciplines, genres, and voices. The second list is equally diverse in its cultural and geographical representation, but it consists of more “established” titles, books currently taught around the world in grades 7-12.

By sampling both lists, our students will be able to broaden their experiences, see themselves represented on the page, and prepare themselves for the rigors of future literature courses. Most of all, we hope that our community of readers finds meaning in the texts they choose.

In the fall, English teachers will assign both classwork and homework related to the required text for each grade. Each book is selected to connect with the first unit of the school year.  In addition, you are expected to annotate each book you read, so books should be purchased and brought to school in the fall. 




REQUIRED READING FOR ENGLISH 9: The Light of Luna Park by Addison Armstrong AND two books, one from each list below.