Summer Reading English Grade 10

Students in Level One must read two books. Students in Level Two must read one book. Students will be expected to complete a CAPT prompt or an in-class presentation during the first week of school which will be part of the first semester grade.

Achebe, Chinua. Anthills of the Savannah . 1987. (AD) Fiction/Rural Africa/Post Colonial Urban Africa

Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart*. 1959. (YA/AD) Fiction/ Hist.Fiction/African Tribal Life/Race Relations/Cultural Conflict/Religion

Abouzeid, Leila. Year of the Elephant*. 1989. (YA/AD) Fiction/Modern Middle East Literature/Western Women/Morocco

Alvarez, Julia. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. 1991. Fiction/Dominican Americans

Alvarez, Julia. In the Time of the Butterflies. 1994. Fiction/Historical Fiction/Dominican Republic

Asne, Seierstad. Bookseller of Kabul . (AD) Non-fiction/Afghanistan/Taliban/Women’s rights

Banerji, Sara. Shining Hero. (AD) Fiction/India/Mahabarata

Buck, Pearl . The Good Earth*. 1931. (YA) Fiction/Historical Fiction/China, 1912-1949/Wives/Social Life and Customs

Camus, Albert. The Plague*. 1975. (AD) Fiction/Plague/Algeria

Chang, J. Wild Swans. 1992. (AD) Non-Fiction/Autobiography/Political Maelstrom/Cultural Revolution of China/Women

Cisneros, Sandra. Woman Hollering Creek*. 1993. (YA/AD) Fiction/Domestic Violence/Life on the US-Mexican Border/Poverty

Coehlo, Paul. Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream. (AD) Fiction/Spain/North Africa/Alchemy/Coming of age

Courtenay, Bryce. The Power of One. 1989. (YA) Fiction/Historical Fiction/South Africa /World War II

Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield*. (AD) Autobio-Fiction/19th Century England/Orphans/Young Men

Dickens, Charles. Hard Times*. (AD) Fiction/Satire/Victorian England/Industrialism/Redemption

Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa *. 1937. (AD) Non-Fiction/Autobiography/Kenyan Social Life and Customs

Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment*. 1992. (AD) Fiction/Russia, St.Petersburg/Homicide/Mystery/Psychological

Doyle, Roddy. The Commitments. (AD) Fiction/Ireland/Bands/Rock and Roll

Doyle, Roddy. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. (AD) Fiction/Ireland/Adolescent Mischief/Divorce

Doyle, Roddy. The Snapper. (AD) Fiction/Ireland/Working Class/Rape/Pregnancy/Coming of Age

Esteves, Carmen & Lisabeth Paravisni, Eds. Green Cane and Juicy Flotsam*. 1991. (AD) Fiction/Short Stories/ Caribbean /Women

Garcia-Marques, Gabriel. Chronicle of a Death Foretold. 1995. (AD) Fiction/Homicide/Wedding

Garcia-Marques, Gabriel. The General in His Labyrinth. 1990. (AD) Historical Fiction/ Great Simon Bolivar

Godden, J. Two Under the Indian Sun. 1966. (AD) Non-Fiction/Biography/British and Indian Social Life and Customs

Goethe, Johann. Faust. 2001. (YA) Non-Fiction/Biography/Drama/Devil

Gordimer, Nadine. July’s People*. 1981. (YA) Fiction/South Africa /Race Relations/Apartheid/Cultural Conflict/Rebellions/Revolts

Hayslip, Le Ly. When Heaven and Earth Changed Places*. 1990. (YA) Non-Fiction/Biography/Vietnamese Conflict/Refugees

Hesse, Herman. Siddhartha*. (AD) Fiction/Buddism/Man and Culture/Self-Discovery

Hodge, Merle. Crick Crack Monkey. 1981. (YA) Fiction/Caribbean/Young Girl

Huxley, Elspeth. The Flame Trees of Thika. 2000. (AD) Non-Fiction/Autobiography/Kenya/Social Life and Customs

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Zorba the Greek*. 1952. (AD) Fiction/Greek Island of Crete/Miner/City and Town Life/Coming-of-Age

Khandra, Yasmina and Linda Black (translator). In the Name of God. (AD) Fiction/Afghanistan/War

Khandra, Yasmina. Swallows of Kabul : A Novel. (AD) Fiction/Afghaninstan/Taliban/Women’s Rights/Marriage

Kincaid , Jamaica . Annie John*. 1985. (AD) Fiction/Mother-Daughter Relationship/ Antigua

Kincaid , Jamaica . Lucy. 1990. (AD) Fiction/West Indian Americans/Women Domestics/Au Pairs/Racism

Kingston , Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior*. 1989. (YA) Non-Fiction/Autobio./Chinese-Americans/Social Life and Customs

Kingston , Maxine Hong. China Men. 1990. (YA) Non-Fiction/Autobiography/ Chinese Americans

Lord, Bette. Spring Moon*. 1981. (AD) Fiction/China History/Overcoming Tragedy

Lord, Bette. Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic. 1991. (YA) Non-Fiction/Biography/China History/Social Life and Customs

Mahfouz, Naguib. Palace Walk. 1991. (AD) Fiction /Muslims/ Cairo , Egypt

Mann, Thomas. Death in Venice *. 1998. (AD) Fiction/Germany/Social Life and Customs

Markandaya, Kamala. Nectar in a Sieve*. 1954. (AD) Fiction/ Women/India/Farm Life

Markham , Beryl. West With the Night. 1983. (YA) Non-Fiction/Autobiography/Air Pilot’s Biography/Aeronautics/Flight

Mathabane, Mark. Kaffir Boy in America . 1990. (YA) Non-Fiction/Biography/Immigrant from South Africa/African American

Mathabane, Mark. Kaffir Boy*. 1986. (AD/YA) Non-Fiction/Autobiography/Blacks/South Africa /Apartheid

McCourt, Frank. ‘Tis*. 1999. (YA) Non-Fiction/Autobiography/Irish American Biography

Mendez, Charolette. Condor and Hummingbird. 1986. (AD) Fiction/Colombia/Political Violence/Women

Min, Anchee. The Red Azalea. 1995. (AD) Non-Fiction/Autobiography/China History/Personal Narratives/Women Biography

Mistry, Rohinton. A Fine Balance*. (AD) Fiction/India/CasteSystem/Economics/Social Conditions

Nafisi, Azar. Reading Lolita in Tehran : A Memoir in Books.(AD) Non-fiction/Memoir/Iran/Islam/Women’sRights/Revolution

Ning, Lao Toai-Toai. Daughter of Han. 1945. (AD) Non-Fiction/Autobiography/Chinese Working Woman

Ondaatje, Michael. Running in the Family. 1982. (YA) Non-Fiction/Biography/Ceylon/Dutch and British Colonialism/Youth

Paton, Alan. Too Late the Phalarope*. 1981. (YA) Fiction/South Africa /Apartheid

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix *. (YA) Fiction/England/Wizardry/Magic

Salzman, Mark. Iron and Silk*. 1986. (YA) Non-Fiction/Biography/China/Martial Arts

Shah, Saira. Storyteller’s Daughter. (AD) Non-Fiction/Bio-Autobio/Afghanistan/InternationalJournalism/SocialConditions/Taliban

Sidhwa, Bapsi. Cracking India . 1991. (AD) Fiction/Historical Fiction/Religion

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. (AD) Fiction/Stalin-Era Soviet Union/Political Oppression

Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Shabanu*. 1989. (YA) Fiction/Pakistan/Cholistan Desert

Suri, Manil. The Death of Vishnu*. 2001. (YA/AD) Fiction/India/Social Microcosm

Turgenev, Ivan. Father and Sons. 1862. (AD) Fiction/Conflict of Generations/Political Philosophy/Russia

Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five*. (AD) Fiction/Science Fiction/WWII/Prisoners of War

Wiesel, Elie. The Accident. 1985. (AD) Non-Fiction/Biography/Holocaust/Personal Narratives

Wilson, Steven. Winter in Kandahar . (AD) Fiction/Afghanistan/Adventure/Love/Betrayal/War/Taliban

Wynd, Oswald. The Ginger Tree*. 1991. (AD) Fiction/Man-Woman Relationship/Love Stories

Yamamoto, Hisaye. Seventeen Syllables. 1998. (YA) Fiction/Short Stories/Social Life and Customs/Japanese Americans