Pescadero High School Summer Reading List 2011

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FRESHMAN

Required:
West Side Story by Arthur Laurents


And a choice of:
A Child Called It by David Peltzer Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card	When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago


SOPHOMORES

Students must read:
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

And one of the alternative titles provided:

Classic Fiction:
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving Beloved by Toni Morrison	The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

Inspiration:
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey	The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
NonFiction:
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Essays: First Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson	The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally


JUNIORS

Students must read:
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

And one of the alternative titles provided:
Anthill by E. O. Wilson Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo The Road by Cormac McCarthy	Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Leher

SENIORS - Read at least three of the following.

Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach	Heroes by Robert Cormier Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Leher Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

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