Mills High School Summer Reading List 2012
Visit the Mills High School website for complete lists and instructions, or use the list below for links into our catalog.
Freshman
English CP
Please read at least one book this summer and be ready to write an in-class essay about your chosen book during the first week of Fall Semester. You may choose any book that is grade appropriate. – Please see the school’s website http://millshigh.org/departments.html for a list of each teacher’s recommended titles.
English AS:
- Read Parts 1, 2, 3 & 4 of Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Sophomore
English CP
Please read at least one book this summer and be ready to write an in-class essay about your chosen book during the first week of Fall Semester. You may choose any book that is grade appropriate. – Please see the school’s website http://millshigh.org/departments.html for a list of each teacher’s recommended titles.
English AS:
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Junior
English CP
Please read at least one book this summer and be ready to write an in-class essay about your chosen book during the first week of Fall Semester. You may choose any book that is grade appropriate. – Please see the school’s website http://millshigh.org/departments.html for a list of each teacher’s recommended titles.
English 5H - Read the following:
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Senior
English CP
Please read at least one book this summer and be ready to write an in-class essay about your chosen book during the first week of Fall Semester. You may choose any book that is grade appropriate. – Please see the school’s website http://millshigh.org/departments.html for a list of each teacher’s recommended titles.
English AP - Please read these in the following order:
- 1) How To Read Literature Like A Professor by Thomas C. Foster
- 2) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Penguin edition preferred, some are here - 3) Othello by William Shakespeare
- 4) On Writing by Steven King

