2022-2023 Summer Reading List

MGM Summer Reading List 2022-2023
9th Grade Selections
Regular And Honors

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10th Grade Selections
Regular

Night by Elie Weisel OR Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
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Honors

Matched by Ally Conde AND ONE from the REGULAR list
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11th Grade Selections
Regular

Izzy, Willy-Nilly by Cynthia Voight
OR
The Crazy Horse Electric Game by Chris Crutcher
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Honors And Dual Enrollment

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck AND ONE from the REGULAR list
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AP Language And Composition

Fiction AP List (CHOOSE ONE)
- The Last of the Mohicans by James Fennimore Cooper
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Nonfiction AP List (CHOOSE ONE)
- A Lion Called Christian by Anthony Burke and John Rendall
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- They Cage the Animals at Night by James Michael Burch
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12th Grade Selections
Regular

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen OR Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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Dual Enrollment

- Black Boy by Richard Wright
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster (nonfiction)
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Honors And AP Literature And Composition

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
AND
How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster (nonfiction)
AND
ONE from the REGULAR list
Directions: Choose ONE novel to read with the nonfiction selection.
FOR AP STUDENTS: Read and take notes based on the note-taking guide. You can find the guide below. The Summer Reading Test will cover most or all of the information addressed in the guide. You will use portions of How to Read Literature Like a Professor based on the teacher’s choice. Your test will be given within the first few weeks of quarter 1.
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Summer Reading Disclaimer
Please be aware that these novels and books are choices. If there is a problem with a novel or book on the list, please follow the Mobile County Public School System’s appeal process. See the English department chair for further details. Before your son or daughter chooses a novel, be sure to research them to learn more about the novel’s content.
Students will be expected to have all notes on their selected books once they begin their grade level English course. Teachers will provide specific guidelines on how those notes will factor into their Summer Reading assessment and into their grade for the course. Lastly, all summer reading assessments will be counted as a quiz grade. If you find that your son or daughter’s assessment is counted as a test grade, be sure to contact the grade level teacher.
Standards Addressed
CRITICAL LITERACY
Process and employ information for a variety of academic, occupational, and personal purposes.
3. Analyze how an author’s cultural perspective influences style, language, and themes.
4. Analyze how authors use characterization, connotation, denotation, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view to create and convey meaning in a variety of texts.
5. Analyze the impact of context and organizational structures on theme, tone, and the meaning of the work as a whole.