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Summer Reading

Summer reading is required at WCCHS.  Why?  According to the National Summer Reading Association "For many young people, the summer “opportunity gap” contributes to gaps in achievement, employment and college and career success." Studies on this website found students who did not read during the summer months lagged behind their book reading peers.   Let's close the learning gap and read!

Where can I get my summer reading books?  You can read your book online using Overdrive.  Login in using your school email address and internet password.  From Overdrive's home page choose the Collections tab and look for summer reading lists.  Barnes & Noble in Geneva will have our books available, as well as West Chicago Public Library. 

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Freshmen: Class of 2021 
​Book trailers available: Click here

English I: Choose one of the following to read:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Rash by Pete Hautman
*The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

English I Honors: Choose one of the following to read:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Rash by Pete Hautman
*The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

AND  Read both
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Assorted short stories

* Available free online from Kindle Free or Project Gutenberg

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Sophomore: Class of 2020
​Book trailers: 
Sophomore English 2 Summer Reading 2018
Sophomore English 2 Enriched Summer Reading 2018 
Sophomore English 2 Honors Reading 2018   ​

English 2: Choose one of the following to read
*Animal Farm by George Orwell 
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Lockdown: Escape From Furnace by Alexander G. Smith

English 2 Enriched: Choose one book from above
AND Read Both: Click here
​The Circle by Dave Eggers
Non-fiction (2) online

English 2 Honors: Choose one of the following to read:
​Click here
Breakthrough by Jack Andraka
Columbine by David Cullen
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

English 2 Honors:  Read Both
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
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* Available free online from Kindle Free or Project Gutenberg

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Junior: Class of 2019
Book trailers: 
Junior English 3 Summer Reading 2018 
Junior English 3 Enriched Summer Reading 2018  
Junior AP Language Summer Reading 2018  

English 3: Choose one of the following to read:
(ESL 3 & 4)
*Adventure of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Allegedly by Tiffany Jackson
The Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
If I Was Your Girl by Merridith Russo
In the Country we Love by Diane Guerrero
March by John Lewis
Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

English 2 Enriched: Choose one book from above
AND Read Both:
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Wild by Cheryl Stayed

AP Language and Composition students must choose 1 of the 7 books above AND Read:
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer                                        

*Available free online from Kindle Free or Project Gutenberg

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Senior: Class of 2018
Book trailers: 
Senior Electives Summer Reading 2018
Senior AP Literature Summer Reading 2018

Senior Electives: Choose one of the following to read
Among the Thugs by Bill Buford
*The Awakening by Kate Chopin
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Saenz
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be by Frank Bruni
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

AP Literature: Choose two of the following to read:
​Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

And read both: 
Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Free online: The Awakening and Dracula
* Available free online from Kindle Free or Project Gutenberg

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