The objective of summer reading for the students is to assist them in cultivating skills that have been built upon throughout their academic year. It is the hope that reading will strengthen and reinforce those skills that are vital to all aspects of academics and beyond. Students entering 10 Honors are REQUIRED to read a book that is appealing to them and that they will enjoy (you don’t have to stick to my suggestions,m it’s your call!). I hope that this will foster the love of reading while still allowing students to strengthen their reading and comprehension skills.. In September, each student will construct a persuasive essay that focuses on their summer reading experience!
Listed below are resources for students:
A video explaining how to access online reading and audiobooks from SORA: SORA Instructions
Make sure to check out your school’s library:
PBHS: https://sites.google.com/pinebushschools.org/pbhs-library/home
Don’t forget your local libraries!
- Pine Bush Area Public Library- 223-227 Maple Ave, Pine Bush, NY https://pinebusharealibrary.org/
- Middletown Thrall Library- 12 Depot Street, Middletown, NY https://www.thrall.org/WelcomeHome.html
- Mamakating Library- 128 Sullivan Street, Wurstboro, NY https://mamakatinglibrary.org/
You can check the availability of each text from the following merchants:
Grade 10 Honors Reading Suggestions: The following are merely suggestions. The book you select should be on your grade level, and it should be a work that appeals to you (novels, graphic novels, autobiographies, memoirs, etc.). Many Young Adult works carry strong thematic elements that may be triggering. It is suggested that students review possible warnings for the works they select.
- A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Birdbox by Josh Malerman
- Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
- City of Thieves by David Benioff
- Ghost Tree by Bobby Curnow
- Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
- I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- Marvel 1602 by Niel Gaiman
- My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
- Speak by Laurie Halse-Anderson
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirely Jackson
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- The Long Walk by Stephen King
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- The Power by Naomi Alderman
- The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson
- Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
- What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher
Looking Ahead:
Essay #1 Prompt (“The Summer Reading Essay”): In a (five paragraph) persuasive essay, convince me to either add the book you read for summer reading to next year’s summer reading list, or convince me to avoid adding what you read to my new list (personal pronouns are allowed). Whether you would recommend the book, and why, is up to you! Your essay should be 2-4 pages in length (typed), and it should be evident that you read the book you have selected for this task (avoid being vague or simply retelling the story, focus on what makes it worth reading, or not).
Consider: If you want to gather a page of notes on your reading selection, consider gathering evidence that focuses on reasons why (based on your reading experience) the book you read is worth recommending or not.