What is on the Wellesley High Summer Reading List?

For high school students summer means no school, high temperatures, a summer job and hopefully some vacations, but with all those distractions it's easy to forget about summer reading.

This year students at Wellesley High have been given the opportunity to read any books of their choice, although some classes have additional required reading.

Grades 9-12 English CP, ACP, read any two books.

Grade 9 English H, read Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand and any one book.
Grade 10 H, read Grapes of Wrath by J. Steinbeck and any book by an American author.

Grade 11 H, read 1984 by George Orwell and one book.
Grade 12 H, read A Prayer for Owen Meany by J. Irving and one book.

Humanities H, ACP, read Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri and "There is No Race in the Schoolyard” by Amanda Lewis.

Here are 10 notable books on the suggestion list that you may have in your house or have an extra interest in. The entire list is available on the Wellesley Free Library website.

1.) Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes 

2.) Bossypants by Tina Fey

3.) Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

4.) The Education of a Coach by David Halberstam

5.) A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

6.) The Dead Zone by Stephen King

7.) Is Everybody Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling

8.) Skinny by Donna Cooner

9.) My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor

10.) Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen