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2023-2024

Rising Juniors and Seniors, 

Summer reading for English classes looks a little bit different this year. You will use this form to sign up for ONE of the books listed below.

Over the summer, you should carefully read the text in preparation for a reading assessment on the first D Day of class and a book club discussion on the first G Day of class. 

You may click on the Goodreads links to preview the texts. 

• A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
• Artemis 
• The Things They Carried
• Demon Copperhead
• Purple Hibiscus
• Educated
• The Lincoln Highway

Of course, we hope that you read MANY books over the course of the summer. If you are looking for a recommendation, please ask your English teacher. 

EXCEPTIONS: 

• Students enrolled in AP Language and Composition should read On Writing by Stephen King IN ADDITION TO one of the books listed above. 
• Students enrolled in AP Literature and Composition should read Slaughterhouse V by Kurt Vonnegut AND How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster. (AP Literature students DO NOT need to sign up for a book listed above.) 

Enjoy your summer and happy reading!

Mr. Venker
Chair, English Department
tvenker@gprep.org

Rising Sophomores, 

Summer reading for English classes looks a little bit different this year. You will use this form to sign up for ONE of the books listed below. 

Over the summer, you should carefully read the text in preparation for a reading assessment on the first D Day of class and a book club discussion on the first G Day of class. 

You may click on the Goodreads links to preview the texts.

• The Nickel Boys
• Scythe
• Eiger Dreams
• The Song of Achilles
• Twisted 
• Born a Crime
• The High Divide

Of course, we hope that you read MANY books over the course of the summer. If you are looking for a recommendation, please ask your English teacher. 

Enjoy your summer and happy reading!

Mr. Venker
Chair, English Department
tvenker@gprep.org

Rising Freshmen

Select ONE of the books listed below to complete as your summer reading for English class. You should use this form to sign up for ONE of the books listed below. Read the text carefully over the summer in preparation for a reading assessment on the first D Day of class and a book club discussion on the first G Day of class. 

You may click on the Goodreads links to preview the texts.

• The Nickel Boys
• Scythe
• Eiger Dreams
• The Song of Achilles
• Twisted 
• Born a Crime
• The High Divide

Of course, we hope that you read MANY books over the course of the summer. If you are looking for a recommendation, please contact me. 

Enjoy your summer and happy reading!

Mr. Venker
Chair, English Department
tvenker@gprep.org

Use this form view the books and to sign up for your summer reading. You should read the text carefully over the summer in preparation for a reading assessment on the first D Day of English class and a book club discussion on the first G Day of English class. 

Of course, we hope that you read MANY books over the course of the summer. If you are looking for a recommendation, please contact me. 

Enjoy your summer and happy reading!

Mr. Venker
Chair, English Department
tvenker@gprep.org

Here is a list of books recommended for certain English and ESL classes:

AP World History – Sophomores
The Walking Drum, Louis L’Amour

U.S. History – Juniors
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, Steven Gillon

AP U.S. History – Juniors
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, Steven Gillon
Abraham Lincoln, James McPherson Prompt
Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan (3rd. edition* -- Important to get 3rd edition.), J. Samuel Walker
A Brief History of the Cold War, Lee Edwards and Elizabeth Edwards Spalding

AP Language and Composition – Juniors
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King

AP Comparative Politics – Seniors
Hardball, Chris Matthews

AP Modern European History – Seniors
Eiffel’s Tower, Jill Jonnes

Economics/AP Economics – Seniors
Naked Economics, Charles Wheelan

AP Literature and Composition – Seniors
How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas Foster
Slaughterhouse V, Kurt Vonnegut