Summer Reading

ENGLISH:
English 100 and 103H:
All incoming frosh in English 100 MUST read ONE of the following.
All incoming frosh in English 103H MUST read TWO of the following.
Of course, we encourage all incoming frosh to read more for enjoyment!

• Turtles All the Way Down (John Green)
• Darius the Great is Not Okay (Adib Khorram)
• The Sun is Also a Star (Nicola Yoon)
• Frankly in Love (David Yoon)

RELIGIOUS STUDIES:

Students must read and view both:

• "The Journey of Ignatius of Loyola" (Rev. Kevin O'Brien, S.J. with illustrations by Thomas Fong, '23) - download
• View this video: "Ignatius of Loyola – Finding God In All Things" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oeq8p687RIY

SOCIAL SCIENCE:
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES:
Students must read all three books: 

• March, Book One (John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell) 
• March, Book Two (John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell) 
• March, Book Three (John Lewis, Andres Aydin, Nate Powell) 

https://www.amazon.com/March-Issues-3-Book-Series/dp/B01JM9RVII/ref=sr_1_1  

LANGUAGE:
Freshmen who are enrolled in any language class are not required to do summer work.

ENGLISH: 
English 200
All sophomores in ENG 200 must read two of the following:

• Lobizona (Romina Garber)
• The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
• The Island of Missing Trees (Elif Shafak)

ENG 203H 

Required Read: The Island of Missing Trees (Elif Shafak) 

AND one other book of their choice between: 

• The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
• Lobizona (Romina Garber)

SOCIAL SCIENCE:  
MODERN WORLD HISTORY 

Objective: Identify the significant and recurring geographical features of the world.

Within the first week of classes, you will be given a geography assessment of some basic world geography (major countries, major cities, world regions, and major physical features). These countries, features, and regions will be making appearances in our course throughout the whole year and knowing them will improve your ability to learn and analyze important historical developments.

Use the following links to help practice and prepare for this assessment. You will be expected to know and locate the countries, cities, regions, and features present in these 5 quizzes: 

30 populous countries 

G20 members

25 major cities 

Human Geo World Regions

Major Geo Features

SCIENCE: Scroll down for Science Summer Reading. 

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Scroll down for AP Computer Science Summer Reading. 

LANGUAGE: Click here for your summer language assignments.

ENGLISH: 
English 300
1) Read one of the following books:

• Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
• Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Malinda Lo) 
• There There (Tommy Orange) 
• Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
• The Firekeeper's Daughter (Angeline Boulley)
• Dust Child (Nguyen Phan Que Mai)
• Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi) 

English 303H
1) Read two of the following books: 

• Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
• Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Melinda Lo)
• There There (Tommy Orange)
• Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
• The Firekeeper's Daughter (Angeline Boulley)
• Dust Child (Nguyen Phan Que Mai)
• Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)

SOCIAL SCIENCE: 
US HISTORIES AND CULTURES & US HISTORIES AND CULTURES HONORS  -- Students are to click here  for the summer assignment.

ELECTIVES:

• Social Movements and Social Justice (and HONORS):  For ALL students: Click here for the summer assignment.
• Economics (and HONORS): No summer assignment. 
• Social Cognitive Psychology (and HONORS): Click here for the summer assignment. 
• Behavioral Neuroscience (and HONORS): Click here for the summer reading assignment. 

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Scroll down for AP Computer Science Summer Reading.
LANGUAGE: Click here for your summer language assignments.

ENGLISH

AP English: 

The Color Purple, Alice Walker1984,

George Orwell 

Electives: 

English 420-Satire.  In the Pond, Ha Jin

English 435–Women in Lit - The Hounding Xenobe Purvos

English 450-Mythology–Circe, Miller

English 460- Fiction into Film - read The Martian by Andy Weir and watch the movie The Martian (2011)

English 482– Composition- Educated, Tara Westover

RELIGIOUS STUDIES:

RS 477: Ecological Justice and Spirituality:  

• Read Part One (chapters 1-4, pages 3-23) of The Story of More by Dr. Hope Jahren.
• Watch "The Letter" on YouTube and take notes on this PDF.

SOCIAL SCIENCE:
Students are to complete the assignment appropriate to the class they are signed up to take:

US GOVERNMENT CLASSES:

• US Gov't: Constitutional Law (and HONORS): For ALL students: Click here for the summer assignment
• US Gov't: Crime, Law and the Constitution (and HONORS): For ALL students:  Read Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson) 
• US Gov't: San Francisco Case Studies (and HONORS): For ALL students: Read 1906 (James Dalessandro) before the first day of class. 
• US Gov't: Race, Gender and Power (and HONORS): For ALL students:  Click here for the summer assignment.

ELECTIVES:

• Social Movements and Social Justice (and HONORS): For ALL students:  Click here for the summer assignment.
• Economics (and HONORS): No summer assignment. 
• Social Cognitive Psychology (and HONORS): Click here for the summer assignment. 
• Behavioral Neuroscience (and HONORS): Click here for the summer reading    assignment. 

SCIENCE: Scroll down for Science Summer Reading.

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Scroll down for AP Computer Science Summer Reading.
LANGUAGE: Click here for your summer language assignments.

Freshmen who are enrolled in any language class are not required to do summer work.

• Students entering other classes: Click here for your summer language assignments.

AP Biology and AP Chemistry:  The summer assignment will be available on the class canvas page on July 1, 2026.

AP Physics: 
Students should read the chapters and do the practice problems listed:

• Chapter 1: #1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 12, 18, 21, 23, 30.
• Chapter 2: #1-11 odds, 15, 16, 18, 19, 23-41 odds. This covers Sections 2.1-2.4 which is mostly linear motion similar to what students should have learned in Honors Physics (with a few exceptions).
• This is all due at the beginning of class on the first day of class.

AP Computer Science: Please click here for the summer reading assignment. The assignment is on Canvas.