UCHS English teachers encourage summer reading
Check the University City Public Library and local book stores - Subterranean Books in the Loop and Barnes & Noble in Ladue - for the recommended books below. You may also print a version of the list for reference. Students may tweet about their summer reading using #ucityreads.
Click here for a printable PDF of the following list for all grade levels.
9th Grade
Required Reading - Book will be provided by UCHS
• Marcelo in the Real World (Francisco X. Stork)
Recommended Reading
• Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
• Tyrell (Coe Booth)
• Wintergirls (Laurie Halse Anderson)
• The Perks of Being a Wallfl ower (Stephen Chbosky)
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Ramsom Riggs)
Honors Additional Required Reading
• Copper Sun (Sharon Draper)
• Plus at least one selection from the 9th grade list above
10th Grade
Recommended Reading
• Anything But Typical (Nora Raleigh Baskin)
• The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
• 1984 (George Orwell)
• Farewell to Manzanar (Janice Wakatsuki Houston)
• The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
Honors Required Reading
• The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
11th Grade & AP Language
Recommended Reading
• If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
• Rule of the Bone (Russell Banks)
• Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
• Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
• The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
AP Language Required Reading
• Wingshooters (Nina Revoyr)
• Reading response assignment and writing journal
12th Grade & AP Literature
Recommended Reading
• Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
• The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery)
• The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
• Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
• Kaffir Boy (Mark Mathabane)
AP Literature Required Reading
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
• Plus 2-3 titles by an assigned author--see Mr. G. if no author has been assigned to you
These recommended reading lists offer a variety of options to students to encourage summer reading. Parents are encouraged to read book summaries available at the University City Public Library or online (Amazon.com, BN.com, etc.) to become familiar with the topics or themes in books their child may select.
