Smyrna High School Summer Reading 2018 Summer reading is optional/extra credit for English classes.

Please see the summer course work section on the SHS website for Advanced Honors English II, AP English

III, Dual Enrollment, and AP English IV books and coursework.

This list is for standard and honors only, with the exception of Advanced Honors English I. AH English I students

will still choose ONE book for from the English I list, but the reading is required, not optional.

Pick ONE book from your grade level’s list below.

English I

I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition OR original

will work) by Malala Yousafzai

I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness to The Blind Side and Beyond by Michael Oher

Cinder: Book One of The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendon Kiely

**Advanced Honors English I will choose from this list but it is required, not extra credit.**

English II

A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

English III

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

The Distance Between Us: A Memoir by Reyna Grande

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

English IV

*Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Dual Enrollment

Must read:

*Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Senior AP

Must read:

*Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Smyrna High School Summer Reading 2018 Then choose one:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin

Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

**If you would like to participate in the essay contest, please see the 2018 MTSU Summer Reading Contest

attachment available on the SHS website or from your English III teacher.**