ALL INCOMING FRESHMEN:  
PARROT IN THE OVEN BY VICTOR MARTINEZ
SHABANU:DAUGHTER OF THE WIND BY HELEN FISCHER STAPLES

IF AN INCOMING FRESHMAN IS TAKING A CSHM SUMMER SCHOOL ENGLISH CLASS, HE/SHE MUST HAVE SHABANU FOR THAT CLASS. ALL FRESHMEN PLEASE READ THESE WONDERFUL NOVELS. YOU WILL BE TESTED TO SEE IF YOU READ AT THE SCHOOL YEAR’S BEGINNING.

ALL INCOMING SOPHOMORES:
FREEDOM WRITERS BY FREEDOM WRITERS AND ZLATA FILIPOVIC

INCOMING JUNIORS:

AMERICAN LITERATURE: RAIN OF GOLD BY VICTOR VILLASENOR

HONORS AMERICAN LITERATURE: RAIN OF GOLD BY V. VILLASENOR AND THE GREAT GATSBY BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD.

AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION: LOLITA BY VLADIMIR NABAKOV AND THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER BY CARSON McCULLERS.

HONORS U.S. HISTORY: FOUNDING BROTHERS BY JOSEPH J. ELLIS.

INCOMING SENIORS:

WORLD LITERATURE: THE KITE RUNNER BY KHALED HOSSEINI AND PREY BY MICHAEL CRICHTON.

HONORS WORLD LITERATURE: ARMIES OF THE NIGHT BY NORMAN MAILER AND VANITY FAIR BY WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY.

AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION: STUDENTS ARE TO READ TWO OF THE FOLLOWING WORKS: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA BY WILLIAM GOLDING, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY, THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS BY ISABEL ALLENDE, I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE BYWALLY LAMB, DOOMSDAY BOOK BY CONNIE WILLIS, A SONG FOR ARBONNE BY GUY GAVRIEL KAY, THE PRINCE OF TIDES BY PAT CONROY, EAST OF EDEN BY JOHN STEINBECK, LONESOME DOVE BY LARRY McMURTREY, THE CRYSTAL CAVE BY MARY STEWART, THE MISTS OF AVALON BY MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY, DUNE BY FRANK HERBERT, THE SEA WOLF BY JACK LONDON, LITLE SCARLET BY WALTER MOSLEY, THE KITE RUNNER BY KHALID HOSSEINI, A HANDMAID’S TALE BY MARGARET ATWOOD, INVISIBLE MAN BY RALPH ELLISON.

MR. DOMINGUEZ WILL GIVE ALL AP ENGLISH LITERATURE STUDENTS FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THEIR SUMMER READING THE WEEK OF JUNE 2, 2008.

U.S. GOVERNMENT (ALL SENIORS): READ THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS OF YOUR GOVERNMENT CLASS TEXTBOOK. YOU WILL BE TESTED ON THESE CHAPTERS THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS.

ALL RETURNING 10TH, 11TH, AND 12TH GRADE STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN FURTHER SUMMER READING INSTRUCTIONS IN THEIR ENGLISH CLASSES THE WEEK OF JUNE 3, 2008. PLEASE START YOUR READING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! PROCRASTINATION IS THE ENEMY OF ALL STUDENTS.