Be Prepared for Next Year!
Please look under the class that you have under your schedule to find the Book/Books that are REQUIRED SUMMER READING. If you click on the book title it either takes you to a FREE PDF or an Amazon Link.
9th Grade
Standard-Heart of a Champion (Carl Deuker)
Honors-What to Say Next (Julie Buxbaum)
For your second required book, select either Heart of a Champion OR This Is Our Story (Ashley Elston)
Pre-AICE The Count of Monte Cristo, Abridged Edition* (Alexandre Dumas)
*Make sure you get the abridged version (Bantam Classics edition) that’s translated by Lowell Bair.
10th Grade
Standard-Select one of the books below.
Honors-Select two of the books below.
Copper Sun (Sharon Draper)
Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
AICE General Paper-Read both
Before We Were Yours (Lisa Wingate) AND Educated: A Memoir (Tara Westover)
11th Grade
Standard AND Honors
Select one book at your reading level: https://hub.lexile.com/find-a-book/search
that is
autobiographical, biographical, inspirational, or self-help.
To the right are some enjoyable suggestions from our English teachers. If you
have a book other than these you’d like to select, simply run it by the English Department Chairman, Mr. Price
(prices2@duvalschools.org), for approval.
–The Five People You Meet in
Heaven (Mitch Albom)
–The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the
Crime That Changed Their Lives (Dashka Slater)
–The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens (Sean Covey)
–Becoming (Michelle Obama) –Blue is the New White (Josh Zolin)
–Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir (John McCain and Mark Salter)
–I Am Malala (Malala
Yousafzai and Christina
Lamb)
–The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach
Hurley and Basketball’s Most Improbable Dynasty
(Adrian Wojnarowski)
–Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
–Taking Flight: From War
Orphan to Star Ballerina
(Michaela DePrince)
–Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
–The Way I Heard It (Mike Rowe)
–Who Moved My Cheese?
(Spencer Johnson)
–With My Eyes Wide Open: Miracles and Mistakes on
My Way Back to Korn (Brian Welch)
–Unified: How Our Unlikely Friendship Gives Us Hope for a Divided Country (Tim Scott and Trey Gowdy)
AICE Language AND AP Language
Read both
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
AND
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
12th Grade
Honors AND Standard AND College Prep
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
FREE PDF: https://books-library.net/files/books-library.online-12230111Ib9C3.pdf
AICE Literature AND AP Literature
1) Choose one novel
–Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
–Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
2) Watch
Minari ( 2020 film)
3) Written assignment attached to novel selected
For additional information on the AP or AICE Assignments please email: Mr. Price
(prices2@duvalschools.org), for details.
Dual Enrollment
Eng 1101 AND Lit 2000
Read Both
–The Tradition: A Book of Poems (Jericho Brown)
AND
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)

9th Grade Standard (Required)/
Honors Option 1
9th Grade Honors (REQUIRED BOOK) 
9th Grade Honors Option 2 
Pre-AICE REQUIRED

10th Grade
Option 1
10th Grade
Option 2
10th Grade
Option 3
10th Grade
Option 4
AICE General Paper REQUIRED 1 
AICE General Paper REQUIRED 2

11th Grade
Option 1
11th Grade
Option 2
11th Grade
Option 3
11th Grade
Option 4
11th Grade
Option 5
11th Grade
Option 6

11th Grade
Option 7
11th Grade
Option 8
11th Grade
Option 9
11th Grade
Option 10
11th Grade
Option 11
11th Grade
Option 12
11th Grade
Option 13
11th Grade
Option 14
11th Grade
Option 15

Minari Trailer:
Be sure to watch the FULL Film, available on Amazon Prime, Google Play and other streaming services.
Be Prepared for Next Year!
Please look under the class that you have under your schedule to find the Book/Books that are REQUIRED SUMMER READING. If you click on the book title it either takes you to a FREE PDF or an Amazon Link.
9th Grade
Standard-Heart of a Champion (Carl Deuker)
Honors-What to Say Next (Julie Buxbaum)
For your second required book, select either Heart of a Champion OR This Is Our Story (Ashley Elston)
Pre-AICE The Count of Monte Cristo, Abridged Edition* (Alexandre Dumas)
*Make sure you get the abridged version (Bantam Classics edition) that’s translated by Lowell Bair.
10th Grade
Standard-Select one of the books below.
Honors-Select two of the books below.
Copper Sun (Sharon Draper)
Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
AICE General Paper-Read both
Before We Were Yours (Lisa Wingate) AND Educated: A Memoir (Tara Westover)
11th Grade
Standard AND Honors
Select one book at your reading level: https://hub.lexile.com/find-a-book/search
that is
autobiographical, biographical, inspirational, or self-help.
To the right are some enjoyable suggestions from our English teachers. If you
have a book other than these you’d like to select, simply run it by the English Department Chairman, Mr. Price
(prices2@duvalschools.org), for approval.
–The Five People You Meet in
Heaven (Mitch Albom)
–The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the
Crime That Changed Their Lives (Dashka Slater)
–The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens (Sean Covey)
–Becoming (Michelle Obama) –Blue is the New White (Josh Zolin)
–Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir (John McCain and Mark Salter)
–I Am Malala (Malala
Yousafzai and Christina
Lamb)
–The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach
Hurley and Basketball’s Most Improbable Dynasty
(Adrian Wojnarowski)
–Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
–Taking Flight: From War
Orphan to Star Ballerina
(Michaela DePrince)
–Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
–The Way I Heard It (Mike Rowe)
–Who Moved My Cheese?
(Spencer Johnson)
–With My Eyes Wide Open: Miracles and Mistakes on
My Way Back to Korn (Brian Welch)
–Unified: How Our Unlikely Friendship Gives Us Hope for a Divided Country (Tim Scott and Trey Gowdy)
AICE Language AND AP Language
Read both
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
AND
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
12th Grade
Honors AND Standard AND College Prep
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
FREE PDF: https://books-library.net/files/books-library.online-12230111Ib9C3.pdf
AICE Literature AND AP Literature
1) Choose one novel
–Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
–Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
2) Watch
Minari ( 2020 film)
3) Written assignment attached to novel selected
For additional information on the AP or AICE Assignments please email: Mr. Price
(prices2@duvalschools.org), for details.
Dual Enrollment
Eng 1101 AND Lit 2000
Read Both
–The Tradition: A Book of Poems (Jericho Brown)
AND
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)

9th Grade Standard (Required)/
Honors Option 1
9th Grade Honors (REQUIRED BOOK) 
9th Grade Honors Option 2 
Pre-AICE REQUIRED

10th Grade
Option 1
10th Grade
Option 2
10th Grade
Option 3
10th Grade
Option 4
AICE General Paper REQUIRED 1 
AICE General Paper REQUIRED 2

11th Grade
Option 1
11th Grade
Option 2
11th Grade
Option 3
11th Grade
Option 4
11th Grade
Option 5
11th Grade
Option 6

11th Grade
Option 7
11th Grade
Option 8
11th Grade
Option 9
11th Grade
Option 10
11th Grade
Option 11
11th Grade
Option 12
11th Grade
Option 13
11th Grade
Option 14
11th Grade
Option 15







