MHS Summer Reading 2026-27

Mandarin High Summer Reading Requirements 2026-27

This summer, ONLY Mandarin High AICE & AP students are required to obtain and read certain books, the titles of which are determined by the particular English class they are taking in the fall. Depending on the class, they have one or two texts that need to be conscientiously completed by the first day of school. AP/AICE English teachers will be administering tests that first week to ascertain just how well the book or books were read.

9th Grade

  • Instructor: Ms. Millstone
  • Email: millstonem@duvalschools.org
  • PRE-AICE

*Make sure you get the abridged version (Bantam Classics edition) that’s translated by Lowell Bair.

10th Grade

  • Instructor: Ms. Millstone
  • Email: millstonem@duvalschools.org
  • AICE General Paper Read

11th Grade

12th Grade:

  • Instructor: Mr. Price
  • Email: prices2@duvalschools.org
    • AP Literature Summer Reading for 2026  (culled from an AP list published in 2025)
      • Select one of the following novels to read by the first day of class.
        • American Spy (Lauren Wilkinson)-Book link HERE
        • East of Eden (John Steinbeck)-Book link HERE
        • The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)-Book link HERE
        • Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier)-Book link HERE
        • The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)-Book link HERE
        • Washington Black (Esu Edugyan)-Book link HERE
        • The Women of Brewster Place (Gloria Naylor)-Book link HERE
    • AICE Literature Summer Reading for 2026 (on the 2027 AICE exam)
      • Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)-Book link HERE