CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL
Summer Outside Reading Requirements

Students entering the following grade levels will be required to read at least one title from the selections listed below. At the beginning of the next school year, an objective and/or subjective examination will be administered to determine the student's familiarity with the work. If a student wishes, he may read more than one work from within the grade level requirements and have each additional work count toward the fulfillment of the outside reading requirement for that year.


Freshman English (All levels)

London, Call of the Wild

Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

Rawlings, The Yearling

Sophomore English (non-Honors)

Grisham, The Painted House

Gunther, Death Be Not Proud

Hemingway, Old Man and the Sea

Morrison, Beloved

Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Sophomore English (Honors)

Ellison, Invisible Man

Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

Junior English (non-Honors)

Conrad,  Heart of Darkness  

Doyle, Hound of the Baskervilles

O'Brian, Master and Commander

Wells, The Time Machine

Junior English (Honors)

Conrad, The Heart of Darkness

Trevor, Select any novel by William Trevor

Hardy, Read one of the following titles: 
   Tess of the D'Ubervilles
   The Mayor of Casterbridge
   Jude the Obscure
   Far From the Madding Crowd
   The Return of the Native

Senior English

Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Homer, The Odyssey

Krakauer, Into the Wild

Toole, Confederacy of Dunces

Wiesel,  Night

Senior AP English
(All 3 titles must be read)

Homer, The Odyssey

Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

Students will be responsible for finding the recommended titles.

Suggested approach: Students should take notes on main characters and events for a quick review, particularly if they decide to complete their reading early.

Enjoy the works!