Back to School: Summer Reading Assignments

Summer break is often considered time away from teachers and books, but older students need to crack open a book.

Hauppauge Public Schools gives out summer reading assignments to its high school and middle school students to help sustain their interest in learning. Finish reading these books on time can help your child start the year off on the right foot, and ahead of the class. 

All of Hauppauge High School and Middle School's summer reading assignments can be found on the district's website along with detailed step-by-step instructions and questions.

Here is a list of the books, broken down by grade, that your child could choose to read this summer: 

Sixth-Grade Reading (select one)
"Absolutely Normal Chaos" by Sharon Creech
"Heartbeat" by Sharon Creech
"Love that Dog" by Sharon Creech
"Loser" by Jerry Spinelli
"Report to the Principal's Office" by Jerry Spinelli
"Eggs" by Jerry Spinelli
Other options, which may prove more challenging:
"No More Dead Dogs" by Gordon Korman
"The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
"Man Who was Poe" by Avi
"Crispin: Cross of Lead" by Avi
"Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
"Homecoming" by Cynthia Voit
"The Mighty" by Fodman Philbrick 

Seventh-Grade Reading
"The Misfits" by James Howe
 

Eigth-Grade Reading
"The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

English 9 Regents
"Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

English 9 Honors  
"A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving

10th-Grade Regents
"A Long Way Gone" by Ishmael Beah 

English 10 Honors
"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

English 11 Regents 
Students are instructed to go to www.ala.org and pick one book off the "“Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners” list. 

AP Literature and Composition
"Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
"The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

IB Literature & Language
"The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck
 

12th Grade English
 If entering Humanities or Film, select one:
"In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
"Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
"A Time to Kill" by John Grisham
"On the Road" by Jack Kerouac
"A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

AP English Language and Composition
"1984" by George Orwell 

College Freshman English
“Graduation” by Maya Angelou
“Working at Wendy’s “ by Joey Franklin
“Once More to the Lake” by E. B. White
“Inheritance of Tools” 
“The Chase” 
“How to Write a Memoir” by William Zinsser