Summer Reading

Nathan Hale-Ray High School – Summer Reading Project

Choose your book based on your English class for next school year.
Your grade level and whether you're in an Academic or Accelerated course will determine your summer reading options.
Books are available at the high school—ask your English teacher or visit the library to borrow a copy!

9th Grade

Academic – Choose one:
• Illuminae — Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
• Trashed — Derf Backderf
• The Serpent King — Jeff Zentner
• This Is Our Story — Ashley Elston
• The Female of the Species — Mindy McGinnis
• Or any other book that interests you and fits your reading level

Accelerated – Choose one:
• The Catcher in the Rye — J. D. Salinger
• The Light Between Oceans — M. L. Stedman
• The Underground Railroad — Colson Whitehead
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close — Jonathan Safran Foer

10th Grade

Academic – Choose one:
• Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree — Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
• American Road Trip — Patrick Flores-Scott
• Nimona — N. D. Stevenson
• All American Boys — Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely
• After the Shot Drops — Randy Ribay
• Or any other book that interests you and fits your reading level

Accelerated – Choose one:
• Into the Wild — Jon Krakauer
• The Alchemist — Paulo Coelho
• The Secret Life of Bees — Sue Monk Kidd

11th Grade

Academic – Choose one:
• Salt to the Sea — Ruta Sepetys
• Grimoire Noir — Vera Greentea & Yana Bogatch
• Radio Silence — Alice Oseman
• The Poet X — Elizabeth Acevedo
• Darius the Great Is Not Okay — Adib Khorram
• Or any other book that interests you and fits your reading level

Accelerated – Choose one:
• Educated — Tara Westover
• The Midnight Library — Matt Haig
• The Silent Patient — Alex Michaelides

12th Grade

Academic – Choose one:
• All Eyes on Her — L. E. Flynn
• Goodbye Days — Jeff Zentner
• The Inheritance Games — Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• The House in the Cerulean Sea — T. J. Klune
• Or any other book that interests you and fits your reading level

Accelerated – Choose one:
• The Road — Cormac McCarthy
• The Lost City of Z — David Grann