Upper School Summer Reading

The following list is the required summer reading for Upper School for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year.

English

9th Grade
  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Honors

  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  • The Pearl by John Steinbeck
10th Grade
  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Honors

  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller
  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
AP Seminar
  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller
  • Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
11th Grade
  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

AP

  • 1984 by George Orwell
12th Grade
  • 1984 by George Orwell

AP

  • Maus, Vol 1 and 2 by Art Spiegelman
World Literature
  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

History

10th Grade

AP World History

  • Amsco AP World History – Introduction and Prologue
    Amsco book is being ordered and will be available mid-June. Mrs Berman will notify students by email when it’s available for pickup in the Upper School Office

    AP World History Summer Assignment
11th Grade

AP United States History

  • The Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis
    ISBN-13: 978-0143038276
12th Grade

AP American Government & Politics

  • The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 by Joseph J. Ellis
    ISBN-13 :  978-0804172486

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Upper School Calendar

  • Aug 02
    Saturday

    FCA Kickoff

  • Aug 04
    Monday

    MS/US New Student Orientation

  • Aug 06
    Wednesday

    Early Dismissal Schedule

  • Aug 19
    Tuesday

    US Digital Club Fair

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