Upper School - Summer Reading

WORCESTER PREPARATORY SCHOOL

2011-12
9 - 12 SUMMER READING LIST


All students in Upper School have required summer reading. These books can be purchased at a local bookstore, on Amazon.com, Follett books, etc. Students will have discussions, writing assignments and tests over the required novel (novels) for each grade.

The list is as follows:

Grade 9 -
A Separate Peace by John Knowles; Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
Grade 10 -
Life of Pi by Yann Martel; Night by Elie Wiesel
Grade 11 - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck; The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Grade 12 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley; The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

 

AP English 11
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

AP English 12

Tess of the D'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


Upper School Supplementary Summer Reading List