English ELA

Midwood High School at Brooklyn College

Summer Reading List

It is suggested that you read 2 or more of the books on the list unless otherwise noted.  

Incoming Freshman:

A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell

Vaclav and Lena by Haley Tanner

Left to Tell by Immaculee Iibagiza

Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quinonez

July’s People by Nadine Gordimer

When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago

 

Rising Sophomores:

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Polan

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat

Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir by Eddie Huang

 

Rising Juniors:

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

The River King by Alice Hoffman

We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oats

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

Cavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen

11/22/63 by Stephen King

  

Rising Seniors:

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas 

Revolution is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine

Rocket Boys (October Sky) by Homer Hickam

Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self by Lori Gottlieb

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, and Lisa Frazier

 

Advanced Placement English Literature only

How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster – REQUIRED TEXT

Then choose one of the following:

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Native Son by Richard Wright

 

Advanced Placement English Language and composition only

Read the following and one of the books assigned to your grade above:

Educated by Tara Westove

Between the World and  Me by Me Ta-Nehisi

 

AP Capstone Seminar

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

On Writing Well by William Zinsser

 

AP Capstone Research

On Writing Well by William Zinsser 

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell 

 

Below you will find Summer Reading Assignments for AP Classes.

Only complete if you have been accepted or put on the waitlist for the course.