Mrs. Kossaris' Summer Picks:
The Brief and Wondrous Life by Junot Diaz (for 9th & 10th) , That Old Cape Code Magic and Empire Falls by Richard Russo (11th grade) , All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr or The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (12th grade)
Mr. Minor's Summer Picks:
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, anything by Virginia Wolf, any play by Arthur Miller or Eugene O'Neill, or Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Mrs. Hennessy's Summer Picks:
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt or The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Mr. Nappi's Summer Picks:
Fences by August Wilson, Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy, On the Beach by Nevil Shute, or A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
Mrs. Aguiar's Summer Picks:
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Keily or Feed by M.T. Anderson
Mr. Perri's Summer Picks:
For incoming seniors...Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel or The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Mr. Howley's Summer Picks:
Everything Matters by Ron Currie, Jr. or The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (9th/10th grade)
Mrs. Frasca's Summer Pick:
For students entering 10 Integrated...The Poisonwood Bible by Barbar Kingsolver
Mr. Watkins' Summer Picks:
The Never-Ending Story by Michael Ende (9th grade), Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (10th grade), In the Heart of the Sea: Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick (11th grade) and Jaws by Peter Benchley (12th grade)
Ms. Schuellein's Summer Pick:
For incoming 12th graders....American Gods by Neil Gaman
Ms. O'Connell's Summer Picks:
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro and One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Mrs. Tenenhaus' Summer Picks:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho , The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (9th grade), Forever by Pete Hamill, The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy (10th grade), The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson, The Alienist by Caleb Carr (11th grade).
Ms. Gilrein's Summer Pick:
The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo (9th grade)
Mrs. Grogan's Summer Picks:
Ragtime or The March by E.L. Doctorow, Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer, or Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Mrs. Caiet's Summer Picks:
The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo (9th grade) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (10th grade).
Dr. Skinner's Summer Picks:
Short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, or Ernest Hemingway
Mrs. Boyle's Summer Picks:
If I Stay by Gayle Foreman (Grade 9), All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Grade 10) or The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (Grade 11)
Ms. Levine's Summer Picks:
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett or Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Mrs. Holden's Summer Picks:
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (9th grade) or Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (11th grade)
Mr. LaTorre's Summer Picks:
Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie , This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald or Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Mrs. Pineiro's Summer Picks:
All American Boys by Jason Griffin, Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell, Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern, Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson and The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider