Students must purchase their own summer reading books and may choose to read print or a digital book. These books are not included in the textbook fee and will not be provided on iPad.
English
Big Voices (English 1)
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros ISBN: 0679734775 or 9780679734772
Please refer to this The House on Mango Street Reading Guide as you read the novel.
English 2
Please choose any book from your reading level to enjoy over the summer. Return to school prepared to talk and write about the book you read.
English 3 (CHS)
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines ISBN: 9780375702709
English 3 (DLS)
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer ISBN: 9780385486804
AP English Language & Composition (CHS & DLS)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ISBN: 9780743273565 *All students with AP Lang at Carondelet, please review this document regarding your summer reading assignment.
AP English Literature & Composition (CHS)
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde ISBN: 9780486278070
*All students with AP Lit at Carondelet, please review this document regarding your summer reading assignment.
AP English Literature & Composition (DLS)
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde ISBN: 9780486278070
and The Odyssey by Homer; trans. by Robert Fagles ISBN: 9780140268867
Classics of Horror
Carrie by Stephen King ISBN: 9780307743664
Dystopian Fiction Choose one of these three titles to read
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline ISBN: 9780307887443 or The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ISBN: 9781407109084 or
The Memory Visit by Jenny Lynn Lambert ISBN: 9781773398488 **Proceeds Benefit Faculty/Staff Student Scholarship**
Explorations of Writing
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven ISBN: 9780385755917
Literature, Conflict, & the Human Experience
None
Podcasting & Storytelling
None
Psych Realism
None
Shakespeare
Shakespeare on Toast: Getting a Taste for the Bard by Ben Crystal ISBN: 9781848310544
The 21st Century Woman
Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof ISBN: 9780307387097
The Culture of Storytelling
The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin ISBN: 9780547773742
The Short Story
Short Story Reader PDF is sent to all students enrolled in this course. If you haven’t received it by June 10, please contact Ms. Koski
Western Literature
Shane by Jack Schaefer ISBN:9780544239470
Writing Seminar
This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff ISBN: 9780802136688
Modern Language
None
Science
AP Biology
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Young ISBN: 9780062368607 or 0062368605
Students accelerating to AP Chemistry in 10th grade or AP Biology in 11th grade are required to complete a summer bridge course. These summer bridge courses are 4 week student-paced courses moderated by Carondelet science teachers on Schoology. Students may only register for the Summer Bridge classes with approval from the Science Department.
AP Environmental Science
None
AP Physics 1 or C
None
Social Studies
AP US History (DLS)
The American Pageant: AP Edition (Read Chapters 1-3)
This textbook is provided to all Carondelet students, use this PDF to get started.
AP US History (CHS)
American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America ISBN 9780143122029 or 0143122029
Read chapters 1-12 (pages 23-149)
and The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People (Read chapters 1-3)
This textbook is provided to all Carondelet students, use this PDF to get started.
Please review this intro to the summer reading.
AP Psychology (CHS)
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell ISBN: 9780316010665
AP Psychology (DLS)
The Story of Psychologyby Morton Hunt ISBN: 9780307278074
Please review this intro to the summer reading.
Visual and Performing Arts & Computer Science
AP Art (Drawing, 2D and 3D)
Before going on summer break, students will meet with the teacher to receive a homework packet with specific assignments. These will include:
- 2 to 3 portfolio assignments
- Visit to a museum/gallery
- Artist research projects
- Sketchbook exercises
- Short written narrative
AP Computer Science Principles
Over the summer, students enrolled in APCSP should read Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil and complete the Python Chapters in DataCamp.