English Department
Big Voices (English 1)
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros I SBN: 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/or write about the book you read. Check this list for ideas on what to read.
English 3 (CHS)
We are Not from Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez ISBN: 9781984812285
English 3 (DLS)
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer ISBN: 9780385486804
AP English Language & Composition (CHS)
JUNIORS ONLY:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ISBN: 9780743273565
SENIORS choose One:
Educated by Tara Westover ISBN: 9780399590504
or Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue ISBN: 9780525509714
AP English Language & Composition (DLS)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ISBN: 9780743273565
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
PICK ONE TO READ Ready Player One by Ernest Cline ISBN: 0307887448 or 9780307887443 OR
The Hunger Games by Suzzane Collins ISBN: 9781407109084 OR The Memory Visit by Jenny Lynn Lambert ISBN: 9781773398488
**Proceeds from purchases of The Memory Visit benefit Carondelet 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
The World a Stage by Bill Bryson ISBN: 9781848310544
The 21st Century Woman
What I Told My Daughter: Lessons from Leaders on Raising the Next Generation of Empowered Women by Nina Tassler ISBN: 9781476734682
The Culture of Storytelling
The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin ISBN: 9780547773742
The Short Story
Short Story ReaderPDF 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 Department
NONE
Science Department
AP Biology
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Young ISBN: 9780062368607 or 0062368605
AP Chemistry & AP Biology Bridge
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 Department
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)
The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People. TEXTBOOK PROVIDED TO ALL Carondelet Ladies PDF Here. Read chapters 1-3. Please review this document regarding the full summer reading assignment.
AP US History (DLS)
The American Pageant: AP Edition (Read Chapters 1-3) TEXTBOOK PROVIDED TO ALL Carondelet Ladies PDF Here
AP Government
NONE
AP Psychology (CHS)
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell ISBN: 9780316299220
AP Psychology (DLS)
The Story of Psychology by Morton Hunt ISBN: 9780307278074.
Click here for information to focus on during your summer reading.
Please join the following Schoology group for updates about AP Psychology and your summer reading.
Visual and Performing Arts & Computer Science
AP Art (Drawing, 2D and 3D)
Over the summer, create an art journal consisting of 7 pages that represents the theme of your interest and your artistic skillset.
Step 1: Decide what will be the big question for your journaling exploration
Examples:
Why do I draw?
What are the experiences/ routines that changed my life?
How are Japanese traditions reflected in Anime?
How do urban architecture and graphic design impact our everyday life?
Step 2: Create at least seven pages (one page, 9x12 each) in your journal
Include quick sketches, free writings, references on others’ artworks, artist explorations, collages, detailed drawings, watercolor, digital drawings, etc.
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.
Links may be found here: