All incoming students at Hutch Tech this September are required to read all these books for their English classes. The novels should be read prior to the start of classes.

Freshmen

REQUIRED FOR ENGLISH: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
REQUIRED FOR SOC. ST: Persepolis, The Story of a Childhood by Marjabe Satropi
CHOICES:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon
Red Scarf Girl by Ji Li Jiang
When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago

 

Sophomores

REQUIRED FOR ENGLISH: Rash by Pete Hautman
REQUIRED FOR SOC ST: Night by Elie Wiesel
CHOICES:
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alverez
Kindred by Octavia Butler
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Kindred by Octavia Butler

 

Juniors

REQUIRED FOR ENGLISH (Non AP):Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
REQUIRED FOR AP ENGLISH LANG.:The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
REQUIRED FOR SOC. ST:The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
CHOICES:

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley


Summer Reading for Advanced Placement English Language: See Mr. Potter before the end of the school year to pick up the summer assignment packet for The Greatest Generation

 

Seniors

REQUIRED FOR ENGLISH: The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
REQUIRED FOR SOC. ST: Animal Farm by George Orwell
CHOICES:
Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salliger

*** Guided questions are to be done for all SENIORS regardless of your teacher ***

Download and Print the Guided Questions for each of the books above:

Guided Response for The Glass Castle
Guided Response for Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Guided Response for The Catcher in the Rye

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Summer reading for Advanced Placement English Literature (to be read in place of the book required for English and the choice book):
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

You must meet with Mrs. Robson before the end of the school year to pick up the summer assignment packet that goes along with these books.