In-Coming 11th Grade Summer Reading List

For ISM English B Students

ISM English teachers have collaborated on a master book list for in-coming upperclassmen. Here you will
find a variety of contemporary and classic novels, as well as a range of compelling nonfiction. Please see
recommendations as follows below. Be sure to pack your books this summer and surround yourself with
great literature!
Expectations:

Students are expected to read quality and enjoyable literature this summer
Be prepared!

Novels
The Clay Marble by Minfong Ho
Hoot by Carl Hiassen
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
When My Name was Keoko by Linda Sue Park
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Proxy Series by Alex London
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Winger by Andrew Smith
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
More Challenging Novels
The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
We are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Ru by Kim Thuy
Feed by M. T. Anderson
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The 39 Steps by John Buchan
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Graphic Novels
Maus I and II by Speigleman
Persepolis I and II by Marjane Sartrapi
The Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan
Non-Fiction
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom