Summer Reading

Any questions about selections or assignments should be directed to Mrs. Marxen at pmarxen@vasj.com. Please write "summer reading question" in the subject line. 

In most cases, books can be borrowed from your local library or purchased on Amazon. Most books are available in large print, ebook, and audiobook format.

If you are unsure of which level of English you are in (College Prep, Honors, or Advanced Placement), please contact either Mrs. Marxen or the Guidance Office.

• Read Keesha's House by Helen Frost (click here for assignment sheet)

• Read Keesha's House by Helen Frost (click here for assignment sheet)
• Read Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (click here for assignment sheet)

• Read Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

• Read Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• Read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

• Read The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

• Read The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• Read The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

• Read Lord of the Flies by William Golding  (click here for assignment sheet)

• Read Lord of the Flies by William Golding (click here for assignment sheet)
• Read The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

• Read The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
• Read As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
• Read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• A fourth book will be student choice from the AP reading list. This list will be emailed directly to AP students just after the end of the 2017-18 school year.