School Reading List Books
Lafourche Parish School Summer Reading Lists Titles
(Incomplete list—please email your school’s list to crobichaux@lafourche.org )
Vandebilt Catholic High School Summer Reading List
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Incoming 8th Graders
Level One
All read the following book:
Anthem – A. Rand
Students choose ONE of the following:
Be a Changemaker – L. A. Thompson
Start Something That Matters – B. Mycaskie
The Promise of a Pencil, How an Ordinary Person can Create Extraordinary Change – A. Braun
Regular Classes
All read the following book:
The Hiding Place – Boom, Carrie Ten, Scherill, John; et.al.
Students choose ONE of the following:
Bringing the Boy Home – N. A. Nelson
Rules of the Road – J. Bauer
Skills
All read the following book:
Touching Spirit Bear – B. Mikaelson
9th Grade
Level One
All read the following book:
Night – Elie Weisel
Students choose ONE of the following:
Uglies – Scott Westerfeld
Ender’s Games – Orson Scott Card
Regular
All students read the following:
Stargirl – Jerry Spinelli
Students choose ONE of the following:
The Life of Pi – Y. Martel
Hunger Games – S. Collins
Skills
All students read the following:
Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief – R. Riordan
10th Grade
Level One
All students read the following:
Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom
Students choose ONE of the following:
Rebecca – Daphne duMaurier
The Alchemist – Paolo Coelho
Regular
All students read the following:
Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom
Students choose ONE of the following:
I Am Malala – Malala Yousafzai
The Illustrated Man – R. Bradbury
Skills
All students read the following:
Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom
11th Grade
Level One
All students read the following:
A Farewell to Arms – E. Hemingway
Students choose ONE of the following:
The Awakening – K. Chopin
The Andromeda Strain – M. Crichton
Regular
Students choose TWO of the following:
Fahrenheit 451 – R. Bradbury
The Andromeda Strain – M. Crichton
A Farewell to Arms – E. Hemingway
Skills
All students read the following:
The Maze Runner – James Dashner
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12th Grade
Level One
Students choose TWO of the following:
1984 – G. Orwell
A Tale of Two Cities – C. Dickens
Jane Eyre – C. Bronte
Pride and Prejudice – J. Austen
Regular
All students read TWO of the following:
1984 – G. Orwell
Jane Eyre – C. Bronte
Murder on the Orient Express – A. Christie
Skills
All students read the following:
Divergent – Veronica Roth
E.D. White Catholic High School Summer Reading List
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English I Skills, English I, English I Honors: Night - Elie Wiesel
English II Skills, English II, English II Honors: Animal Farm - George Orwell
English III AP: The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
English III Honors: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
English III Skills, English III: Peace Like a River - Leif Enger
English IV AP: Beowulf
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
English IV Skills, English IV: Lord of the Flies - William Golding
English 8, English 8 Advanced: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
English 8 Skills: The Lottery Rose - Irene Hunt
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Central Lafourche High School Summer Reading List
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Novel Options:
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Uglies - Scott Westerfield
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Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein
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Gym Candy - Carl Deuker
South Lafourche High School Summer Reading List
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English II Pre-AP: Listed are the sources for the assignment.
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Farewell to Manzanar - Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston (novel)
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"Aria: Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood" - Richard Rodriguez (essay excerpt copy)
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"America Declares War on Japan" - President Roosevelt's speech on YouTube
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"Remarks on Signing the Bill Providing Restitution for the Wartime Internment of Japanese American Civilians" - President Ronald Reagan's speech copy
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"From Wrong to Right: A U.S. Apology for Japanese Internment" -
news article copy