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Date
Title of Book
Pages Read
Time Spent
Reading
Reading Log for
Name: ___________________________________
Parent Verification of Reading Log ________________________________
(Signature)
Just a Reminder!
There are many factors that affect the relationship between a reader and text, including content, age-appropriateness, reader interests, suitability of the text, and text difficulty. The Lexile
measure of a book—a measure of text difficulty—is a good starting point in the book-selection
process, with other factors then being considered. The Lexile measure should never be the only factor considered when selecting a book.
Parents, please help your child choose appropriate reading this summer.
2013 High School
Summer Reading Program
Grades 9-12
Savannah-Chatham County Public School System
Office of Curriculum and Instruction
208 Bull Street, Room 208
Savannah, GA 31401
Phone: 912.395.5544 Fax: 912.201.4166
Name:__________________________________
High School Assignments
Students will read 2 books from the suggested reading list
for their grade level/course for the upcoming year.
All students will keep a Reading Log of time spent read-
ing 2 books and have the log signed by a parent.
When students return to school in the fall, they will be
required to complete a writing assessment related to their
summer reading.
Students may also elect to read a book that is not on the
list, if it is within their Lexile range or within their grade
level Lexile Band (see below).
***A Lexile range is included to help students select
books that correspond with the Lexile score found on their
8th grade CRCT report.
Students enrolled in an Advanced Placement Course will select
readings from the list based on the recommendations from their
individual schools.
Sample Reading Log
Date Title of Book Pages Read Time Spent
Reading
6-30-10 The Alchemist Pgs. 8-40 30 min.
7-4-10 Z for Zachariah Pgs. 1-30 35 minutes
Typical Text Measures by Grade
Grade Grade Level Lexile Bands
9 1050L to 1260L
10 1080L to 1335L
11-12 1185L to 1385
The official Lexile website is an amazing resource for finding ap-
propriate summer reading material (for free!).
To use this resource go to www.lexile.com and follow these steps.
1. At the top or the web page, click on “Find a Book”
2. Type in your child’s Lexile score in
the appropriate box. The Lexile
Range will automatically be calcu-
lated. Click Submit.
3. Next, you will be able to check
various categories about which your
child may wish to read. When fin-
ished, click Submit.
4. Now you will be presented with a
list of books that are in your child’s
areas of interest and within his or her
Lexile range.
Clicking the “WorldCat” button next to each book will allow you to see if that
book is available in the Live Oak Public Libraries. If the library does carry
that book, you can request a hold online. You can also request the book be
sent to your local library branch.
Students enrolled in an Advanced Placement Course will select readings from the list
below based on the recommendations from their individual schools.
AP Human Geography
Author Title Lexile
Blij, Harm de Why Geography Matters: ~
Diamond, Jared Collapse: How Societies Choose
To Fail or Succeed*** ~
Diamond, Jared Gun, Germs, & Steel*** 1440L
Friedman, Thomas The World is Flat: A Brief History
of the 21st Century*** ~
Orwell, George 1984 1090L
AP Government
Author Title Lexile
Bowen, Catherine Miracle at Philadelphia *** ~
Ceaser, James Epic Journey: The 2008 Elections***~
Fineman, Howard 13 American Arguments*** ~
Healy, Gene The Cult of the American Presidency***
Matthews, Chris Hardball: How Politics is Played***~
Rehnquist, William The Supreme Court*** ~
Rosen, J. The Personalities and Rivalries
That Defined America*** ~
Stewart, David The Summer of 1787*** ~
Sullivan, Joan An American Voter*** ~
Williams, Juan Eyes on the Prize *** 1140L
AP European History/World History
Author Title Lexile
Boccaccio, Giovanni Decameron 1500L
Dickens, Charles A Tales of Two Cities 990L
Forster, E.M. Passage to India 950L
Machiavelli, Niccolo The Prince 1510L
More, Thomas Utopia 1390L
Remarque, Erich All Quiet on the Western Front 830L
Voltaire Candide 1110L
***Denotes a work of nonfiction
~ Lexile not available Lexile scores are often not available for poetry, plays, and picture books.
SCCPSS High School Summer Reading List
What is a Lexile? Lexiles can range from approximately 100 to 2000.
Lexiles rate the complexity of a book.
A student’s Lexile is the level of text that he or she can read
with 75% comprehension.
Which book should my child read?
Choose books with a Lexile from 100 below to 50 above
their score. For example, if my student reads at 830L, he
should pick a book with a Lexile range of 730L-880L.
Where can I find this score? On prior CRCTs for students entering Grade 9.
See example below.
From the student’s ITBS scores
*Lexile is a registered trademark of Metametrics, Inc.
Entering Ninth Grade Literature
Author Title Lexile
Bowers, Rick Spies of Mississippi*** 1290L
Brown, Dee Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 1080
Coelho, Paul The Alchemist 910L
Carroll, Lewis Through the Looking Glass 890L
Covey, Stephen Seven Habits of Highly Effective 870L
Teens***
Cruthcher, Chris Stotan 1020L
Donoghue, Emma Room: A Novel HL730L
Foster, Thomas C. How to Read Literature
Like a Professor*** ~
Gunther, John Death Be Not Proud 1060 Guterson, David Snow Falling on Cedars 1080
Herriott, James All Creatures Great and Small*** 990L
Kipling, Rudyard Captains Courageous 1020
Murray, Liz Breaking Night: A Memoir of
Forgiveness, Survival, and My
Journey from Homeless to
Harvard *** ~
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 950L
Vreeland, Susan The Girl in Hyacinth Blue 950L
Waters, Daniele Generation Dead 820L
SCCPSS High School Summer Reading List
***Denotes a work of nonfiction
~ Lexile not available Lexile scores are often not available for poetry, plays, and picture books.
Students enrolled in an Advanced Placement Course will select readings from the list
below based on the recommendations from their individual schools.
AP Literature and Composition
Author Title Lexile
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice 770L
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights 880L
Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness 1050L
Dostoevksy, Fyodor Crime and Punishment 990L
Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man 950L
Falkner, William As I Lay Dying 870L
Foster, Thomas C. How to Read Literature
Like a Professor*** ~
Gaarder, Jostein Sophie’s World ~
Hardy, Thomas Jude the Obscure 1060L
Heller, Joseph Catch-22 1140L
Hosseini, Khaled Kite Runner 840L
Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes Were Watching God 1300L
McCarthy, Cormac All the Pretty Horses 940L
Morrison, Toni Beloved 870L
Warren, Robert Penn All the King’s Men ~
Wilde, Oscar The Picture of Dorian Gray 920L
Wolff, Tobias Old School ~
McCullough, David 1776*** 1300L
McLaurin, Melton Celia: A Slave*** ~
Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher Good Wives: Image and Reality*** ~
AP Statistics/Calculus
Author Title Lexile
Livio, Mario Is God a Mathematician?*** ~
AP Psychology Nasar, Sylvia A Beautiful Mind ~
Heller, Joseph Catch 22 1140L
Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon 910L
Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest 1110L
Guest, Judith Ordinary People 600L
Grisham, John Bleachers 840L
Hosseini, Khaled Kite Runner 840L
***Denotes a work of nonfiction
~ Lexile not available Lexile scores are often not available for poetry, plays, and picture books.
SCCPSS High School Summer Reading List
Students enrolled in an Advanced Placement Course will select readings from the list
below based on the recommendations from their individual schools.
AP Language and Composition
Author Title Lexile
Capote, Truman In Cold Blood*** 1040L
Cather, Willa My Antonia 1010L
Chopin, Kate The Awakening 960L
Du Bois, W.E.B The Souls of Black Folks*** 1280L
Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man 950L
Hemingway, Ernest The Sun Also Rises 610L
Hemingway, Ernest A Moveable Feast*** ~
Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms 730L
Kingston, Maxine Hong The Woman Warrior 880L
Malcolm X/Alex Haley Autobiography of Malcolm X*** 1120L
O’Brien, Tim The Things They Carried 880L
Sams, Ferrol Run with the Horseman ~
Spielman, Art Maus: A Survivor’s Tale ~
Skloot, Rebecca The Immortal Life of Henrietta 1140L
Lacks
Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath 680L
Stephen King On Writing*** 1110L
Walls, Jeanette The Glass Castle 1010L
Yesierska, Anzia Bread Givers ~
AP US History
Author Title Lexile
Ambrose, Stephen Undaunted Courage*** 1190L
Denton, Sally Pride and Principle ~
DiLorenzo, Thomas The Real Lincoln *** ~
Hickey, Donald 187 Things You Should Know
About the War of 1812*** ~
Jakes, John The Rebels ~
McCullough, David John Adams *** ~
McCullough, David 1776*** 1300L
McCullough, David Brave Companions ~
McLaurin, Melton Celia: A Slave*** ~
Rehnquist, William The Supreme Court *** ~
Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher Good Wives: Image and Reality*** ~
Williams, Juan Eyes on the Prize 1140L
***Denotes a work of nonfiction
~ Lexile not available Lexile scores are often not available for poetry, plays, and picture books.
SCCPSS High School Summer Reading List
Entering Tenth Grade
Author Title Lexile
Bok, Francis Escape From Slavery*** 990L
Buck, Pearl S. The Good Earth 1530L
Crowe, Chris Getting Away with Murder*** 1210L
Dickens, Charles Oliver Twist 990L
Dickens, Charles David Copperfield 1070
Euripides Medea 1120L
Esquival, Laura Like Water for Chocolate 1030L
Frank, Pat Alas, Babylon 870L
Gibbons, Kaye Ellen Foster 870L
Haddock, Mark The Curious Incident of 1180L
a Dog in the Night-Tim
Hansberry, Lorraine To Be Young, Gifted, 1160L
and Black
Hersey, John Hiroshima*** 1190L
Lichtmam, Wendy Secrets, Lies, and Algebra 1050L
Michener, James Bridges at Toko-Ri 1140
Mowat, Farley Never Cry Wolf 1330L
McBride, James The Color of Water 1240L
McCourt, Frank Angela’s Ashes 1110L
Shakespeare, William Twelfth Night ~
Stowe, Harriet Beecher Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1050L
Tan, Amy Joy Luck Club 930L
Verne, Jules Around the World in 80 Days 1080
Verne, Jules Journey to the Center of the Earth 1040
Walls, Jeannette The Glass Castle*** 1010L
Winthrop, Elizabeth December ~
***Denotes a work of nonfiction
~ Lexile not available Lexile scores are often not available for poetry, plays, and picture books.
SCCPSS High School Summer Reading List
Entering 11th Grade (American Literature)
Author Title Lexile
Bragg, Rick All Over But the Shoutin’*** 1160L
Capote, Truman In Cold Blood*** 1040L
Davidson, Susanna The Holocaust*** 1040L
Faulkner, William Light in August ~
Frazier, Charles Cold Mountain 1210L
Johnson, James W. The Autobiography of 1100L
an Ex-Colored Man
Larson, Erik The Devil in White City*** 1170L
London, Jack Sea Wolf 1020L Malamud, Bernard The Natural 1060L
McCullough, David Truman*** ~
McCullough, David John Adams*** ~
Melville, Herman Moby Dick 840L
Morrison, Toni Beloved 870L
Poe, Edgar Allen The Tell Tale Heart 1350L
Sams, Ferrol Run with the Horseman ~
Silko, Leslie Marmon Ceremony 890L
Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath 680L
Steinbeck, John IV Other side of Eden 1080L
Twain, Mark Conn. Yankee in King Arthur’s 1080L
Court
Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse 5 850L
Welty, Eudora One Writer’s Beginnings 1200L
Wharton, Edith The House of Mirth 1230L
Williams, Tennessee A Streetcar Named Desire ~
Zinn, Howard A People’s History of the US*** 1030L
***Denotes a work of nonfiction
~ Lexile not available Lexile scores are often not available for poetry, plays, and picture books.
SCCPSS High School Summer Reading List
Entering 12th Grade (British Literature)
Author Title Lexile
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights 880L
Carroll, Lewis Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland 940L
Chevalier, Tracy Girl with a Pearl Earring 770L Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Rime of the Ancient Mariner ~
Defoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe 1360L
Dickens, Charles A Tale of Two Cites 990L
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Hound of the Baskervilles 1170L
Du Maurier, Daphne Rebecca 880L
Foster, Thomas C. How to Read Literature
Like a Professor*** ~
Frazier, Charles Cold Mountain 1210L
Garcia Marquez,Gabriel One Hundred Years 1410L
of Solitude
Grahame– Smith, Seth Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 1070L
Greene, Graham The Power and the Glory 710L
Ishiguro, Kazou The Remains of the Day 1210L
Kipling, Rudyard The Jungle Book 1140L
Lewis, C.S. The Great Divorce ~
Lewis, C.S. The Screwtape Letters 1250L
Moore, Thomas Utopia 1370L
Nafisi, Azar Reading Lolita in Tehran*** ~
Shakespeare, William The Taming of the Shrew 1340L
Stewart, Mary The Crystal Cave 960L
Stoker, Bram Dracula 860L
Swift, Jonathan Gulliver’s Travels 1210L
***Denotes a work of nonfiction
~ Lexile not available Lexile scores are often not available for poetry, plays, and picture books.
SCCPSS High School Summer Reading List