Summer Reading List
Below is the 2024 Summer Reading List for De La Salle High School. The reading assignments are to be completed by the first day of class for the 2024-25 school year, which is scheduled for August 14, 2024.
Note: Not every student will have summer reading. Please review this list carefully to know what is required of your student.
Students must purchase their own summer reading books, they are not included in the textbook fee.
English |
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English 1 Honors |
DLS |
Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane |
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English 2 |
DLS |
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card |
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English 2 Honors |
DLS |
Lord of the Flies by William Golding |
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English 3 |
DLS |
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer |
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English 3 |
CHS |
All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven |
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AP Language & Composition |
DLS |
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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CHS |
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human -Centered Planet by John Green |
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AP Literature & Composition |
CHS |
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde |
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The Short Story |
DLS |
Short Story Reader |
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The Culture of Storytelling |
DLS |
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin |
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Shakespeare |
DLS |
The World as Stage by Bill Bryson |
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Dystopian Fiction |
DLS/CHS |
Choose One to Read |
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Classics of Horror |
DLS |
Carrie by Stephen King |
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Psychology in Literature | CHS |
Create a copy of this document and write the responses on the document to each question. |
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Social Studies |
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School |
Title and Author |
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AP European History | DLS |
Please read and complete both the summer reading assignment and the supplemental work. |
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AP U.S. History |
DLS |
The American Pageant: AP Edition |
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CHS |
American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America |
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CHS |
The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People |
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AP Human Geography | CHS |
Read and take notes on Unit 1 Modules 1-6. |
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AP Psychology |
CHS |
Myers’ Psychology for the AP® Course 4eTEXTBOOK PROVIDED TO ALL |
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Science |
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School |
Title and Author |
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AP Biology |
DLS |
Survival of the Sickest by Dr. Sharon Moalem with J. Prince |
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AP Chemistry |
DLS |
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean |
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Honors Chemistry |
DLS |
The Elements by Theodore Gray |
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Health |
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Course |
School |
Title and Author |
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Health |
DLS |
Beautiful Boy by David Sheff |
Updated May 23, 2024