All incoming Douglas Anderson students are responsible for having summer reading completed and being prepared for assessment the first day of school.

9th grade:

• Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
• Mythology: Cliff Notes by James Weigel

10th grade:

• A Raisin in the Sun by Loraine Hansberry
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
• Incantation by Alice Hoffman
• Material World by Peter Menzel (Standard World History) or
  
• Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (AP World History)

11th grade

• The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
• Founding Brothers by Joesph J. Ellis (All levels of US History)

12th grade

• The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
• Wiseblood by Flannery O’Connor
• Naked Economics by Charles Wheelan (Standard & Honors Government / Economics) or
• The Words We Live By by Linda R. Monk (AP Government / AP Econ)
• Purchase How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster (AP Literature)

All Douglas Anderson students will be working out of the book Fiske Word Power by Edward B. Fiske, in preparation for the SAT and ACT. We highly recommend that all students obtain a copy, as it will be used for four years.

For a printable version of the reading list, click here.