North Brunswick High School
10th Grade Reading List

2007

NORTH BRUNSWICK HIGH SCHOOL

SUMMER READING GRADE 10 – 2007

Angelou, Maya. The Heart of a Woman. A series of vignettes focusing on the tender relationship between a mother and her teenage son

Brashares, Ann. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood. Four teen girls who have known each other since birth forge a bond of friendship.

Cather, Willa. My Antonia. A young immigrant girl deals with her father’s suicide and accompanying responsibilities.

Clark, Mary Higgins. The Cradle Will Fall. A medical professional performs a diabolical experiment and murders all the patients he fails to cure.

Clark, Mary Higgins. A Stranger is Watching. A psychopathic killer brings terror and tragedy to a young newspaper reporter and the woman he loves.

Crais, Robert. L.A. Requiem. A gripping novel that envelops two private investigators in an ever-tightening web of conspiracies, secrets and mortal passions.

Crichton, Michael. Timeline. An adventure that opens on the threshold of the 21^st century in which information moves instantly between two points.

Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. Postmortem. Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta conducts an investigation that requires the latest advances in forensic medicine—and is being sabotaged from within.

Cussler, Clive. Raise the Titanic. A suspenseful tale depicting the greatest sea disaster of the century.

Cussler, Clive. Night Probe. Dirk Pitt spearheads his most daring mission yet—the rescue of a vital document.

Gaines, Ernest. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Fictional biography of an African-American slave who lived for one hundred years after the Civil War.

Doig, Ivan. The Whistling Season. Set in turn of the 20^th century Montana, this novel follows the story of a widower and the unusual servant he hires. An Alex Award winner.

Giles, Gail. Shattering Glass. Fat, clumsy Simon Glass is a nerd, a loser who occupies the lowest rung on the high school social ladder—until Rob Haynes shows up.

Glenn, Mel. Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? A mystery which reveals the inner thoughts of the students and faculty concerning the murder of a high school teacher.

Grafton, Sue. B is For Burglar. Elaine Boldt is missing and her sister wants Kinsey Millhone to find her. A complex mystery complete with twists and humor.

Grisham, John. Bleachers. For Neely Crenshaw, a man who must finally forgive his coach—and himself—before he can get on with his life, the stakes are especially high.

Hamamura, John. Color of the Sea. This novel details the growth of a Japanese-American boy coming of age in Hawaii and California. An Alex Award winner.

Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell To Arms. The tragic love story of an American officer serving WWI.

Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls. A epic of the Spanish Civil War, portraying every human emotion.

Hillerman, Tony. Skinwalkers. Navajo Tribal Police investigate murders that lead them into the spine-tingling and mystical world of Navajo witchcraft.

Hillerman, Tony. A Thief of Time. While investigating the baffling disappearance of a noted anthropologist, the police attempt to solve the mysteries of an ancient Native-American civilization.

Joern, Pamela Carter. The Floor of the Sky. Set in the Nebraska Sandhills, this is the story of an aging widow and her 16-year-old granddaughter. An Alex Award winning novel.

King, Stephen. Firestarter. An eight-year-old boy was born with the most destructive power a human has ever commanded.

King, Stephen. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Trisha McFarland becomes lost in a terrifying wilderness maze.

 

King, Stephen. The Stand. A deadly strain of influenza wipes out 99% of the world’s population, leaving the survivors to chose sides in an impending battle of good and evil.

Kingsolver, Barbara. The Bean Trees. A young girl realizes that she will never fully grow up until she explores what the world has to offer outside of the city’s borders.

Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye. A young African-American girl prays for blue eyes hoping that changing their color will change her life.

Parker, Robert B. Double Deuce. The riveting story of a man intent on defending the residents of a gang-terrorized Boston housing project known as Double Deuce.

Potok, Chaim. The Chosen. The story of the friendship that develops between two Jewish boys in New York.

Quindlen, Anna. Object Lessons. During a pivotal summer, young Maggie Scanlon struggles to deal with the realities of the adult world of her Irish-American family.

Salinger, J.D. Franny and Zooey. Two children of a family appear in separate stories set in 20^th century New York.

Woods, Brenda. Emako Blue. Emako, a beautiful, talented singer, is shot to death outside her South Central Los Angeles home. Four different narrators tell us the whole story.

Required reading for Honors English II:

Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. Forced from their home, the Joad family is lured to California to find work, but en route they encounter many hardships.

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