Keefe Regional Technical School: Summer Reading 2022

Keefe Technical Regional School

2022 Summer Reading

• All students enrolled in a Keefe Tech English class are expected to read at least one book from the list below. However, we encourage you to read multiple books throughout the summer.

• All students will be expected to complete an essay upon returning to school in September during their first academic week. The essay will be graded and will count as a classwork grade for term 1.

• It is recommended that students take notes to help them write their essay; however, notes will not be collected or graded.  Notes are allowed during the essay writing process.  We suggest you use the Keefe Technical High School Summer Reading Worksheet. 

Grade 9:

Turtles All the Way Down - John Green

We Were Liars - E. Lockhart

The Living by Matt De la Peña

The Sun Is Also a Star - Nicola Yoon

Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card - Sara Saedi

Darius the Great is Not Okay - Adib Khorram 

After the Shot Drops - Randy Ribay 

Ginny Moon - Benjamin Ludwig 

X: a novel - Ilyasah Shabazz 

Nimona - Noelle Stevenson 

Grade 10:

Illuminae by Amy Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Solo - Kwame Alexander

Still Life with Tornado - A. S. King

Picture Us in the Light - Kelly Loy Gilbert

Eleanor and Park - Rainbow Rowell

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass - Meg Medina

Hey, Kiddo - Jarrett Krosoczka

They Called Us Enemy - George Takei

Throne of Glass - Sarah Maas

Blank Confession - Pete Hautman 

Grade 11:

I’ll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson 

Kindred (graphic adaptation) - Octavia Butler/Duffy

One of Us is Lying - Karen McManus 

Far From the Tree - Robin Benway 

The Book of Unknown Americans - Christina Henriquez

Dread Nation - Justina Ireland 

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? - Mindy Kaling 

The Porcupine of Truth - Bill Konigsberg

Invisible - Peter Hautman

Grade 11 AP Language & Composition 

Students must read one book from the list below:

• Where Men Win Glory - John Krakauer

• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot 

• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - Ishmael Beah

• Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 

Grade 12: 

Inexplicable Logic of My Life - Benjamin Alire Saenz

The Best We Could Do - Thi Bui 

The Grief Keeper - Alexandra Villasante 

Educated - Tara Westover 

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates 

They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera

Scythe - Neal Shusterman 

On the Come Up - Angie Thomas 

The Turn of the Key - Ruth Ware

Grade 12 AP Literature & Composition

All students MUST read:

• The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver