2009 BCHS Summer Reading Program
All reading must be completed prior to the start of school. Students will be tested as early as the first day of term. Students should plan early to obtain the book(s) because it is often difficult to do so at the last minute.
Freshman:
- ALL read Animal Farm by George Orwell.
- Honors English 9 students also read The Miracle Worker by William Gibson.
Sophomores:
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ALL read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
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Honors English 10 students also read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Juniors:
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ALL read The Crucible by Arthur Miller.
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Honors English 11 students also read Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
Seniors:
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ALL read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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Honors English 12 and Advanced Placement students also read Homer’s Odyssey. For ease of reading, students should seek a prose translation, not a poetic one.
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