Summer reading book

[Jeenyus]

My school has a mandatory thign for up coming freshman and we have to read a book over the summer and present a book talk the second day of school any suggestions on a book that I should read?

[Riot]

Enders Game or Enders Shadow. Their parallel novels and both a great.

[mfLax03]

All you have to do is talk about smbolyism and methapors and that kind of stuff, teachers eat it up.

[Irishlax22]

The Five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom
I hate reading but this book was awesome. AND Its like 175 pages of big font.

[JaxLax30]

Enders Game or Enders Shadow. Their parallel novels and both a great.

I looooooovvvvvveeeeee those books. :worship: I'm reading Ender's Shadow right now. I started a couple days ago and I'm more than half way through. These are really good books.

[franks2089]

The things they carried

[NC-LACROSSE]

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i think they made that into a movie too

dito... enders game is a good choice to maby try the alchemist i read it in 2 days and it was pretty good.

[BTlaxripper]

The Things They Carried. . . my junior year english teacher talked that book up so much. I think I'll read it when I'm done with what I'm reading, which is. . . .

The Grapes of Wrath. It's very good so far, but to be honest, it is incredibly long, I just realized how long it is, it's like 400 pages of big pages and small font. Jeez.

[franks2089]

Read the bible and then the liberals wont let you do a book report on it, so youd be in the clear.

[wolfie8914]

I have to read an insane amount this summer.

—Catch 22
—Killer Angels
—American Theocracy
—The World is Flat
—Blink
—A Scanner Darkly

[spartacus9]

Read a sparknotes thing the day before. It works for me.

[rhinolax25]

faith of our fathers by john mccain it was a really good bok i read it in 7th grade but it tells about his life in the vietnameses(sp?) concentration camp and how he was released alive its about 450 page

[mrmccool]

How about Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas? or The Junction Boys (about Bear Bryant). or Faith of my Fathers (about John McCain) or The Travelers Gift (like the Five People you Meet in Heaven)

[petejobu22]

How about Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?
I tried that. Most teachers aren't to fond of a book with a million drug references in it, it is a good read though...and the movie is hilarious!

[Riot]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
I've heard a lot of good things about that and the movie.

[NuKoN]

I was going to read Holes by Louis Sachar, only because I've done about 3 or 4 reports on it and am practically an expert.. but The Five People You Meet In Heaven sounds interesting

[Enjoi LAX]

I'm reading David Copperfeild, it's about 600 pages small font.

[dt315]

The Odyssey is a easy and fun read.

[LymanLax28]

The Odyssey is a easy and fun read.
Hahaha, that is one of the longest books I've read in my entire life, I wouldn't call it an "easy read". However, it is good.

Book Suggestions:

-Brave New World
-The Ultimate Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
-Lord of the Flies

[Storm21]

The Spirit In The Stick, great lacrosse boox

[stegmakk]

Keep the book lax related...
Read The Ten Bears

[Dadabhoy_Muzzi]

Its not mandatory for us but my bio teacher told me to get a University text book and a book on birds. Thats all that I have been told about.

[PBlax]

im going to my sophomore year and i have to read 3 books :/. It woulda been 4 if had stuck with my teachers recomendation of LA II honor's but i decided to just take reg LA II.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Storys - Ernest Hemingway
Passing - Nella Larsen

Thats LA II

for AS I Honors i have to read

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Should be fun :(

[FPDefense]

any of the books on this page

http://leagueathletics.com/Page.asp?id=49&org=WESTONLAX.COM

[NHDSlax]

Im taking a literature course involving the British Isles so I'll be reading...
-The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
-The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
-The Dubliners by James Joyce
-Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

I've read the reviews and summarys of all four books and they look pretty good. I've alreayd read The Dubliners freshmen year but didnt quite grasp it as much as I will this time around.

[FallIntoIt]

The Grapes of Wrath. It's very good so far, but to be honest, it is incredibly long, I just realized how long it is, it's like 400 pages of big pages and small font. Jeez.


I read The Grapes sophomore year...and Holy God, I hated that book. Everyday for a month I swear my mantra was, "I hope Steinbeck is burning, I hope Steinbeck is burning..."

My little sister has to read The Life of Pi for her summer reading, and I get to look forward to a semester of Shakespeare.

[ShockerAutc]

The King of Torts by John Grisham is one of my favorites, just about any John Grisham book can hold most peoples attention. For Junior Ap English I get to read and then write an essay on.

-Scarlet Letter
-HuckleBerry Fin
- one book of are choosing from a predetermined list.

[ShermanLax607]

If you are looking for a different side of history, read the Da Vinci Code. I usually do not read at all on my free time and this book made me read for hours on end. If you don't think you will be interested, just pick it up because there is a whole story line of action/adventure. Wow this psot sounded cheesy but seriously, just give it a shot and read about 10 chapters(~30 pages)

[holyschnikes101]

I have to read Tom Sawyer or In my Father's House. Both freakishly easy books for a 7th grade magnet school. The hard part is creating an art project about it or something. I forgot.

[berger1227]

so...many...books

enders game (i actually liked it so much i got the sequal(sp))
to kill a mockingbird (read it for school this year and have to do it for summer...again!)
lord of the flies (u can tell theres gonna be some major tests about hidden meanings on this)
plagues and people (cant get past page like 4)
hangmans curse? (they dont have it anywhere i look)

woohoo for honors classes and extra work!

[ColtsLax]

its good to see tachers assigning good books for summer reading, wolfie and PBlax both have excellent books on their list, and they are relativley easy reads, killer angels is long, but good, i suggest renting Gettysburg to get a visual of that book(its based of the book)

[laxattack11]

for honors english i have to read 2 over the summer.

i recommend the outsiders and and then there were none

[roycegracie47]

Want something for everyone to chew on?

Read Gunter Grass' The Tin Drum.

German surrealism at it's finest. A must read classic.

[laxkay841]

The King of Torts by John Grisham is one of my favorites, just about any John Grisham book can hold most peoples attention. For Junior Ap English I get to read and then write an essay on.

-Scarlet Letter
-HuckleBerry Fin
- one book of are choosing from a predetermined list.

I read The Scarlet Letter and Huckleberry Finn this year in school. Both were actually pretty good. However, The Scarlet Letter can get frusterating at times because of all of the symbolism. Overall, great book though. Huckleberry Finn was an easier read, good story too.

[raiderlax21]

I have an insane amount of homework for the summer.
My AP history teacher decided to give us five rather large books to read with two-three pages papers on all of them... plus we have to outline the first five chapters in our textbooks. AND. it's all due on Augutst 18th
In honors english I've got to read two books and write papers on both of them.
Whooohoo for summer reading and crazay teachers! :banghead:

Anyway enough about me.. I would deffinately reccomend
-To Kill A Mockingbird
-The Picture of Dorian Gray
-Oedipus( It's a little weird but deffinately worth reading.)

[PBlax]

The King of Torts by John Grisham is one of my favorites, just about any John Grisham book can hold most peoples attention. For Junior Ap English I get to read and then write an essay on.

-Scarlet Letter
-HuckleBerry Fin
- one book of are choosing from a predetermined list.


The King of Torts was a really good book

[the next 'one']

The Lovely Bones.

its about a girl who is 14 and she gets raped and murdered and it's her narrating as she watches her family live on without her from heaven. it sounds kinda girlie, but its actually a really good book. i read the whole thing in 2 days.

[predestined]

Inventing Elliot or Peace like a River (its kinda long)

[holyschnikes101]

for honors english i have to read 2 over the summer.

i recommend the outsiders and and then there were none
Dude, what grade are you in? I read And Then There Were None for a project this year in 6th grade english at a gifted school.