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Natick Summer Reading Books

Subjects: Teens

Looking for your Summer Reading Books for School? Below you'll find the Summer 2023 Middle School, High School, Honors, and AP books for Natick Schools.

The books are available in multiple formats:

  • Click on the book titles below to check the library catalog or place a hold.
  • Check Libby for ebooks or audiobooks.

Middle School Books - entering Grades 5-8

All grades have options for their required readings. Students need to select one of the following texts to read, but if interested, they can certainly read more than one of the choices. Full info is available on the school's: 2023 Middle School Summer Reading Flyer.

Incoming Grade 5

Incoming Grade 6

Incoming Grade 7

Incoming Grade 8

High School Books - entering Grades 9-12

The goal of NHS Summer Reading is to foster a lifelong love of reading! Check the school's Summer Reading 2023 website for more info.

All School Reads

All NHS students will choose one novel from the following list.

Entering Freshman Honors Books

Students taking Honors Freshman: English 10 will read one of the All-School Reads AND Born a Crime by Trevor Noah.

Entering Sophomore Honors Books

Students taking Honors Sophomore: English 20 will read one of the All-School Reads AND will select a memoir novel.

Entering Juniors Honors Books

Students taking Juniors Honors: English 30 will read one of the All-School Reads AND A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.

Students taking Entering Seniors Honors Electives will read one of the All-School Reads AND the book listed below by elective.

  • Identity in Society - Between the World and Me by Ta-Neshi Coates
  • Foundations in Creative Writing - On Writing by Stephen King
  • The Power of Story - Power by Linda Hogan
  • War and Literature - A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

AP Lang & Comp

All students will read:

  • Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
  • They Say / I Say by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein
  • AND one other book from the four choices listed below.

(See assignment here.)

AP Lit & Comp

Students will read The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, and How to Read Literature Like a Professor. In addition, students will read a curated collection of poetry (see assignment here).