Quincy High School
2024 Summer Reading & Course Work
Students can find most titles within the Thomas Crane Public Library online catalog. Students will need a Thomas Crane barcode to utilize the catalog. If a student does not already have a barcode they can get one here. Students may also be able to access the titles through the Boston Public Library’s online catalog. Click here for a Boston Public Library barcode.
Many of the summer titles are available through Sora, by Overdrive, an online service that offers eBooks and audiobooks accessible by using your QHS Google account login information. Please view the QHS Sora Access Tutorial for directions and further information about Sora. The direct login for QPS Sora can be found here: QPS Sora Login
**Except where specifically labeled as REQUIRED, all reading on this list is recommended for student enjoyment. REQUIRED reading will be used and possibly assessed in class in September. The other readings are for student enrichment only. Students should feel free to read as many of those as they wish.
Grade 9
English 9 Advanced
Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
John Green, Turtles All the Way Down
English 9 Honors
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella
Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear
Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon
English 9 CCP
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give
Social Studies 9 Advanced World History
REQUIRED: Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Complete assignment on Google Classroom - Join Code: az4tctu
Grade 10
English 10 Advanced
REQUIRED: Burton Raffel, Beowulf and John Gardner, Grendel
English 10 Honors
Phillip Pullman, The Golden Compass
Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain
John Steinbeck, The Moon Is Down
Gail Tsukiyama, The Samurai’s Garden
English 10 CCP
Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie
Patrick Jones, Nailed
Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain
Social Studies 10 Advanced America and The Modern World
REQUIRED: Madame Tussaud, A Novel of the French Revolution,
Please also join Google Classroom: 10th Grade Summer Reading Fun
Join Code: jzshq62
Advanced Chemistry
Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of the online CK-12 Chemistry textbook
Link to online textbook found here: CK-12 Chemistry
Grade 11
AP English 11
REQUIRED: Complete the assignments found on Google Classroom (join code xtsmfny). Contact Mr. Columb at
[email protected] with questions.
English 11 Honors
Louise Erdrich, The Round House
Listen to:
Malcolm Gladwell, “Carlos Doesn’t Remember,” Revisionist History.
English 11 CCP
Jodi Piccoult,
My Sister’s Keeper
John Grisham,
The Innocent Man
John Green,
Paper Towns
Social Studies 11 AP US History
James Loewen,
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Please also join Google Classroom:
APUSH Summer Reading Assignment
Join Code: r56aqvm
https://classroom.google.com/c/Njk1NzI0Mjg1OTIx?cjc=r56aqvm
AP Modern European History
REQUIRED: Rick Steves,
Europe 101: History and Art for the Traveler (Page 92 to the end)
Please also join Google Classroom:
Modern Euro Summer Reading Fun
Google Join Code: yejptnj
Advanced Chemistry
Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of the online CK-12 Chemistry textbook
Link to online textbook found here:
CK-12 Chemistry
AP Chemistry
REQUIRED: Read Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the online OpenStax Chemistry textbook
Link to online textbook found here:
OpenStax Chemistry
AP Physics 1
REQUIRED: Complete the review packet found here:
AP Physics Packet
Grade 12
AP English 12
REQUIRED: Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men and Sue Grafton, A is for Alibi
English 12 Honors
James McBride, The Color of Water
Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming
Jeanette Walls, The Glass Castle
Dai Sijie, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
English 12 CCP
Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming
Jeanette Walls, The Glass Castle
Robert Parker, Mortal Stakes
Dai Sijie, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
English Language and Literature
Sonia Nazario, Enrique’s Journey
Robert Lipsyte, The Contender
AP African American Studies
REQUIRED: Chapter 1 in From Slavery to Freedom by John Hope Franklin and Evelyn Higginbotham (PDF in the Google Classroom)
Google Join Code: 2l3ff2r
AP Modern European History
REQUIRED: Rick Steves, Europe 101: History and Art for the Traveler (Page 92 to the end)
Please also join Google Classroom: Modern Euro Summer Reading Fun
Google Join Code: yejptnj
AP Psychology
Slater, Lauren (2004). Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century. New York: W.W. Norton.
Please also join Google Classroom: Assignment found here.
There will be a test given in class during the first week of the school year.
AP Calculus
REQUIRED: Complete the review packet found here: AP Calculus Review Packet
AP Chemistry
REQUIRED: Read Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the online OpenStax Chemistry textbook
Link to online textbook found here: OpenStax Chemistry
AP Physics 1
REQUIRED: Complete the review packet found here: AP Physics Packet