Students at Tyner Academy are required to complete their summer reading and will be tested during the first two weeks of the fall semester.  Students taking regular English classes must choose one book from the grade level they will enter in the fall.  Students taking Studies, Advanced Placement, or Dual Enrollment classes must read both selections.  Books are readily available at local bookstores and libraries.

English 9 (choose one)

• The House on Mango Street – Sandra Cisneros
• Somewhere in the Darkness – Walter Dean Myers

World Cultures (read both)

• The Old Man Who Read Love Stories – Luis Sepulveda
• The House on Mango Street – Sandra Cisneros

English 10 (choose one)

• The Pact – Sampson Davis
• Monster – Walter Dean Myers

World Studies (read both)

• Princess: Life Behind the Veil – Jean Sasson
• The Good Earth – Pearl S. Buck

English 11 (choose one)

• Rumble Fish – S. E. Hinton
• Rocket Boys – Homer Hickam

American Studies

• Fallen Angels – Walter Dean Myers

English 12 (choose one)

• A Lesson Before Dying – Ernest J. Gaines
• Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston

Advanced Placement / Dual Enrollment (read both)

• 1984 – George Orwell
• Othello – William Shakespeare

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