Required Summer Reading Lists
East Islip Middle School:
- 6th grade: Wonder by R. J. Palacio
- 7th grade: A fiction book of choice
- 8th grade: A fiction book of choice (excluding the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton)
- Regents classes: A fiction book of choice
- Honors 9: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Honors 10: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- AP Literature: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- AP Language: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
- Thank You for Arguing by Jay Heinrichs
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Anthem by Ayn Rand
- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
- 9th Grade: The Bronze Bow - By: Elizabeth George Speare
- 10th Grade: Night by Elie Wiesel
- 11th Grade: Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
- 12th Grade: Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- AP Literature:
- The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
- AP Language and Composition:
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
- How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster