Required Book
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C. S. Lewis
Required College Application Essay (for all rising seniors)
All rising seniors are required to write a college application essay over the summer. Details of the topic will be given at the end of 11th grade English class, and students will be required to turn the essay in before the Rhetoric Retreat at the beginning of next school year
French IV students: Les Yeux de Carmen by Veronica Moscoso. Daniel is a 16 year-old American boy who wants to enter a photography contest. He travels to French Guyana, where he visits his aunt’s family and explores this diverse and intriguing country. On a day trip he meets Carmen, a girl with exceptional eyes. He wants to find Carmen again because he thinks he can win the contest with a picture of her. But he doesn’t see her again, until one day…. (ISBN: 0929724445)
The following is a list of suggested additional reading:
Long reads:
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Shorter reads:
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (The 1991 H. T. Willets translation is recommended)