SUMMER READING 2005

 

REQUIRED SUMMER READING BOOKS MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE OPENING DAY OF SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER.

 

The selection list accompanying the required books list includes titles in a wide array of genres and reading levels.  It is our fervent hope that students will be able to identify a book or books from this list that they find enjoyable and enlightening.

 

Required books are available for purchase at the Gilman Country Store.  Books from the selection list are available in local libraries and most bookstores; many are now available in paperback.

 

Required book for students of every form (9th-12th grades)

 

            The Pleasure of Finding Things Out…………….… Richard Feynman

 

Required books for students entering the III Form (9th grade):

 

Catcher in the Rye …………………………………. J.D. Salinger

Two choices from selection list

 

Required books for students entering the IV Form (10th grade):

 

1984 …………………………………………………George Orwell

Two choices from selection list

 

Required books for students entering the V Form (11th grade):

 

The Things They Carried ……………………………Tim O’Brien

Two choices from selection list

 

Required books for students entering the VI Form (12th grade):

 

Three choices from selection list, one of which is directly related to a specific course

 

 

Any student enrolled in an AP-level class at Gilman may have to read additional books over the summer.  These required books should take the place of his choice books.  For example, a junior enrolled in AP Spanish should read The Things They Carried, the School-wide book, the required book for his Spanish class, and one choice from the selection list.

 

Students enrolled in courses at Bryn Mawr or Roland Park Country School may have to read additional books over the summer.