Print copies of The Kite Runner can be checked out through the New Providence Memorial Library. 

12th Grade:  

Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner

Honors Humanities and Humanities

Read all of the following essays:

Michael Lewis's "From Coach" , Jim Burke's "A Personal Prologue: The Student I Was, The Student I Became, and the Teacher I Am", Paul Tough's "How to Succeed" , and Francisco Jimenez's  "A Breakthrough" .  

Survey of Humanities and Fundamentals of Humanities

Read two of the following essays: Michael Lewis's "From Coach" , Jim Burke's "A Personal Prologue: The Student I Was, The Student I Became, and the Teacher I Am", Paul Tough's "How to Succeed" , and Francisco Jimenez's  "A Breakthrough" .

AP English Language and Composition

Read the following essays: 

Sherman Alexie's "Superman and Me" and Francine Prose's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read" 

Honors British Literature

Read the following short stories: 

Eric Knight’s "Lassie Come Home" and Alan Silitoe’s "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" 

British Literature

Read the following short stories: 

Eric Knight’s "Lassie Come Home" and Agatha Christie’s “Wasp’s Nest”

Survey of British Literature and Fundamentals of British Literature

Read only: 

 Eric Knight’s "Lassie Come Home" 

 10th Grade:

Honors American Literature and American Literature

Read the following essays: 

Kate Ellis and Ellen Guettler's "A Better Life: Creating the American Dream", Sonia Sotomayor's excerpt from My Beloved World, Korematsu v. United States, and Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue". 

Survey of American Literature and Fundamentals of American Literature

Read two of the following: Amy Tan’s “Rules of the Game”, Anne Tyler’s “Teenage Wasteland”, and and Jumpa Lahiri's "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine"

9th Grade:

Honors World Literature and World Literature

Read the following essays: 

Chang-Rae Lee's "Coming Home Again",  Sheena Iyengar's "Oh, The Choices You'll Make", and Carol S. Dweck's "The Mindsets" 

Survey of World Literature