University High School expects all students to engage in serious summer reading. We ask students to devote thoughtful time to reading each week. For some students, this may mean reading five or six books over the summer. For some, the number of books may be fewer. For all students, we require a minimum of three books. Students should make careful note of their grade's required reading. Students will write about their summer reading in one or more of their classes for assignments in the fall.
 
University High School Books for Summer Reading – Summer 2007

All University students will read 2 books over the summer. These books will be integrated into our beginning activities at the start of the year, as well as the first semester classes. Students need to buy these books on their own. All are available at major bookstores in our area.

FIRST BOOK

All students will read one book with the other students of their grade level.
• All Freshman Read: Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom
• All Sophomores Read: The Last Days of Summer, by Steve Kluger
• All Juniors Read: Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich
• All Seniors Read: Haroun and the Sea of Stories, by Salman Rushdie

SECOND (OR MORE) BOOK
Students in AP US History, AP English Language, and/or AP English Literature will have additional readings for those classes. Students in more than one AP class may read three or more books this summer. The AP teachers will send you information on these books.

Students who are not taking one of these AP classes are required to read one book from the list below. The list is organized by subject area, so students can pick something that meets their interest. Students should not pick a book that they have previously read as part of a University course.

Science
The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat, by Oliver Sacks
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time, by Dava Sobel

Music and Fine Art
The Time of Our Singing, by Richard Powers

World Languages (These books are in English)
El Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges
La casa de los espiritus by Isabel Allende.

Mathematics
The Music of the Primes: Searching to solve the greatest mystery in mathematics by Marcu du Sautoy.
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth by Paul Hoffman.

History/Social Studies
Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think. By Victor Davis Hanson
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond
Napoleon by Paul Johnson (hardback, Penguin Life series)
How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization by Franklin Foer

English
A Separate Peace by Jonathan Knowles
The Book Thief, by Marcus Zusak
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf