ELA

Summer Reading Assignments (Summer 2026)
Students: please complete your summer reading assignment based on the instructions for your upcoming course. You'll be tested on your chosen book(s) on the first day of school. No exceptions.

Parents: these selections offer engaging narratives and themes for discussion. Please review the books based on your child's needs, as reading levels may differ.

Happy reading and have a wonderful summer!

The Conwell-Egan English Department

ELA I
*Students enrolled in Academic ELA I and College Prep ELA I must read one book from the list below
*Students enrolled in Honors ELA I must read two books from the list below

• Night by Elie Wiesel
• Wonder by RJ Palacio
• The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

ELA II
*Students enrolled in College Prep ELA II must read one book from the list below
*Students enrolled in Honors ELA II must read two books from the list below

• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

ELA III
*Students enrolled in College Prep ELA III must read one book from the list below
*Students enrolled in Honors ELA III must read two books from the list below

• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION: 
Read the following two texts:

• Just Mercy (Adopted for Young Adults) by Bryan Stevenson
• Maus (the graphic novel) by Art Spiegelman

ELA IV
*Students enrolled in College Prep ELA IV must read one book from the list below
*Students enrolled in Honors ELA IV must read two books from the list below

• The Nightingale: A Novel by Kristen Hannah
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

AP LITERATURE & COMPOSITION:
Read both of the following texts:

• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• Fences by August Wilson

Strongly consider reading, though not required:

• How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Forester 

For questions regarding ELA summer assignments, please reach out to Dr. Lisa Burg at lburg@conwell-egan.org or Mr. Pete Molnar at pmolnar@conwell-egan.org.

Math

• Honors Algebra 1
• Algebra 2
• CP/Honors Geometry
• CP Algebra 1 and Academic Geometry
• Statistics
• PreCalculus and Trigonometry
• AP PreCalculus

For questions regarding Math summer assignments, please reach out to Dr. Lisa Burg at lburg@conwell-egan.org or Ms. Christine Hanley at chanley@conwell-egan.org.