Summer 2008 Required Reading

3R Students:

The following required reading has been chosen to prepare you for next year's American Literature course.  The two works that MUST be read are:

	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou Poet Angelou recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums in this first volume of her autobiography.
	To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee  (The novel, NOT the screenplay)  Two children in a small southern town are thrust into an adult world of racial bigotry and hatred when their lawyer father chooses to defend a black man unjustly accused of raping a white girl.

Please note that both texts are available in paperback at various local bookstores and in public libraries.

You are REQUIRED to keep a reading log for each text. Your current English teacher will provide the reading logs and detailed instructions on how to use them for you. These reading logs will be collected during the first week of school in September and graded as an assessment of your reading.