All Upper School students are required to read four books during the summer. One of the four is a selection from the Upper School Student Nominated Books List. Students enrolled in more than one AP course should read AP choices first (after the Nominated Summer Reading selection ). Since many seniors choose electives elsewhere, the students are required by honor and, it is hoped, inclination to read four books (including one or more selections from the Nominated Summer Reading Book List) from the combined lists of Departmental and AP. Teachers of BMS English and history electives have listed books which you should read if you are taking their courses. If taking Gilman or Roland Park courses, you should ask the faculty teaching those courses if they have pre-requisite reading.
English Department Electives:
Creative Writing; Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott (Paperback $10.50)
The Literary Imagination and American Politics: Inherit the Wind, by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee (Random House edition- available at Barnes and Noble in both hard cover and paperback $6.99 or $12.53)
History Department Electives:
AP Economics: The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity by Russell Roberts. Princeton, 2008 (Paperback $11.50)
Charm City: Down to the Wire: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot (Paperback $9.60)
Revolution and Reaction in Modern World History: Ten Days that Shook the World, by John Reed. (Paperback Penguin Classics $10.40)
America in the World: The Post-American World: Release 2.0, by Fareed Zakaria. W.W. Norton, 2009 (Paperback $9.35)
Legal Systems: In the Name of Honor: A Memoir by Mukhtar Mai. (Paperback $10.00 through Amazon)
Foreign Language Electives:
French 4H: "Rex" by Sempe-Gosciny and an additional reading/assignment to be determined. Get packet from Ms. McAndrew.
Spanish 4H:Short story "El delantal blanco" by Sergio Vodanovic with vocabulary and comprehension exercises. Get packet from Ms. Gray.
Spanish Senior Honors Seminar: "En la oscuridad" (first two acts) by Antonio Buero-Vallejo, available at the Bryn Mawrket. Get instruction sheet from Ms. Gray
AP Courses :
AP Biology:Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species, by Sean Carroll ( paperback $5.98)
AP Economics: The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity by Russell Roberts. Princeton, 2008 (Paperback $11.50)
AP English Bright Lights, Big City, By Jay McInerney (Paperback $9.71)
AP Environmental Science: Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollen (paperback $9.12)
AP French Language: Packet including a short story, questions and grammar exercises. Get packet from Ms. Coitoux.
AP Physics C: Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character, ed. By Edward Hutchins. W.W. Norton. (Paperback, you are encouraged to purchase a used copy)
AP Spanish Language: Packet of short stories by Enrique Anderson Imbert. Packet includes reading comprehension and discussion questions. Get packet from Ms. Priest.
AP Statistics: How to Lie with Statistics, by Darrell Huff. (W.W. Norton, $11.00)