Welcome to The Episcopal School of Dallas Upper School Summer Reading Lists! Below is the reading list for rising 9th graders.
REQUIRED READING
These readings serve as touchstones for the discussion of other works of literature. These requirements are listed below. Please purchase a physical copy of the text for in-class use.
English I: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah AND Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
By Trevor Noah
ISBN: 9780399588198
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Published: 2019-02-12T05:00:00.42Z
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Pantheon Graphic Library)
By Marjane Satrapi
ISBN: 9780375714573
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Published: 2004-06-01T04:00:00.152Z
ENRICHMENT READING
All students need to read at least ONE work (or approximately 250 pages) for enrichment.
Note: Not all Suggested Enrichment Readings are listed below as some titles are unavailable through Interabang.
ENRICHMENT READING
All students need to read at least ONE work (or approximately 250 pages) for enrichment.
Note: Not all Suggested Enrichment Readings are listed below as some titles are unavailable through Interabang.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini
ISBN: 9781594483851
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Published: 2008-11-25T05:00:00.329Z
The Kite Runner
By Khaled Hosseini
ISBN: 9781594631931
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Published: 2013-03-05T05:00:00.63Z
Life of Pi
By Yann Martel
ISBN: 9780156027328
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Published: 2003-05-01T04:00:00.12Z
In the Sea There Are Crocodiles
By Fabio Geda
ISBN: 9780307743824
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Published: 2012-06-12T04:00:00.163Z
Internment
By Samira Ahmed
ISBN: 9780316522700
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Published: 2020-03-17T04:00:00.76Z
Ishmael: A Novel (Ishmael Series #1)
By Daniel Quinn
ISBN: 9780553375404
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Published: 1995-05-01T04:00:00.12Z
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
By Ishmael Beah
ISBN: 9780374531263
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Published: 2008-08-05T04:00:00.217Z
The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
By Helene Cooper
ISBN: 9780743266253
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Published: 2009-07-21T04:00:00.201Z
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel
By Jonathan Safran Foer
ISBN: 9780618711659
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Published: 2006-04-04T04:00:00.93Z
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
By Nicholas D. Kristof
ISBN: 9780307387097
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Published: 2010-06-01T04:00:00.151Z
The Hungry Tide: A Novel
By Amitav Ghosh
ISBN: 9780618711666
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Published: 2006-06-07T04:00:00.157Z
Interpreter of Maladies
By Jhumpa Lahiri
ISBN: 9780358213260
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Published: 2019-10-22T04:00:00.294Z
The Namesake: A Novel
By Jhumpa Lahiri
ISBN: 9780358062684
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Published: 2019-06-04T04:00:00.154Z
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
By Sebastian Junger
ISBN: 9780393337013
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Published: 2009-06-29T04:00:00.179Z
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
By Azar Nafisi
ISBN: 9780812979305
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Published: 2008-11-04T05:00:00.308Z
Say You're One of Them
By Uwem Akpan
ISBN: 9780316086370
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Published: 2009-09-18T04:00:00.26Z
What Is the What
By Dave Eggers
ISBN: 9780307385901
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Published: 2007-10-09T04:00:00.281Z
Into the Wild
By Jon Krakauer
ISBN: 9780385486804
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Published: 1997-01-20T05:00:00.19Z
My Family and Other Animals
By Gerald Durrell
ISBN: 9781909621985
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Published: 2016-07-19T04:00:00.2Z
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Vintage Contemporaries)
By Mark Haddon
ISBN: 9781400032716
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Published: 2004-05-18T04:00:00.138Z
The Chosen: A Novel
By Chaim Potok
ISBN: 9780449213445
Availability: Hard to Find
Published: 1987-04-12T04:00:00.101Z
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An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography
By Paul Rusesabagina
ISBN: 9780143038603
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Published: 2007-02-27T05:00:00.57Z
People of the Book: A Novel
By Geraldine Brooks
ISBN: 9780143115007
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Published: 2008-12-30T05:00:00.364Z
A River Runs through It and Other Stories
By Norman Maclean
ISBN: 9780226472065
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Published: 2017-05-16T04:00:00.135Z
Rocket Boys (Coalwood #1)
By Homer Hickam
ISBN: 9780385333214
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Published: 2000-01-11T05:00:00.1Z
Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
By Ron Hall
ISBN: 9780849919107
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Published: 2008-03-09T05:00:00.68Z
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
By Matthew B. Crawford
ISBN: 9780143117469
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Published: 2010-04-27T04:00:00.116Z
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
By Eric Hagerman
ISBN: 9780316113519
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Published: 2013-01-01T05:00:00Z
Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther than the Eye Can See: My Story
By Erik Weihenmayer
ISBN: 9780452282940
Availability: Special Order
Published: 2002-03-26T05:00:00.84Z
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
By Greg Mortenson
ISBN: 9780143038252
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Published: 2007-01-30T05:00:00.29Z
