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Media Center Hours - Monday & Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm
Tuesday & Thursday 8:00 am to 4:00 pmGHS Media Center
The Gainesville High Media Center provides users with a large collection of print and non-print resources, in addition to the availability of media specialists for consultation, co-teaching, collaboration and instruction. We provide instruction to encourage students to use information in all its forms and work with teachers to design instruction to meet the needs of students. Our job is to promote information literacy or the ability to access, evaluate and use information from a variety of sources and in a variety of formats.
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Gainesville High School
Summer Reading List
2025-2026
Students, please find the course for which you are registered. The books assigned for your course, as well as any assignments, must be completed by the time you return to school or otherwise indicated. Titles are available from bookstores, the public library, the GHS media center, and from sources online.
Grade 9
English I (read one)
Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Handbook for Boys by Walter Dean Myers
Scythe by Neil Shusterman
English I Honors (read one) The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James Houston
Cambridge (read both)
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (either the Young Adult or regular version)
All We Have Left by Wendy Mills
Grade 10
English II (read one)
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
The Battle of Jericho by Sharon Draper
English II Honors (read one)
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (either the Young Adult or unabridged version)
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Cambridge (read both)
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexi
Grade 11
English III (read one):
The Pact by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins & Rameck Hunt
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
English III Honors (read one):
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
AP Language & Composition (read both): The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
Cambridge (read both):
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (memoir)
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (novel)
- Additional assignment (one letter for each text): Write a 400-word letter from the perspective of one character/person to another regarding an important issue/concern related to a major theme in the novel/memoir. You are expected to review the formatting, structure, and language expectations of a personal and/or business letter. Decide whether the character/person would write a personal vs. business letter and format your letter accordingly. Include relevant evidence from the text in the letter.
Grade 12
AICE English General Paper (read one): The Color of Water by James McBride Fences by August Wilson
AP Literature & Composition (read both):
How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas Foster
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Cambridge (read both & complete academic resume):
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster
- Additional assignment: Complete a rough draft of an academic resume. Samples/templates are available on Mr. Mathews’ site. You may use one of the sample templates or find another template more appealing to you. This is due Friday of the first week of school. There is also an assignment for GPR- instructions available on Mathews’ website!
