Summer Reading (Downloadable PDF) 

 Summer Reading 2024

Reading helps students broaden their knowledge, improve their own writing, and think critically about ideas. Below are lists of books grouped by academic grade level. Over the course of the summer, Little Flower students are expected to read at least one book from those listed for their grade. A written assignment based on the summer reading will be assigned and completed during the first weeks of school.

Freshmen

• Animal Farm, George Orwell
• Little Women, Louisa May Alcott (accessible online at no cost at Project Gutenberg
• (gutenberg.org)
• The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
• The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
• Code Orange, Caroline Cooney
• Carlo Acutis: The First Millennial Saint, Nicola Gori
• Thea’s Song: The Life of Thea Bowman, Charlene Smith and John Feister
• Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
• The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker
• Before We Were Free, Julia Alvarez
• We are Not Like Them, Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

Sophomores

• Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt
• A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens ((accessible online at no cost at Project Gutenberg
• (gutenberg.org)
• Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
• Virals, Kathy Reichs
• Carlo Acutis: The First Millennial Saint, Nicola Gori
• Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal; Eric Schlosser
• Left to Tell, Immaculee Ilibagiza and Steve Erwin
• Before We Were Free, Julia Alvarez

Juniors

• Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell
• Cry the Beloved Country, Alan Paton

Seniors

• The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
• I Am Malala, Christina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai