The objective of summer reading for the students is to assist them in cultivating skills that have been built upon throughout their academic year. It is the hope that reading will strengthen and reinforce those skills that are vital to all aspects of academics and beyond.
Students entering grade 11 are REQUIRED to read a book that is appealing to them and that they will enjoy. We hope that this will foster the love of reading while still allowing students to strengthen their reading and comprehension skills.
Listed below are resources for students:
A video explaining how to access online reading and audiobooks from SORA: SORA Instructions
Make sure to check out your school’s library:
PBHS: https://sites.google.com/pinebushschools.org/pbhs-library/home
Don’t forget your local libraries!
- Pine Bush Area Public Library- 223-227 Maple Ave, Pine Bush, NY https://pinebusharealibrary.org/
- Middletown Thrall Library- 12 Depot Street, Middletown, NY https://www.thrall.org/WelcomeHome.html
- Mamakating Library- 128 Sullivan Street, Wurstboro, NY https://mamakatinglibrary.org/
You can check the availability of each text from the following merchants:
Grade 11 Regents Reading Suggestions:
- Oates, Joyce Carol. Because it is Bitter, and Because it is My Heart
- McCarthy, Cormac. The Crossing
- Radner, Gilda. It’s Always Something
- Grealy, Lucy. Autobiography of a Face
- Lamb, Wally. She’s Come Undone
- Bragg, Rick. All Over But the Shoutin’
- Chang, Pang-Mei Natasha. Bound Feet and Western Dress
- Kincaid, Jamaica. My Brother
- Chambers, Veronica. Mama’s Girl
- Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Wait Till Next Year
- McCain, John. Faith of My Fathers
- Dodson, James. Final Rounds
- Ung, Loung. First They Killed My Father