School Required Reading Lists
Kingsport City Schools
Summer Reading List: 2020-2021
Please select at least one book from the appropriate list below.
Parents: please use parental discretion when helping your child select summer reading books. If for any reason you would like to select an alternate text for your student, please contact the school and they will make arrangements for an alternate choice.
6th Grade Summer Reading List (Choose one from the list below)
- 11 Birthdays – Wendy Mass
- Island of the Blue Dolphins – Scott O’Dell
- The Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan
- The Running Dream – Wendelin Van Draannen
- Strong Inside – Andrew Maraniss
- Woods Runner – Gary Paulsen
7th Grade Summer Reading List (Choose one from the list below)
- Booked – Kwame Alexander
- Chains – Laurie Halse Anderson
- Cinder – Marissa Meyer
- Fish in a Tree – Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer – John Grisham
- Titanic: Voices from the Disaster – Deborah Hopkinson
8th Grade Summer Reading List (Choose one from the list below)
- Between Shades of Gray – Ruta Sepetys
- The Boys in the Boat (Young Readers Edition) – Daniel James Brown
- The Contender – Robert Lipsyte
- Milkweed – Jerry Spinelli
Dobyns-Bennett High School
Summer Reading List: 2020-2021
From the appropriate lists below, choose one book, unless noted, to read over the summer. Summer reading selections will be assessed during the first nine weeks through essay or project based methods.
9th Grade Reading List (Choose one from the list below)
- To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
- Long Way Down – Jason Reynolds
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
- Dear Martin – Nic Stone
- Brown Girl Dreaming – Jacqueline Woodson
- The Hate You Give – Angie Thomas
10th Grade Summer Reading List
10 CP (Read the Following)
- Enclave – Anne Aguirre
10 Pre-AP (Read the Following)
- Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
11th Grade Summer Reading List
11 CP (Choose one from the list below)
- The Greatest Generation – Tom Broakaw
- The Storyteller – Jodi Picoult
- Life is So Good – George Dawson
- Have a Little Faith – Mitch Albom
- The Traveler’s Gift – Andy Andrews
11 Pre-AP (Read the Following)
- The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
11 AP
Students enrolled in Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (11 AP English) should consider the question, “What is Truth?” Students are expected to read:
- The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien
12th Grade Summer Reading List
12 CP (Read the Following)
- Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
12 AP
Students enrolled in Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (12 AP English) should consider the question, “Who am I in the world?” Students must read both:
- A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini
- How to Read Literature like a Professor – Thomas C. Foster
