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    80 years of Catholic Education, Tradition, and Excellence thrive on the campus of St. Thomas Aquinas High School.

    Dear God,
    through the intercession of St. Thomas Aquinas, grant us a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, the wisdom to find you and the hope of embracing you. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

     St. Thomas Aquinas, Pray for Us. 
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English

DIRECTIONS

  1. Choose ONE book from the following list.

  2. What is the message, main idea, or author’s purpose of your chosen work?    What did you learn as a result of reading your book?

  3. Bookmark or use Post- it notes to note at least THREE  impactful or important sections and make annotations in the text so you can easily refer to these passages while working on your project when you return to school in August.

  4. Note the book’s setting, theme, or any symbols that you found.

*Works denoted as a challenge read have been an option for writing on the English Advanced Placement exams.

 

Freshman

  • Fiction
  • Non-Fiction

Fiction

  • Seedfolks by Paul Fleishman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/272752.Seedfolks?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=li1o9gfCGs&rank=1

      ●  The Giver by Lois Lowery https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=eSvRRbfVhG&rank=1

    ●  My Antonia by Willa Cather (Challenge Read)* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17150.My_ntonia?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=xSIFe2H4ZP&rank=

     ●  The Book Thief by Markus Zusak https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=the+book+thief+&qid=WXeBl9lBY0

     ●  Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=UUFTNVMgXa&rank=1

Non-Fiction

 

  • Brian’s Song by Willliam Blinn ( A Place in STA history ) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/846533.Brian_s_Song?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=svuJVFSe7j&rank=1
  •  Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6900.Tuesdays_with_Morrie?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=5kkcpy9asE&rank=1 
  • The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/783127.The_7_Habits_Of_Highly_Effective_Teens?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=5HgYissCOe&rank=1
  • Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses and a Life in Perspective by Pat Summit https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15841863-sum-it-up?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=6MbrMIKSYi&rank=1

*Works denoted as a challenge read have been an option for writing on the English Advanced Placement Exams.    

Sophomore

  • Fiction
  • Non-Fiction

Fiction

  • Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20170404-station-eleven

  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Challenge Read)* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18143977-all-the-light-we-cannot-see?ac=1&from_search=true

  • Our Town by Thornton Wilder https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205476.Our_Town

  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (Challenge Read)* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13214.I_Know_Why_the_Caged_Bird_Sings?ac=1&from_search=true

Non-Fiction

  • Votes for Women: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot by Winifred Conklin  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33590224-votes-for-women?ac=1&from_search=true 

  • Under the Lights and In the Dark by Gwendolyn Oxenham https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33114524-under-the-lights-and-in-the-dark?ac=1&from_search=true 

  • Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court by Kareem Abdul Jabar https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32197594-coach-wooden-and-me?ac=1&from_search=true

    *Works denoted as a challenge read have been an option for writing on the English Advanced Placement Exams.        

Junior

  • Fiction
  • Non-Fiction

Fiction

  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4588.Extremely_Loud_and_Incredibly_Close?ac=1&from_search=true

  • What the Night Sings by Vesper Samper https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35550152-what-the-night-sings?ac=1&from_search=true

  • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5107.The_Catcher_in_the_Rye?ac=1&from_search=true

  • A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Challenge Read)* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4473.A_Prayer_for_Owen_Meany?ac=1&from_search=true

  • The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells

     

Non-Fiction

 

  • Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Wood https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821284-brown-girl-dreaming?ac=1&from_search=true

  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners by Naomi Shihab Nye https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35068790-voices-in-the-air?ac=1&from_search=true

  • Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secrets of the VietNam War by Steve Sheinkin https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23310694-most-dangerous?ac=1&from_search=true

  • I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17851885-i-am-malala?ac=1&from_search=true

  • Educated by Tara Westover

    *Works denoted as a challenge read have been an option for writing on the English Advanced Placement exams.

Senior

  • Fiction
  • Non-Fiction

Fiction

  • The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt  (Challenge Read)* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17333223-the-goldfinch?ac=1&from_search=true

  • And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16299.And_Then_There_Were_None?ac=1&from_search=true

  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen  (Challenge Read)* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1885.Pride_and_Prejudice?ac=1&from_search=true

  • Twelve Steps to Normal by Farrah Penn https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32797614-twelve-steps-to-normal?ac=1&from_search=true

  • Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (Challenge Read)* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6185.Wuthering_Heights?ac=1&from_search=true

 

Non-Fiction

 

  • Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1845.Into_the_Wild?ac=1&from_search=true

  • When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25899336-when-breath-becomes-air?ac=1&from_search=truelta

  • Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35576416-boots-on-the-ground?ac=1&from_search=true

  • How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39933.How_to_Read_Literature_Like_a_Professor?ac=1&from_search=true

  • Where You Go Is Not Who You Will Be by Frank Bruni https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22675976-where-you-go-is-not-who-you-ll-be?ac=1&from_search=true  

    *Works denoted as a challenge read have been an option for writing on the English Advanced Placement exams.

Science

Environmental Science AP

  • Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

Social Studies


World History AP

  • Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (View Assignment Details Here)                 by Jared Diamond

United States History AP      

  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee   by Dee Brown

Comparative Government Advanced Placement

  • The Road to Unfreedom:  Russia, Europe, and America  by Timothy Snyder

World Languages

French Language and Culture AP

  •  Un Coeur Simple  by Gustave Flaubert

 

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