HS Summer Reading 09

HS Summer Reading 09 - Classics


Jacket	Title/Author	Annotation	Grade Level*
	Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather	Presents the text of the 1927 novel about two priests, friends since their childhood in France, who set out to establish the new Roman Catholic diocese in the American Southwest.	9-12
	For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway	In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed For Whom the Bell Tolls, the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain. The story tells of loyalty and courage, love and defeat, and the tragic death of an ideal.	9-12
	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell	After the Civil War sweeps away the genteel life to which she has been accustomed, Scarlett O'Hara sets about to salvage her plantation home.	9-12
	Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton	Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo travels to Johannesburg on an errand for a friend and to visit his son, Absalom, only to learn Absalom has been accused of murdering white city engineer and social activist Arthur Jarvis and stands very little chance of receiving mercy.	9-12
*Grade level suggestions are based on professional review sources. Some books contain mature themes. Please discuss reading selections as a family.

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