South County High School's
2018 Summer Reading
Required Summer Reading Assignments For Specific Courses
Survival of the Sickest - AP Biology
Looking for other reading ideas for over the summer?
Check out the recommendation list!:
Find these books and more at the SCHS and FCPL Libraries!
(Amazon links are provided for descriptions of the books)
Recommended Fiction
Adeyemi, Tomi Children of Blood and Bone
Bracken, Alexandra The Darkest Minds
Chokshi, Roshani The Star-Touched Queen
Hesse, Monica The Girl in the Blue Coat
Ng, Celeste Little Fires Everywhere
Oh, Ellen Flying Lessons and Other Stories (short stories)
Rowling, J.K. & Jack Thorne Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play)
Stork, Francisco X. Disappeared
Yoon, Nicola The Sun is Also a Star
Zentner, Jeff The Serpent King
Recommended Nonfiction
Alifirenka, Caitlin and Martin Ganda with Liz Welch
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter
Changed Two Lives
Burns, Catherine The Moth Presents: All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown
Cham, Jorge & Daniel Whiteson We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe
Elmore, Bartow Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism
Grande, Reyna The Distance Between Us (adult or young reader's edition)
Grann, David Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Knight, Phil Shoe Dog: A Memoir of the Creator of Nike (adult or young reader's edition)
Lewis, John March (graphic novel)
Melvin, Leland Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances
Moore, Kate The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Oates, Joyce (editor) The Best American Essays of the Century (essays)
Rinaldi, Tom The Red Bandanna (young reader's edition)
Saedi, Sara Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card
Steinberg, Amanda Worth It: Your Life, Your Money, Your Terms
Tyson, Neil DeGrasse Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Urrea, Luis Alberto The Devil's Highway
Vance, J.D. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis