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Andover High School Summer Reading Program
Andover High School English Department releases summer reading recommendations and requirements.
ANDOVER- The Andover High School English Department released its selections for the 2016 Summer Reading Program.
Andover High School students and incoming ninth-graders are required to select one book listed under their grade level to read for the summer. The goal of required summer reading is to "build a community of readers, promote reading and thinking during summer months, and have students share common reading experiences on the first day of school," states Andover High School.
The lists can be found here.
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Included on these lists are The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.
A separate, non-required book list has been compiled. It features both fiction and non-fictional works and the majority of the list are recent publications.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon is a new take on murder mysteries. It is told from the perspective of an autistic boy, Christopher John Francis Boone, who has unique mathematical gifts but lacks the social skills of his peers.
After being found holding his neighbor's dead dog one evening, Christopher is wrongfully jailed and resolves that he will find the dog's true murderer. To help him accomplish this task, a social worker encourages him to write a book dedicated to the investigation, which becomes known as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
The story is about 250 pages long and is a work of fiction.
The Hobbit is a much-beloved tale, recently popularized by the films. It follows the journey of a classic underdog, Bilbo Baggins, who wants nothing more than to be live in peace and quiet... that is until he gets his first taste of adventure upon meeting a group of dwarves. The dwarves are on a mission to reclaim their long-lost home and take back immeasurable fortunes from the dragon that now hoards it.
The book is about 300 pages long and is also a work of fiction
For additional information please call Andover High School at (978)623-8636.
