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Summer Reading

Saint Thomas Aquinas students sitting around a table in the Learning Commons reading books

Summer reading helps students retain and enhance their reading skills over the summer!

Summer Reading Details

  • Students are required to complete a summer reading assignment for English courses. Please examine the list below and only read the selection for the class you will be enrolled in for the 2026-2027 school year.
  • All summer reading will be accompanied by an assignment over the pieces(s) you read. Upon your return from summer break, you will be assessed over their understanding of the reading(s). Summer reading assessments are the first grades of each new school year.
  • If you change courses mid-summer, you are still responsible for the summer reading for the course you will be enrolled in starting August 2026. So, make sure to come to class prepared with the correct work ready to go!

Summer reading assessments are the first grades of each new school year!


Assignments by Class

FRESHMAN

English 1

Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice  by  Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) by Bryan Stevenson 

Honors English 1

Legend by Marie Lu

LEGEND by Marie Lu

SOPHOMORE

English 2

Honors English 2

JUNIOR

English 3

*Must read both books & complete the assignments 

Cover image of novel: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

 

 

 

Cover image of the novel, The Pearl by John Steinbeck

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

AP Language & Composition

*Must read both books & complete the assignments 

Cover image of the novel, The Crucible by Arthur Miller

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

 

 

 

Cover image of the novel: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

SENIOR

English 4

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Honors English 4

*Must read both books & complete the assignments 

  red, patterned background with the title "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie prominently displayed.

Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

 

 

 

A giant hand with a thumb extended upwards is in the foreground, while a smiling green alien and colorful planets float in the starry background.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

AP Literature & Composition

Cover image of the novel: Invisible Man by RalphEllison

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

For Questions & Information

Patty Jordan

Patty Jordan
Registrar

913-319-2456
pjordan@stasaints.net