Barnes & Noble (Rosecrans-West of 405 Fwy) will carry books on list. Most religion books can also be purchased at Pauline Books and Media (on Sepulveda in Culver City). Please bring your student to Pauline's so that they will have the experience of browsing in a Catholic bookstore.

Incoming Freshmen (Grade 9)
Religion Dept	Rice, Anne. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
English Dept	Weber, Francis.The Life and Times of Fray Junipero Serra (Available for $7 in school main office)
History Dept	Endo, Shusaku. Silence
Incoming Sophomores (Grade 10)
Religion Dept.	St. Therese of Lisieux. The Story of a Soul
English Dept	O'Conner, Flannery. Wise Blood
Foreign Language Dept (Hispanic Culture) (French Culture)	Kelley, Francis. Blood Drenched Altars OR Greene, Graham. The Power and the Glory Dumas, Alexander. The Three Musketeers
Incoming Juniors (Grade 11)
Religion Dept	Sheen, Fulton. Life of Christ
Religion Extra Credit	Ciszek, Walter. With God in Russia
English Dept	Suskind, Ron. A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League
Science Dept	Faraday, Michael. The Chemical History of a Candle OR Feynman, Richard. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Incoming Seniors (Grade 12)
Religion Dept	Bolt, Robert. A Man for all Seasons
Religion Extra Credit	St. Augustine. Confessions
English Dept	Waugh, Evelyn. Brideshead Revisited
Govt./Eco	Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Govt. Extra Credit	Gingrich, Newt. Winning the Future
Extra Credit
English Dept. only	Students may submit one typed extra credit book report based on any novel (except one listed above) from one of the following authors: Graham Greene, Walker Percy, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Flannery O'Conner, Oscar Wilde, Evelyn Waugh, Malcolm Muggeridge, Edith Sitwell, Hilaire Belloc, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, or T.S. Eliot.

We are asking that each student in our school read three books over summer vacation for which they will answer the questions below and return to their new teacher the first day of school. It is our hope that this program will:

• increase vocabulary and improve SAT scores
• encourage reading for enjoyment over the summer vacation
• promote reading as a leisure activity which may be added to other leisure activities the students may enjoy now and in years to come
• engender a sense of accomplishment in having completed the reading of three books.

Each student will receive a reading list. The book selections have been gathered from a variety of sources, represent a variety of authors and are intended for enjoyment reading.

Once they have completed reading a book, they are to write a book report answering the questions below to demonstrate an understanding of the book. Finally, students are to return the three completed reports to their new teachers on the first day of school.

In our rapidly changing world, literature can help children cope with the social, emotional and physical aspects of their lives. Story and story characters illustrate how young people may be able to identify the needs they and all human beings have always had - the need for physical well-being and security, the need to love and be loved, to belong, to achieve, to change, and to know and experience beauty, spirituality and order - and how these needs may be fulfilled.

SUMMER READING BOOK REPORT

Instructions: Write out the following questions and answers for each of the three books you have read during the summer. Be prepared to turn these in to the appropriate teacher during the first day of the fall semester.

1. Name/Grade
2. Title
3. Author
4. Describe the main character (name, physical description, reason for your choice as a main character, function within the book, etc.)
5. Describe a problem or difficulty the main character faces.
6. Describe how the problem is solved.
7. Give your opinion of the book.
8. What are three or more main factors that support your opinion?
9. Write a three-paragraph summary of the book.