The Freshman Reading List

In an effort to guide those determined future high school students, I've created this small reading list comprising of books that could help anyone brace themselves for 9th grade honors English during the summer. Many of these books are advanced pieces of literature and may be boring. But if you are someone who wants to get a heard start before the start of ninth grade, go ahead and read through this list:

- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- The Pearl by John Steinbeck
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe


Now, these books listed above don't guarantee that you'll get an A in the fall semester of 2010. However, I do guarantee that they will increase vocabulary and understanding of high school literature. Along with that, I give out a warning that these books can be extremely boring and difficult to comprehend at times as I mentioned in the paragraph above. Hopefully, this book list will at least help you. Good luck!

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