+ AMDG Grades 7-12 Summer Reading Requirement Daily reading should be an integral part of a childs life, and while

students in grades seven and eight are required to read four books, and students in the high school are required to read five books (and two booklets) over the summer, the Academy encourages students to read all of the recommended books on the attached list. Our goal is that students should read wholesome literature for a minimum of two hours each day over the summer. There is a direct correlation between increased time spent reading and higher grades!! Students entering grades seven through twelve will be accountable for their reading through five assessments. You should mail or bring the first sheet to school by June 30, the second and third sheets by July 15 and the fourth and fifth by July 30. Yes, your last sheets are due before the lower schools are. They will count toward a percentage of the first-quarters grade. Students who read a total of ten books from the recommended list will receive a gift certificate to Culvers and one free homework pass (this entitles the student to one extra day to complete the work). BOOK REPORTS MUST BE COMPLETED ON ALL TEN BOOKS TO RECEIVE THE CERTIFICATE. The books listed on the following pages have been carefully selected to encourage spiritual growth, build character and correspond to the students upcoming courses in the fal l. Since each student is at a different reading level, a student may choose to read books from a lower or higher grade-level list once they have completed their required reading. Please know that quite a few of the listed books may be out of print, and the Academy library, Rockford Public Library (RPL) or a used-book source may be the best place to find them. They may also be purchased on-line at www.barnesandnoble.com, www.emmanuelbooks.com or from www.amazon.com. Families may wish to partner, buying different books and then sharing them with one another. Why do we require these older books? While there are many good recently published books that we do recommend, or that parents may choose to have their children read, these older books are truly unique; these treasures are Catholic gems that your grandparents may have read, and or patriotic books that have not been altered by the pervasive historical revisionism and political correctness that has been sweeping the field of literature! Enjoy your reading, and have a wonderful, grace-filled summer holiday. See you in the fall! Students who enroll after August 15 are required to read one book. Important Note: Math Facts! It is imperative that rising third-graders have achieved two-second timed mastery of one to eighteen addition and subtraction facts, zero to five multiplication tables, and one to five division tables, and that students entering grades four through eight have achieved two-second timed mastery of zero to twelve multiplication tables and one to twelve division tables. If your child cannot verbalize the answer to the math fact within two seconds, he must practice daily (with flash cards, if necessary) until he is able to do so. Mastering these skills is foundational to success in all future math courses, and it will also decrease the amount of time spent on homework. Practice makes perfect!

Junior High & High School: World Literature & History Religious (choose one) St. Louis de Montfort, Mary Fabyan Windeatt or Lay Siege to Heaven, Louis de Wohl (St. Catherine) or Set All Afire, Louis de Wohl (St. Francis Xavier) Historical fiction (Required) The Blood Red Crescent and the Battle of Lepanto, by Henry Garnett Classic Literature (Choose two) Men of Iron, Howard Pyle Emma, Jane Austen Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery Jos Boys, Louisa May Alcott The Good Master, Kate Seredy The Singing Tree, Kate Seredy A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot Cheaper by the Dozen, by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. Flight into Spring, Bianca Bradbury Fr. Brown Series, G.K. Chesterton Goodbye, Mr. Chips, James Hilton Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury The Phoenix and the Carpet, Edith Nesbit Five Children and It, Edith Nesbit Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome Highly Recommended (optional) The Blue Gonfalon at the First Crusade, Margaret Ann Hubbard The Eagle of the Ninth, Rosemary Sutcliffe The Silver Branch (sequel to the Eagle of the Ninth), Rosemary Sutcliffe The Lantern Bearers (sequel to the Silver Branch), Rosemary Sutcliffe Augustus Caesars World, Genevieve Foster For Freedom and for Gaul, Paul L. Anderson Son of Charlemagne, Barbara Willard The Black Arrow, Robert Louis Stevenson Boy Knight of Rheims, Eloise Lownsbery The Flying Ensign: Greencoats Against Napoleon, Showell Styles El Cid, Gods Own Champion, James Fitzhenry Tanglewood Tales, Nathaniel Hawthorne Escape From Warsaw, Ian Serralier The Borrowed House, Hilda von Stockum Books by Edward Eager

High School Advanced English Literature & Composition & Advanced U.S. Government, Politics and Economics (AP U.S. Government & Politics) Required The Everlasting Man, G.K. Chesterton Here is the book that converted C. S. Lewis from atheism to Christianity. This book illustrates the spiritual journey of humanity, or at least of Western civilization. 204 pp. Required My Grandfathers Story, Clarence Thomas, p. 281 The story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, p. 332 Gentlemen, this is not Wuthering Heights; it's a surgical account of the psychology of pride and renunciation. As Trollope did not say about Dickens, the heroes are not too beautiful and good, and the villains are not too ugly and evil. There's a reason Olivia and Mrs. A have read it three times. Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell, p. 350 A well-known conservative columnist, author and economist, Sowell presents an introductory course in economics with an emphasis on public policy. Chemistry: The Chemical History of a Candle, Michael Faraday, p. 81 These lectures are historical documents written in the language of their time. And yet the science hasn't gone out of date, neither it seems have the techniques for inspiring young scientists. Optional Reading List The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis Helena, Evelyn Waugh Out of the Silent Planet, C.S. Lewis Perelandra, C.S. Lewis Five Thousand Year Leap, W. Cleon Skousen Brave New World, Aldous Huxley Economics in One Lesson, Henry Hazlitt Economics, Work and Prosperity, Russell Kirk American Revolutionaries, Milton Meltzer Emma, Jane Austen Lord of the Flies, William Golding Morte dArthur, Sir Thomas Malory Idylls of the King, Alfred, Lord Tennyson Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott The Vicar of Wakefield, Oliver Goldsmith The Crisis of Civilization, Hilaire Belloc The Gods of Atheism, Fr. Vincent Miceli Mill on the Floss, George Eliot, p. 544 George Eliot seems to have written Silas Marner to redeem this downward spiral into anomie and rejection. The end of Silas will make a lot more sense to you if you've survived The Mill on the Floss. Americas Secular Challenge, The Rise of a New National Religion, Herbert London Bishop Doran recommended that every Catholic read this book.