May 10, 2024

Aloha Students and Guardians,

Lahainaluna High School English Language Arts students are encouraged, but not required to participate in the summer reading. Students may select from any title available and of interest to them, with the permission of their guardian(s).  There are no graded assignments associated with summer reading and we hope that students will find joy in reading.

Students are encouraged to explore the Sora Sweet Reads program, which offers an online collection of Juvenile and Young Adult titles. Additionally, students may join the #808Reads Summer 2024 Reading Challenge from May 20 through July 31, or the Hawaii State Public Library Summer Reading Challenge from June 1 through July 31, 2024 .   

For your convenience, please see the lists on the reverse of this memo for suggestions of texts for students in General Language Arts classes as well as the more rigorous novels for all of the Honors and Advanced Placement classes. Advanced Placement classes are meant to support college-level discourse and some texts may contain adult language and situations. At all levels, guardians are encouraged to read with their children. 

If there are any questions or concerns, please contact English Language Arts Chair:

Mrs. Anne Cook, email: [email protected]

To be successful students, literacy is first and foremost. As stated in the General Learner Outcomes, students should strive to become lifelong learners. We anticipate that reading throughout the summer will help to broaden their knowledge and sharpen their literacy skills, and we appreciate your support in this endeavor.

Reading Resources

Sora Sweet Reads: https://resources.overdrive.com/sora-sweet-reads/

#808Reads Summer 2024 Reading Challenge: https://808reads.k12.hi.us/src; 

Hawaii State Public Library: https://www.librarieshawaii.org/summerreading/

Summer reading is encouraged, but not required. 

Select one or more titles from any of the lists below, or choose a text not listed. 

Reading recommendations for the General classes

• Class of 2028:  A book of choice or see list below for suggestions
• Class of 2027: A book of choice or a culturally-focused novel of choice or see lists below
• Class of 2026: A book of choice by an American author that has not been adapted for film or television or see lists below
• Class of 2025:  For those entering Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Literature:  a book of choice written by an aboriginal Pacific Island author; all others: book of choice that has not been adapted for film or television or see lists below

Additional Titles (mentioned on the 2024 AP Literature Exam):  Antigone; The Awakening; The Age of Innocence; An American Marriage,; Anna Karenina; The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The Bell Jar; Brave New World; Beloved; Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage; Corelli's Mandolin; Ceremony; Death of a Salesman; Don Quixote; Dubliners; Emma; Fences; Frankenstein; George Washington Gomez; The Goldfinch; The Handmaid’s Tale; How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents; Howards End; Hundred Indian Horse; Interior Chinatown; Jane Eyre; The Kite Runner; Kindred; Little Fires Everywhere; A Long Petal of the Sea; Love in the Time of Cholera; Macbeth; Madame Bovary; The Metamorphosis; The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez; Moby-Dick; Native Son;  The Namesake; The Night Watchman; North and South; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous; Passing; Pipeline; The Professor’s House; Quicksand; A Raisin in the Sun; Rebecca; A Room with a View; The Stranger; Sag Harbor; The Scarlet Letter; The Secret Life of Bees; Song of Solomon; Sweat; Swing Time; The Tempest; A Tale of Two Cities; Tess of the d'Urbervilles; Topdog/Underdog; There There; A Thousand Splendid Suns; To the Lighthouse; The Visit; When the Emperor Was Divine; White Noise; Waiting; Whereabouts; Wuthering Heights