Lemont High School announces summer reading selections

Lemont High School has announced its summer reading selections for the 2023-24 school year. Over the summer, many students will be required to read various works depending on what English course they will be enrolled in next year.

A complete list of summer reading selections for Lemont High School students may be found below. Specific assignments for these selections are available on the school’s website on the Summer Homework page.

For questions concerning the summer reading program, contact English Chair Mark Cannon at (630) 243-3253.

2023-24 Lemont High School Summer Reading Requirements

English I
No required reading - students are encouraged to choose selections that appeal to their specific interests

English I Honors
Take Me With You When You Go (David Levithan and Jennifer Niven; ISBN-10: 0525580999 or ISBN-13: 978-0525580997)
Alternate text: Turtles All the Way Down (John Green; ISBN-10: 0525555366 or ISBN-13: 978-0525555360) 

English II
No required reading - students are encouraged to choose selections that appeal to their specific interests

English II Honors
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini; ISBN-13: 978-1594631931)
Alternate text: Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton; ISBN-13: 978-0743262170)

English III
No required reading - students are encouraged to read one of recommended texts listed in the assignment available at the “Summer Homework” page

English III: AP Language & Composition
Friday Night Lights (H.G. Bissinger; ISBN-13: 978-0306824210) – Chapter 2 only
Alternate text: Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer; ISBN-13: 978-0385486804)

English IV
No required reading - students are encouraged to read a memoir and should consult the assignment available at the “Summer Homework” page

English IV: AP Literature & Composition
Various poems – assignment available at the “Summer Homework” page
“Sonnet 54” (Edmund Spenser)
“Though I Am Young” (Ben Jonson)
“Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat” (Thomas Gray)
“We Are Seven” (William Wordsworth)
“Tears, Idle Tears” (Lord Alfred Tennyson)
“Preludes” (T.S. Eliot)
“We Real Cool” (Gwendolyn Brooks)
“New Clothes” (Julia Alvarez)