Summer Reading - The Gunston School

Summer Reading - The Gunston School Summer Reading At Gunston, we believe that reading broadens your background and strengthens verbal and writing skills. It is also a way to discover new ideas and philosophies. As the acclaimed novelist and short story writer Richard Bausch has said, “To my mind, nothing is as important as good writing, because in literature, the walls between people and cultures are broken down, and the things that plague us most—suspicion and fear of the other, and the tendency to see whole groups of people as objects, as monoliths of one cultural stereotype or another—are defeated.” We advise you to read many books, but require one this summer. Book 1: Your grade level's required novel Grade Level Required Reading Suggested Reading List Your English teacher will give you an assignment on your required grade-level reading once you return to school. SUMMER 2025 9th Grade: Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Instructions Email) 10th Grade: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Instructions Email) 11th Grade: Student's Choice (Instructions Email including Junior Symposium) 12th Grade: Student's Choice (Instructions Email and Senior Paradigm Info) To encourage further reading we offer a comprehensive list of both fiction and non-fiction complied by the Gunston faculty. Books by Author Books by Title Click here to read more details about the Junior Symposium and the Senior Paradigm Projects.