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Summer 2025 - Required Reading

Following is the required summer reading for students who will be attending Millbrook for the 2025-2026 school year; this list should be read according to the form students will be entering for the upcoming school year. This reading is assessed at the very beginning of the school year, and so it is important that students complete it and bring their physical copies of their summer reading books with them when they return to school.

Please make arrangements to purchase these books at your local bookstore or via an online bookstore of your choosing. 
 
    REQUIRED SUMMER READING
    English III (Class of 2029) Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Mark Haddon (ISBN-13: 978-1400032716)
    English IV (Class of 2028) Born a Crime, Trevor Noah (ISBN-13: 978-1473635302)
    English IV Honors Born a Crime, Trevor Noah (ISBN-13: 978-1473635302)

    The Tradition
    , Jericho Brown (ISBN-13: 978-1556594860) 
    English V Honors 
    There There, Tommy Orange (Vintage ISBN-10: ‎ 0525436146, ISBN-13: 978-0525436140)

    The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon (ISBN-13: ‎978-0812983586)
    English V and VI (Classes of 2027 and 2026 not in AP English or Vth Form Honors)
    A Tale for the Time Being – Ruth Ozeki (ISBN-13: 978-0143124870)

    Duino Elegies, Rainer Maria Rilke, (ISBN-10: 1782277803)
    AP English Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe (ISBN-13: ‎978-0385474542)

    Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell (ISBN-13: ‎978-1984898876)