NHS Suggested Summer Reading for Foreign Language Students

NHS Suggested Summer Reading for Foreign Language Students: 2013
These are suggested titles for students who like to read and are looking for interesting books that
relate to multiculturalism and language learning. Students will not be tested on this reading material,
but can earn extra credit in September by having an interesting literary conversation with a Foreign
Language Teacher or the Librarian regarding the book(s) read from this list over the summer.
Spanish 1
City of Beasts by Isabel Allende
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau
Spanish 2 or 3
Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Captain Alatriste (and series) by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
The King’‛s Gold by Yxta Maya Murray
Queen Jade by Yxta Maya Murray
The Queen of Water by Laura Resau
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
Zorro by Isabel Allende
Spanish 4
The Boy Kings of Texas: a Memoir by Domingo Martinez
Cathedral of the Sea by Idelfonso Falcones
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Spanish 5
Cien Anos de Soledad por Gabriel Garcia Marquez
La Casa de los Espiritus por Isabel Allende
La Catedral del Mar por Idelfonso Falcones
Relato de un Naufrago por Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Sonar en Cubano por Cristina Garcia
French 1
The French Way by Ross Steele
Pauvre Anne by Blaine Ray
Postcards from France by Megan McNeill Libby
French 2
Le Chandail by Sheldon Cohen
Les Doigts Rouges by Marc Villard
Un Ete Pas Comme Les Autres by Huguette Zahler (Honors)
Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat
L’‛Oeil du Loup by Daniel Pennac
Pauvre Anne by Blaine Ray (CP)
Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti by Frances Temple
Le Vol de la Joconde by Huguette Zahler (Honors)
French 3
Le Ble en Herbe by Colette
Les Lettres de Mon Moulin by Alphonse Daudet
Pepe la Boulange by Yvon Mauffret
Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Poil de Carotte by Jules Renard
Suivez la Piste by Emile de Harven
Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas by Rene Goscinny
French 4
L’‛Aine des Orphelins by Tierno Monenembo
Le Chateau de Ma Mere by Marcel Pagnol
Les Contes du Chat Perche by Marcel Ayme
L’‛Enfant Ocean by Jean-Claude Mourlevat
La Gloire de Mon Pere by Marcel Pagnol
La Grammaire est une Chanson Douce by Erik Orsenna
Le Temps des Secrets by Marcel Pagnol
French 5
Entre les Murs by Francois Begandeau
Latin 1
any Roman Mysteries series titles by Caroline Lawrence
Latin 2
The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
any title from Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series by Lindsey Davis
Latin 3
The Beacon at Alexandria by Gillian Bradshaw
Cleopatra’‛s Heir by Gillian Bradshaw
Render Unto Caesar by Gillian Bradshaw
Conspirata by Robert Harris
Imperium by Robert Harris
Pompeii by Robert Harris
Latin 4
any title from the Novels of Ancient Rome series by Steven Saylor
Trip to Italy
The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone
any title from the Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery series by Donna Leon
Arabic 1
Figs and Fate: Stories about Growing Up in the Arab World Today by Elsa Marston
Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye
Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi
A Stone in My Hand by Cathryn Clinton
Zahra’‛s Paradise by Amir
Arabic 2
Calligrapher’‛s Secret by Rafik Schami
Damascus Nights by Rafik Schami
The Dark Side of Love by Rafik Schami
Modern Arabic Stories: A Bilingual Reader by Ronak Husni and Daniel Newman
A Palace in the Old Village by Tahar Ben Jelloun
Road to Damascus by Elaine Rippey Imady