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Welcome to the FHS Honors English II summer reading blog! 

Attention students! I am leaving on vacation August 8.  I will be in the Cascade Mountains in northwest Washington  during much of my vacation and will have little Internet access. I will publish comments and replies as often as I can (probably every three days or so) until August 20.  See you soon!

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Students this summer will read one of three novels and  a number of non-fiction selections from Elements of Literature: World Literature.

One novel in the FHS sophomore summer reading options is Laure Halse Anderson’s novel Speak. This first person narrative shares the story of one young girl’s struggle and courage in dealing with being raped. The novel, a 2000 Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award winner, provides readers with a story about an event rarely discussed and often hidden by the victims. Below you will find a review of the novel.

A second novel your son or daughter might choose to read is Never Fall Down. Based on the life of Cambodian advocate Arn Chorn-Pond, Never Fall Down is the story of how one Cambodian boy survived the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime. Read more below.

A third novel the students might choose is Patricia McCormick’s  The Age of Miracles, a science-fiction story that posits what might happen if Earth experiences a change in its rotation.

The selections from the World Literature anthology provide students with non-fiction essays, interviews, articles, and memoirs written by numerous world authors.