School Summer Reading
Elk Grove High School | Holmes Junior High | John Hersey High School | Lincoln Middle School | Prospect High School | River Trails Middle School | Rolling Meadows High School
Elk Grove High School
EGHS students are asked to complete five activities in the “Choose Your Own Adventure” Summer Reading Challenge. See the EGHS Challenge game board: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y56mdLGYce5Swe8cgPFsYAa9Byl0_E_gG6ogDzILz5s/view
Holmes Junior High
There is no mandatory summer reading assignment for Holmes students this year.
John Hersey High School
JHHS challenges students to read 30 minutes a day this summer. See the JHHS Summer Reading website for details and suggestions. https://jhhssummerreading.weebly.com/
Lincoln Middle School
There is no mandatory summer reading assignment for Lincoln students. See Lincoln’s summer reading letter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A9UiKCQL3eaDxwUR9hYDfSxtFZBAF84Q/view
Prospect High School
PHS Summer Reading website https://libguides.phs.d214.org/summeread2020

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Mamba Mentality: How I Play by Kobe Bryant

Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Recursion by Blake Crouch


Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert


Wool by Hugh Howey

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Classic Krakauer by Jon Krakauer


The Hike by Drew Magary

The Voyager Record: A Transmission by Anthony Michael Morena


The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

Mind and Matter: a Life in Math and Football by John Urschel

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
River Trails Middle School
6th Grade

Becoming Kareem by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes



Stormy Seas by Mary Beth Leatherdale

Front Desk by Kelly Yang
7th Grade

They Call Me Güero by David Bowles

Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

Superstar by Mandy Davis

Blended by Sharon M. Draper

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Ghariba

Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Karma Khullar’s Mustache by Kristi Wientge

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
8th Grade

The Crossover by Kwame Alexande
(Note: Students should read the novel, not the graphic novel adaptation

Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer

I Will Always Write Back by Martin Ganda & Caitlin Alifirenka

Unstoppable by Tim Green

All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis

42 is Not Just a Number by Doreen Rappaport


The Red Bandanna (Young Readers’ Edition) by Tom Rinaldi

Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Rolling Meadows High School
RMHS Summer Reading Information https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AR-ULpVOS_4EJ28ym72hsTiaNs0H-7Zc?usp=sharing


The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti

After the Fire by Will Hill

Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham

Every Falling Star by Sungji Lee

When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago


The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

P.S. I Like You by Kasie West