Welcome to Roland Park Country School's Summer Reading LibGuide for Upper School students!
The Ivy Bookshop is offering a 10% discount on all summer reading. Families can visit the shop, which is open every day from 10am-7pm, or the Ivy Bookshop's website, where they can use the coupon code RPCSUM25 to take advantage of the discount.
Required Titles for English Classes at RPCS
English 9: Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok (Available in SORA) Click here for the reading guide for Girl in Translation
The Belles by Healy Visiting Author Dhonielle Clayton. Click here for a reading guide for The Belles (coming soon!)
Plus one free choice book from this LibGuide |
English 9 Honors: Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok (Available in SORA) Click here for the reading guide for Girl in Translation
Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Click here for the reading guide for Poet X
The Belles by Healy Visiting Author Dhonielle Clayton (OPTIONAL) Honors students are encouraged to read The Belles as we will discuss this book with Dhonielle Clayton during the Healy Author Visit in the fall.
Plus one free choice book from this LibGuide |
English 10: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (Available in SORA) Click here for the reading guide for Everything I Never Told You
Plus one free choice book from this LibGuide |
English 10 Honors: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Available in SORA) Click here for the reading guide for Purple Hibiscus
Click here for the reading guide for Trick Mirror Plus one free choice book from this LibGuide |
English 11 at RPCS: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (Available in SORA) Click here for the reading guide for The Last Lecture
Plus one free choice book from this LibGuide |
English 11 at Gilman: Please check this link for 11th grade English requirements from Gilman. Plus one free choice book from this LibGuide
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AP English Courses at RPCS:
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AP English Literature and Composition: Students will choose one title from the New York Times’s interactive “100 Best Books of the 21st Century” feature. Click here for the summer reading guide.
Plus one free choice contemporary NOVEL from this LibGuide
AP English Language: Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner Click here for the reading guide for Crying in H Mart.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Click here for the reading guide for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Plus one free choice book from this LibGuide |
Learn more about our 2025 Healy Visiting Author, Dhonielle Clayton.