Many students read over summer break either for an assignment or simply for pleasure. This year, the English teachers provided a short list of books that could be beneficial to students of all grade levels in helping to improve English skills, such as rhetoric, style, and the use of literary devices.

Most of the books in the following list can be found as PDFs or can be bought from Amazon.

How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster

http://ziveuniverzity.sk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Foster-How-to-Read-Literature-Like-a-Professor.pdf

Thank You For Arguing by Jay Heinrichs. This book is recommended for upcoming AP Language and Composition students.

The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr and E.B. White

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxicmVhdG9uc2V3YzR1fGd4OjQ1MmU3OWFiNzAzZTk2M2M

The Internet of Us: Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data by Michael Patrick Lynch. This book is recommended for upcoming AP Language and Composition students.

My Reading Life by Pat Conroy

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

http://biblioteka.teatr-obraz.ru/files/file/English_cinema/Stephen_King_On_Writing.pdf

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton