Summer Reading 2026: 10th Grade

Updated April 28, 2026
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The Anthropocene reviewed : essays on a human-centered planet
Green, John
Ebook
Goodreads Choice winner for Nonfiction 2021 and instant #1 bestseller! A deeply moving collection of personal essays from John Green, the author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down. "The perfect book for right now." -People <...
Night
Wiesel, Elie
Paper Book
Night --A terrifying account of the Nazi death camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy into an agonized witness to the death of his family...the death of his innocence...and the death of his God. Penetrating and powerful, as personal as The Diary Of Anne Frank, Night awakens the shocking memory of...

Imagine your life turned upside down by a shift in political power. In this famous and heartbreaking memoir, Elie Wiesel tells of his journey from his home in Transylvania to Auschwitz, a prison camp of the Nazi regime during World War II. “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night.”

Nineteen Eighty-Four
Orwell, George
Paper Book
One of Britain's most popular novels, George Orwell's dystopian tale Nineteen Eighty-Four is set in a society terrorised by a totalitarian ideology propagated by The Party. 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.' Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in...

Written in 1948, this futuristic dystopian novel is set in a society ruled by a terrifyingly totalitarian regime. Winston Smith longs for human connection and a sense of selfhood while he struggles to maintain original thought in a world hell bent on erasing individuality. The novel addresses many contemporary issues such as privacy, technology and a government’s responsibilities in such a way that some have called it prophetic. Would you give up your personal freedoms to ensure your country’s safety?

The poet X
Acevedo, Elizabeth
Paper Book
Winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award! Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award...

“Sometimes it seems like writing is the only way I keep from hurting.” Xiomara Batista feels like she is not truly seen, nor heard, and so she writes. She writes elaborate, gut-wrenching poems that speak to the ocean of feelings inside. Outside, she is trying to ignore the guys verbally assaulting her, trying to be the good Christian girl her mom wants her to be and all the while the words come. This book is a fast read because it’s all poetry, capturing Xiomara’s every moment in verse. If you like Angie Thomas’s On the Come Up, you will love this book.

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