Summer Reading 2026: 10th Grade

Updated April 28, 2026
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The Anthropocene reviewed : essays on a human-centered planet
Green, John
Paper Book
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 <...
Nineteen eighty-four
Orwell, George
Paper Book
Written 75 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell's chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever... This 75th Anniversary Edition includes:*...

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. "A story that will slam the power of poetry and love back into your heart." --Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak and Chains The Poet X is the astonishing New...

“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.

👍 Recommended by SHADES

The underground girls of Kabul : in search of a hidden resistance in Afghanistan
Nordberg, Jenny
Paper Book
An investigative journalist uncovers a hidden custom in Afghanistan that will transform your understanding of what it means to grow up as a girl.   "An astonishingly clear picture of this resourceful, if imperfect, solution to the problem of girlhood in a society...

This is an amazing study of a hidden culture in Afghanistan that sanctions the raising of infant girls as boys in order to secure the status of a family.

👍 Recommended by Salaam


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