LibGuides: Summer Reading 2019: Grade 10

2019 Required Summer Reading - Grade 10

Woman reading on wharf at dusk Grade 10

All students starting Grade 10 in Fall Semester, 2019, are required to read 1984 for English. Students should be prepared to discuss and write about the book at the start of classes in August. You may find it useful to record your responses to the texts you choose in writing or as an audio note. Questions? Email Alayna Garvin.

1984 by George Orwell

1984 by George Orwell; Erich Fromm (Afterword by)
ISBN: 9780451524935
Publication Date: 1950-07-01
A chilling portrait of a totalitarian society under the ever-watchful gaze of Big Brother, where love, privacy, and individuality are banned. The year 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's nightmare vision from 1949 of the world we are becoming is timelier that ever. 1984 is the great modern classic of a 'negative utopia' - an original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing.