Mass Teen Choice Book Award 2023
Walpole High School Summer Reading List
From the website: “This summer, students must select and read one book from our Summer Reading List. In the fall, students will meet in Summer Reading Groups to discuss the book with others who read the same book. Students will receive a Pass/Fail grade for their participation in the Summer Reading Program. The grade will be posted on their transcript. Students who Pass will earn .5 credits; students who Fail will not be eligible for Honor Roll Term 1.”
Fantasy
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
Historical Fiction
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
The Daughters of Madurai by Rajasree Variyar
LGBTQ+ Fiction
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune
Contemporary/Literary Fiction
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Mystery/Detective/Thrillers
The Maid: A Novel by Nita Prose
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Science Fiction
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
Young Adult
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Action/Adventure/Horror
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Classic Literature
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Nonfiction: Autobiography
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
Nonfiction: Historical
The Book of Contemplation: Islam and the Crusades by Usamah ibn Munqidh (This book is not available in OCLN: if you search in the Commonwealth Catalog, you can request it from another library consortium.)
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
Unbroken: Young Reader’s Edition
American Dialogue: The Founders and Us by Joseph J. Ellis
The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan
Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
Nonfiction: Art
How to Be an Artist by Jerry Saltz
Nonfiction: Current Events
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
Nonfiction: Self Help
Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins