The slower pace of summer offers plenty of time for reading -- and Friends Select faculty are ready with a long list of recommendations for readers of all ages and tastes.  Individual classroom teachers offer the younger students tips and assign some books.  For the older students, summer reading is a more formal, two-part program. 

 

Each summer, middle and upper school students are asked to read the same book and be ready to discuss it in September.  This year’s selection is the two-volume graphic novel, Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi.  Middle school students will read the first volume; upper school students will read both books.  This particular novel was chosen for two reasons:  “It continues our ongoing focus on international themes, specifically the Middle East,” says Rose Hagan, head of school.  “Persepolis will help set the tone for our new Intersession Program, which will be launched next winter and will focus on the Middle East. And, the discussion of the book will offer a venue for exploring graphic novels, a genre of increasing interest to students of all ages.”