Another important note!

For both Academic and Pre-AP classes, we are about to start reading John Steinbeck’s The Pearl, which is such a beautiful novella – I’m making notes to myself right now as I read it for the second time, and I find that I’m underlining practically every other paragraph, just because it’s so moving and heartbreaking. You may want to see about purchasing your own copy. You can find it on Amazon here:

http://www.amazon.com/Pearl-John-Steinbeck/dp/014017737X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381282807&sr=1-1&keywords=the+pearl+john+steinbeck

New, it’s $8, used, it’s $4 (with shipping).

You will also probably need to buy some of these:

http://www.amazon.com/Kleenex-Ultra-Facial-Tissue-Boxes/dp/B008YD8232/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381282929&sr=8-1&keywords=tissues

Because seriously, this is a tear-jerker.

For Pre-AP, we will also be reading the abridged version of The Count of Monte Cristo. Here’s the Amazon link to the version we’ll be reading:

http://www.amazon.com/Count-Monte-Cristo-Bantam-Classics/dp/0553213504/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381283000&sr=1-5&keywords=the+count+of+monte+cristo

This book is AWESOME! It’s like if Quentin Tarantino were a 19th century French novelist. This guy gets wronged, and just takes bloody revenge on his enemies for hundreds of pages. You’re going to love it.