St. Francis Summer Reading List for 2023

Calling all Golden Knights!

The Mother's Guild and Once Upon a Time Bookstore in Montrose have teamed up to provide you an easy way to purchase your required summer reading this year.  

You have the option to pick up your books in-store or curbside (for free) or to have them shipped to you (starts at $4.25). Local delivery is not available for these orders.  

On all orders - USE DISCOUNT CODE: GK - in order to receive 5% off ALL orders (discount can be applied to ALL books purchased through us - not just summer reading) placed through 7/31/2023. 

*You may call the store (818-248-9668) and we'll hold the requested books - for up to 2 days - behind the counter for you to pick up. 

*Prices of books are subject to change*

**If requesting to pick up books at store, please wait for a confirmation email on your order before coming to pick up your books** 

FRESHMAN (Regular)

The Pearl (Steinbeck)

A Long Way Gone (Beah)

Freshman Honors English

The Pearl (Steinbeck)

Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck)

 

SOPHOMORE

American Literature

Unbroken (Hillenbrand)

For Honors American Literature

To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee)

Sun Also Rises (Hemingway)

 

JUNIOR

British Literature

1984 (Orwell)

AP English Language

East of Eden (Steinbeck)

Into the Wild (Krakauer)

On Wrtiting Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Zinnsser)

 

SENIOR

World Literature

Macbeth (Shakespeare)

The Little Prince (de Saint-Exupéry)

AP English Literature

The Book Thief (Zusak)

Ready Player One (Cline)

Oedipus the King/Rex (Sophocles)

A Prayer for Owen Meany (Irving)

 

AP SPANISH

El Alquimista (Coelho)

 

Any questions? Call us at (818) 248-9668.

 


Books start below:

The Pearl By John Steinbeck Cover Image
$12.00
ISBN: 9780140177374
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Penguin Books - February 1st, 1993

Freshman and Freshman Honors

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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier By Ishmael Beah Cover Image
$15.00
ISBN: 9780374531263
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Sarah Crichton Books - August 5th, 2008

Freshman

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The Pearl By John Steinbeck Cover Image
$12.00
ISBN: 9780140177374
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Penguin Books - February 1st, 1993

Freshman and Freshman Honors

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Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck Cover Image
$12.00
ISBN: 9780140177398
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Penguin Books - September 1st, 1993

Freshman Honors

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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption By Laura Hillenbrand Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9780812974492
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - July 29th, 2014

Sophomore American Literature

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To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780060935467
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Harper Perennial Modern Classics - July 5th, 2005

Sophomore Honors American Literature

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The Sun Also Rises: The Authorized Edition By Ernest Hemingway Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780743297332
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Scribner - October 17th, 2006

Sophomore Honors American Literature

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1984 By George Orwell, Erich Fromm (Afterword by) Cover Image
By George Orwell, Erich Fromm (Afterword by)
$9.99
ISBN: 9780451524935
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Signet -

Junior: British Literature

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East of Eden By John Steinbeck, David Wyatt (Introduction by) Cover Image
By John Steinbeck, David Wyatt (Introduction by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780140186390
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Penguin Classics - October 1st, 1992

Junior: AP English Language 

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Into the Wild By Jon Krakauer Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780385486804
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Anchor - January 20th, 1997

Junior: AP English Language

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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction By William Zinsser Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780060891541
Availability: Available to Order from Our Warehouse
Published: Harper Perennial - April 5th, 2016

Junior: AP English Language

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Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library) By William Shakespeare, Dr. Barbara A. Mowat (Editor), Paul Werstine, Ph.D. (Editor) Cover Image
$6.99
ISBN: 9780743477109
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Simon & Schuster - July 1st, 2003

Senior: World Literature

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The Little Prince By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Illustrator) Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9780156012195
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Clarion Books - June 29th, 2000

Senior: World Literature

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The Book Thief By Markus Zusak Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9780375842207
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - September 11th, 2007

Senior: AP English Literature 

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Ready Player One: A Novel By Ernest Cline Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780307887443
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Ballantine Books - June 5th, 2012

Senior: AP English Literature

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Oedipus the King (Enriched Classics) By Sophocles Cover Image
$6.99
ISBN: 9781416500339
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Simon & Schuster - July 1st, 2005

Senior: AP English Literature

note:  Oedipus the King = Oedipus Rex 

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A Prayer for Owen Meany By John Irving Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780062204226
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - April 3rd, 2012

Senior: AP English Literature

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The Alchemist \ El Alquimista (Spanish edition): Una fábula para seguir tus sueños By Paulo Coelho Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9780062511409
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: HarperCollins Espanol - November 22nd, 2022

AP Spanish

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