For nearly ten years, Homestead High School has promoted summer reading for all grade levels as a way to connect students with an engaging, entertaining, and enriching reading experience. Encouraging our Spartans to read over the summer is one of the many ways we prepare our students for academic excellence while fostering a life-long love of reading.  During this time, public schools were allowed to charge curriculum fees and could ask parents to purchase summer reading materials.  

Unfortunately, due to recent state-mandated changes to public school funding, Homestead can no longer ask families to purchase summer reading books.  As a result, there will not be a required summer reading for the 2025-2026 school year. 

However, we still believe that reading over the summer is an important way for students to prepare for the upcoming school year.  Reading over the summer helps prevent the loss of academic gains made during the school year and supports the lifelong habit of reading.

As such, Homestead has created a suggested reading list for the summer.  The selection of books has been carefully curated to balance academic rigor with engaging content based on grade level.  Our goal is to inspire a lifelong passion for reading while ensuring that students continue to develop critical thinking skills and expand their knowledge.  The chosen books span a variety of genres and topics providing students with opportunities to explore new ideas, cultures, and perspectives.