UPDATE (April 15, 3:30pm):

Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot was chosen for the Universal book. It won with 42% of the vote.

The Summer Reading Committee, a previously all-teacher committee, is now integrated with students and is headed by librarian Teresa Crafton. The group just had their second meeting where they proposed books for the universal books, an idea proposed by US Chemistry teacher Sean McKnight.

“We ended up having a 90 second presentation to the rest of the committee on why that book would be a good candidate for the universal book,” Crafton said.

Last year’s universal book wasn’t a favorite but this year students will be presented with three to five books to vote on from different genres. Crafton is excited about the representation that is added by the students in the group.

“One of the things we’d always struggled with is should we have fiction, or should we have nonfiction? …Should it be this or that?” Crafton said.

Crafton admits it’s been hard, picking a book that appeals to both incoming freshmen, rising seniors, and everyone in between, but is excited to involve students in the discussion of what books we’ll be reading this summer.

Voting will occur on Tuesday, April 14th, here are the five books students will be voting on during Announcements.

Summer Reading 2015 Book Options:

• Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
• Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
• Einstein’s Dreams: A Novel by Alan Lightman
• Thirteen Reasons Why: A Novel by Jay Asher