One Book
The One Book selection for 2010 is Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. This novel will launch our discussion of the 2010-2011 One Question, "How can we maintain our individuality and creativity in an increasingly impersonal and technological world?”, submitted by Raynor Kuang.
Brave New World is a classic work of science fiction portraying a future utopia where individuality is suppressed in favor of forced universal contentment. Readers will be intrigued at the fictional scientific advancements which Huxley imagined when he published the novel in 1932. (Many of these innovations are part of our life today.) - All rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors should read Brave New World in the summer, and be ready for discussions and assessments in September.
- Rising freshmen will read the novel with their English classes when school begins.
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Past Books
2009-2010The One Book selection for 2009 summer reading is Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Faculty and students who reviewed the nominated books particularly liked this non-fiction work on the impact of one man's sense of social responsibility.
This book lends itself well to the 2009-2010 One Question, "What are the social responsibilities of educated people?", submitted by Ian Ladner, and in fact highlights all four core principles and skills valued at TJ: Critical Inquiry and Research, Problem Solving, Intellectual Curiosity, Social Responsibility (CIRPSICSR).