Please read the following four novels before school starts.  You may find it helpful to write chapter summaries and character lists for each novel. 
Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Huck Finn by Mark Twain
Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
Let me know if you have any questions.
Cindy Herndon

Textbook:  Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience 0-13-698614-5