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Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. pgs, L |
Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. pgs, L |
Orwell, George. Animal Farm. pgs, L |
Orwell, George. 1984. pgs, L |
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. pgs, L |
Sophocles. Antigone. pgs, L |
The books below are commonly recommended for college-bound seniors.
Seniors that are preparing themselves for a college education should select a book from this list.
Seniors may choose an 11th grade book and receive 90% of the grade.
Seniors may choose a 10th grade book and receive 80% of the grade.
Seniors may choose a 9th grade book and receive 70% of the grade.
Seniors may not choose 7th grade books or 8th grade books without a specific IEP.
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Allende, Isabel House of the Spirits 1280L 448pgs |
Isabel Allende weaves a luminous tapestry of three generations of the Trueba family, revealing both triumphs and tragedies. Here is patriarch Esteban, whose wild desires and political machinations are tempered only by his love for his ethereal wife, Clara, a woman touched by an otherworldly hand. Their daughter, Blanca, whose forbidden love for a man Esteban has deemed unworthy infuriates her father, yet will produce his greatest joy: his granddaughter Alba, a beautiful, ambitious girl who will lead the family and their country into a revolutionary future. | |
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Ambrose, Stephen Band of Brothers. 1390L, 320pgs |
Band of Brothers is the true story about the men of Easy Company during WWII. The book follows them from the beginning of basic training at Camp Toccoa in Georgia, to Europe, and finally to their present resting places. It gets five stars because the action is in depth and it explains why they used the tactics they did. The book also makes each soldier’s personality life like, which makes it easy to remember who is who in the book. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys reading about WWII or anyone who liked the Band of Brothers mini-series, as it was based on this book. |
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Austen, Jane. Emma. 253 pgs, 1070L
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Emma Woodhouse is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome, clever, and rich" but is also rather spoiled. Emma's friend and only critic is the gentlemanly Mr Knightley, her "neighbour" and brother-in-law (brother of her sister's husband). As the novel opens, Emma has just attended the marriage of Miss Taylor, her old governess and best friend. Having introduced Miss Taylor to her future husband Mr Weston, Emma smugly takes credit for their marriage, and decides that she rather likes matchmaking. Against Knightley's advice, she next tries to match her new friend, Harriet Smith (a sweet but none-too-bright girl of seventeen, described as "the natural (i.e. illegitimate) daughter of somebody") to the local vicar, Mr Elton... |
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Mansfield Park. |
Mr. Greenlee This is probably my least favorite Jane Austen. The lack of dramatization and emphasis on narrative makes it more distant than her masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice. Still, it wasn't a bad novel, and I did find myself captured by it, but it took much longer. Her other books set a high expectation. |
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Austen, Jane.
Pride and Prejudice. 260 pgs, 1190L |
Kate, 11th Grade Set in the 18th century, Pride and Prejudice is a lovely novel that deals with marriage, family matters, pride, romance, and growing up. The story is about Elizabeth, the second born of the five Bennet daughters, and the pressure on her to get married. The arrival of the young and wealthy bachelor Charles Bingley and his friend Fitzwilliam Darcy adds to the plot of Austen’s tale. As Jane, the eldest of the Bennet family, and Mr. Bingley fall in love, stubborn Elizabeth and the egocentric Mr. Darcy are having their own affairs. They seem to not care for one another, yet they can’t stop thinking about each other. They each have to adjust to humility, adapt to compatibility, and learn how to love without pride or prejudice. Austen’s way of writing was somewhat slow for me, but I truly enjoyed the content of the book. The characters seem real. Even though the setting is in the 1700s, the characters’ actions and emotions are very familiar. I can relate the parts of the plot to present day situations. Mr. Greenlee Jane Austen’s writing is simply the best – if someone had given me the slightest rundown of this plot or these characters I would never have read it. I fully admit to being a Tolkien, Hemingway, Wells, and London reader. I fully admit that in real life I would probably be disgusted by the way these people marginalize those beneath them, and that I would think their affairs petty. So why do I love this book? Because Austin can make these characters real, and make the reader feel what they feel. |
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Austen,
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Sense and Sensibility. 315 pgs, 1190L |
Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are sisters with opposite temperaments. Traditionally, it has been viewed that 19 year old Elinor, the elder daughter, represents "sense" (reason) of the title, and Marianne , who is 17, represents "sensibility" (emotion). However this view is a very restricting one. On close inspection of the novel it can be seen that each sister represents different aspects of each characteristic. Elinor and Marianne are the daughters of Mr. Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older half-brother named John. When their father dies, the family estate passes to John and the Dashwood women are left impoverished. Fortunately, a distant relative offers to rent the women a cottage on his property. The novel follows the Dashwood sisters to their new home, where they experience both romance and heartbreak... |
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Bradley, Marion Zimmer The Mists of Avalon
1120L, 912 pages |
It's the tales of King Arthur from the point of view of the female characters. |
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Brönte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. A Classic Novel 890L
In English Room in condensed form; complete form is in library in fiction |
When her parents die, she is sent to live with he aunt, who hates her. Her aunt enrolls her in a horrible private school, but her life is about to change... |
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Brönte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. 1380L
In English Room in condensed form. complete form is in library in fiction |
a rich girl with a wild spirit is drawn to a gypsy orphan. her brother tries to thwart their relationship, but the damage he can do is nothing compared with the hurt they can cause themselves... |
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Buck, Pearl. The Good Earth. a classic novel and a selection for the 1530L
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She was bought like a slave, but she became more than that. Together, they endured what most people can't imagine. |
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Calvino, Italo Invisible Cities 1290L 180pgs |
Imaginary
conversations between Marco Polo and his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai
Khan, conjure up cities of magical times. “Of all tasks, describing the
contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvelous
invention like Invisible Cities, perfectly irrelevant”
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Camus, Albert. The Stranger.
123 pgs, 880L In English Room.
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Thomas R., 12th grade If you are looking for a quick easy read, The Stranger by Albert Camus is the perfect book. This book is extremely fast passed with short quick sentences that make this book a quick read. This book starts off with the main character at his mothers funeral and ventures further on to the next few weeks of the main characters life until he ends up committing a crime and going to court. In court everything that happened earlier in the book comes into play in a way that the reader never would have expected when first reading the book. Although this book does get a little boring at times, all in all it is still a pretty good book and it is one that I would recommend. Paul F., 12th grade Monsieur Mersault a young man that goes through many troubles in life and solves them in different ways than many normal people would. He is a very straight forward man with no emotion and speaks freely about what he believes in. The main problem he faces in this book is committing murder and trying to fight his way out of the death sentences in court. He does not care for much out side of prison so he doesn’t have that much motivation to get out. Marie, 9th grade. His maman died and Sir Mersault felt no emotion at all. The day after the funeral he was gallivanting around town; going to the beach, meeting girls, and going to the movies. Sir Mersault would have never guessed that showing no emotion at all could get him in so much trouble. Weeks later his friend Raymond asks him and his girlfriend Marie if they would like to go to the beach. He agrees to this idea. At the beach, they notice a group of Arabs following them. Raymond’s ex-girlfriend’s brother had figured out that Raymond had mistreated her. The got into a scramble. They walked away before anything got to serious, but later Mersault went down and saw one of the Arabs again. Before another fight could have been started, Mersault pulled out a gun and shot the Arab five times. Mersault was sent to prison and put on trial. Will Mersault have to be executed or will he be set free? |
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Cather, Willa. My Antonia. 1010L
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After his parents died, Jim Burden arrives in the fictional town of Black Hawk, Nebraska, on the same train as the Shimerdas. They are an immigrant families who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America. He develops strong feelings for Ántonia, their eldest daughter - something between a crush and a filial bond. The book then follows their relationship as well as those of several other local families. |
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Cather, Willa. O Pioneers!
161 pgs, 930L In English Room |
When John Bergson is dying, he leaves control not to his sons or his wife, but to his daughter, Alexandra Bergson, who he sees has the most sense. She has many new ideas about improving their place, but she'll have to go against the grain of her brothers and neighbors. |
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Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage. A Classic Novel 204 pgs, 920L
In English Room. |
He is filled with fear that as he faces a Civil War battle, he'll run... |
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Diaz,
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. |
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Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield. Classic novel 800 pgs, 1070L in library in fiction
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The first half of the novel is by turns charming and enlivening. David’s challenges make it difficult for a man not to identify with his youthful trials. The bridges between acts – written with the reminiscence of an old man - are enough to make a man of 25 look back wistfully at his youth. Add the zany, lovable characters and this becomes my favorite Dickens. |
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Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. 380 pgs, 1230L Classic novel
In English Room.
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Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist. 1060L
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An orphan runs away and joins a street gang. |
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Dickens, Charles. Tale of Two Cities. Classic novel 367 pgs, 1130L
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Tyler, tenth grade A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is the story of the French Revolution, with a personal twist. A happy French family living in England is quickly pulled into the rising chaos in the fledgling French Republic. A dutiful wife, respected father, loyal businessman, and courageous friends must then save an innocent husband from death at the hands of a blind and bloodthirsty horde. A European classic that spans national borders with its universal themes and storytelling, A Tale of Two Cities would be a good choice for advanced readers of any age.
Mr. Greenlee It takes the first two-thirds of this book to set everything in place for the rich action and powerful emotions of the last third. That is not to say that there are not a few interesting points, some entertaining action, and attractive character development early on, but most modern readers are anticipating the drama of the French Revolution, and this is a long, slow build-up. The action finally kicks off somewhere around page 200 – too late for the taste of today’s bookworm. As in other Dickens novels, the young female is a weakly drawn character, not even the Agnes of David Copperfield. Why is it that we find Dickens able to create a Miss Pross or a Betsy Trotwood, but not a realistic and admirable young heroine? |
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Dineson, Isak. Out of Africa. A Classic Memoir
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Understand before reading that this is not a novel. It is the journal of a woman who lived in Africa at the beginning of the First World War. Don't imagine that this is going to be about the author's love affairs, as the movie was. It has little in common with the movie of the same name. But after reading this, I felt like I had been there. I understood more about the people and the land and the times. I loved this book. |
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Douglas, Frederick. My Bondage and My Freedom. A Classic Autobiography 1210L
in our school library under biography
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The true story of an escaped slave that educated himself and rose to be the most powerful African-American of his day. |
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DuBois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk
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Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man. National Book Award Winner
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In the beginning of the book, the narrator lives in a small Southern town. He is a model black student, and is named his high school's valedictorian. Having written and delivered a successful speech about the requirement of humility for the black man's progress, he is invited to give his speech before a group of important white men. However, he is first forced to fight a humiliating "battle royal" with other blacks. The "battle royal" consists of the young black men from the community fighting in a boxing style ring while their white superiors watch in enjoyment. After finally giving his speech, he receives a briefcase containing a scholarship to a black college that is clearly modeled on Tuskegee Institute. |
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Galsworthy, John Forsyte Saga 990L 912 |
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Haddon Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time 1180L 240pgs |
The story of an autistic boy that investigates the killing of a dog in his neighborhood. |
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Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd. A Classic Novel 1110L 384 pgs |
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Hardy, Thomas. Return of the Native. A Classic Novel 1040L
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. Classic novel 244 pgs, 1400L
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This writer has a difficult writing style - note the 1400 Lexile - so it's only for advanced readers. However, after the reader becomes adjusted to the old-fashioned sentence style, it's the story of a young woman who becomes pregnant out of wedlock and refuses to tell the town who the father of the child is. They force her to wear a large letter A on her clothes at all times - A for adultery. |
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Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls. A Classic Novel 471 pgs, 840L In English Room |
Eric, senior This book was an absolute classic. It was a little lengthy and in depth at times but that made it all the better read. It immerses you in the tale of the characters and how they cope with war. I love its realistic backgrounds and its brilliant use of symbolism. A Hemingway book wouldn’t be complete without a bitter-sweet ending which this one, definitely has. All and all I give it a two thumbs way, way up. Mr. Greenlee Which Hemingway first? Hemingway spans quite range. If you have just finished reading The Great Gatsby and are interested in the jaded, bored-with-life, spoiled and rich who drink and drink, read The Sun Also Rises. If you’ve just finished Dr. Blade #57, you like senseless action, and just want to say you’ve read Hemingway, try To Have and Have Not. But if, like me, you come from a background of J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G. Wells, and Jack London, and perhaps you have already read a few Nick Adams tales or The Old Man and the Sea, then don’t be daunted by length - this is your book. While it’s true this book slowed down a few times, that rang true. It mirrored the reality of my military experience. Then again, there are some chapters of this book burn into the memory: how the Communists first dealt with people after taking their hometown, the stand they took on the hilltop, the final scene, and others. There characters were clear, the action realistic, and the inaction tense. Read it. |
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Irving, John A Prayer for Owen Meany 1050L 640pgs |
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Ishiguro, Kazuo, Remains of the Day 1210L 256pgs |
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Jin,
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Waiting. National Book Award |
For more than seventeen years, a devoted and ambitious doctor, has been in love with an educated, clever, modern woman, but back in the traditional world of his home village lives the wife his family chose for him when he was young—a humble and touchingly loyal woman. A man living in two worlds, struggling with the conflicting claims of two utterly different women he moves through the political minefields of a society designed to regulate his every move and stifle the promptings of his innermost heart. |
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Kakfka,
Franz.
Metamorphosis. |
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The Trial. |
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Kesey, Ken, Sometimes a Great Notion. 1020L, 640pgs |
A family of fiercely-independent Oregon loggers struggle to keep the family business alive amidst changing times. |
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Huxley, Aldous Brave New World. A Classic Novel 870L
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Johnson, Charles Middle Passage National Book Award Most Honored National Book Award Finalist 207 pgs, 1150L
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It is 1830. Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave and irrepressible rogue, is desperate to escape unscrupulous bill collectors and an impending marriage to a priggish schoolteacher. He jumps aboard the first boat leaving New Orleans, the Republic, a slave ship en route to collect members of a legendary African tribe, the Allmuseri. Thus begins a daring voyage of horror and self-discovery. Peopled with vivid and unforgettable characters, nimble in its interplay of comedy and serious ideas, this dazzling modern classic is a perfect blend of the picaresque tale, historical romance, sea yarn, slave narrative, and philosophical novel. |
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Joyce, James. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. A Classic Autobiography 252 pgs, 1120L
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Krakauer, John. Into the Wild. 198 pgs, 1210L |
In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley... |
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Larson, Erik Devil in the White City. National Book Award Finalist; On the New York Times Best-Seller List since February of 2003. 432 pgs, 1170L
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At the turn of the century, one of the great World's Fairs was being held in Chicago. This is the story of the men and women that put it together, and of the serial killer that stalked his victims there. |
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Larson, Reif. Selected Works of T.S. Spivet. |
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LeGuin, Ursula. The Left Hand of Darkness. Hugo and Nebula Awards. 172 pgs, 970L
In English Room |
An Earthman comes to to a world on the brink of world war. |
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Llewelyn, Richard. How Green Was My Valley 1090 512 pgs |
A Welsh mining family faces troubles, seen from the point of view of the youngest child. The classic movie based on this book covers only a fraction of all that happens. | |
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Marquez, Gabriel. 100 Years of Solitude. Nobel Prize Winner 417 pgs, 1410L
In English Room |
Time passes strangely in this town, separated from the rest of the world for more than one hundred years... |
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McCarthy, Cormac. The Road. Pulitzer Prize; Oprah Book Club 287 pgs
In English Room |
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Melville, Herman. Billy Budd. A Classic Novel 114 pgs, 1450L
In English Room. |
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Mitchell, Margaret.
Gone with the Wind. |
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Momaday, N. Scott. House Made of Dawn. 198 pgs, 970L Pulitzer Prize Winner
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Morrison, Toni Song of Solomon 1270L? |
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Oates, Joyce Carol. We Were the Mulvaneys.
454 pgs
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Michael and Corinne Mulvaney are the parents of four children: Michael, Patrick, Marianne, and Judd. Living in a picture perfect farm in upstate New York, the Mulvaneys own a successful roofing company; Michael Mulvaney is considered a serious businessman. Corinne is a bubbly, earthy mother whose life revolves around the family unit. For nearly twenty years the Mulvaney clan thrives, admired throughout Mt. Ephraim for being the model family. Then comes an incident that is hushed up in town and never spoken of again. It is this incident that shatters the family fabric with tragic consequences. |
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Paton, Alan. Cry, The Beloved Country. A Classic Novel and a selection for the 312 pgs, 860L
in our library in fiction |
No one who goes to the city ever returns. His son and his sister went, and now he's going to look for them. Get past the beginning of this book - the pile of geographical names in Zulu, lack of quotation marks - and get onto a great novel. |
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Prisig, Robert. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. 374 pgs
In English Room |
As he rides his motorcycle from Minneapolis to Montana, he thinks about how the world works, about what he's seen in life, and what he's about to face. | |
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Proulx, Annie. The Shipping News. 336 pgs Pulitzer Prize Winner
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a current favorite for AP English classes, a divorced man goes home to his rural roots, where his family starts falling apart... |
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Rolvaag, Oleg. Giants in the Earth. 452 pgs, 830L
In English Room. |
In style and setting, this novel is like the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, but in content this book is darker and more adult. Here, we face head on the difficulties and challenges a family settling on the prairie will face. |
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Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children 1120L 544 |
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Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle. 421 pages, 1170L
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This book exposed the corruption and horrible conditions of the slaughterhouses and the meat-packing industry. |
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Smiley, Jane. A Thousand Acres. Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award 398 pgs
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A successful Iowa farmer decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will. This sets off a chain of events that brings dark truths to light and explodes long-suppressed emotions... |
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Solzhenitsyn, A. The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956 1110L 672pgs |
The Gulag Archipelago is Solzhenitsyn’s attempt to compile a literary-historical record of the vast system of prisons and labor camps that came into being shortly after the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia in 1917 and that underwent an enormous expansion during the rule of Stalin from 1924 to 1953. Various sections of the three volumes describe the arrest, interrogation, conviction, transportation, and imprisonment of the Gulag’s victims by Soviet authorities over four decades. The work mingles historical exposition and Solzhenitsyn’s own autobiographical accounts with the voluminous personal testimony of other inmates that he collected and committed to memory during his imprisonment. Upon publication of the first volume of The Gulag Archipelago, Solzhenitsyn was immediately attacked in the Soviet press. Despite the intense interest in his fate that was shown in the West, he was arrested and charged with treason on February 12, 1974, and was exiled from the Soviet Union the following day. |
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Steinbeck, John. East of Eden. A Classic Novel 600 pgs, 700L
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Two brothers of a rich farmer have conflicts. | |
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Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. A Classic Novel 454 pgs
In English Room. |
When the dust bowl and the banks force them off their land in Oklahoma, they ride an old truck to California looking for work. There, they find as much trouble as work. |
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Stevenson, Robert Louis. Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde. A Classic Novel 114 pgs, 1110L
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Tymon, 12th grade Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a timeless classic set in the late 1800s. This is a must read book for every high school senior. The book does start a bit slow, but once you get a couple chapters in it starts to get intense. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde may be a short book, but don’t be fooled by the length. The vocabulary level is very high and it is written in an older style than most people are used to. |
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Tolkien, J.R.R.
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Volsky, Paula. Illusions. 577 pgs
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In a world that once had technology but has now forgotten most of it, a rich an spoiled girl goes to the big city. What she doesn't know is that she is embarking on the eve of a revolution. |
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Wright, Richard. Black Boy. A Classic Autobiography 383 pgs, 950L
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Wright, Richard. Native Son. A Classic Autobiography 392 pgs, 700L
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Seniors may also read
 Allende, Isabelle. Portrait in Sepia. Classic Novel 304 pgs, 1280L In English Room. |
Casey, John Spartina National Book Award Most Honored National Book Award
in our library in fiction |
Cooper, James F. The Last of the Mohicans. A Classic Novel 1350L
In school library in fiction |
Du Maurier. Rebecca. A Classic Novel 380 pgs, 880L
In the English Room |
Faulkner, William 244 pages. A Classic Novel
In English Room. |
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Gibbons, Kaye. 126 pgs
in our library in fiction |
Gibbons, Kaye. A Virtuous Woman. An Oprah Book Club Selection 165 pgs
in our library in fiction |
Graves, Robert 432 pgs
In English Room. |
Greene, Graham Power and the Glory. 221 pgs, 710L
In English Room. |
Grisham, John. The Chamber. 676 pgs, 810L
In English Room |
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Hanff, Helene. 84 Charing Cross Road.
In English Room |
Harr, Jonathan. A Civil Action. 492 pgs
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Hawking, Stephen. A Brief History of Time. 182 pgs, 1290L
In English Room. |
Hugo, Victor. The Hunchback of Notre Dame. An Abridged Classic Novel 497 pgs, 1340L $ formerly in English Room. |
Hugo, Victor. An Abridged Classic Novel 333 pgs
In English Room. |
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Howarth, David and Stephen. Nelson: The Immortal Memory. 371 pgs
in our school library under biography |
Jones, James From Here to Eternity. A Classic Novel; National Book Award 850 pgs
In English Room |
Kennedy, John. Profiles in Courage. Pulitzer Prize. 133 pgs
In our school library at 920K |
Koestler, Arthur. Darkness at Noon. 215 pgs
In English Room. |
Kostova, Elizabeth. The Historian.
In English Room. |
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Lewis, C.S. The Screwtape Letters. 172 pgs
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Maraniss, David. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. When Pride Still Mattered: A Live of Vince Lombari. 500 Pgs in our library under biography |
Eugenides, Jeffrey. Middlesex. Pulitzer Prize, Oprah Book Club 529 pgs
formerly in English Room |
Morris, Mary McGarry. Songs in Ordinary Time. An Oprah Book Club Selection
in our library in fiction |
 Mosse, Kate. Labyrinth. 508 pgs
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Mowat, Farley. A Whale for the Killing 212 pgs, 1230L
in our library in fiction |
Rand, Ayn. Atlas Shrugged. 1069 pgs, 1070L
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Reynolds, Alastair. Redemption Ark. 694 pg
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Reynolds, Alastair. Revelation Space. pg
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Roberts, Kenneth. Northwest Passage 636 pgs
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Shepard, Adam. Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream.
In English Room. |
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Kidnapped. A Classic Novel 221 pgs, 990L
In English Room |
Styron, William Pulitzer Prize 1450L
in our library in fiction |
Trapp, Maria. The Story of the Trapp Family Singers: The Story that Inspired "The Sound of Music" 310 pgs
In English Room |
Uris, Leon. Exodus. A Classic Novel
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Warren, Robert Penn. All the King's Men. Pulitzer Prize 661 pgs, 1130L
In English Room. |
Wolfe, Tom. The Right Stuff. 367 pgs, 1110L
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Wouk, Herman. The Caine Mutiny. Pulitzer Prize Winner 537 pgs, 910L
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In addition, you may choose any of these books below - if you can find them. (these are book that are recognized classics or have been awarded The Nobel Prize, The Pulitzer Prize, The National Book Award (excluding the children's), The National Book Critic's Circle Award, Or any book that has been selected for the Oprah Book Club.)
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Austen, Jane. Persuasion. A Classic Novel 1100L Not yet available in our school
Austen Jane. Mansfield Park. A Classic Novel Not yet available in our school
Austen Jane. Northanger Abbey. A Classic Novel Not yet available in our school |
Conrad, Joseph Lord Jim. A Classic Novel 307 pgs, 1110L Not yet available in our school |
Dexter, Pete
National Book Award Most Honored National Book Award Finalist
Not yet available in our school |
Dickens, Charles. Classic novel 1180L
Not yet available
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Dickens, Charles. Nicholas Nickleby. Classic novel 1270L
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Dickens, Charles. The Old Curiosity Shop. Classic novel 1320L
Not yet available
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Dickens, Charles. Hard Times. Classic novel 1070L
Not yet available in our school |
Doctorow, E.L. Most Honored National Book Award Finalist
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Doctorow, E.L. Most Honored National Book Award Finalist
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E.L. Doctorow Pulitzer Prize Most Honored National Book Award Finalist
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Dubus, Andre, III Most Honored National Book Award Finalist 1170L
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Faulkner, William A Classic Novel 870L
Not yet available |
Faulkner, William Light In August A Classic Novel Not yet available in our school
Faulkner, William Absalom, Absalom! A Classic Novel Not yet available in our school
Faulkner, William The Unvanquished A Classic Novel Not yet available in our school |
Haley, Alex. Roots. 1330L
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Hansen, Ron Most Honored National Book Award Finalist
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Hardy, Thomas.
A Classic Novel. 1110L
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Hazzard, Shirley National Book Award 2003, Most Honored National Book Award Finalist
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Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms. A Classic Novel 336 pgs, 730L Not yet available in our school |
James, Henry The Turn of the Screw. A Classic Novella 1140L Not yet available in our school |
Jones, Edward P. Pulitzer Prize 2004, Most Honored National Book Award Finalist
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Kafka, Franz Metamorphosis. A Classic Novel 1320L
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Kantor, MacKinlay Pulitzer Prize 980L
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McMurtry, Larry Pulitzer Prize
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Mitchell, Margaret A Classic Novel 947 pgs, 1100L
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Morris, Wright National Book Award Most Honored National Book Award Finalist
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Shaara, Michael Pulitzer Prize 610L
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Solzhenitsyn, Ivan. 900L
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Styron, William National Book Award Most Honored National Book Award Finalist
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Swift, Jonathan. A Classic Novel
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Tyler, Anne Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Most Honored National Book Award Finalist 720L
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Tyler, Anne Pulitzer Prize National Book Winner / Most Honored 830L
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Washington, Booker T. Up From Slavery. A Classic Autobiography 1320L
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