List of Readings

Short Stories and Excerpts:

• “The Utterly Perfect Murder” by Ray Bradbury – Fiction, 6 pages
• “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell – Fiction, 8 pages
• “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing – Fiction, 11 pages
• “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier - Fiction, 10 pages
• “Plainswoman” by William Forrest - Fiction, 10 pages
• “The Day the Cisco Kid Show John Wayne” by Nash Candelaria - Fiction, 15 pages
• “The Euphio Question” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. – Fiction, 14 pages
• “Brothers are the Same” by Beryl Markham – Fiction, 11 Pages
• “Beauty is Truth” by Anna Guest – Fiction, 8 pages
• “Marine Corps” by David Mclean – Fiction, 16 pages
• “A Marriage Proposal” by Anton Chekhov – Drama, 12 pages
• “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurt – Fiction, 11 pages
• “Lakshmi” by Vasanthi Victor – Fiction, 7 pages
• “Book 9: New Coasts and Poseidon’s Son” from the Odyssey - Epic, 20 pages
• “Book 10: The Grace of the Witch” from the Odyssey – Epic, 10 pages
• “Book 12: Sea Perils and Defeat” from the Odyssey - Epic, 10 pages
• “Book 21: The Test of the Bow” from the Odyssey - Epic, 13 pages
• “Book 22: Death in the Great Hall” from the Odyssey - Epic, 6 pages
• “Book 23: The Trunk of the Olive Tree” from the Odyssey - Epic, 4 pages
• “One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts” by Shirley Jackson – Fiction, 9 pages
• “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell – Drama, 13 pages
• “The Chaser” by John Collier – Fiction, 4 pages
• “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe – Fiction, 7 pages
• “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell – Fiction, 19 pages

Books

• The War of Worlds by H.G. Wells – Sci-Fi
• Bless me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya – Fantasy
• The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien – Fantasy, 322 pages

·        The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien – Fantasy, 282 pages

    Because of Romek by David Faber - non-fiction historical, 214 pages

Textbooks

• McDougal Littell: Geometry by Ron Larson, Laurie Boswell, Lee Stiff – Math, 878 pages
• McDougal Littell: Modern World History by Roger B. Beck, Linda Black, Larry S. Krieger, Phillip C. Naylor, Dahia Ibo Shabaka – History, 716 pages
• Japanese for Young People by the Association for Japanese – Language Teaching – Japanese, 229 pages

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