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Outside Reading List 2015-2016

A note about purchasing books:
English classes will be using online reading platforms and apps next year, and teachers may ask students to download free
texts to read together. Please wait for your teachers instructions for Quarters 1-4.

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Grade 7
Summer: WonderR.J. Palacio
SwayAmber McRee Turner
Quarter 1: The Westing GameEllen Raskin
Quarter 2: The GiverLois Lowry
Quarter 3: Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryMildred D. Taylor
Quarter 4: The Adventures of Tom SawyerMark Twain
Grade 8
Summer: The OutsidersS.E. Hinton
(Choose 1 of the following 3)
A Wrinkle in TimeMadeleine LEngle
Fever 1793Laurie Halse Anderson
BlackTed Dekker
Quarter 1: The Call of the WildJack London
Quarter 2: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
Quarter 3: To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
Quarter 4: PaperboyVince Vawter
Grade 8 Honors
Summer: The OutsidersS.E. Hinton
The PearlJohn Steinbeck
(Choose 1 of the following 3)
RebeccaDaphne du Maurier
Call of the WildJack London
Flowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes
Quarter 1: A Raisin in the SunLorraine Hansberry
Quarter 2: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
Quarter 3: To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
Quarter 4: PaperboyVince Vawter
A Midsummer Nights Dream
William Shakespeare

Grade 9
Summer: A Separate PeaceJohn Knowles
(Choose 1 of the following 3)
Life of PiYann Martel
Enders GameOrson Scott Card
The Book ThiefMarkus Zusak
Quarter 1: Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury
Quarter 2: Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Edith Hamilton
Quarter 3: The Count of Monte Cristo (Bantam Classic only)
Alexandre Dumas
Quarter 4: Animal FarmGeorge Orwell
Grade 9 Honors
Summer: A Separate PeaceJohn Knowles
Great ExpectationsCharles Dickens
Quarter 1: Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Edith Hamilton
Quarter 2: The Count of Monte Cristo (Bantam Classic)
Alexandre Dumas
Quarter 3: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Time MachineH.G. Wells
Quarter 4: Animal FarmGeorge Orwell
Inherit the WindJerome Lawrence
and Robert E. Lee
Grade 10 Honors
Summer: The Glass MenagerieTennessee Williams
Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury
Jane EyreCharlotte Bront
Quarter 1: The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne
Quarter 2: The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald
Quarter 3: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
Quarter 4: The Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck

Be strong and courageous. - Joshua 1:9

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Grades 10-11 American Literature
Summer: The CrucibleArthur Miller
(Choose 1 of the following 2)
The Lovely BonesAlice Sebold
Of Mice and MenJohn Steinbeck
Quarter 1: Ethan FromeEdith Wharton
Quarter 2: The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald
Quarter 3: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
Quarter 4: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
Grade 11 AP Language and Composition
Summer: The Other Wes MooreWes Moore
The Great DivorceC.S. Lewis
(Choose 1 of the following 3)
The American PlagueMolly Caldwell Crosby
AsleepMolly Caldwell Crosby
The Great Pearl HeistMolly Caldwell Crosby
Quarter 1: Elements of StyleStrunk and White
(Choose 1 of 2)
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen
Wuthering HeightsEmily Bront
Quarter 2: ObasanJoy Kogawa
A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini
Here, BulletBrian Turner
Quarter 3: The RoadCormac McCarthy
The AwakeningKate Chopin
A Dolls HouseHenrik Ibsen
Quarter 4: HamletWilliam Shakespeare
The UnvanquishedWilliam Faulkner

Grade 12 British Literature

Summer: Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding
(Choose 1 of 4)
Jane EyreCharlotte Bront
The Remains of the DayKazuo Ishiguro
AtonementIan McEwan
The Curious Incident of the Dog
in the Night-TimeMark Haddon
Quarter 1: The Great DivorceC.S. Lewis
Quarter 2: 1984George Orwell
Quarter 3: HamletWilliam Shakespeare
Quarter 4: Frankenstein (1831 edition)Mary Shelley
Grade 12 AP Literature and Composition
Summer: Frankenstein (1831 edition)Mary Shelley
The Invisible ManRalph Ellison
(1 book of choice from the following)
My ntoniaWilla Cather
Things Fall ApartChinua Achebe
The Poisonwood BibleBarbara Kingsolver
The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
Atonement Ian McEwan
Quarter 1: Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad
Quarter 2: 1984George Orwell
Quarter 3: Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoyevsky
Quarter 4: King LearWilliam Shakespeare

Be strong and courageous. - Joshua 1:9