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Students: College Bound Reading List with synopsis and other reading suggestions Agee, James A Death in the Family Story of loss and heartbreak felt when a young father dies.
Anderson, Sherwood Winesburg, Ohio A collection of short stories lays bare the life of a small town in the Midwest.
Baldwin, James Go Tell It On the Mountain Semi-autobiographical novel about a 14-year-old black youth's religious conversion.
Bellamy, Edward Looking Backward: 2000-1887 Written in 1887 about a young man who travels in time to a utopian year 2000, where economic security and a healthy moral environment have reduced crime.
Bellow, Saul Seize the Day A son grapples with his love and hate for an unworthy father.
Cather, Willa My Antonia Immigrant pioneers strive to adapt to the Nebraska prairies.
Chopin, Kate The Awakening The story of a New Orleans woman who abandons her husband and children to search for love and self-understanding.
Clark, Walter Van Tilburg The Ox-Bow Incident When a group of citizens discovers one of their members has been murdered by cattle rustlers, they form an illegal posse, pursue the murderers, and lynch them.
Dorris, Michael A Yellow Raft in Blue Water Three generations of Native American women recount their searches for identity and love.
Faulkner, William As I Lay Dying The Bundren family takes the ripening corpse of Addie, wife and mother, on a gruesomely comic journey.
Gaines, Ernest The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman In her 100 years, Miss Jane Pittman experiences it all, from slavery to the civil rights movement.
Heller, Joseph Catch-22 A broad comedy about a WWII bombardier based in Italy and his efforts to avoid bombing missions.
Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms During World War I, an American lieutenant runs away with the woman who nurses him back to health.
Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest A novel about a power struggle between the head nurse and one of the male patients in a mental institution.
Lewis, Sinclair Main Street A young doctor's wife tries to change the ugliness, dullness and ignorance which prevail in Gopher Prairie, Minn.
McCullers, Carson The Member of the Wedding A young southern girl is determined to be the third party on a honeymoon, despite all the advice against it from friends and family.
Melville, Herman Moby-Dick A complex novel about a mad sea captain's pursuit of the White Whale.
Morrison, Toni Sula The lifelong friendship of two women becomes strained when one causes the other's husband to abandon her.
Parks, Gordon The Learning Tree A fictional study of a black family in a small Kansas town in the 1920s.
Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar The heartbreaking story of a talented young woman's descent into madness.
Potok, Chaim The Chosen Friendship between two Jewish boys, one Hasidic and the other Orthodox, begins at a baseball game and flourishes despite their different backgrounds and beliefs.
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye A prep school dropout rejects the "phoniness" he sees all about him.
Sinclair, Upton The Jungle The deplorable conditions of the Chicago stockyards are exposed in this turn-of-the-century novel.
Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath The desperate flight of tenant farmers from Oklahoma during the Depression.
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huck and Jim, a runaway slave, travel down the Mississippi in search of freedom.
Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse-Five Billy Pilgrim, an optometrist from Ilium, New York, shuttles between World War II Dresden and a luxurious zoo on the planet Tralfamadore.
Walker, Alice The Color Purple A young woman sees herself as property until another woman teaches her to value herself.
Wells, H.G. The Time Machine A scientist invents a machine that transports him into the future.
Wolfe, Thomas Look Homeward, Angel A novel depicting the coming of age of Eugene Gant and his passion to experience life.
Wright, Richard Native Son Bigger Thomas, a young man from the Chicago slums, lashes out against a hostile society by committing two murders.
Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings An African-American writer traces her coming of age.
Ashe, Arthur and Arnold Rampersad. Days of Grace Biography of a highly respected tennis star and citizen of the world who dies of AIDS.
Baker, Russell Growing Up A columnist with a sense of humor takes a gentle look at his childhood in Baltimore during the Depression.
Berenbaum, Michael The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Brown, Dee Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee A narrative of the white man's conquest of the American land as the Indian victims experienced it.
Cooke, Alistair Alistair Cooke's America A history of the continent, with anecdotes and insight into what makes America work.
Criddle, Jan. D. and Teeda Butt Mam To Destroy You Is No Loss: The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family After the 1975 Communist takeover of Cambodia, Teeda's upper-class life is re-duced to surviving impossible conditions.
Crow Dog, Mary and Richard Erdoes Lakota Woman Mary Crow Dog stands with 2,000 other Native Americans at the site of the Wounded Knee massacre, demonstrating for Native American rights.
Curie, Eve Madame Curie In sharing personal papers and her own memories, a daughter pays tribute to her mother, a scientific genius.
Delany, Sara and A. Elizabeth with Amy Hill Hearth Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Two daughters of former slaves tell their stories of fighting racial and gender pre- judice during the 20th century.
Epstein, Norrie Friendly Shakespeare: A Thoroughly Painless Guide to the Best of the Bard. Gain a perspective on Shakespeare's works through these sidelights, interpretations, anecdotes, and historical insights.
Frank, Anne The Diary of a Young Girl The story of a Jewish family forced by encroaching Nazis to live in hiding.
Franklin, Benjamin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Considered one of the most interesting autobiographies in English.
Haley, Alex Roots Traces Haley's search for the history of his family, from Africa through the era of slavery to the 20th century.
Hersey, John Hiroshima Six Hiroshima survivors reflect on the aftermath of the first atomic bomb.
Karlsen, Carol The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England The status of women in colonial society affects the Salem witch accusations.
Keller, Helen The Story of My Life The story of Helen Keller, who was both blind and deaf, and her relationship with her devoted teacher Anne Sullivan.
Kennedy, John F. Profiles in Courage A series of profiles of Americans who took courageous stands in public life.
King, Martin Luther, Jr. A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr. King's most important writings are gathered together in one source.
Kovic, Ron Born on the Fourth of July Paralyzed in the Vietnam War, 21-year-old Ron Kovic received little support from his country and its government.
Machiavelli, Niccolo The Prince A treatise giving the absolute ruler practical advice on ways to maintain a strong central government.
Malcom X, with Alex Haley The Autobiography of Malcom X Traces the transformation of a controversial Black Muslim figure from street hustler to religious and national leader.
Marx, Karl The Communist Manifesto Expresses Marx's belief in the inevitability of conflict between social classes and calls on the workers of the world to unite and revolt.
Mathabane, Mark Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa A tennis player breaks down racial barriers and escape to a better life in America.
Maybury-Lewis, David Millenium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World Profiles members of several tribal cultures.
McPherson, James Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era From the Mexican War to Appomattox, aspects of the Civil War are examined.
Mills, Kay This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer Fannie Lou Hamer, a sharecropper's daughter, uses her considerable courage and singing talent to become a leader in the civil rights movement.
Plato The Republic Plato creates an ideal society where justice is equated with health and happiness in the state and the individual.
Rogosin, Donn Invisible Men: Life in Baseball's Negro Leagues Negro League players finally gain recognition for their contributions to baseball.
Thoreau, Henry David Walden In the mid-19th century, Thoreau spends 26 months alone in the woods to "front the essential facts of life."
Tocqueville, Alexis de Democracy in America This classic in political literature examines American society from the viewpoint of a leading French magistrate who visited the U.S. in 1831.
Tuchman, Barbara A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century Tuchman uses the example of a single feudal lord to trace the history of the 14th century.
Williams, Juan Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-65 From Brown vs. the Board of Education to the Voting Rights Act, Williams outlines the social and political gains of African-Americans
Yolen, JaneFavorite Folktales From Around the World Yolen frames these powerful tales with explanations of historical and literary significance.
Attenborough, David The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth Various habitats expand the vision of Planet Earth.
Bronowski, Jacob The Ascent of Man A scientist's history of the human mind and the human condition.
Carson, Rachel Silent Spring Carson's original clarion call to environmental action sets the stage for saving our planet.
Darwin, Charles The Origin of Species The classic exposition of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Hawking, Stephen A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes Cosmology becomes understandable as the author discusses the origin, evolution, and fate of our universe.
Leopold, Aldo A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There Leopold shares his present and future visions of a natural world.
Social Science
Campbell, Joseph The Power of Myth Explores themes and symbols from world religions and their relevance to humankind's spiritual journey today.
Hamilton, Edith Mythology Gods and heroes, their clashes and adventures, come alive in this splendid retelling of the Greek, Roman and Norse myths.
Kotlowitz, Alex There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in Urban America Lafayette and Pharoah Rivers and their family struggle to survive in one of Chicago's worst housing projects.
Kozol, Jonathan Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Kozol's indictment of the public school system advocates equalizing per pupil public school expenditures.
Terkel, Studs Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession This kaleidoscope covers the full range of America's views on racial issues.
Other Suggested Reading for High School (Grades 9–12)The following titles are recommended as summer reading both to maintain fluency and reading level and to encourage independent reading. Students may find these titles at libraries and bookstores.
Wharton, Edith. Ethan Frome. http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/reading_list/high_school.html
ALA Top 10 List 1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic Press, 2005). 2. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2005).3. Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2005). 4. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray (Delacorte Press, 2005). 5. Peeps by Scott Westerfeld (Razorbill, 2005). 6. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson (HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2005). 7. Poison by Chris Wooding (Orchard Books, 2005). 8. Captain Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth by J.V. Hart (Laura Geringer Books, 2005). 9. If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where’s My Prince? by Melissa Kantor (Hyperion Books for Children, 2005). 10. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenstopten/06ttt.htm
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