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.

		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.
Quiz should be easy to get		Austen, Jane. Emma. 253 pgs, 1070L Characters	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...
Quiz should be easy to get		Austen, Jane. 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.
Quiz should be easy to get		Austen, Jane. Persuasion. 1100L
Quiz ready!		Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. 260 pgs, 1190L	ÙÙÙÙÙ Kate, 11^th Grade Set in the 18^th 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. ÙÙÙÙÙ 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.
Quiz should be easy to get		Austen, Jane  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...
		Bradley, Marion Zimmer The Mists of Avalon 1120L, 912 pages Counts as two books	It's the tales of King Arthur from the point of view of the female characters.
Quiz ready!		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...
Quiz should be easy to get		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...
Quiz ready!		Buck, Pearl.   The Good Earth. a classic novel and a selection for the  1530L  in library in fiction	ÙÙÙÙÙ Mr. Greenlee She was bought like a slave, but she became more than that.  Together, they endured what most people can't imagine.  The style of writing was a little difficult at first, but this is definitely a book I will someday re-read; on my list of top ten lifetime books.
Quiz ready!		Camus, Albert. The Stranger. 123 pgs, 880L In English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ Hailey B. 12th Gr I liked this book because was based on more of a realistic storyline. I like books that are something that could happen in real life; not fantasy stories. There was a good trial case in this novel, and when there’s debate back and forth about somebody’s justice, I get interested into that. I would definitely recommend this novel if you’re looking for a book that has an interesting storyline.  ÙÙÙÙÙ 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. ÙÙÙÙÙ 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.  ÙÙÙÙÙ 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?
probably		Cather,  Willa. My Antonia. 1010L In School library in fiction	After his parents died, Jim Burden arrives in the fictional town of Black Hawk, Nebraska, on the same train as the Shimerda Family, immigrants who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives.  Jim Burden then develops strong feelings for Ántonia, their eldest daughter...- something between a crush and a filial bond.
probably		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.
Quiz ready		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 turn and run...
		Diaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.	An overweight Dominican-American man named Oscar, a “ghetto nerd” from Paterson, N.J., is a devotee of what he somewhat grandly calls “the more speculative genres.” He means comic books, sword-and-sorcery novels, science fiction, role-playing games — the pop-literary storehouse of myths and fantasies that sexually frustrated, socially maladjusted guys like him are widely believed to inhabit.
Quiz should be easy to get		Dickens, Charles.  David Copperfield. Classic novel 800 pgs, 1070L in library in fiction	ÙÙÙÙÙ Mr. Greenlee His foolish mother married the meanest of men, who threw him out.  Thus begins the strange adventures of David Copperfield.  David meets with many zany and lovable characters along the way that help him - or need his help.  This is my favorite Dickens by far.  On my list of top ten lifetime books.
Quiz should be easy to get		Dickens, Charles.  Great Expectations. 380 pgs, 1230L Classic novel In English Room.	As a child, he was introduced to a rich local woman, to keep her niece company.  As a young man, he goes to the city to seek his fortune, but the girl will haunt his efforts...
Quiz ready!		Dickens, Charles.  Oliver Twist. 1060L In our school library in fiction	An orphan runs away from the orphanage and joins a street gang.  There, they teach him to steal, but his fate lays elsewhere...
Quiz should be easy to get		Dickens, Charles.  Tale of Two Cities. Classic novel 367 pgs,  1130L In English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ 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. ÙÙÙÙÙ 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?
probably		Dineson, Isak. Out of Africa. A Classic Memoir  In our library at 967.6	ÙÙÙÙÙ Mr. Greenlee Understand before reading that this is not a novel. It is more like reading the journal of a woman who lived in Africa before and during 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.
probably		Douglas,  Frederick.  My Bondage and My Freedom. A Classic Autobiography 1210L  in our school library under biography	The true story of an escaped slave that educated himself and rose to be the most powerful African-American of his day.
		DuBois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk. 1280L, 176 pgs	Du Bois begins his work by stating his objective in no uncertain terms; his goal is to represent what it is like to be black in America at the beginning of the twentieth century because he is convinced that race is the central problem of the century to come.
		Ellison,  Ralph Invisible Man. National Book Award Winner In English Room	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.
Quiz should be easy to get		Hanff, Helene. 84 Charing Cross Road.
Quiz should be easy to get		Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd. A Classic Novel 1110L 384 pgs	Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three extremely different men.
Quiz should be easy to get		Hardy, Thomas. Return of the Native. A Classic Novel 1040L formerly in the English Room	This novel revolves around five people mainly, and a place in England called Egdon Heath.  Clym, the native who returns to Egdon, changes the lives of those around him and his own. Eustacia, the heroine, and Clym are two contrasting characters beautifully sketched by the author.  Hardy's use of a barren heath and his art of characterization are truly remarkable.
		Hawking, Stephen. A Brief History of Time. 182 pgs, 1290L In English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ Mr. Greenlee A thin book, this is a must-read for those interested in science.  HOW do we know what we know?
Quiz should be easy to get		Hawthorne,  Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. Classic novel 244 pgs, 1400L  In English Room.	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.
Quiz ready!		Heller, Joseph. Catch-22. Classic Novel 1140L In school library under fiction.
Quiz should be easy to get		Hemingway,  Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls. A Classic Novel 471 pgs, 840L In English Room	ÙÙÙÙÙ 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. ÙÙÙÙÙ 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.
Quiz should be easy to get		Hemingway, Ernest. To Have and Have Not.	ÙÙÙÙÙ Eric C., senior  This book is an excellent read. Hemingway displays his mastery over the short story like no one else could. It has very easy, simplistic language, but it also carries a very deep underlying message. It not far fetched either.  It is raw and realistic in the way the characters relationships are portrayed. Overall I really enjoyed this novel and I highly recommend it to a person who enjoys a good action adventure novel.
Quiz should be easy to get		Hugo, Victor.  The Hunchback of Notre Dame. An Abridged Classic Novel 497 pgs, 1340L
Quiz ready!		Huxley,  Aldous Brave New World. A Classic Novel 870L In our school library in fiction
Quiz ready!		Johnson.    Orphan Master’s Son. National Book Award
		Johnson, Charles Middle Passage  National Book Award Most Honored National Book Award Finalist 207 pgs, 1150L In our school library in fiction	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.
Quiz should be easy to get		Joyce,  James. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. A Classic Autobiography 252 pgs, 1120L In English Room.
Quiz should be easy to get		Kakfka, Franz.  The Metamorphosis.	When the main character wakes up, he discovers that overnight he has been turned into a giant cockroach.  But his family will understand....  sure!
Quiz should be easy to get		Kakfka, Franz.  The Trial.
		Kennedy,  John. Profiles in Courage. Pulitzer Prize.  133 pgs In our school library at 920K
Quiz ready!	Counts for two books.	Kostova, Elizabeth. The Historian.
Quiz ready!		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...
Quiz ready!		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 In English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ Mr. Greenlee 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.
		Larson, Reif. Selected Works of T.S. Spivet.	The main character of this novel, Tecumseh Sparrow Spivet, is a child genius and obsessive map-maker.  His mind has a tendency to wander, and the author, curiously, makes the reader's mind wander as well with drawings and paragraphs in the margins.  T. S. has won an award from the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. for his scientific drawings.  However, they don't realize he's a child.  To keep them from finding out and to keep his parents from saying no, he hops a train.
Quiz ready!		LeGuin, Ursula. The Left Hand of Darkness. Hugo and Nebula Awards. 172 pgs, 970L In English Room	ÙÙÙÙÙ Mr. Greenlee Genly Ai, a somewhat naive, young man from Earth is an envoy whose mission is to convince the country of Karhide on the distant planet called Gethen to join the Ekumen.  He arrives, however, as the planet is on the brink of world war.   Map of Gethen
Quiz ready!		LeGuin, Ursula. The Wind's Twelve Quarters. 277 pgs In English Room	ÙÙÙÙÙ Mr. Greenlee This is a great bunch of stories - my favorite collection by a single author. (This is, if you can get past #2 "April in Paris").     The stories are imaginative, either science fiction or fantasy.  Some of these are what the author calls "psychomyths" "...more or less surrealistic tales, which share with fantasy the quality of taking place outside any history, outside of time, in that region of the living mind which - without invoking any consideration of immortality - seems to be without spatial or temporal limits at all." Le Guin - from the Foreword This is one of the few short story collections available (others include The Illustrated Man, The Nick Adams Stories, and Winesburg, Ohio.)
probably		Lewis, C.S. The Screwtape Letters. 172 pgs In our library at 220.
Quiz ready!		Llewelyn, Richard. How Green Was My Valley. 1090  512 pgs	ÙÙÙÙÙ  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 what happens in the book.
probably		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... Family Tree of Characters
Quiz ready!		McCarthy, Cormac.  The Road. Pulitzer Prize; Oprah Book Club  287 pgs In English Room
Quiz ready!		Melville,  Herman. Billy Budd.  A Classic Novel 114 pgs, 1450L  In English Room.
Quiz ready!		Mitchell, Margaret Gone With the Wind. A Classic Novel 947 pgs, 1100L available in the public library	ÙÙÙÙÙ  Enter the world of the great south in this epic novel by Margaret Mitchell. Explore the travesties and triumphs in one of the greatest love stories ever told. With the unforgettable characters of the prude Scarlet O’Hara, heartfelt Melanie, and the beautiful Rhett Butler, Mitchell adequately displays the true side of the Civil War within the South. If you are interested in a long, effortless read, Margaret Mitchell’s story of Tara is the book for you.
		Momaday, N. Scott.  House Made of Dawn.  198 pgs, 970L Pulitzer Prize Winner In English Room.
		Morrison, Toni Song of Solomon 1270L?
Quiz ready!		Oates, Joyce Carol.  We Were the Mulvaneys. 454 pgs  In English Room	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.
Quiz ready!		Paton,  Alan.   Cry, The Beloved Country. A Classic Novel and a selection for the  312 pgs, 860L in our library in fiction	ÙÙÙÙÙ  Cry, the Beloved Country takes place in Africa, mainly in Johannesburg and Ixopo Ndotsheni. It follows the journey of Stephen Kumalo as he searches for his son and sister—both had gone to Johannesburg and no longer sent letters home to inform Kumalo and his wife of their lives. Sadly, when Kumalo finally finds son, he is facing the charge of murdering a white man. As the story begins to switch back and forth between Kumalo and the white man’s father, Arthur Jarvis, it tells a moving tale about the racism present in Africa, the effects of loss, and two men, white and black, working together to make a town better. Cry, the Beloved Country is an incredibly moving story and a wonderful read. ÙÙÙÙÙ Mr. Greenlee 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.
		Prisig, Robert.  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. 374 pgs  In English Room	ÙÙÙÙÙ  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.  This is a book that will make the reader think... but I couldn't carry through to the end.
Quiz ready!		Proulx, Annie.  The Shipping News.  336 pgs  Pulitzer Prize Winner  In English Room.	a current favorite for AP English classes, a divorced man goes home to his rural roots, where his family starts falling apart...
Quiz ready!		Reynolds, Alastair. Revelation Space.  pg In English Room.
Quiz ready!		Reynolds, Alastair. Redemption Ark.  694 pg In English Room.
		Rolvaag,  Oleg. Giants in the Earth.  452 pgs, 830L In English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ  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.
Quiz ready!		Shepard, Adam. Scratch Beginnings:  Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream.  trailer   In English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ      Adam Shepard proves that a young, single man in good health can get from homeless poverty to respectable working class in one year.  However, he has to be willing to make the sacrifices, be disciplined, and stay committed.
Quiz ready!		Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle.  421 pages, 1170L  In English Room.	This book exposed the corruption and horrible conditions of the slaughterhouses and the meat-packing industry.
		Smiley, Jane. A Thousand Acres. Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award 398 pgs In the English Room.	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...
		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.
		Solzhenitsyn, Ivan. One Day in the Life. 900L Not yet available in our school
		Steinbeck,  John. East of  Eden. A Classic Novel 600 pgs, 700L  In English Room.	Two brothers of a rich farmer have conflicts.
Quiz ready!		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.   Character Map
Quiz should be available		Stevenson, Robert Louis.   Kidnapped. A Classic Novel 221 pgs, 990L In English Room
Quiz ready!		Stevenson,  Robert Louis.   Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde. A Classic Novel 114 pgs, 1110L In English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ   This book is a classic , and it was really good book. It doesn’t take long to get in the book, it had a good context. The transition in the book was kind of confusing to understand, but rather then that it was very good. This book was really good because the story is about the same person , but in the beginning people would have never guessed it.  ÙÙÙÙÙ   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. ÙÙÙÙÙ 
		Tolkien, J.R.R. The Children of Hurin.
Quiz ready!		Volsky, Paula. Illusion. 577 pgs In English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ   Illusions was without a doubt a very well written and very enthralling book. I enjoyed it very much and found that it was difficult to put down once I had started reading. The book brought together a rise and fall of a revolutionary government and magic in one story. I found that to be a very interesting combination that kept my interest, despite its slow opening. ÙÙÙÙÙ  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.
Quiz should be available		Wolfe, Tom. The Right Stuff. 367 pgs, 1110L in our library 629.109
Quiz should be available		Wright,  Richard.  Black Boy.  A Classic Autobiography 383 pgs, 950L In English Room
Quiz should be available		Wright,  Richard.  Native Son.   A Classic Autobiography 392 pgs, 700L In English Room.	Growing up in the ghetto

Seniors may also read 

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 As I Lay Dying 244 pages. A Classic Novel In English Room.
Gibbons, Kaye. Ellen Foster 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 I,  Claudius. 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
Harr, Jonathan. A Civil Action.  492 pgs  in our library at 346.73	Hugo, Victor.  Les Miserables.  An Abridged Classic Novel 333 pgs  In English Room.	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	Koestler,  Arthur.   Darkness at Noon. 215 pgs In English Room.
Maraniss, David. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. When Pride Still Mattered:  A Live of Vince Lombari. 500 Pgs in our library under biography	Morris, Mary McGarry. Songs in Ordinary Time.  An Oprah Book Club Selection in our library in fiction	Mosse, Kate. Labyrinth.  508 pgs in the English Room	Mowat, Farley. A Whale for the Killing 212 pgs, 1230L in our library in fiction	Rand, Ayn.  Atlas Shrugged. 1069 pgs, 1070L Watch the Video In English Room
Roberts, Kenneth.   Northwest Passage  636 pgs In English Room.	Styron, William  Confessions of Nat Turner 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 in our library in fiction	Wouk, Herman. The Caine Mutiny. Pulitzer Prize Winner 537 pgs, 910L In English Room

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.)  

	Ishiguro, Kazuo, Remains of the Day. 1210L    256pgs
	James,  Henry The Turn of the Screw.  A Classic Novella 1140L Not yet available in our school
	Jin, Ha.    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.
	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.
	Rushdie, Salman.  Midnight's Children 1120L 544
	Shaara, Michael  Killer Angels Pulitzer Prize 610L Not yet available in our school
	Washington,  Booker T. Up From Slavery.   A Classic Autobiography 1320L Not yet available in our school