| Great Books for High School Readers* | ||||||||||||||
| The list(s) below are not meant to be lists of "books you must read before you go to college", nor are they required reading for my class. Simply, these are books that high school students have enjoyed -- some of them are funny, some deep. The lists contain groupings of books on a common subject or topic. I will try to add new lists when I can. Read them if they sound interesting to you; read them if you dare. Some of the books contain mature content. Your parents should be aware of and approve of what you are reading. |
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| Other Great Books Lists Abuse and Recovery The African American Experience Childhood Stories The Latino Experience |
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| Banned Books | ||||||||||||||
| Anaya, Rudolfo. Bless Me, Ultima.** Atwood. Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale.** Baldwin, James. Another Country. Burgess, Anthony. A Clockwork Orange.*** Burroughs, Anthony. Naked Lunch.*** Carroll, Jim. The Basketball Diaries.*** Golding, William. Lord of the Flies.** Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World.** Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockinbird.** Morrison, Toni. Beloved.** Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye.** Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon.** Rodriguez, Luis. Always Running. Salinger, J.D. Catcher in the Rye.** Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men.** Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.** Twain, Mark. Tom Sawyer. Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five.** Walker, Alice. The Color Purple.** Wright, Richard. Native Son.** |
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| *The lists and book synopses are from Great Books for High School Kids, edited by Rick Ayers and Amy Crawford. **Books that Mrs. Wheaton has read. ***I haven't read the book, but I've seen the movie! |
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