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Reading List

 

Here is a list of great books that I highly recommend all my students read before graduating high school!



To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

Of Mice and Men by John Steinback

1984 by George Orwell

Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinback

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Night by Elie Wiesel

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Things they Carried by Tim O'Brien

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Funny How Things Change by Melissa Wyatt

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Looking For Alaska by John Green

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Outsiders by SE Hinton

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

 

Valuable Student Resources
  • www.usingenglish.com- This site has many valuable tools such as help with writing letters, word checker, and citation help
  • www.merriam-webster.com- This site is an online dictionary and thesaurus which comes in handy when writing papers
  • www.vocabulary.com- This site can help improve your vocabulary and expand your knowledge of words
  • www.highschoolace.com- This site bills itself as “the academic homepage for high school students,” and on it, you will find links to help in specific subjects, as well as reference tools, news updates, puzzles and quizzes and information on choosing the college that is best for you
  • www.poets.org- This site from the Academy of American Poets provides biographies of many of the world’s greatest poets and highlights their greatest works. In addition, the site contains writing tips, a forum, and information on how to get your own poetry published

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