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1 Freshmen are required to read one book from the 9th Grade list. 9th Grade Identity and Choice Key Concepts: conscience, decision making, individuality, leader or follower, peer pressure 1. Who am I? 2. What are my values and beliefs? 3. How do our values influence the choices we make? 4. What factors shape a person s identity the most? 1. A Separate Peace John Knowles Literary Classic Before I Fall Lauren Oliver Realistic Fiction Daughter of Smoke and Bone Laini Taylor Fantasy Ender s Game Orson Scott Card Science Fiction Every Day David Levithan Romance Les Miserables Victor Hugo Literary Classic Lockdown: Escape from Furnace Alexander Gordon Smith Science Fiction The Running Dream Wendelin Van Drannen Realistic Fiction Start Something That Matters Blake Mycoskie Non-Fiction / Memoir True Legend Mike Lupica Sports

2 Sophomores are required to read one book from the 10th Grade list. 10th Grade Conformity and Opposition Key Words: alienation, belonging, individual in society, individual versus society, outsiders 1. How do individuals find their way in society? 2. In what ways are outsiders influential and beneficial to our society? 3. How does one environment positively and/or negatively impact an individual? 4. What is needed for individuals to persevere in a world that promotes conformity? George Orwell Science Fiction A Tree Grows In Brooklyn Betty Smith Literary Classic Basketball Junkie: A Memoir Chris Herren Non-Fiction / Memoir The Book Thief Markus Zusak Historical Fiction The Distance Between Us Kasie West Romance Now is the Time for Running Michael Williams Realistic Fiction The Pregnancy Project Gaby Rodriguez Non-Fiction / Memoir Ready Player One Ernest Cline Science Fiction Shipbreaker Paolo Bacigalupi Science Fiction Ten Gretchen McNeil Mystery

3 Juniors are required to read one book from the 11th Grade list. 11th Grade Aspiration and Failure Key Words: ambition, grit, perseverance, resilience, setbacks 1. What compromises are you willing to make to achieve your dreams? 2. How much do our circumstances (the hand we re dealt) determine who we become? 3. How do our failures shape us? 4. What is resilience and how does it impact who we become? 1. A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway Literary Classic After Visiting Friends Michael Hainey Non-Fiction A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson Memoir / Humor Edge of Dark Water Joe R. Lansdale Mystery / Thriller The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern Fantasy / Sci-Fi No Place Todd Strasser Realistic Fiction The Other Wes Moore Wes Moore Non-Fiction / Memoir The Sea of Tranquility Katja Millay Romance Slow Getting Up Nate Jackson Non-Fiction / Memoir Unbroken Lauren Hillenbrand Non-Fiction / Memoir

4 12th Grade Voice & Viewpoint Reading choices for seniors depend on the English class that each student is enrolled in for the 1st Semester of the school year. Title Author Course Expectation Genre ISBN On Writing Stephen King Advanced Required Non-fiction / Memoir The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri AP Literature & A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini AP Literature & We Were the Mulvaneys Joyce Carol Oates AP Literature & The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd AP Literature & Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck AP Literature & Persuasion Jane Austen AP Literature & Required (2/6) Fiction Required (2/6) Fiction Required (2/6) Fiction Required (2/6) Fiction Required (2/6) Fiction Required (2/6) Fiction Tamar Mal Peet Contemporary Authors Required (1/6) Historical Fiction Brain on Fire Susannah Cahalan Contemporary Authors Required (1/6) Non-Fiction/ Memoir Vaclav and Lena Haley Tanner Contemporary Authors Required (1/6) Realistic Fiction / Romance Brilliance Marcus Sakey Contemporary Authors Required (1/6) Sci-Fi / Thriller

5 As Simple as Snow Gregory Galloway Contemporary Authors Required (1/6) Mystery / Suspense The Goldfinch Donna Tartt Contemporary Authors Required (1/6) Realistic Fiction The Impossible Knife of Memory Laurie Halse Anderson Creative Writing Required (1/6) Realistic Fiction Fangirl Rainbow Rowell Creative Writing Required (1/6) Realistic Fiction True Grit Charles Portis Creative Writing Required (1/6) Western Winter s Bone Daniel Woodrell Creative Writing Required (1/6) Realistic Fiction Marcelo in the Real World Francisco X. Stork Creative Writing Required (1/6) Realistic Fiction Trouble Gary Schmidt Creative Writing Required (1/6) Realistic Fiction Letters to a Young Journalist Samuel Freedman Journalism Required Non-fiction True Grit Charles Portis Literature & Film Study Required Western Devil in the White City Erik Larson Literature of Chicago Required Non-fiction Iron Heart Brian Boyle Literature Seminar Required Non-Fiction / Memoir The Impossible Knife of Memory Laurie Halse Anderson Senior Comp Required (1/4) Realistic Fiction Fangirl Rainbow Rowell Senior Comp Required (1/4) Realistic Fiction Marcelo in the Real World Francisco X. Stork Senior Comp Required (1/4) Realistic Fiction Trouble Gary Schmidt Senior Comp Required (1/4) Realistic Fiction

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