These books are taught in the district in classes before 12th grade. They will not be approved as your additional novel.
This books are taught in junior high class rooms and will not be approved.
The Clay Marble
The Diary of Anne Frank
Flowers for Algernon
Romeo and Juliet
To Kill a Mockingbird
Odyssey
The Crucible
Until They Bring the Streetcars Back
Secret Life of Bees
Four Miles to Pinecone
The Outsiders
Snowbound
Chernowitz
Freak the Mighty
Welcome to Your Life
Glory Field
Out of the Dust
Time to Kill
Finding Laura Buggs
Ishmael
Truth Machine
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Alice in Wonderland
My Sister’s Voices
Shabanu
These books are taught in the district in tenth and eleventh grade. You would have to have a darn good reason to choose one of these!
Inherit the Wind
Friday Night Lights
When the Emperor was Divine
Sound Waves
The Bean Trees
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Staggerford
Fences
Huck Finn
A Place Where the Sea Remembers
My Antonia
A Place in the Sun
Catcher in the Rye
Ender’s Game
Nervous Conditions
Brave New World
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
Things Fall Apart
Peace Like a River
The Great Gatsby
In the Time of Butterflies
The Kitchen God’s Wife
Fallen Angels
Grass Dancer
Puddinhead Wilson
These are books we will read in class--don't pick from this list!
Metamorphosis
The House on Mango Street
Oedipus Rex
Macbeth
Hamlet
Heart of Darkness
Their Eyes Were Watching God
These are books we may read--check with Forsberg first.
Beowulf
Things Fall Apart
