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Title Author Lexile CCSS Exemplar Date Added Annotation

Across Five Aprils Hunt, Irene 1100

During the Civil War, nine-year-old Jethro must

run the family farm in southern Illinois almost

alone

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Doyle, Sir Arthur

Conan 1080

People from kings to governess enlist the

services of the consulting detectives Sherlock

Holmes to throw light on dark enigmas in their

lives

American Government (Painless) Strausser,Jeffrey NL 6/27/2018

This book opens with a general description of

government and a comparison of democracy as

practiced by the founding fathers and how it

operates in today's America. The author goes

on to discuss the Constitution as our basis of

government, civil liberties and civil rights, the

legislative, executive, and judicial branches of

the federal government, elections and political

parties, how public policy is created and shaped,

and how each citizen can become involved in

the process of self-government.

Animal Farm Orwell, George 1370

A political satire in which the animals take over

running the farm, but find their utopian state

turning into a dictatorship

Anthem Rand, Ayn 880

In a future world, only one man dares to think,

strive, and love as an individual in the midst of a

paralyzing collective humanity

As You Like It Shakespeare NL

Backstairs at the White House: A

Novel Bagni, Gwen nl

Based on the 30 years of Lillian Rogers Park

and her time spent working at the White House

Beginning Place, The Le Guim, Ursula K. NL

Two young people meet in a magical, peaceful

world, but soon they find their refuge becoming

a place of horror and nightmare

Plath, Sylvia N/A

“Literary texts studied in the high school classroom are complex, higher-level texts which may contain mature content and themes. ‘Mature content’ may include, but is not

limited to pervasive strong language, disturbing violence and behavior, sexual acts, drug/alcohol use or references, controversial content, or culturally diverse themes. These

books are selected based on their literary merit and will be studied through their historical and cultural context. Our instructional purpose is to expose students to

perspectives unlike or in opposition to their own in order to analyze complex themes and to promote individual reflection and academic growth.” A parent or guardian may

request an alternate assignment for his/her child if the selected supplementary resource is determined personally offensive or too mature to the student. In order to exercise

this option, the parent/guardian should contact the teacher and discuss the objections to the selected resource. After conversing with the teacher, the parent may opt to

allow his/her child to read or view the selection or the parent may choose to submit a written request for his/her student to be given an alternative assignment. (Note:

Alternative assignments will require independent work due to the inability to have class discussions and collaborative assignments with peers.)


Beyond the Chocolate War Cormier, Robert 810 Strategic Literacy

Dark deeds continue at Trinity High School,

climaxing in a public demonstration of one

student’s homemade guillotine. Sequel to The

Chocolate WarBig Wave Buck, Pearl S. 790

Black Butterflies Carlton, Alexander. NL Collection of stories of the South in transition

Black Like Me

Griffin, John

Howard 990

Strategic Literacy

and Academic Edge

The author, a white man, recounts his

experiences when he darkened his skin and

traveled through the South as a black man.

Includes an epilogue

Bless Me, Ultima Anaya, Rudolfo A 840

Strategic Literacy

and Academic Edge

(Winner of the Premio Quinto Sol national

Chicano literary award) Ultima, a woman who

heals with herbs and magic, comes to live with

Antonio’s family in New Mexico and helps Tony

journey from childhood to young adulthoo

Blue Skin of the Sea Salisbury, Graham 810

Growing up in Hawaii between 1953 and 1966,

Sonny tries to come to terms with his feelings

for his fisherman father and the vast sea that

dominates his life

Breaking Through Jimenez, Francisco 750

Strategic Literacy

and Academic Edge

Breaking Through chronicles the author's

teenage years. At the age of 14, Francisco and

his family are caught by la migra (immigration

officers) and forced to leave their California

home, but soon find their way back. The author

explores the prejudice and challenges they face

while also relaying universal adolescent

experiences of school, dances and romances.

Breathing Underwater Finn, Alex 510

Strategic Literacy

and Academic Edge

Teen Nick Andreas ends up in anger

management class because he beat up his

girlfriend. The novel is about how he comes to

manage his anger and to take responsibility for

his actions.

*Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Alexander 1080 *9-10 Social StudiesChronicles the western expansion and the

mistreatment of Native Americans

Cannery Row Steinbeck, John 930L

Mack, the leader of a group of local bums,

decides that he wants to do something nice for

Doc, a marine biologist and neighborhood

genius, so he throws Doc a party in his lab.

When Doc returns home—late because he was

doing research on the seashore—the party is

already over and his lab has been trashed.

Ashamed of the mess they’ve made, Mack and

his friends make another attempt at celebrating

Doc, this time with more success.


Chocolate War, The: A Novel Cormier, Robert 820

Strategic Literacy

and Academic Edge

A high school freshman discovers the

devastating consequences of refusing to join in

the school’s annual fund raising drive and

arousing the wrath of the school bullies

Chosen, The Potok, Chaim 970

This novel follows two young Jewish men,

Reuven Malter, an orthodox Jew, and Danny

Saunders, son of a Hasidic rabbi – and the

course of their friendship as they grow up in

Brooklyn

Christmas Carol, A Dickens, Charles 1080

The classic Christmas story about a miser

names Scrooge and some Christmas ghosts

Cold Sassy Tree Burns, Olive Ann 930

Cold Sassy, Georgia, had never been a

whirlpool of excitement. If the preacher's wife's

petticoats showed, the ladies could make the

talk last a week.

But on July 5, 1906, things took a scandalous

turn. That was the day E. Rucker Blakeslee,

proprietor of the general store and barely three

weeks a widower, eloped with Miss Love

Simpson -- a woman half his age and, worse

yet, a Yankee!

David Copperfield Dickens, Charles. 1070

A young boy in 19th century London runs away

from an unhappy home, finds employment in a

wine factory, and becomes acquainted with a

wide variety of characters in the city streets

Death Be Not Proud Gunther, John 1060

But on July 5, 1906, things took a scandalous

turn. That was the day E. Rucker Blakeslee,

proprietor of the general store and barely three

weeks a widower, eloped with Miss Love

Simpson -- a woman half his age and, worse

yet, a Yankee!

Dove Graham, Robin Lee 1020

The author describes the five years he spent

sailing around the world alone in his twenty-four-

foot sloop

Dracula Stoker 960

Dragons of Eden, The Sagan, Carl

Presents an overview of human evolution and

discusses human and animal intelligence, the

mechanisms of the brain, memory, sleep, myths

and legends about evolution, and the possibility

of intelligent extraterrestrial life

Ellen Foster Gibbons, Kaye 870


Ender's Game Card, Orson Scott 780

Ender, who is the result of genetic

experimentation, may be the military genius

Earth needs in its war against an alien enemy

Eric Lund, Doris Herold 810

The mother of a teenage leukemia patient

describes the courageous way her son spent the

years before his death

Ethan Frome Wharton, Edith 1160

Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury, Ray 890

A bookburner official in a future fascist state

finds out books are a vital part of a culture he

never knew. He clandestinely pursues reading

until he is betrayed

Farewell to Arms, A Hemingway 730

Farewell to Manzanar

Houston, Jeanne

Wakatsuki 1040

Biography of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

relating her experiences of living at the

Manzanar internment camp during World War II

and how it has influenced her life

Fast Times in Palestine Olson, Pamela n/a

4/26/2016

Fast Times in Palestine is Olson’s powerful,

deeply moving account of life in Palestine—both

the daily events that are universal to us all as

well as the violence, trauma, and political

tensions that are particular to the country. Her

irresistible story offers a multi-faceted

understanding of the Palestinian perspective on

the Israel–Palestine conflict, filling a gap in the

West’s understanding of the difficult relationship

between the two nations.

Father Figure Peck, Richard 720

Fellowship of the Ring, The Tolkien, J.R.R. 860

Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye Lowry, Lois

Seventeen-year-old Natalie, girl who seems to

have everything, goes in pursuit of her real

mother

First Ammendment, The: Freedom of

Speech, the Press, and Religion Jones, Molly 1020 6/27/2018

The First Amendment safeguards some of our

most important civil liberties, including freedom

of speech, religion, assembly, and the press.

This book explores the origin and history of the

First Amendment and how the courts have been

involved in protecting or limiting these freedoms.

The author explains how interpretations of the

amendment have evolved and what

controversies have surrounded it. The text cites

important cases, including examples involving

freedom of expression in school.


Flowers for Algernon Keyes, Daniel 910

Mentally retarded Charlie Gordon participates in

an experiment which turns him into a genius, but

only temporarily

Fourth Widow, The Adams, Harold

Ever since Carl Wilcox returned to Corden,

South Dakota, he was always the first person

contacted when a crime was committed. Just

because he was an ex-cop with a reputation as

a troublemaker, they were now trying to pin a

murder on him

Friendly Persuasion, The West, Jessamyn 970

Follows the experiences of a Quaker family in

Indiana at the time of the Civil War

Friends, The Guy Rosa 730

Phyllisia eventually recognizes that her own

selfish pride rather than her mother’s death and

her father’s tyrannical behavior created the gulf

between her and her best friend

Friendship, The Taylor, Mildred D. 750

Strategic Literacy

and Academic Edge

Cassie Logan and her brothers have been

warned never to go to the Wallace store, so

they know to expect trouble there. What they

don't expect is to hear Mr. Tom Bee, an elderly

black man, daring to call the white storekeeper

by his first name. The year is 1933, the place

Mississippi, and any child knows some things

just aren't done.

Gather Together in My Name Angelou 800

Continues Angelou’s autobiography, I Know

Why the Caged Birds Sings---- As the book

begins, she is in her teens and has given birth to

son

Glass Menagerie, The Williams, Tennessee NP=non prose *9-10

Go Ask Alice Anonymous 1040

Based on a diary of a fifteen-year-old drug user

chronicling her struggle to escape the pull of the

drug world

God Emperor of Dune Herbert, Frank 780

Fourth book in the Dune series-- Takes place

3500 years after the event of the original trilogy--

Tells the story of Leto, the son of Paul Atreides,

who has traded his humanity to become an

immortal sandworm of Dune


Gold Cadillac, The Taylor, Mildred D. 650

Strategic Literacy

and Academic Edge

Lois and Wilma are proud of their father's brand-

new gold Cadillac, and excited that the family

will be driving it all the way from Ohio to

Mississippi. But as they travel deeper into the

rural South, there are no admiring glances for

the shiny new car; only suspicion and anger for

the black man behind the wheel. For the first

time in their lives, Lois and her sister know what

it's like to feel scared because of the color of

their skin. A personal, poignant look at a black

child's first experience with institutional racism

Grapes of Wrath, The Steinbeck, John 680 *9-10

The saga of a family in 1939 that struggles

through the Great Depression by laboring as

Dust Bowl migrants

Greek Treasure, The: A biographical

novel of Henry and Sophia

Schliemann Stone, Irving na

A fictional account of the adventures of Sophia

and Henry Schliemann when they located the

site of ancient Troy and made other important

archaeological discoveries

Half the Sky

Kristof, Nicholas

and WuDunn,

Sheryl N/A

One Book, One

School for

MC@Bennett

8/12/2013

A passionate call to arms against our era’s most

pervasive human rights violation: the oppression

of women and girls in the developing world.


Hate U Give, The Thomas, Angie HL590L

9/12/2018

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between

two worlds: the poor black neighborhood where

she lives and the fancy suburban prep school

she attends. The uneasy balance between these

worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the

fatal shooting of her childhood best friend,

Khalil, at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was

unarmed. Soon afterward, Khalil's death is a

national headline. Some are calling him a thug,

maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger.

Starr's best friend at school suggests he may

have had it coming. When it becomes clear the

police have little interest in investigating the

incident, protesters take to the streets and

Starr's neighborhood becomes a war zone.

What everyone wants to know is: What really

went down that night? And the only person alive

who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr

does--or does not--say could destroy her

community. It could also endanger her life. A. C.

Thomas's searing debut about an ordinary girl in

extraordinary circumstances addresses issues

of racism and police violence with intelligence,

heart, and unflinching honesty. *Language

warning.

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’

First 100 years

Delany, Sarah

Louise na

Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters

speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital

historical record and a moving portrait of two

remarkable women who continued to love,

laugh, and embrace life after over a hundred

years of living side by side.

Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The McCullers Carson 760

A deaf mute who has lost his only friend to a

hospital for the insane becomes the recipient of

the confidences of several other town residents

Her Own Place Sanders, Dori 730

The story of Mae Lee, a black woman in South

Carolina, who is in succession a war bride,

abandoned wife, proud mother, dutiful daughter,

and a successful farmer

Hiding Place, The Ten Boom, Corrie 900

Describes the experiences of the author’s Dutch

Christian family who hid Jews during the Nazi

occupation of Holland


Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas na

Seconds before Earth is demolished to make

room for a galactic freeway, an earthman is

saved by his friend. Together they journey

through the galaxy

Hobbit, The Tolkien, J.R.R 1000

Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit,

lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day

the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to

take part in an adventure from which he may

never return

Horse Whisperer, The Evans, Nicholas 970

A mother brings her teenage daughter and their

horse, Pilgrim, both seriously injured by a

speeding truck, to the Horse Whisperer in

Montana

House Made of Dawn Momaday, N. Scott 970

A young American Indian, Abel, lived in two

worlds: one was that of his fathers and a drug

called peyote and the other was the twentieth

century. Home from a foreign war, he was

being torn apart, unable to find his place either

in the white man’s world or on the reservation

House on Mango Street, The Cisneros, Sandra 870

A young girl living in an Hispanic neighborhood

in Chicago ponders the advantages and

disadvantages of her environment and

evaluates her relationships with family and

friends

How Green Was My Valley Llewellyn, Richard 1090

The story of Huw Morgan , his gentle but

tyrannical father, his strong-willed brothers and

sisters, and his brave and beloved mother

How Many Miles to Babylon? : A

Novel Fox, Paula 720

Ten-year-old James skips school to go to his

secret place, a deserted house, where he is

found by three teenage boys who force him to

join their dognapping ringHow the Gargia Girls Lost Their

Accents Alvarez, Julia 950

The story of the Garcia family adjustment to life

in the United States

Hunger Games Collins 810

3/22/2012Note: this book meets grade 7 text complexity

and is on the middle school reading list.

I Have a Dream King, Martin Luther

I Heard the Owl Call My Name Margaret Craven 1080

Sent to live with an Indian tribe in British

Columbia, a young minister learns not to fear his

impending death

I Know Why the Caged Birds Sings Angelou, Maya 1070

Autobiography covering the childhood of a

woman who has been a professional dancer,

actress, poet, journalist, and television producer


I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Greenburg, Joanne 960

Chronicles the three-year battle of a mentally ill,

but perceptive, teenage girl against a world of

her own creation, emphasizing her relationship

with the doctor who gave her the ammunition of

self-understanding with which to destroy that

world of fantasy

I Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey NowAngelou 1190

This is a book to treasured, a book about being

in all ways a woman, about living well, about the

power of the word, and about the power do

spirituality to move and shape your life.

Iceman Lynch, Chris 880

Fourteen-year-old Eric, a ruthless hockey player

prone to violence on the ice, tries to reconcile

his own needs with those of his parents

If I Grow Up Strasser, Todd

Strategic Literacy

and Academic Edge

In the Frederick Douglass Project where he

lives, gunshots ring out on a daily basis. Drug

lords and gang leaders are the most important

pople he knows, and most of his friends have

already dropped out of school to join a gang.

DeShawn doesn't want to join up--he's smart

enough to know that gangbangers always end

up dead or in jail. But as his family goes hungry

while his friends have new sneakers and flat-

screen TVs, it's getting harder and harder for

him to stay in school and keep clean.

Jacob Have I Loved Paterson, Katherine 880

Having felt deprived all her life of schooling,

friends, mother, and even her name by her twin

sister, Louise finally begins to find her identity.

Justice and Her Brothers Hamilton, Virginia 670

An eleven –year-old and her older twin brothers

struggle to understand their supersensory

powers

Keesha’s House Frost, Helen NP

6/2/2010

Written as a sequence of dramatic monologues

in poetic form, this novel weaves together the

stories of seven teens as they struggle to hold

their lives together

Killer Diller: A Novel Edgerton, Clyde na

Wesley is in a local halfway house in North

Carolina for car stealing. There they try to teach

Baptist values to criminals

Kim Kipling, Rudyard na

Kim, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier, grows

up in India. A secret mission for the British and

a bond with a Tibetan lama soon lead Kim into a

life of spies and secrets


Last Enchantment, The Stewart 980

Arthur Pendragon is King! Unchallenged on the

battlefield, he melds the country together in a

time of promise. But sinister powers plot to

destroy Camelot, and when the witch-queen

Morgause — Arthur's own half sister —

ensnares him in an incestuous liaison, a fatal

web of love, betrayal, and bloody vengeance is

woven.Lathe of Heaven, The Le Guin, Ursula K na In the year 2002 a man discovers his dreams are out of control. Whatever he dreams becomes reality

LeRoy and the Old Man Butterworth, W.E. 630

LeRoy flees Chicago to live with his grandfather,

a shrimp fisherman in Mississippi rather than

testify against a tough gang. When the Chicago

police find him, he has decide if he will risk his

life to testify

Let the Circle Be Unbroken Taylor, Mildred D. 850

Strategic Literacy

and Academic Edge

Four black children growing up in rural

Mississippi during the Depression experience

racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn

from their parents the pride and self-respect

they need to survive

Letters to a Young Brother Harper, Hill

Strategic Literacy

and Academic Edge

2/8/2012

This book offers inspirational advice (from

Harper, Nas, Venus Williams, Barack Obama

and other celebrities) in a down-to-earth style

using a unique compilation of letters to provide

wisdom, guidance, and genuine insight to help

young men chart their own paths to success. It

dispels the stereotypical image of success that

young people receive today and instead

emphasizes alternative views of what it truly

means to be a successful male, such as

educational and community achievements and

self-respect.

Letters to a Young Sister: Define

Your Destiny Harper, Hill

Strategic Literacy

and Academic Edge

2/8/2012

This book uses an epistolary format, interrupted

by youth-centric digressions, to capture the

hearts and minds of his target audience, young

women, with central topics like blues, love,

family relationships, saving money, and

appreciating life. Each chapter is a letter

beginning with an uplifting quote and post-

scripted with a question posed via e-mail and

answered by famous, successful women like

Nikki Giovanni, Michelle Obama, Ruby Dee and

Eve.

Listening is an Act of Love Isay, Dave2/8/2012

A collection of interviews and personal

narratives from people all across America.-


Lord of the Flies Golding

3/22/2012

This novel is the story of a group of English boys

who are marooned on an island. It explores the

power of good and evil in human beings.

Lord of the Rings, The Tolkien, J.R.R. 810

Pt.1: The fellowship of the ring – Pt.2: The two

towers – Pt.3: The return of the king--- Follows

the Companions of the Ring as they set out to

destroy the Ring of Power and check the power

of the evil Sauron

*Master Harold and the Boys Fugard non prose *9-10

This play about a young white boy and two

African servants is at once a compelling drama

of South African apartheid and a universal

coming-of-age story.

Maud Martha Brooks, Gwendolyn ?

This narrative focuses on critical scenes from

the life of Maud Martha Brown Phillips, who

begins the story as a seven-year-old child and

ends as a young married woman, pregnant with

her second child

Measure of Our Success, The: A

letter to my children and yours

Edelman, Marian

Wright ?

Author explains her Twenty-Five Lessons for

Life – a message for all parents raising children

Miracle Worker, The Gibson, William NP

Contains the script for the play about blind, deaf,

and mute Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie

Sullivan

Monster Myers, Walter Dean 670 5/10/2010

The story of a teenager arrested for murder is

told through journals and a movie script.

Moves Make the Man, The: A Novel Brooks, Bruce 1150

A black boy and an emotionally troubled white

boy in North Carolina form a precarious

friendship

Mythology Hamilton, Edith 1040

This book brings together the great stories from

Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology that are

the fountainhead of all literature.

Natural, The Malamud, Bernard 1060

the story of a superbly gifted “natural” at play in

the fields of the old daylight baseball era—and

invested it with the hardscrabble poetry, at once

grand and altogether believable,


Night of the Twisters Ruckman, Ivy 790

Strategic Literacy

and Academic Edge

When a tornado watch is issued one Tuesday

evening in June, twelve-year-old Dan Hatch and

his best friend, Arthur, don't think much of it.

After all, tornado warnings are a way of life

during the summer in Grand Island, Nebraska.

But soon enough, the wind begins to howl, and

the lights and telephone stop working. Then the

emergency siren starts to wail. Dan, his baby

brother, and Arthur have only seconds to get to

the basement before the monstrous twister is on

top of them. Little do they know that even if they

do survive the storm, their ordeal will have only

just begun

No Kidding Brooks, Bruce ?

In his twenty-first century society, fourteen-year-

old Sam is allowed to decide the fate of his

family after his mother is released from an

alcohol rehabilitation center

Nobody Waved Goodbye Haggard, Elizabeth ?

A troubled boy engages in numerous rebellious

acts until he commits one irrevocable act of

defiance that ends in tragedy

*Odyssey Homer na *9-10

Epic poem recounting the experiences of

Odysseus during his return from the Trojan War

Old Man and the Sea, The Hemingway, Ernest 940

An old fisherman battles the sea and sharks in

order to bring home the giant marlin he caught

Oliver Twist Dickens, Charles

In nineteenth-century England, a young orphan

boy lives in the squalid surroundings of a

workhouse until he becomes involved with a

gang of thieves

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft King, Steven

1150 5/15/2013

"Part memoir, part master class, this superb

volume is a revealing and practical view of the

writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the

trade every writer must have

Other Wes Moore, The: One Name,

Two Fates Moore, Wes 970 3/5/2012

Two kids with the same name lived in the same

decaying city. One went on to be a Rhodes

Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White

House fellow, and business leader. The other is

serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the

story of two boys and the journey of a

generation (Barnes and Noble)


Pearl, The Steinbeck, John 1010

For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl

means the promise of a better life for his

impoverished family. His dreams blind him to the

greed that the pearl arouses in him and his

neighbors. Baring the fallacy of the American

dream--that wealth erases all problems--

Steinbeck's classic illustrates our fall from

innocence

Peeled Bauer, Joan 620

Hildy Biddle is waiting for the chance to prove

herself as more than a small-town high school

journalist. The trouble is, her town's biggest

story stars a ghost. But while the local paper is

playing up townspeople's fears with shocking

headlines of creepy happenings, Hildy is

dtermined to discover what is really going on.

Piano Lesson, The Wilson, August NP

A sister and brother fight over a piano that has

been in the family for three generations, creating

a remarkable drama that embodies the painful

past and expectant future of black Americans

Privacy and Surveillance Senker, Cath 1020 6/27/2018

Explores contemporary issues of an ethical

nature and encourages lively debate.

Profiles in Courage Kennedy, John F. 1410

A study of men who, at a risk to themselves,

stood fast for a principle---Includes John Quincy

Adams, Daniel Webster, Sam Houston, Robert

Taft and others

Red Pony, The Steinbeck, John 810

Ownership of a beautiful red pony teaches ten-

year old Jody about life and death.

Red Prophet Card, Orson Scott 930

Come here to the magical America that might

have been, and marvel as the tale of Alvin

Maker unfolds. The seventh son of a seventh

son is a boy of mysterious powers, and he is

waking to the mysteries of the land and its own

chosen people.

Redburn, His First Voyage Melville, Herman

One of three unabridged novels of the sea

written by Herman Melville between 1849 and

1851-----Teenage Redburn experiences

loneliness and the cruelty of a tyrannical captain

aboard a merchant ship in the 19th century

Return, The Levitin, Sonia

Desta and the other member of her Falasha

family, Jews suffering from discrimination in

Ethiopia, finally flee the country and attempt the

dangerous journey to Israel


Rich in Love

Humphreys,

Josephine

As the Odom family falls apart, seventeen-year-

old Lucille Odom is brought across the threshold

of womanhood and emotional maturity

River Runs Through It, A Maclean, Norman

A river runs through it – Logging and pimping

and “Your pal, Jim” – USFS 1919------About the

relationship between a father and his two sons,

bound together by love and fly fishing

Robinson Crusoe Defoe 930

This classic tale of shipwreck and survival on an

uninhabited island was an instant success when

first published in 1719 and has inspired

countless imitations

Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare,

William na

Two lovers are destroyed by the hatred of their

families for one another

Romiette and Julio Draper, Sharon 610

2/23/2016

This modern day retelling of Romeo and Juliet

explores the opposition that a high school

couple faces. Romiette and Julio, who share

different backgrounds, must also navigate

disapproval from their families and

communitites.

Salteaters, The

Bambara, Toni

Cade

Novel that came out of a problem-solving

impulse to bridge the gap and merge the frames

reference of the activists or warriors and the

adepts or medicine people of Haiti

Scat Hiaasen, Carl 810

When biology teacher Mrs. Starch goes missing

in the Black Vine Swamp during a field trip, Nick

and Marta decide to go looking for her and get

caught up in illegal oil drilling.

Sea Wolf, The London, Jack 1020

Relates the story of a wealthy young man who is

rescued after a shipwreck by the brutal, ruthless

captain of a tramp steamer

Secret Life of Bees Kidd, Sue Monk 840

Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with

her harsh, unyielding father, Lily Owens has

shaped her entire life around one devastating,

blurred memory - the afternoon her mother was

killed, when Lily was four. Since then, her only

Seedfolks Fleischman, Paul 710

5/10/2010

One by one, a number of people of varying ages

and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-

city lot into a productive and beautiful garden,

and in doing so, the gardeners are themselves

Separate Peace, A Knowles, John 1110

The close friendship of two sixteen-year-old

boys is marred by an act of aggression

committed by one of them against the other.

Seventh Son Card, Orson Scott 910

Born into an alternative frontier America where

life is hard and folk magic is real, Alvin is gifted

with the power. He must learn to use his gift

wisely. But dark forces are arrayed against


Shane Schaefer, Jack ?

When a rider with a mysterious past becomes a

hired hand for the Starretts, homesteaders on

the open range land of Wyoming, he is able to

save the family he comes to love from the

Skin of Our Teeth, The Wilder, Thorton ?

An “allegorical comedy of man’s struggle for

human survival”

Slaughterhouse Five Vonnegut, Kurt 850 An anti-war novel based on Vonnegut's own

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie Lubar, David 560

May, 2012

Takes readers on a humorous journey with

Scott during his first year of high school. As if

beginning high school isn't stressful enough,

Scott also learns that his mother is pregnant.

Speak Anderson, Laurie 690

May, 2012

"Speak up for yourself - we want to know what

you have to say." From the first moment of her

freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda

knows that this is a big fat lie, part of the

nonsense of high school. She is friendless,

outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer

party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk

to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes,

she becomes increasingly isolated and

practically stops talking altogether. Only her art

class offers any solace, and it is through her

work on an art project that she is finally able to

Speckled Band, The: A Short Story Doyle, Arthur Conan ?

Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of a client

whose sister’s last words before she died were,

“It was the speckled band.” A portion of each

illustration glows in the dark

Sorry, Wrong Number Fletcher NL 3/22/2012

An old-fashioned telephone play murder

mystery.

Stars of Fortune Harnett, Cynthia ? In England in 1554 the four eldest Washington

Swiss Family Robinson, The

Wyss, Johann

David 1260

Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as

they adapt to life on an island with abundant

animal and plant life


Thousand Splendid Suns, A Hosseini, Khaled 830 6/27/2018

An incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan

history and a deeply moving story of family,

friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in

love. Born a generation apart and with very

different ideas about love and family, Mariam

and Laila are two women brought jarringly

together by war, by loss and by fate. As they

endure the ever escalating dangers around

them-in their home as well as in the streets of

Kabul-they come to form a bond that makes

them both sisters and mother-daughter to each

other, and that will ultimately alter the course not

just of their own lives but of the next generation.

Thread That Runs So True, The Stuart, Jesse 880

A first-person narrative, Stuart enriches the

story of his own education and development

with a deep appreciation for his students and

their accomplishments in the Appalachian

Three Musketeers, The Dumas, Alexandre 960

During the reign of France’s King Louis XIII,

d’Artagan and the Three Musketeers unite to

defend the honor of Anne of Austria against the

plots of Cardinal Richelieu

*To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Harper 870 *9-10

Two small children in a small Alabama town are

thrust into an adult world of racial bigotry and

hatred when their lawyer father chooses to

defend a black man charged with raping a white

Time Machine, The Wells, H.G. 1070

A time traveler who voyages into the future finds

that the world has been divided into two races

Tracks Erdrich 950

Trifles Glaspell NL 3/20/2012

Tells the story of a seventy-eight-year-old

independent widow who recognizes the

loneliness in her life until Wesley Benfield drops

in


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Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can’t wait.

In just a few weeks she’ll have the operation

that will turn her from a repellent ugly into a

stunningly attractive pretty. And as a pretty,

she’ll be catapulted into a high-tech paradise

where her only job is to have fun.

But Tally’s new friend Shay isn’t sure she wants

to become a pretty. When Shay runs away, Tally

learns about a whole new side of the pretty

world—and it isn’t very pretty. The authorities

offer Tally a choice: find her friend and turn her

in, or never turn pretty at all. Tally’s choice will

change her world forever.

Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon 770

Strategic Literacy

and Academic Edge

As Sal entertains her grandparents with

Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story

begins to unfold--the story of a 13-year-old girl

whose only wish is to be reunited with her

mother.

Walkabout Marshall 800

Walking Across Egypt: A Novel Edgerton, Clyde 670

Tells the story of a seventy-eight-year-old

independent widow who recognizes the

loneliness in her life until Wesley Benfield drops

inWar of the Worlds, The Wells, H.G. 1170 An intellectually superior race invades the Earth

We Beat the Streets

Davis, Jenkins,

Hunt 860 May, 2012

The true story of 3 boys who overcome the odds

of the streets of Harlem with drugs, murders,

and robberies to become doctors

Wedding, The West, Dorothy ?

The story of five generations of an African-

American family and the wedding on Martha’s

Vineyard that could tear them apart

West Side Story Laurents, Arthur ?

1950’s musical about two young lovers caught

up in a feud between two NY gangs--- Modern

parallel to Romeo and Juliet

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An orphaned Ute Indian boy wins stardom on

the rodeo circuit but, disillusioned by his

success, returns to the ways of his ancestors

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Scientists are building rocket ships for a chosen

few to escape from two planets hurling toward

each other on a direct collision course. Their

secret leaks out, touching off a savage struggle

for survival

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The first of a trilogy about Earthsea. It is an early

richer "Harry Potter" tale that deals with identity

and balance in life.

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