:: Nine Book Lists 9-12 Grades 2017-18 ::

9th Grade Book List

Author Title
Alcott Little Women
Bradbury Fahrenheit 451
Cather My Antonia
Erdrich The Birchbark House
Fleischman Whirligig
Freedman Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille
Kidd Secret Life of Bees
Moore Bold Women of California History
Stevenson Kidnapped
Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Whelan Homeless Bird
Wiesel Night

10-12 Grades Book List (1st year of a 3 year rotation of new book lists)

Author Title
Anderson Symphony the City of the Dead: Dmitri
Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
Austen Pride and Prejudice
Buck The Good Earth
Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment
Ellis Founding Brothers
Francis, D. Shattered
Frank Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
Guthrie The Big Sky
Hemingway Old Man and the Sea
Kingsolver The Bean Trees
L’Amour Last of the Breed
Moore The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
Shaara Killer Angels
Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Wilder The Bridge of San Luis Rey

2017-18 College Prep Book List

Author Title
Austen Pride and Prejudice
Bradbury Fahrenheit 451
Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
Golding Lord of the Flies
Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter
Hemingway Old Man and the Sea
Lee To Kill a Mockingbird
Orwell Animal Farm
Salinger The Catcher in the Rye
Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet
Steinbeck Of Mice and Men
Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

2017-18 Easy Reading Book List

Author Title
Adamson Born Free
Fleischman Whirligig
Francis Shattered
Freedman Out of the Darkness
Grogan Marley & Me
Kingsolver The Bean Trees
London The Call of the Wild
L’Amour The Shadow Riders
Schaefer Shane
Stevenson Kidnapped
Whelan Homeless Bird
Wells The Time Machine


2017-18 Classic Book List

Author Title
Alcott Little Women
Austen Pride and Prejudice
Steinbeck The Pearl
Stevenson Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Bronte' Wuthering Heights
Dickens Tale of Two Cities
Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Hemingway Old Man and the Sea
Cather Death Comes for the Archbishop
Lee To Kill a Mockingbird
Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment
Wilder The Bridge of San Luis Rey


2017-18 Historical Book List

Author Title
O’Reilly Killing Lincoln
Hillenbrand Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Bradford Harriet Tubman: the Moses of Her People
Buck The Good Earth
Cather My Antonia
Ellis Founding Brothers
Frank Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
Gaines Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Guthrie The Big Sky
L’Amour Last of the Breed
Monk-Kidd Secret Life of Bees
Erdrich The Birchbark House


2017-18 Religious/Values Book List

Author Title
Andrew God’s Smuggler
Brother Yun The Heavenly Man
Douglas The Robe
Lewis Out of the Silent Planet
Eman Things We Couldn’t Say
Holmes Two From Galilee
Peretti This Present Darkness
Potok The Chosen
Rivers Redeeming Love
Marshall Christy
Young The Shack
Bible The Book of Revelations


2017-18 Combination 24 book list Classic and Religious/Values Book lists

Alcott Little Women
Austen Pride and Prejudice
Steinbeck The Pearl
Stevenson Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Bronte' Wuthering Heights
Dickens Tale of Two Cities
Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Hemingway Old Man and the Sea
Cather Death Comes for the Archbishop
Lee To Kill a Mockingbird
Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment
Wilder The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Andrew God’s Smuggler
Brother Yun The Heavenly Man
Douglas The Robe
Lewis Out of the Silent Planet
Eman Things We Couldn’t Say
Holmes Two From Galilee
Peretti This Present Darkness
Potok The Chosen
Rivers Redeeming Love
Marshall Christy
Young The Shack
Bible The Book of Revelations


2017-18 Combination 36 Book List Easy Reading, Classic, and Historical Book Lists

Author Title
Adamson Born Free
Fleischman Whirligig
Francis Shattered
Freedman Out of the Darkness
Grogan Marley & Me
Kingsolver The Bean Trees
London The Call of the Wild
L’Amour The Shadow Riders
Schaefer Shane
Stevenson Kidnapped
Whelan Homeless Bird
Wells The Time Machine
Alcott Little Women
Austen Pride and Prejudice
Steinbeck The Pearl
Stevenson Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Bronte' Wuthering Heights
Dickens Tale of Two Cities
Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Hemingway Old Man and the Sea
Cather Death Comes for the Archbishop
Lee To Kill a Mockingbird
Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment
Wilder The Bridge of San Luis Rey
O’Reilly Killing Lincoln
Hillenbrand Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Bradford Harriet Tubman: the Moses of Her People
Buck The Good Earth
Cather My Antonia
Ellis Founding Brothers
Frank Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
Gaines Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Guthrie The Big Sky
L’Amour Last of the Breed
Monk-Kidd Secret Life of Bees
Erdrich The Birchbark House

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