English 10

Reading List

Required Reading:                  Fahrenheit 451                       Ray Bradbury

You are required to read a book from the following list for the second six weeks.

1.       House Made of Dawn                                               M. Scott Momaday

2.      The Giver                                                                    Lois Lowry

3.      White Fang                                                                 Jack London

4.       The Bluest Eye                                                           Toni Morrison

5.       Lord of the Flies                                                         William Golding

6.       The Island                                                                  Gary Paulsen

7.        All the Pretty Horses                                                 Cormac McCarthy

8.      The Life of Pi                                                               Yann Martel

9.      Northanger Abbey                                                      Jane Austen

10.  March                                                                         Geraldine Brooks

11.  Memoirs of a Geisha                                                  Arthur Golding

Reading list for the remainder of the year:

1.       Pompeii                                                                      Robert Harris

2.      Odysseus in the Serpent Maze                                   Jane Yolen & Robert Harris

3.      The Education of Little Tree                                       Forrest Carter

4.      Midnight at the Dragon Café                                    Judy Fong Bates

5.      After the First Death                                                   Robert Cormier

6.      Hoops                                                                          Walter Dean Myers

7.      I Am the Cheese                                                         Robert Cormier

8.      Walking Across Egypt                                               Clyde Edgerton

9.      Dairy Queen                                                               Catherine Gilbert Murdock

10.  The Rag & Bone Shop                                                 Robert Cormier

11.  The Big Field                                                               Mike Lupica

12.  The Lilies of the Field                                                  William Barrett

13.  Ties That Bind, Ties That Break:  a Novel                  Lensly Namioka

14.  Mr. Was                                                                      Pete Hautman

15.  Code Orange                                                              Caroline B. Cooney

16.  13 Little Blue Envelopes                                             Maureen Johnson

17.   Big Mouth and Ugly Girl                                          Joyce Carol Oates

18.  Peeps:  a Novel                                                           Scott Westerfold

19.  Ishmael                                                                       Daniel Quinn

20.  An Abundance of Katherines                                     John Greer

21.  A Great and Terrible Beauty                                      Libba Bray

A test on Fahrenheit 451  will be given on the FIRST  day of school.  Please manage your time and do not wait until the last minute! 

Essay format will be reviewed and discussed at the start of the first six weeks, and future assignments will be given at that time.