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6th Grade
  • Phantom Tollbooth,The

Plus two of the following:

  • Anne of Green Gables
  • Bearstone
  • Cay, The
  • Hatchet
  • Island of the Blue Dolphins
  • Little Women
  • Missing May
  • Secret Garden, The
  • Tuck Everlasting
  • Where the Red Fern Grows


   
7th Grade
  • Call of the Wild, The
  • Christmas Carol:  Scrooge and Marley

Plus one of the following:

  • Around the World in 80 Days
  • Don't Tell Anyone
  • Freak the Mighty
  • Giver, The
  • Nerdlandia
  • Out of the Dust
  • Treasure Island
  • Westing Game, The


   
8th Grade
  • Diary of Anne Frank, The
  • Outsiders, The
  • Pearl, The

Plus one of the following:

  • Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  • Amistad
  • And Then There Were None
  • Behind the Blue and Gray
  • Devil's Arithmetic, The
  • Evangeline
  • Fahrenheit 451
  • House of Dies Drear, The
  • Johnny Tremain
  • Miracle Worker
  • Nothing But the Truth


Pre-AP 8th Grade
  • Diary of Anne Frank, The
  • Once and Future King, The OR Watership Down
  • Outsiders, The
  • Pearl, The

Plus two of the following:

  • Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  • Amistad
  • And Then There Were None
  • Behind the Blue and the Gray
  • Devil's Arithmetic, The
  • Evangeline
  • Fahrenheit 451
  • House of Dies Drear, The
  • Johnny Tremain
  • Miracle Worker
  • Nothing But the Truth


English I
  • Odyssey, The
  • Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, The

Plus one of the following:

  • Chosen, The
  • Cold Sassy Tree
  • Good Earth, The
  • Great Expectations
  • Hound of the Baskervilles, The
  • House on Mango Street
  • Little Prince, The
  • Mayor of Casterbridge, The
  • My Antonia
  • Silas Marner


Pre-AP English I
  • Odyssey, The
  • Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, The

Plus two of the following:

  • Chosen, The
  • Cold Sassy Tree
  • Good Earth, The
  • Great Expectations
  • Hound of the Baskervilles, The
  • House on Mango Street
  • Little Prince, The
  • Mayor of Casterbridge, The
  • My Antonia
  • Silas Marner


English II
  • Animal Farm
  • Antigone
  • Tragedy of Julius Caesar, The OR Midsummer Night's Dream  OR  Tempest, The

Plus one of the following:

  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Bless Me, Ultima
  • Jungle, The
  • Night
  • Old Man and the Sea, The
  • Separate Peace, A
  • Things Fall Apart
Pre-AP English II
  • Animal Farm
  • Antigone
  • Tragedy of Julius Caesar, The OR Midsummer Night's Dream  OR Tempest, The

Plus two of the following:

  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Bless Me, Ultima
  • Jungle, The
  • Night
  • Old Man and the Sea, The
  • Separate Peace, A
  • Things Fall Apart
English III
  • Crucible, The    OR   
  • Raisin in the Sun
  • Great Gatsby, The
  • Scarlet Letter, The
  • To Kill a Mockingbird

Plus one of the following:

  • Cannery Row                                          
  • Grapes of Wrath, The
  • Of Mice and Men                                 


Pre-AP English III
  • Crucible, The    OR   
  • Raisin in the Sun
  • Great Gatsby, The
  • Moby Dick
  • Cannery Row  OR Grapes of Wrath, The OR Of Mice and Men                                                                          
  • Scarlet Letter, The
  • To Kill a Mockingbird

Plus one of the following:

  • Age of Innocence, The
  • Inherit the Wind
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God


English IV
  • 1984
  • Lord of the Flies
  • Tragedy of Macbeth   OR   Hamlet           

Plus one of the following:

  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Frankenstein
  • Gulliver's Travels
  • Importance of Being Earnest, The
  • Invisible Man, The
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • Rebecca
  • Tale of Two Cities, A
  • Tess of the D'Urbervilles
  • Time Machine, The
  • Wuthering Heights


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