Titles:
*C--Titles required for AP students at Calhoun H.S.:
*K-requried for AP English students at Kennedy H.S.:
*M-required for AP English students at Mepham H.S.:
ALA's Best Books for Young Adults
Outstanding Books for the College Bound
Letter to Parents June, 2006 (.pdf)
2006
12th Grade Summer Reading List:
*C-required for AP students at Calhoun
*K-requried
for AP English students at Kennedy
*M-requried
for AP English students at Mepham
New York State English Language Arts Literature Suggestions (.pdf file)
Achebe,
Chinua. Things Fall Apart. *C First published: 1959Fiction
Set in an Ibo village in Nigeria, the novel recreates pre-Christian tribal life and shows how the coming the white man led to the breaking up of the old ways.
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Dreiser,
Theodore. Sister Carrie. First published 1900. Fiction, Classic
The story of a young woman from Wisconsin who goes to Chicago, becomes an actress, marries and goes to New York, and when her husband loses his job, goes onstage again.
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Flaubert,
Gustave. Madame Bovary. First published 1857. Fiction, Classic.
A nineteenth-century French middle-class wife, whose boredom and dissatisfaction with life leads her to act out her romantic fantasies and embark on a disastrous love affair.
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Forster,
E.M. A Passage to India.
First published 1924Fiction
A classic account of the clash of cultures in British India after the turn of the century revealing the menace lurking just under the surface of ordinary misunderstanding.
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Greene,
Graham. The Heart of the Matter. First published:
1948 Fiction
Set in West Africa, this is the story of Scobie, an assistant police commissioner, and his personal and professional corruption.
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Hardy,
Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd.
First published 1874 Fiction, Classic
Bathsheba Everdene is courted by three young men: an adventurer, a young farmer who becomes bailiff of the farm she inherits, and a neighboring farmer.
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Hesse,
Herman. Steppenwolf. First published in 1927Fiction
Harry Haller, a joyless, reclusive intellectual, finally learns to reconcile the warring parts of his personality after meeting Hermine, a woman who knows how to enjoy life.
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James,
Henry. Turn of the Screw and Daisy Miller.
*K
Classic
Two short fiction novels:
Turn of the Screw: two children whose new governess believes
are being haunted by the ghosts of former servants. First Published in
1898
Daisy Miller: an innocent yet bold American girl, runs afoul
of the European code of conduct at the turn of the twentieth century.
First Published in 1879
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James,
Henry. Washington Square. *C
First published in 1880 Classic
Catherine, a plain but potentially wealthy girl is caught between two manipulative men; her stubborn, widowed father, and her charming, greedy suitor who is interested only in her potential inheritance.
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Kennedy,
William. Ironweed. *M
c. 1983
Historical Fiction
Years ago, Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, full-time
drunk left Albany in a hurry after killing a scab during a trolley workers'
strike. He ran away again after accidentally -- dropping his infant son
and killing him. Now, in 1938, he is back, roaming the old familiar streets
with his hobo pal, Helen, and trying to make peace with the ghosts of
the past and the present.
*Pulitzer Prize 1984
*National Book Critics Circle Award
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Koestler,
Arthur. Darkness at Noon. First published: 1941Fiction
Set in the Soviet Union in the 1930's, an aging revolutionary is imprisoned and tortured by the party to which he has dedicated his life.
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Lewis,
Sinclair. Babbitt. First published: 1922. Fiction, Classic
George Babbit is a middle class American living in an average Midwestern city, in this satire of middle class life.
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Malamud,
Bernard. The Fixer. First published: 1966.
Fiction
Jewish handyman Yakov Bok, is arrested, imprisoned, and accused for a
murder he did not commit.
*Pulitzer Prize 1967
*National Book Award
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Proulx,
Annie. The Shipping News *M
c. 1993Fiction
Quoyle and his two emotionally disturbed daughters return to the family ancestral home in Newfoundland to start new lives.
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Sartre,
Jean Paul. No Exit.
First published: 1945 Drama
Written by the French existentialist philosopher and writer, this play portrays the author's version of Hell.
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Toibin,
Colm. The Master *K. c. 2004.Historical Fiction
Presents a fictionalized study based upon the many biographical materials and family accounts of nineteenth-century novelist Henry James and examines his life of loneliness, despair, and failed relationships.
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Tolkien,
J.R. Return of the King. First published: 1949.Fantasy fiction
Part 3 of the Lord of the Rings. As the Shadow of Mordor grows, the companions find their way through danger and mystery as they defeat the Dark Lord and celebrate Aragorn's ascent to become King of the West.
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Wells,
H.G. Time Machine. First published: 1895.Science fiction
Relates the adventures of a scientist who invents a machine that transports him into the future.
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West,
Nathaniel. Miss Lonelyhearts. First
published 1933Fiction
Miss Lonelyhearts is a newspaper reporter assigned to write the advice column, and becomes caught up in the suffering.
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Wright,
Richard. Native Son. First published: 1940Fiction, Classic
Trapped in the poverty-stricken ghetto of Chicago's South Side, a young African-American man is driven by anger, hate & frustration.
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