Students must have a book by NEXT MONDAY

Some students have been stumped trying to find a book to read.  Today I discussed the books on this list as possibilities.  I have chosen to read Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut.  I am half-way through the book. The story is set in WWII and is an interesting exploration of existence.  The story is not arranged chronologically.  It jumps around like the story does in The Time Traveler's Wife.  However, there are a few coarse words and some soldier talk.  I can see why it might be better for 10th grade, but the style is different. 

I am also reading Cannery Row by John Steinbeck.  Any Steinbeck book would be an exploration of great detail and description. 

Parents must sign a permission slip for a student to read the book.

• The books are due Monday, May 5th.
• Certain sections of the project are due each week on the Wiki. (TBD)
• The final project is a book presentation due May 27th.

Please go to Barnes and Noble online to explore the books.  There are reviews that will guide your decisions. 

Boyne	Boy in the Striped Pajamas	core
Bradbury	Farenheit 451	core
Bronte, E	Wuthering Heights	core
Conrad	Heart of Darkness	extended
Defoe, Daniel	Robinson Crusoe	101 LIST
Fitzgerald	Great Gatsby, The	core
Frank	Anne Frank:  The Diary of a Young Girl	core
Golding	Lord of the Flies	core
Hansberry	Raisin in the Sun, A	core
Hemingway	Farewell to Arms, A	extended
Hemingway	For Whom the Bell Tolls	extended
Hemingway	Old Man and the Sea	core
Hemingway	Sun Also Rises, The	core
Hugo	Les Miserables	extended
Hurston, Zora Neale	Their Eyes Were Watching God	101 LIST
Huxley	Brave New World	core
Keneally	Schindler's List	extended
Kingsolver	Bean Trees, The	core
Martel	Life of Pi, The	extended
McCourt	Angela's Ashes	core
Orwell	Animal Farm	core
Orwell	1984	core
Potok	Chosen, The	core
Remarque	All Quiet on the Western Front	core
Shelley	Frankenstein	core
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich	101 LIST
Steinbeck	East of Eden	extended
Steinbeck	Pearl, The	core
Steinbeck	Of Mice and Men	core
Steinbeck, John	The Grapes of Wrath	101 LIST
Stevenson, Robert Louis	Treasure Island	101 LIST
Swift, Jonathan	Gulliver’s Travels	101 LIST
Tan	Joy Luck Club, The	extended
Vonnegut	Slaughterhouse Five	core
Walker	Color Purple, The	core
Wells	War of the Worlds, The	extended
Wiesel	Dawn	extended
Wright	Native Son	extended