Your Choice - 6 books

  • The Hobbit - Tolkien
  • The Preacher's Daughter- Lewis
  • Teenagers Preparing for the Real World - Foster
  • Because of Winn Dixie - DiCamillo
  • Death of a Salesman - Miller
  • Deenie- Blume

Multicutural Adolescent Literature - 3 books

  • The Bluest Eye - Morrison
  • How the Garcia Girls Lost Thier Accents - Alvarez
  • Esperanza Rising - Ryan

Classic Adolescent Literature - 1 book

  • The Giver - Lowry

Nonfiction- 2 books

  • Geeks - Katz
  • Nickle & Dimed

Sexual Identity Themes - 1 book

  • Hard Love - Wittlinger

Contemporary Adolescent Literature - 3 books

  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Brashares
  • Phoenix Rising - Hesse
  • Holes - Sachar

Adult Contemporary Literature - 2 books

  • The Lovely Bones - Sebold
  • Maus - Spieglman

Genre - 2 books

  • Science Fiction - Something Wicked This Way Comes - Bradbury
  • Romance - True Believer - Sparks

Writing Assignments

  • #1 - How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
  • #2 - Death of a Salesman and Esperanza Rising: The American Dream
  • #3-The Recurring Theme of Parent/Child Relationships in Literature