Every nine weeks, students are required to independently read a novel and write a book report. A list of acceptable titles is listed below. If students would like to read something that does not appear on the list, then they must seek prior teacher and parent approval approval.
English 9 Fiction
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Holes by Louis Sachar
West Side Story The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
The Horsecatcher by Mari Sandoz A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi
Inside the Walls of Troy by Clemence McLaren 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clark
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Pearl by John Steinbeck
English 9 Non-Fiction
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela The Life of Langston Hughes by Arnold Rampersad
Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig
Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger Woodsong by Gary Paulsen
A Stillness at Appomatox by Bruce Catton Black Boy by Richard Wright
Going Solo by Roald Dahl The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
In My Place by Charlayne Hunter-Gault
