According to Literature in the Secondary School, *I know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Eleanor and Park by Rainbow, Rowell NCTE Research Report 25, the following books and *Julius Caesar/ Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare plays are taught in more high schools in the United *Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons States than any other selections. Most colleges The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara Every Day by David Levithan would expect students to have read them. (All of *A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines these titles are taught either as choices or as Fallen Angels by Walter D. Myers Maus I and Maus II by Art Spiegelman required reading in the literature classes offered by Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck River Secrets by Shannon Hale Norfolk Public Schools.) The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Pieces by Chris Lynch Great Expectations by Charles Dickens The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald I am the Messenger/ The Book Thief by Markus Zusak *The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Secret Story of Sonia Rodriguez by Alan Sitomer

Macbeth by William Shakespeare Maus I and Maus II by Art Spiegelman The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Monster by Walter Dean Myers The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne *The Tempest by William Shakespeare

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Knife of Never Letting Go. (Book One of the Chaos Walking The Uglies series by Scott Westerfield ______Series) by Patrick Ness

Nothing But the Truth by Avi This list can be used to guide you as you select books GRADE 11 for summer reading. Ask your librarian for help in *River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clark locating these and other good books. This list offers a Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt *A Separate Peace by John Knowles wide range of literature which differs in subject matter, The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver reading level, and sophistication. Not all books are *Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe appropriate for all students. Parents may want to Black Boy by Richard Wright The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean participate in the selection process. The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton

Although a few titles may appear under two grade GRADE 10 *Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger levels, students in either grade may desire to read *The Crucible by Auther Miller them. All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton Those with an asterisk (*) are offered in one or more *A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway literature classes in Norfolk Public Schools. Boy 21 by Mathew Quick For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Copper Sun by Sharon Draper GRADE 9 *The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Crown of Midnight by Sarah Maas Hold Still by Nina LaCour The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian *The Crucible by Arthur Miller by Sherman Alexie Kindness for Weakness by Shawn Goodman David Copperfield by Charles Dickens All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot *I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks Animal Farm by George Orwell Jesse by Gary Soto by E. Lockhart

Archived by Victoria Schwab Light in August/As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Discovering Wes Moore by Wes Moore

Band of Angels by Julian F. Thompson A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare The End Games by Martin T. Michael

Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas Moby Dick by Herman Melville *Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Beyond the Chocolate War by Robert Cormier The Natural by Bernard Malamud *A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Children of the River by Linda Crew The Old Man and Sea by Ernest Hemingway Ferris Beach by Jill Mcorkle

Copper Sun by Sharon Draper The Orange Houses by Paul Griffin *A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Grimes

Crazy Horse Electric Game by Chris Crutcher Paper Towns by John Green The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens *A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

Roots by Alex Haley

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by Gregory Neri Mr. Rodney Jordan, Chair GRADE 12

1984 by George Orwell Dr. Noelle Gabriel,

*The Accidental Tourist/Saint Maybe by Ann Tyler Vice Chair

After by Amy Efaw Ms. Tanya K. Bhasin SUGGESTED *The Awakening by Kate Chopin SUMMER READING Beloved by Toni Morrison Ms. Courtney R. Doyle

Boot Camp by Todd Strasser GRADES 9-12

*Catch 22 by Joseph Heller Rev. Edward K. Haywood 2017 Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier Dr. Brad N. Robinson Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen Ms. Yvonne P. Wagner

*Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Mr. Torrion Espree

*Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

*Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

*July’s People by Nadine Gordimer Dr. Melinda J. Boone

Meridian by Alice Walker Superintendent 2017-2018 Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Dr. Kipp Rogers Virginia Readers’ Choice Winners The Millstone by Margaret Drabble Chief Academic Officer My Son’s Story by Nadine Gordimer The Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga Dr. Michael Cataldo Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik

Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick Executive Director, Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys Curriculum and Instruction Othello by William Shakespeare Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

*A Portrait of the Artist… by James Joyce Mrs. Gwen P. Collins Out of Darkness by Ashely Hope Perez Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Senior Coordinator, More Happy Thank Not by Adam Silvera *Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut English

*Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence An Ember in the Ashes by Saba Tahir

*Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells DISTRIBUTED BY THE Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon *Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys NPS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely *Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven