Possible Texts No More Than One Student Per Book!

Possible Texts – No more than one student per book!

The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee The Color Purple, by Alice Walker The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov Catch-22, by Joseph Heller Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison Native Son, by Richard Wright One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H. Lawrence A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess The Awakening, by Kate Chopin A Separate Peace, by John Knowles Naked Lunch, by William S. Burroughs 1984 by George Orwell Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Black Boy by Richard Wright All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Literature is often reflective of the time in which it was written. By looking at what books are challenged, we can think critically about changing social issues, changing tastes in reading, and the power of persuasion.

Select three books that you are interested in reading and researching. Please discuss your choices with your parent/guardian, then complete the following:

First Choice: ______Why this book?

Second Choice: ______Why this book?

Third Choice ______Why did you select this book?

I have read, understand, and discussed the Banned Book project and requirements with my parent/guardian.

______Student Signature Parent/Guardian Signature

______Date