Recommended Literature: Grades Nine Through Twelve Property of California Department of Education Copyright 1989, Published 1990 Anderson, Marian. My Lord, What a Morning: An Autobiography. Grade(s): 9-11 Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Grade(s): 10-12 Atkinson, Linda. In Kindling Flame: The Story of Hannah Senesh. Grade(s): 9-11 Baker, Russell. Growing Up. Grade(s): 9-12 Beal, Merrill D. I Will Fight No More Forever: Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War. Grade(s): 9-11 Bennett, Lerone, Jr. What Manner of Man: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Grade(s): 9-11 Bober, Natalie S. Restless Spirit: The Story of Robert Frost. Grade(s): 9-12 Brown, Claude. Manchild in the Promised Land. Grade(s): 10-12 Buck, Pearl S. My Several Worlds: A Personal Record. Grade(s): 9-12 Bulosan, Carlos. America Is in the Heart: A Personal History. Grade(s): 10-12 Cheever, Susan. Home Before Dark. Grade(s): 10-12 Chu, Louis. Eat a Bowl of Tea. Grade(s): 10-12 Dana, Richard H., Jr. Two Years Before the Mast. Grade(s): 10-12 Debo, Angie. Geronimo: The Man, His Time, His Place. Grade(s): 10-12 Dillard, Annie. An American Childhood. Grade(s): 10-12 Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. Grade(s): 10-12 Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. Grade(s): 9-11 Eaton, Jeanette. Gandhi: Fighter Without a Sword. Grade(s): 9-12 Frank, Anne. Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl. Grade(s): 9-11 Franklin, Benjamin. Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Grade(s): 10-12 Freedman, Russell. Lincoln: A Photobiography. Grade(s): 9-11 Galarza, Ernesto. Barrio Boy. Grade(s): 9-11 Gibson, Althea. I Always Wanted to Be Somebody. Grade(s): 9-12 Gilchrist, Ellen. Falling Through Space: The Journals of Ellen Gilchrist. Grade(s): 10-12 Gillenkirk, Jeff, and James Motlow. Bitter Melon: Stories from the Last Rural Chinese Town in America. Grade(s): 9-12 Gunther, John. Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir. Grade(s): 9-11 Guthrie, Woody. Bound for Glory. Grade(s): 10-12 Hamilton, Virginia. W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography. Grade(s): 9-11 Hansberry, Lorraine. To Be Young, Gifted and Black. Grade(s): 10-12 Hautzig, Esther. Endless Steppe: Growing up in Siberia. Grade(s): 9-11 Hellman, Lillian. Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time. Grade(s): 10-12 Herriott, James. All Creatures Great and Small. Grade(s): 9-11 Property of CDE ©1989 1 Houston, Jeanne W., and James D. Houston. Farewell to Manzanar. Grade(s): 9-11 Hurston, Zora Neale. Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography. Grade(s): 10-12 Hyun, Peter. Man Sei! The Making of a Korean American. Grade(s): 9-12 Johnson, Dorothy M. Warrior for a Lost Nation: A Biography of Sitting Bull. Grade(s): 10-12 Jordan, Barbara, and Shelby Hearon. Barbara Jordan: A Self-Portrait. Grade(s): 9-11 Keller, Helen. Story of My Life. Grade(s): 9-11 Kennedy, John F. Profiles in Courage. Grade(s): 9-11 Kherdian, David. Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl. Grade(s): 9-11 Kikumura, Akemi. Through Harsh Winters: The Life of a Japanese Immigrant Woman. Grade(s): 9-12 Kingston, Maxine Hong. Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts. Grade(s): 10-12 Kroeber, Theodora. Ishi, Last of His Tribe. Grade(s): 9-12 Lindbergh, Charles A. The Spirit of St. Louis. Grade(s): 9-11 Malcolm X. Autobiography of Malcolm X. Grade(s): 10-12 Markham, Beryl. West with the Night. Grade(s): 10-12 McFadden, Cyra. Rain or Shine: A Family Memoir. Grade(s): 9-11 Mead, Margaret. Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years. Grade(s): 10-12 Moody, Anne. Coming of Age in Mississippi: An Autobiography. Grade(s): 10-12 Muir, John. My First Summer in the Sierra. Grade(s): 10-12 Neihardt, John G. Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux. Grade(s): 9-12 Ortiz, Victoria. Sojourner Truth. Grade(s): 9-11 Petry, Ann. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad. Grade(s): 9- 11 Rawlings, Marjorie K. Cross Creek. Grade(s): 10-12 Rodriquez, Richard. Hunger of Memory: An Autobiography. Grade(s): 10-12 Roosevelt, Eleanor. This I Remember. Grade(s): 9-11 Rowse, Alfred L. (Ed.). William Shakespeare: A Biography. Grade(s): 9-12 Russel, Bill. Go up for Glory. Grade(s): 9-12 Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years. Grade(s): 10-12 Soto, Gary. Living up the Street. Grade(s): 9-11 Soyinka, Wole. Ake: The Years of Childhood. Grade(s): 10-12 Sullivan, Tom, and Derek L. Gill. If You Could See What I Hear. Grade(s): 9-11 Szymusiak, Molyda. The Stones Cry Out: A Cambodian Childhood. Grade(s): 9-11 T’ai-t’ai, Ning L., and Ida Pruitt. A Daughter of Han: The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman. Grade(s): 10-12 Uchida, Yoshiko. Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family. Grade(s): 9-11 Washington, Booker T. Up from Slavery. Grade(s): 10-12 Welty, Eudora. One Writer’s Beginnings. Grade(s): 10-12 Wiesel, Elie. Night. Grade(s): 9-11 Wong, Jade Snow. Fifth Chinese Daughter. Grade(s): 9-11 Wright, Richard. Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth. Grade(s): 10-12 Yamasaki, Minoru. A Life in Architecture. Grade(s): 9-12 Property of CDE ©1989 2 Yoshikawa, Eiji. Musashi. Grade(s): 10-12 Aeschylus. Oresteian Trilogy. Grade(s): 10-12 Albee, Edward. American Dream and Zoo Story. Grade(s): 10-12 Allen, Woody. Play It Again, Sam. Grade(s): 10-12 Anderson, Robert. I Never Sang for My Father. Grade(s): 10-12 Anouilh, Jean. Antigone. Grade(s): 10-12 Baldwin, James. Amen Corner. Grade(s): 10-12 Beckett, Samuel. Waiting for Godot. Grade(s): 10-12 Bolt, Robert. A Man for All Seasons. Grade(s): 10-12 Brecht, Bertolt. Mother Courage and Her Children. Grade(s): 10-12 Chekhov, Anton P. The Cherry Orchard. Grade(s): 10-12 Chin, Frank. The Chickencoop Chinaman and The Year of the Dragon: Two Plays. Grade(s): 10-12 Davis, Ossie. Purlie. Grade(s): 9-12 Elder, Lonne. Ceremonies in Dark Old Men. Grade(s): 10-12 Euripides. Medea. Grade(s): 10-12 Fugard, Athol. Master Harold and the Boys. Grade(s): 10-12 Garcia Lorca, Federico. Blood Wedding. Grade(s): 10-12 Gardner, Herb. A Thousand Clowns. Grade(s): 9-12 Gibson, William. Miracle Worker. Grade(s): 9-11 Gilroy, Frank. David and Lisa. Grade(s): 10-12 Glaspell, Susan. Trifles. Grade(s): 9-11 Goodrich, Frances, and Albert Hackett. Diary of Anne Frank. Grade(s): 9-11 Hansberry, Lorraine. Raisin in the Sun. Grade(s): 9-12 Hellman, Lillian. The Little Foxes. Grade(s): 10-12 Ibsen, Henrik. A Doll’s House. Grade(s): 10-12 Ionesco, Eugene. Rhinoceros. Grade(s): 10-12 Izumo, Takeda. Chushingura. Grade(s): 10-12 Lawrence, Jerome, and Robert E. Lee. The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail. Grade(s): 10- 12 Luce, William. Belle of Amherst. Grade(s): 10-12 Lum, Wing Tek. Oranges Are Lucky. Grade(s): 10-12 McCullers, Carson. The Member of the Wedding. Grade(s): 10-12 Medoff, Mark. Children of a Lesser God. Grade(s): 10-12 Miller, Arthur. The Crucible. Grade(s): 10-12 Norton, Carlos. Meeting. Grade(s): 9-12 O’Neill, Eugene. Long Day’s Journey into Night. Grade(s): 10-12 O Yong-Jin and others. Wedding Day and Other Korean Plays. Grade(s): 9-12 Pomerance, Bernard. The Elephant Man. Grade(s): 10-12 Rose, Reginald. Twelve Angry Men. Grade(s): 10-12 Rostand, Edmond. Cyrano de Bergerac. Grade(s): 10-12 Sakamoto, Edward. In the Alley. Grade(s): 10-12 Serling, Rod. Requiem for a Heavyweight. Grade(s): 9-11 Shakespeare, William. Selected Works. Grade(s): 9-12 Shange, Ntozake. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. Grade(s): 10-12 Property of CDE ©1989 3 Shaw, George Bernard. Pygmalion. Grade(s): 10-12 Simon, Neil. Brighton Beach Memoirs. Grade(s): 10-12 Sophocles. Oedipus Trilogy. Grade(s): 10-12 Soyinka, Wole. Opera Wonyosi. Grade(s): 10-12 Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Grade(s): 10-12 Thomas, Dylan. Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices. Grade(s): 10-12 Valdez, Luis. Zoot Suit. Grade(s): 9-12 Vidal, Gore. A Visit to a Small Planet. Grade(s): 9-11 Wagner, Jane. The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. Grade(s): 10-12 Wasserman, Dale; Mitch Leigh; and Joe Darion. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Grade(s): 10-12 Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest. Grade(s): 10-12 Wilder, Thornton. Our Town. Grade(s): 9-12 Williams, Tennessee. The Glass Menagerie. Grade(s): 10-12 Wilson, August. Fences. Grade(s): 10-12 Zindel, Paul. The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds. Grade(s): 9-11 Aesop. Fables. Grade(s): 9-12 Andersen, Hans Christian. Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen. Grade(s): 9-12 Asbjornsen, Peter C. Norwegian Folktales. Grade(s): 9-12 Beowulf. Beowulf. Grade(s): 9-12 Bierhorst, John (Ed.). The Hungry Woman: Myths and Legends of the Aztecs. Grade(s): 9-12 Bulfinch, Thomas. Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable. Grade(s): 9-12 Calvino, Italo. Italian Folktales. Grade(s): 9-12 Carrison, Muriel. Cambodian Folk Stories from the Gatiloke. Grade(s): 9-10 Coburn, Jewell R., and Quyen Van Duong. Beyond the East Wind: Legends and Folktales of Vietnam.