Edmond North High School Required Reading

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***Please mention Edmond North High School in the order comments.***

These purchases are nonrefundable as they are a fundraiser, but a store credit may be issued for a return if the book is removed from the reading list. 

 

REQUIRED READING LIST 2022-23

EDMOND NORTH HIGH SCHOOL

 

9th Grade

  • Night by Elie Weisel
  • Lit Circle Options:
    • Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
    • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    • Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
    • Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
    • House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
    • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
    • All American Boys by Jason Reynolds

 

10th Grade On Level

  • The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
    • Alternate text: Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayari
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
  • Lit Circle Options:
    • The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
    • The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan
    • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
    • Dear Martin by Nic Stone
    • Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia L. Smith
    • I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez
    • Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
    • The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
    • A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

 

10th Grade Intro to Advanced

  • The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
    • Alternate text: Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayari
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell
  • The Kite Runner
    • Alternate text: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
  • Antigone by Sophocles
  • Macbeth by William Shakespeare
  • Lit Circle Options:
    • The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
    • The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan
    • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
    • Dear Martin by Nic Stone
    • Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia L. Smith
    • I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez
    • Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
    • The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
    • A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

 

11th Grade

  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller
  • Lit Circle Options:
    • It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
    • Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
    • Everything Sad by Daniel Nayari
    • Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
    • The Nazi Hunters by Neal Bascomb
    • Unbroken YA Version by Laura Hillenbrand

 

12th Grade

  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  • 1984 by George Orwell

 

AP Language

  • The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller
  • The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

 

AP Literature

  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  • Hamlet by Shakespeare
  • The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
  • Lit Circle Options:
    • American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
    • more choices TBD

 

***PLEASE MENTION EDMOND NORTH IN THE ORDER COMMENTS***

 

 

Night By Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel (Translated by), Elie Wiesel (Preface by) Cover Image
By Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel (Translated by), Elie Wiesel (Preface by)
$12.00
ISBN: 9780374500016
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Published: Hill and Wang - January 16th, 2006

Dreamland Burning By Jennifer Latham Cover Image
$10.99
ISBN: 9780316384902
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - February 20th, 2018

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780060935467
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Published: Harper Perennial Modern Classics - July 5th, 2005

Farewell to Manzanar By Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston (Illustrator), James D. Houston Cover Image
$10.99
ISBN: 9781328742117
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Published: Clarion Books - July 11th, 2017

Punching the Air By Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062996497
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Published: Balzer + Bray - December 7th, 2021

The House on Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries) By Sandra Cisneros Cover Image
$11.95
ISBN: 9780679734772
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Published: Vintage - April 3rd, 1991

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck Cover Image
$13.00
ISBN: 9780140177398
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Published: Penguin Books - September 1st, 1993

All American Boys By Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9781481463348
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - August 29th, 2017

The Glass Castle: A Memoir By Jeannette Walls Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780743247542
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Published: Scribner - January 17th, 2006

A Midsummer Night's Dream (No Fear Shakespeare): Volume 7 (Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare #7) By Sparknotes Cover Image
$6.95
ISBN: 9781586638481
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Published: Sparknotes - July 3rd, 2003

Antigone By Sophocles Cover Image
$4.00
ISBN: 9780486278049
Availability: Special Order-Please Call For Availability
Published: Dover Publications - October 12th, 1993

Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition By George Orwell, Russell Baker (Preface by), Tea Obreht (Introduction by) Cover Image
By George Orwell, Russell Baker (Preface by), Tea Obreht (Introduction by)
$9.99
ISBN: 9780451526342
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Published: Signet - April 6th, 2004

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban By Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb (With) Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316322423
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Published: Back Bay Books - June 2nd, 2015

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives By Dashka Slater Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780374303235
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - October 17th, 2017

The Astonishing Color of After By Emily X.R. Pan Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9780316464017
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 19th, 2019

The Book Thief By Markus Zusak Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9780375842207
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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - September 11th, 2007

Dear Martin By Nic Stone Cover Image
$10.99
ISBN: 9781101939529
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Published: Ember - September 4th, 2018

Hearts Unbroken By Cynthia Leitich Smith Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9781536213133
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Published: Candlewick - April 14th, 2020

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter By Erika L. Sánchez Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9781524700515
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Published: Ember - March 5th, 2019

Patron Saints of Nothing By Randy Ribay Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9780525554929
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Published: Penguin Books - April 21st, 2020

The Sun Is Also a Star By Nicola Yoon Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9780553496710
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Published: Ember - March 5th, 2019

The Great Gatsby: The Only Authorized Edition By F. Scott Fitzgerald Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9781982146702
Availability: Backordered
Published: Pocket Books - November 17th, 2020

The Crucible By Arthur Miller, Christopher W. E. Bigsby (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Arthur Miller, Christopher W. E. Bigsby (Introduction by)
$15.00
ISBN: 9780142437339
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Published: Penguin Classics - March 25th, 2003

It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers) By Trevor Noah Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780525582199
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Published: Yearling - April 7th, 2020

Brain on Fire (10th Anniversary Edition): My Month of Madness By Susannah Cahalan Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781451621389
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Published: Simon & Schuster - August 6th, 2013

Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story) By Daniel Nayeri Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781646140008
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Published: Levine Querido - August 25th, 2020

Into the Wild By Jon Krakauer Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780385486804
Availability: Special Order-Please Call For Availability
Published: Anchor - January 20th, 1997

The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi By Neal Bascomb Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9780545431002
Availability: Special Order-Please Call For Availability
Published: Arthur A. Levine Books - April 24th, 2018

Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive By Laura Hillenbrand Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9780385742528
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Published: Ember - April 25th, 2017

1984 By George Orwell, Erich Fromm (Afterword by) Cover Image
By George Orwell, Erich Fromm (Afterword by)
$9.99
ISBN: 9780451524935
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Published: Signet -

Lord of the Flies By William Golding, Lois Lowry (Afterword by), Jennifer Buehler (Contributions by) Cover Image
By William Golding, Lois Lowry (Afterword by), Jennifer Buehler (Contributions by)
$12.00
ISBN: 9780399501487
Availability: Backordered
Published: Penguin Books - December 16th, 2003

The Namesake: A Novel By Jhumpa Lahiri Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780358062684
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Published: Mariner Books Classics - June 4th, 2019

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley, Harold Bloom (Afterword by), Douglas Clegg (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Mary Shelley, Harold Bloom (Afterword by), Douglas Clegg (Introduction by)
$5.95
ISBN: 9780451532244
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Published: Signet - October 1st, 2013

Hamlet (No Fear Shakespeare): Volume 3 (Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare #3) By Sparknotes Cover Image
$6.99
ISBN: 9781586638443
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Published: Sparknotes - April 15th, 2003

Invisible Man (Vintage International) By Ralph Ellison Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780679732761
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Published: Vintage - March 14th, 1995

American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel By Jeanine Cummins Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250209788
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Published: Holt Paperbacks - February 1st, 2022

The Things They Carried By Tim O'Brien Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780618706419
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Published: Mariner Books - October 13th, 2009

Life of Pi: A Novel By Yann Martel Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780156027328
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Published: Mariner Books Classics - May 1st, 2003

A Very Large Expanse of Sea By Tahereh Mafi Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9780062866578
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Published: HarperCollins - October 8th, 2019

Macbeth (No Fear Shakespeare): Volume 1 (Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare #1) By Sparknotes Cover Image
$6.95
ISBN: 9781586638467
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Published: Sparknotes - April 15th, 2003