Edmond North High School Required Reading

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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***