Santa Fe High School Required Reading

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REQUIRED READING 2022-23

SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL

9th Grade:

Required:

  • Night by Elie Wiesel
  • Romeo and Juliet: No Fear Shakespeare version (not required)
  • A dystopian novel of choice–INTRO TO ADVANCED ONLY

 

Lit Circles Options:

  • All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
  • Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
  • Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
  • Punching the Air by Ibi Zaboi and Yusef Salaam
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
  • The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros ***GALVIN AND HUDDLESTON ONLY***

 

10th Grade:

Required:

  • The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
    • Alternate Text: Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri -- MOLINSKY AND GATEWOOD 4TH HOUR ONLY
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini -- INTRO TO ADVANCED ONLY
    • Alternate Text: The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

 

Lit Circles Options:

  • A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
  • I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez
  • The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
  • The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
  • Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Letitch Smith
  • Dear Martin by Nic Stone
  • Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
  • The Astonishing Color of After by X.R. Pan
  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

 

11th Grade:

Required:

  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

Lit Circles Options:

  • Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
  • Unbroken–YA Version by Laura Hillenbrand
  • The Nazi Hunters by Neal Bascomb
  • It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime–YA Version by Trevor Noah
  • Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
  • A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah

 

AP Language and Composition:

  • Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
  • Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

12th Grade:

Required:

  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding

 

AP Literature:

Whole Class Required:

  • Fences by August Wilson
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  • The Awakening by Kate Chopin -- Bray ONLY
  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding -- Hankins ONLY

 

Book Club Choices/Required - choose 1 only 
Bray: (CHOOSE ONE)

  • A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  • Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi
  • The Round House by Louise Erdrich
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

 

Hankins: (CHOOSE ONE)

  • Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
  • American Dirt by Jeannine Cummins
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

 

Bray Independent Read Options- Choose 1 each 9 weeks for extra credit.

  • August 2022 - Feminist/Realism: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston OR The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
  • October 2022- Gothic Romanticism: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  • January 2023- Multicultural Studies:  Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi OR Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
  • March 2023- Bildungsroman: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho OR Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

 

Hankins Independent Read Options - Choose 1 each 9 weeks

  • August 2022 - Bildungsroman: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens OR Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
  • October 2022- Gothic Romanticism: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  • January 2023- Multicultural Studies:  Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi OR Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
  • March 2023- Feminist/Realist Fiction: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne OR The Awakening by Kate Chopin

 

***Please mention Edmond Santa Fe High School 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

Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare): Volume 2 (Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare #2) By Sparknotes Cover Image
$7.99
ISBN: 9781586638450
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Published: Sparknotes - April 15th, 2003

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781594631931
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Published: Riverhead Books - March 5th, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier By Ishmael Beah Cover Image
$15.00
ISBN: 9780374531263
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Published: Sarah Crichton Books - August 5th, 2008

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 -

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

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

Fences By August Wilson Cover Image
$14.00
ISBN: 9780452264014
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Published: Plume - June 1st, 1986

The Awakening By Kate Chopin Cover Image
$4.95
ISBN: 9780553213300
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Published: Bantam Classics - April 1st, 1985

A Thousand Splendid Suns By Khaled Hosseini Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781594483851
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Published: Riverhead Books - November 25th, 2008

Purple Hibiscus: A Novel By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781616202415
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Published: Algonquin Books - April 17th, 2012

The Round House: National Book Award Winning Fiction By Louise Erdrich Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062065254
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Published: Harper Perennial - September 24th, 2013

Where the Crawdads Sing By Delia Owens Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780735219106
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - March 30th, 2021

The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel By Barbara Kingsolver Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780060786502
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Published: Harper Perennial Modern Classics - July 5th, 2005

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

Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neale Hurston Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780061120060
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Published: Amistad - May 30th, 2006

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories By Oscar Wilde, Peter Raby (Afterword by), Gary Schmidgall (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Oscar Wilde, Peter Raby (Afterword by), Gary Schmidgall (Introduction by)
$4.95
ISBN: 9780451530455
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Published: Signet - March 6th, 2007

Homegoing By Yaa Gyasi Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781101971062
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Published: Vintage - May 2nd, 2017

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

The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062315007
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Published: HarperOne - April 15th, 2014

Siddhartha: A Novel By Hermann Hesse Cover Image
$6.95
ISBN: 9780553208849
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Published: Bantam - December 1st, 1981

The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne Cover Image
$4.95
ISBN: 9780553210095
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Published: Bantam Classics - February 1st, 1981

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption By Bryan Stevenson Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780812984965
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Published: One World - August 18th, 2015