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
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