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How many a man can date a new era in his life from the reading of a book  --Thoreau

 

9th Grade Reading List

Man vs. Nature
Author Title IHS Holdings
Adams Watership Down  
Bauer Backwater  
Buck The Good Earth  
Golding The Lord of the Flies  
Gunther Death be not Proud  
Kay To Dance with the White Dog  
Marshall Christy  
Pierce The Woman who Loved Reindeer  
Richter The Light in the Forest  
Steinbeck Of Mice and Men  
Swarthout Bless the Beast and the Children  
Tyler Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant  
Voight Homecoming  
Homer The Odyssey  
  The Perfect Storm  
  Into Thin Air  
Man vs. Society/Technology
Author Title IHS Holdings
Asimov I, Robot  
Bradbury Fahrenheit 451  
Cisneros House on Mango Street  
Cormier The Chocolate War  
Crutcher Ironman  
Gainer The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman  
Golding Lord of the Flies  
Grisham The Firm  
Jackson The Lottery and other stories  
Knowles A Separate Peace  
Lawrence Inherit the Wind  
Mupassant The Necklace  
McCaffrey Dragonsong  
Orwell Animal Farm  
Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet  
Steinbeck Of Mice and Men  
Swarthout Bless the Beasts and the Children  

 

Man vs. Self-Universe Man vs. Man
Author Title IHS Holdings
Angelou I Know why the Caged Bird Sings  
Cisneros The House on Mango Street  
Homer The Odyssey  
Anderson Speak  
Buck The Good Earth  
Calhoun Firegold  
Cormier The Chocolate War  
Crutcher Ironman  
Dickens Great Expectations  
Knowles A Separate Peace  
Lipsyte The Contender  
Marshall Christy  
McCafreey Dragonsong  
McCormick Cut  
Pressfield The Legend of Bagger Vance  
De Saint Exupery The Little Prince  
Smith A Tree Grows in Brooklyn  
Swarthout Bless the Beast and the Children  
Tolkien The Hobbit  
Wilder Our Town  
Author Title IHS Holdings
Anderson Speak  
Anderson Burger Wuss  
Anthony On a Pale Horse  
Appleman-Jurman Alicia: My Story  
Asimov I Robot  
Bauer Rules of the Road  
Bennett Blue Star Rapture  
Calhoun Firegold  
Cisneros The House on Mango Street  
Cormier Heroes: A Novel  
Crutcher Whale Talk  
Dessen Keeping the Moon  
Gallow Sixteen Short Stories for YA  
Greenberg I Never Promised You a Rose Garden  
Hugo The Hunchback of Notre Dame  
Lipsyte The Contender  
Lubar Hidden Talents  
McCormick Cut  
Meyers Monster  
Rubin Emily Good as Gold  
Shange Betsey Brown: A Novel  

 

 

 

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