Richland School District, Richland, Washington

Tenth Grade - Reading List for Literature Classes

(Those books in blue have mini-review accompaniments
reflecting community reviewers’ comments from July 1998 and some other sources.
Plus some include questions for family discussion.)

These two books required (Any book may be replaced by request through teacher.)

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
^(DA)Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Select at least one from

Julius Caesar by Shakespeare
Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare
Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare

Select at least one from this group

When the Legends Die by Hal Borland
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Obassan by Joy Kogawa *Newly adopted on September 8
Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmund Rostand
Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw

Other selections

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Julia Alvarex *not yet applied for adoption
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Red Sky at Morning by Richard Bradford
^(DA)Mists of Avalon by Marian Zimmer Bradley *Newly adopted on September 8
Permanent Connections by Sue Ellen Bridgers
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons *Newly adopted on September 8
Black Like Me by John Griffin
King Arthur, His Knights and Their Ladies by Johanna Johnston
You Can't Take it With You by George Kaufman
Le Morte de Arthur by Thomas Mallory *Newly adopted on September 8
^(DA)Truth Trap by Francine Miller *Newly adopted on September 8
The Crossing by Gary Paulsen
^(DA)Reviving Ophelia by Dr. Mary Pipher *Newly adopted on September 8
^(DA)The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath *Newly adopted on September 8
^(DA)The Hot Zone by Richard Preston *Newly adopted on September 8
^(DA)Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
^(DA)Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart *Newly adopted on September 8
^(DA)Hollow Hills by Mary Steward *Newly adopted on September 8
^DAThe Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart *Newly adopted on September 8
Bless the Beasts and the Children by Glendon Swarthout
^(DA)The Runner by Cynthia Voight *Newly adopted on September 8
The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White
^(DA)The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in the- Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel

DA = Discretion Advised

*Community Members have requested the removal of three of these novels from classroom instructional materials list. To see community objections to these novels visit:
The Bell Jar
Reviving Ophelia
The Hot Zone

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