ESSENTIAL LITERATURE K-12

Grade 9 – Six books will be read during the school year. Honors English will read six books during the school year (two will be selected from the choice list).

Title Author
A Gathering of Old Men Ernest Gaines (Not required for Pre-IB)
The Odyssey Homer (Translated by Robert Fitzgerald)
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare–Basal
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee (H)
Choice list
Animal Farm George Orwell-Basal
Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Ben Carson
The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros
Inherit the Wind Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Kaffir Boy Mark Mathebane
Lord of the Flies William Golding
The Miracle Worker William Gibson–Basal
Mythology Edith Hamilton
Speak Laurie Anderson
Tears of a Tiger Sharon Draper



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