All school book: Choose from the list of nominated books at the bottom of the page.
English Department Electives:
Contemporary Family Literature: Ellen Foster, by Kaye Gibbons.
Creative Writing; Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Politics and the Literary Imagination: In the Lake of the Woods, Tim O'Brien
Terror in American Literature: “The Tell-Tale Heart”, by Edgar A. Poe and “The Masque of Red Death”, by Edgar A. Poe. Both stories are available from this web page: Terror in American Literature.
AP Economics: Murder at the Margin: A Henry Spearman Mystery by Marshall Jevons
Native American Studies: The Toughest Indian in the World, by Sherman Alexie. [Book will be discussed in first semester of Ms Henry’s Native American History/Lit.]
Latin American History: In the Time of the Butterflies, by Julia Alvarez. OR Sugarball: The American Game the Dominican Dream, by Alan Klein
Understanding Africa From Colonial To Modern Times: No Longer at Ease, by Chinua Achebe.
America in the World: Ron Suskind, The One Percent Doctrine
French 4H. Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Available at the Bryn Mawrket. Get packet from Ms. Miller.
German 4H. Das Gold der alten Dame by Langenscheidt (Editor)
Spanish 4H. "El delantal blanco" by Sergio Vodanovic contained in a packet from Ms. Gray
Spanish Senior Honors Seminar. "En el ardiente oscuridad" by Antonio Buero-Vallejo (first two acts)
AP Courses :
AP Biology: Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson
AP English Bright Lights, Big City, By Jay McInerney
AP Environmental Science: Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson. Houghton Mifflin, 1994. (Paperback $14.00) OR A Plague of Frogs, by William Souder (Paperback $12.00)
AP Economics: Murder at the Margin: a Henry Spearman Mystery, by Marshall Jevons. Princeton University Press.
AP French Language. . Candide ou L'Optimisme, by Voltaire, edited by Gilles de France.
AP French Literature. Pierre et Jean by Guy de Maupassant and a packet from Ms. Miller
AP Physics C: Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character, ed. By Edward Hutchins. W.W. Norton
AP Spanish Language. Batallas en el desierto by José Emilio Pacheco.
AP Statistics: How to Lie with Statistics, by Darrell Huff.
All school nominated books:
Elsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin (Young Adult). This book is about what happens after you die. When the main character dies, she finds that the dead journey to a land called Elsewhere, where they wait for their time to return to Earth.
The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand (Adult Fiction). The Fountainhead is a novel that takes a philosophical look at the difference between good and evil, and what it means to stay true to a vision. Ayn Rand, the author, has a peculiar and particular outlook on life and those who live.
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi (Adult/Young Adult Nonfiction). Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen.
.The Realm of Possibility, by David Levithan (Young Adult).This book contains twenty different stories in twenty different young voices that together create one picture of one high school. Each teenage character has a unique voice and style, using his or her own kind of verse to say something about his or her life.
Seabiscuit: an American Legend, by Laura Hillenbrand (Adult Nonfiction). Seabiscuit is a compelling story about a champion thoroughbred race horse in the U.S.A.
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini (Adult Fiction). This book gives great insight into the lives of women in Afghanistan (both before & after the Taliban). It shows the hardships they endured and the strength they had to keep their children & themselves safe."Note: This book contains some violence, especially against women. Check with your parents before reading it.
Water for Elephants, By Sara Gruen (Adult Fiction)This historical novel is wonderfully told by the point of view of an elderly man, Jacob Jankowski, who reminisces of his life working with the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth Circus during the Depression.
What is the What, by Dave Eggers (Adult Fiction)This story is about a young refugee boy (one of the Lost Boys of Sudan). The story is relevant to the world today because the unrest in Sudan continues on and everyday more refugees must leave Sudan for Chad.
White Like Me, by Tim Wise (Adult Nonfiction)Tim Wise is an anti-racist activist, and his book is largely about white privilege. He shines a critical light on the deeply-embedded structural inequalities of our society, and also discusses innate racial biases, and how people can only truly keep them in check if they can first recognize them.