Below you will find a list of required reading materials from different area schools. This information has been provided to us by the schools; any questions regarding the content of the material may be directed to them.

Brother Rice
Evergreen Park High School
Mother McAuley
   
Brother Rice
Grade 10, All Sophomores
• A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Grade 10, Sophomore Honors
• Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
• The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Grade 11, Junior Honors
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Grade 11, Junior Non-Honors
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Grade 12, All Seniors
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Grade 12, Senior AP
• All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
• The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Grade 12, Senior Honors
• Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
• Silas Marner by George Eliot
Grade 9, All Freshmen
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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Evergreen Park High School
Grade 9
• The Courage to Be Yourself: True Stories by Teens by Al Desetta, Ed.
Grade All School
• Of Beetles and Angels by Mawi Asgedom
Grade Choice
• Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Vanketesh
• The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
• The Glass Castle by Janette Walls
• The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl On the Other Side of the Sky by Farah Ahmedi
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Mother McAuley
Grade 10, 131, 134, 135, 136
• Three Cups of Tea...Promote Peace - One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Grade 10, Advanced 131, W. S. Honors 136
• Seven Years in Tibet by Film
Grade 10, Hon. 130 and W. S. Hon. 136
• Necter in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya
Grade 10, Hon. 130, Adv. 131, Aca. 134, W. S. Hon. 136
• Hotel Rwanda by Film
Grade 10, Honors 130
• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Grade 10, Honors 130, Academic 134
• Life is Beautiful by Film
Grade 10, W. S. Advanced 135
• Nicholas and Alexandra by Film
Grade 11, Advanced 124
• Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Grade 11, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124
• The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Grade 11, Advanced 121 and Academic 122
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Grade 11, AP English Lang and Comp 125
• Good Night and Good Luck by Film
• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenreich
• The Crucible by Film
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Grade 11, Hon. 120, Adv. 121, Aca. 122, Adv. 124
• The Grapes of Wrath by Film
Grade 11, Honors 120 and Honors 123
• Gone With the Wind by Film
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Grade 12, Advanced 111 and Academic 112
• Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
• Sense and Sensibility by Film
• She's the Man by Film
Grade 12, AP Lit and Comp 102
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• Pride and Prejudice by Film - any version
• The Awakening by Kate Chopin
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Grade 12, Honors 110
• Clueless by Film
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Emma by Film
Grade 9, Advanced 141 and Academic 144
• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Grade 9, Advanced 141 and Academic 144
• Romeo + Juliet by Film - DiCaprio version
• The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl On the Other Side of the Sky by Farah Ahmedi
• West Side Story by Film
Grade 9, Honors 140
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• Aesop's Fables by any edition
• An Inconvenient Truth by Film
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
• The Miracle Worker by Film - 1962 Version
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