High school reading lists get a modern makeover
Find out what recent bestsellers are taking their place next to classics at schools across the US.
from the August 8, 2007 edition
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What students are reading
High schools are updating their summer reading lists to include books focused on modern themes. Here's a sample pulled from high school websites across the nation.
University Heights, Ohio:
"Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
"A Hand to Guide Me" by Denzel Washington
"Bad Boy: A Memoir" by Walter Dean Myers
"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
Lexington, Ky.:
"The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
"The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros
Torrance, Calif.:
"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
"Night" by Elie Wiesel
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
Buffalo, N.Y.:
"Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
"Breathing Underwater" by Alex Flinn
"Bless Me Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
"The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
"Tuesdays With Morrie" by Mitch Albom
"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Dallas:
"Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
"The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver
"Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
"The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama
"Freakonomics" by Steven Levitt
Atlanta:
"The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
"Native Son" by Richard Wright
"A Bend in the River" by V.S. Naipaul
"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
Old Bridge, N.J.
"Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown
"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
"It's Not About the Bike" by Lance Armstrong
"The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold
"The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien
"A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams
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