Independent Novels

Independent Novels--1st Quarter
Students must choose from among the following novels for independent reading during the 1st quarter. Students will complete test packets on two novels during the 1st quarter.

Title    

Author

Animal Farm George Orwell
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath
Catch 22    Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger
The Chocolate War Robert Cromier
The Chosen Chaim Potok

The Contender

Robert Lipsyte
The Crucible Arthur Miller
A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway
The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
Homecoming Cynthia Voigt
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Joanne Greenberg
Native Son Richard Wright
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway
The Pigman Paul Zindel
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane
The Scarlet Letter Nathanial Hawthorne
Slaughterhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut
A Walk Across America Peter Jenkins