Reading Selections and Literature Guides


 
Reading Selections and Literature Guides
GRADE LEVEL NOVELS

College Bound List with mini-summary


Prestwick Reading List: Browse through this list of novels commonly taught in middle schools and high schools. Titles are categorized according to grade level. Comprehensive Literature Guides are available for ordering.

100 TOP BOOKS: Another extensive list of classic novels most-often recommended for high school students. Books are arranged alphabetically and include a brief synopsis.

Classic Reader Online : An amazing collection of short stories, poems, plays, novels, and non-fiction selections are available online. This website is arranged by genre at the top, and then alphabetically by author's last name. Click on the letters at the top of the screen for more author's.

Audio Books: Everyone loves a good story. For people on the go or just for a change of pace, listening to novels is an excellent option. Dramatic reading is skill for actors and public speakers.

Articles: Peruasive opinions on current events provide students a better understanding of the world outside of school, and serves as a model for them to write their own.


Collected Literature Guides:
(alphabetical by title)

Glencoe Literary Guides:Glencoe provides comprehensive literature guides for an extensive list of novels and plays. Each guide contains background information on the author and novel, reading comprehension questions, creative activities and worksheets, and writing topics.

1984
Animal Farm
The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass
The Black Cat
The Cask of Amontillado
The Color Purple
Crime and Punishment
Dead Man Walking

The Diary of Anne Frank

Fahrenheit 451
Freedom Writer's Diary
Freedom Writers
Girl With Pearl Earring
Girl, Interrupted
The Great Gatsby
The Handmaid's Tale
Journey to Topaz
The Jungle
Lesson Before Dying
Like Water for Chocolate
Lord of the Flies
The Most Dangerous Game
Night
Night Essay
Our Town
The Raven
Serving Crazy with Curry
Slaughterhouse Five
Sybil
The Taming of the Shrew
That Was Then, This Is Now
Watership Down