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This is a grade level list of suggested novels and nonfiction works to be used for class study/discussion. The purpose of the list is for the teacher to be able to find books that are linked to the curriculum and can be integrated into classroom units and/or books that are engaging to students. Note the following:

  1. No selection should be used prior to careful consideration by individual teachers.
  2. Any novel marked with a star (*) is recommended for AIG students.
  3. Teachers may select novels from a grade level LOWER than theirs but not higher.
  4. A teacher must send a letter to parents detailing the curricular objectives of the assignment any time a book which includes explicit language or graphics, strong sexual connotation, or questionable subject matter is chosen. A form should be enclosed for parents to sign indicating that their child has permission to take part in the assignment or asking that an alternate assignment be made for their child.
  5. All instructional materials are selected in accordance with the HCS Policy Code 3200, Selection of Instructional Materials. This policy can be accessed from the online policy manual link found at http://www.harnett.k12.nc.us/BoardofEd/index.htm and also includes information and procedures regarding any material challenge.
Title Grade Level Author
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon 3 Danziger, Paula
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The 3 Robinson, Barbara
Boxcar Children 3 Warner, Gertrude Chandler
Charlie and the Chocolate Factor* 3 Dahl, Roald
Charlotte's Web* 3 White, E.B.
Chocolate Touch, The 3 Catling, Patrick Skene
Courage of Sarah Noble, The 3 Dalgliesh, Alice
Freckle Juice 3 Blume, Judy
Fudge-a-mania 3 Blume, Judy
George Washington's Breakfast 3 Fritz, Jean
Hundred Penny Box, The 3 Mathis, Sharon Bell
Julian Books, The 3 Cameron, Ann
Little House in the Big Woods 3 Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Louis Braille 3 Woodhouse, Jayne
Magic School Bus Goes to Seed/Growing Places with Plants 3 Cole, Joanna
Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body 3 Cole, Joanna
Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System 3 Cole, Joanna
Magic Treehouse (series) 3 Osborne, Mary Pope
Molly's Pilgrim 3 Cohen, Barbara
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 3 Cleary, Beverly
Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy 3 Waters, Kate
Sarah, Plain and Tall 3 MacLachlan, Patricia
Stone Fox 3 Gardiner, John Reynolds
Superfudge 3 Blume, Judy

Tapenums's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrrim Times

 

3 Waters, Kate

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This is a grade level list of suggested novels and nonfiction works to be used for class study/discussion. The purpose of the list is for the teacher to be able to find books that are linked to the curriculum and can be integrated into classroom units and/or books that are engaging to students. Note the following:

  1. No selection should be used prior to careful consideration by individual teachers.
  2. Any novel marked with a star (*) is recommended for AIG students.
  3. Teachers may select novels from a grade level LOWER than theirs but not higher.
  4. A teacher must send a letter to parents detailing the curricular objectives of the assignment any time a book which includes explicit language or graphics, strong sexual connotation, or questionable subject matter is chosen. A form should be enclosed for parents to sign indicating that their child has permission to take part in the assignment or asking that an alternate assignment be made for their child.
  5. All instructional materials are selected in accordance with the HCS Policy Code 3200, Selection of Instructional Materials. This policy can be accessed from the online policy manual link found at http://www.harnett.k12.nc.us/BoardofEd/index.htm and also includes information and procedures regarding any material challenge.
Title Grade Level Author
Because of Winn Dixie 4 DiCamillo, Kate
Best School Year Ever, The 4 Robinson, Barbara
Bright Freedom's Song:  A Story of the Underground Railroad 4 Houston, Gloria
Caleb's Story 4 MacLachlan, Patricia
Dear Mr. Henshaw 4 Cleary, Beverly
Double Fudge 4 Blume, Judy
Emma and the Civil Warrior 4 Dahl, Cindy
Frindle 4 Clements, Andrew
Grandfather Tales: American-English Folk Tales 4 Chase, Richard
Green Book, The 4 Paton Walsh, Jill
How to Eat Fried Worms 4 Rockwell, Thomas
Hundred Dresses, The 4 Estes, Eleanor
Indian in the Cupboard*, The 4 Banks, Lynne Reid
Island of the Blue Dolphin* 4 O'Dell, Scott
Island Series 4 Korman, Gordon
James and the Giant Peach* 4 Dahl, Roald
Janitor's Boy, The* 4 Clements, Andrew
Long Way from Chicago, A* 4 Peck, Richard
Misty of Chincoteague 4 Henry, Marguerite
Mr. Popper's Penguins 4 Atwater, Richard
NC Ghosts and Legends 4 Roberts, Nancy
School Story, The 4 various authors
Shiloh 4 Naylor, Phillis Reynolds
Sink or Swim 4 Pasnak, William
Skylark 4 MacLachlan, Patricia
Summer of the Swans 4 Byars, Betsy
Taffy of Torpedo Junction 4 Wechter, Nell Wise
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing 4 Blume, Judy
Taste of Blackberries, A 4 Smith, Doris
Trumpet of the Swan 4 White, E.B.
Whipping Boy, The 4 Fleischman, Sid
Witches, The 4 Dahl, Roald

Year Down Yonder, A*

 

4 Peck, Richard

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This is a grade level list of suggested novels and nonfiction works to be used for class study/discussion. The purpose of the list is for the teacher to be able to find books that are linked to the curriculum and can be integrated into classroom units and/or books that are engaging to students. Note the following:

  1. No selection should be used prior to careful consideration by individual teachers.
  2. Any novel marked with a star (*) is recommended for AIG students.
  3. Teachers may select novels from a grade level LOWER than theirs but not higher.
  4. A teacher must send a letter to parents detailing the curricular objectives of the assignment any time a book which includes explicit language or graphics, strong sexual connotation, or questionable subject matter is chosen. A form should be enclosed for parents to sign indicating that their child has permission to take part in the assignment or asking that an alternate assignment be made for their child.
  5. All instructional materials are selected in accordance with the HCS Policy Code 3200, Selection of Instructional Materials. This policy can be accessed from the online policy manual link found at http://www.harnett.k12.nc.us/BoardofEd/index.htm and also includes information and procedures regarding any material challenge.
Title Grade Level Author
Across Five Aprils* 5 Hunt, Irene
Baseball Fever 5 Hurwitz, Johanna
Bridge to Terabithia* 5 Paterson, Katherine
Bud, not Buddy 5 Curtis, Christopher Paul
Cabin Faced West, The 5 Fritz, Jean
Caddie Woodlawn* 5 Brink, Carol Ryrie
Cay, The 5 Taylor, Theodore
Charley Skedaddle* 5 Robbins, MariLu
Fear Place, The 5 Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 5 Konigsburg, E.L.
Harriet Tubman and the Freedom Train 5 Gayle Sharon
Hatchet 5 Paulsen, Gary
Holes 5 Sachar, Louis
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 5 Lord, Bette
Incredible Journey*, The 5 Burnford, Sheila Every
Jacket, The* 5 Clements, Andrew
Johnny Tremain* 5 Forbes, Ester
Landry News: A Brand New School Story 5 Clements, Andrew
My Side of the Mountain 5 George, Jean Craighead
Night of the Twisters 5 Ruckman, Ivy
Pinballs, The 5 Byars, Betsy
Secret Garden, The 5 Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Sign of the Beaver 5 Speare, Elizabeth George
Sing Down the Moon 5 O'Dell, Scott
Sounder 5 Armstrong, William
Summer of the Monkeys* 5 Rawls, Wilson
View from Saturday, The 5 Konigsburg, E.L.
Watson's Go to Birmingham-1963 5 Curtis, Christopher Paul
Week in the Woods, A 5 Clements, Andrew

Wish Giver, The: Three Tales of Coven Tree

 

5 Brittain, Bill

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This is a grade level list of suggested novels and nonfiction works to be used for class study/discussion. The purpose of the list is for the teacher to be able to find books that are linked to the curriculum and can be integrated into classroom units and/or books that are engaging to students. Note the following:

  1. No selection should be used prior to careful consideration by individual teachers.
  2. Any novel marked with a star (*) is recommended for AIG students.
  3. Teachers may select novels from a grade level LOWER than theirs but not higher.
  4. A teacher must send a letter to parents detailing the curricular objectives of the assignment any time a book which includes explicit language or graphics, strong sexual connotation, or questionable subject matter is chosen. A form should be enclosed for parents to sign indicating that their child has permission to take part in the assignment or asking that an alternate assignment be made for their child.
  5. All instructional materials are selected in accordance with the HCS Policy Code 3200, Selection of Instructional Materials. This policy can be accessed from the online policy manual link found at http://www.harnett.k12.nc.us/BoardofEd/index.htm and also includes information and procedures regarding any material challenge.
Title Grade Level Author
6th Grade Can Really Kill You 6 DeClements, Barthe
Ace, The Very Important Pig 6 King-Smith, Dick
Among the Hidden 6 Haddix, Margaret
Angel on the Square 6 Whelan, Gloria
Black Pearl, The 6 O'Dell, Scott
Call of the Wild*, The 6 London, Jack
Catherine, called Birdie* 6 Cushman, Karen
Chronicles of Narnia , The (Series) 6 Lewis, C.S.
Circlemaker, The 6 Schur, Maxine
Crispin: The Cross of Lead 6 Avi
Day No Pigs Would Die, A* 6 Peck, Robert N.
Devil's Arithmetic, The 6 Yolen, Jane
Door in the Wall, The 6 DeAngeli, Maguerite
Egypt Game, The 6 Snyder, Zipha Keatley
Ella Enchanted 6 Levine, Gail Carson
Esperanza Rising 6 Ryan, Pam Munoz
Face on the Milk Carton, The 6 Cooney, Caroline B.
Giver*, The 6 Lowry, Lois
Great Gilly Hopkins, The 6 Paterson, Katherine
Greater Than Angels 6 Matas, Carol
Here Lies the Librarian 6 Peck, Richard
Hoot 6 Hiaasen, Carl
House of Dies Drear 6 Hamilton, Virginia
Invitation to the Game 6 Hughes, Monica
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth,William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth 6 Konigsburg, E.L.
King of the Wind 6 Henry, Marguerite
Letters from Rifka 6 Hesse, Karen
Little Women 6 Alcott, Louisa May
Lord of the Nutcracker Men 6 Lawrence, Iain
Madeline L'Engle (Series) 6 L'Engle, Madeline
Maniac Magee 6 Spinelli, Jerry
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats OF NIMH 6 O'Brien, Robert C.
Number the Stars 6 Lowry, Lois
Once Upon a Marigold 6 Ferris, Jean
Phantom Tollbooth, The 6 Juster, Norton
Play to the Angel 6 Dalberg, Maurine
Redwall (Series) 6 Jacques, Brian
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Trilogy) 6 Taylor, Mildred
Teacher's Funeral, The: A Comedy in Three Parts 6 Peck, Richard
Time Stops for No Mouse: a Hermux Tantamoq Adventure 6 Hoeye, Michael
Tom Sawyer* 6 Twain, Mark
Trumpeter of Krakow* 6 Kelly, Eric Philbrook
Tuck Everlasting 6 Babbitt, Natalie
Westing Game, The 6 Raskin, Ellen
Who Really Killed Cock Robin?: An Ecological Mystery 6 George, Jean Craighead

Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo

 

6 Filipovic, Zlata

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This is a grade level list of suggested novels and nonfiction works to be used for class study/discussion. The purpose of the list is for the teacher to be able to find books that are linked to the curriculum and can be integrated into classroom units and/or books that are engaging to students. Note the following:

  1. No selection should be used prior to careful consideration by individual teachers.
  2. Any novel marked with a star (*) is recommended for AIG students.
  3. Teachers may select novels from a grade level LOWER than theirs but not higher.
  4. A teacher must send a letter to parents detailing the curricular objectives of the assignment any time a book which includes explicit language or graphics, strong sexual connotation, or questionable subject matter is chosen. A form should be enclosed for parents to sign indicating that their child has permission to take part in the assignment or asking that an alternate assignment be made for their child.
  5. All instructional materials are selected in accordance with the HCS Policy Code 3200, Selection of Instructional Materials. This policy can be accessed from the online policy manual link found at http://www.harnett.k12.nc.us/BoardofEd/index.htm and also includes information and procedures regarding any material challenge.
Title Grade Level Author
Banner in the Sky 7 Ullman, James R.
Bearstone 7 Hobbs, Will
Cheaper by the Dozen* 7 Gilbreth, Frank & Ernestine Carey
Children of the River* 7 Crew, Linda
Chinese Cinderella 7 Mah, Adeline Yen
Christmas Carol, A* 7 Dickens, Charles
Code Orange 7 Cooney, Caroline B.
Dragonwings 7 Yep, Lawrence
Ghost of Tokaido Inn, The 7 Hoobler, Dorothy
Habibi 7 Nye, Naomi Shahib
Homesick: My Own Story 7 Fritz, Jean
House of the Scorpion 7 Farmer, Nancy
Kira-Kira 7 Kadohata, Cynthia
Kiss the Dust 7 Laird, Elizabeth
Kite Rider, The 7 McCaughrean, Geraldine
Middle of Somewhere, The:  Stories of South Africa 7 Gordon, Sheila
Other Side of Truth, The 7 Naidoo, Beverley
People Could Fly, The: American Black Folktales 7 Hamilton, Virginia
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 7 Jiang, Ji-li
Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes 7 Coerr, Eleanor
Shane 7 Schaefer, Jack
Single Shard, A 7 Park, Linda Sue
Storyteller's Daughter, The 7 Dokey, Cameron
Waiting for the Rain: A Novel of South Africa 7 Gordon, Sheila
Walkabout* 7 Marshall, James V.
Where the Read Fern Grows 7 Rawls, Wilson

Year of the Impossible Goodbyes

 

7 Choi, Sook Nyul

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This is a grade level list of suggested novels and nonfiction works to be used for class study/discussion. The purpose of the list is for the teacher to be able to find books that are linked to the curriculum and can be integrated into classroom units and/or books that are engaging to students. Note the following:

  1. No selection should be used prior to careful consideration by individual teachers.
  2. Any novel marked with a star (*) is recommended for AIG students.
  3. Teachers may select novels from a grade level LOWER than theirs but not higher.
  4. A teacher must send a letter to parents detailing the curricular objectives of the assignment any time a book which includes explicit language or graphics, strong sexual connotation, or questionable subject matter is chosen. A form should be enclosed for parents to sign indicating that their child has permission to take part in the assignment or asking that an alternate assignment be made for their child.
  5. All instructional materials are selected in accordance with the HCS Policy Code 3200, Selection of Instructional Materials. This policy can be accessed from the online policy manual link found at http://www.harnett.k12.nc.us/BoardofEd/index.htm and also includes information and procedures regarding any material challenge.
Title Grade Level Author
And Then There Were  None 8 Christie, Agatha
Bless the Beasts and The Children 8 Swarthout, Glendon
Blue 8 Hostetter, Joyce Moyer
Chicken Boy 8 Dowell, Frances O'Roark
Death Be Not Proud*: A Memoir 8 Gunther, John
Diary of  A Young Girl (Anne Frank)*, The 8 Frank, Anne
Dovey Coe 8 Dowell, Frances O'Roark
Dr. Jeckle and Mr.Hyde 8 Stevenson, Robert Louis
Flowers for Algeron* 8 Keyes, Daniel
Freak the Mighty* 8 Philbrick, W.R.
Gathering Blue 8 Lowry, Lois
Hobbit, The* 8 Tolkien, J.R.R.
Life on the Mississippi* 8 Twain, Mark
Messenger, The 8 Lowry, Lois
Mountain Valor 8 Houston, Gloria
My Dog Skip 8 Morris, Willie
Nothing But the Truth: A Documentary Novel 8 Avi
Out of the Dust 8 Hesse, Karen
Outsiders, The 8 Hinton, S.E.
Pearl*, The 8 Steinbeck, John
Robinson Crusoe 8 Defoe, Daniel
Rocket Boys (October Sky)* 8 Hickam, Homer
Romiette and Julio 8 Draper, Sharon
Summer of My German Soldier 8 Greene, Bette
Tex 8 Hinton, S. E.
Touching Spirit Bear 8 Mikaelson, Ben
Treasure Island* 8 Stevenson, Robert Louis
Under a War-Torn Sky 8 Elliott, Laura
Weirdo, The 8 Taylor, Theodore

Where the Lilies Bloom

 

8 Cleaver, Vera

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This is a grade level list of suggested novels and nonfiction works to be used for class study/discussion. The purpose of the list is for the teacher to be able to find books that are linked to the curriculum and can be integrated into classroom units and/or books that are engaging to students. Note the following:

  1. No selection should be used prior to careful consideration by individual teachers.
  2. Any novel marked with a star (*) is recommended for AIG students.
  3. Teachers may select novels from a grade level LOWER than theirs but not higher.
  4. A teacher must send a letter to parents detailing the curricular objectives of the assignment any time a book which includes explicit language or graphics, strong sexual connotation, or questionable subject matter is chosen. A form should be enclosed for parents to sign indicating that their child has permission to take part in the assignment or asking that an alternate assignment be made for their child.
  5. All instructional materials are selected in accordance with the HCS Policy Code 3200, Selection of Instructional Materials. This policy can be accessed from the online policy manual link found at http://www.harnett.k12.nc.us/BoardofEd/index.htm and also includes information and procedures regarding any material challenge.
Title Grade Level Author
And the Earth did not Devour Him 9 Rivera, Tomas
Anne McCaffrey (novels) 9 McCaffrey, Anne
Anthem 9 Ayn Rand
Breathing Lessons* 9 Tyler, Anne
Child of the Owl 9 Yep, Laurence
Chosen, The 9 Potok, Chaim
Cold Sassy Tree 9 Burns, Olive Ann
Contender, The* 9 Robert Lipsyte
Crystal Cave, The 9 Stewart, Mary
Dandelion Wine 9 Bradbury, Ray
Education of Little Tree, The 9 Carter, Forrest
Fahrenheit 451 9 Bradbury, Ray
Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter* 9 Mah, Adeline Yen
Farewell to Manzanar* 9 Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki
Gathering of Old Men, A 9 Gaines, Ernest
Go Ask Alice 9 Anonymous
Great Expectations 9 Dickens, Charles
Hiroshima 9 Hershey, John
His Enemy, His Friend 9 Tunis, John
I Heard the Owl Call My Name 9 Craven, Margaret
In the Time of Butterflies 9 Alvarez, Julia
Jacob Have I Loved* 9 Paterson, Katherine
Light in the Forest, The 9 Richter, Conrad
Little Prince, The 9 Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de
Lord of Rings Trilogy 9 Tolkein, J.R.R.
Lord of the Flies 9 Golding, William
Maus (I and II): A Survivor's Tale 9 Spiegelman, Art
Midsummer Night's Dream 9 Shakespeare, William
Miracle Worker (drama) 9 Gibson, Henry
Odyssey, The 9 Homer
Old Man and the Sea, The 9 Hemingway, Ernest
Ordinary People 9 Guest, Judith
Pigman, The 9 Zindel, Paul
Rebecca 9 DuMaurier, Daphe
Romeo and Juliet 9 Shakespeare, William
Seedfolks 9 Fleischman, Paul
Silas Marner 9 Eliot, George
Speak 9 Laurie Anderson
Story of My Life, The (Helen Keller) 9 Keller, Helen
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The 9 Stevenson, Robert Louis
That was Then, This is Now 9 Hinton, S. E..
When the Legends Die 9 Borland, Hal

Wizard of Earthsea, A

 

9 LeGuin, Ursula K.

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This is a grade level list of suggested novels and nonfiction works to be used for class study/discussion. The purpose of the list is for the teacher to be able to find books that are linked to the curriculum and can be integrated into classroom units and/or books that are engaging to students. Note the following:

  1. No selection should be used prior to careful consideration by individual teachers.
  2. Any novel marked with a star (*) is recommended for AIG students.
  3. Teachers may select novels from a grade level LOWER than theirs but not higher.
  4. A teacher must send a letter to parents detailing the curricular objectives of the assignment any time a book which includes explicit language or graphics, strong sexual connotation, or questionable subject matter is chosen. A form should be enclosed for parents to sign indicating that their child has permission to take part in the assignment or asking that an alternate assignment be made for their child.
  5. All instructional materials are selected in accordance with the HCS Policy Code 3200, Selection of Instructional Materials. This policy can be accessed from the online policy manual link found at http://www.harnett.k12.nc.us/BoardofEd/index.htm and also includes information and procedures regarding any material challenge.
Title Grade Level Author
Alchemist, The 10 Coelho, Paulo
All Quiet on the Western Front 10 Remarque, Erich M.
Anna Karenina 10 Tolstoy, Leo
Antigone 10 Sophocles
Bless Me Ultima 10 Anaya, Rudolfo A
Candide* 10 Voltaire
Confessions of Nat Turner, The 10 Styron, William
Count of Monte Cristo, The 10 Dumas, Alexandre
Cyrano de Bergerac 10 Rostard, Edmond
Doctor Zhivago 10 Pastemik, Boris
Doll's House, A 10 Ibsen, Henrik
Don Quixote 10 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
Good Earth, The 10 Buck, Pearl
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The 10 Hugo, Victor
Iliad, The 10 Homer
Joy Luck Club, The 10 Tan, Amy
Julius Caesar 10 Shakespeare, William
Legend of King Arthur, The 10
Les Miserables 10 Hugo, Victor
Madame Bovary 10 Flaubert, Gustave
Man in the Iron Mask, The 10 Dumas, Alexandre
Medea 10 Euripides
Moliere: One-Act Plays 10 Moliere
My forbidden face : growing up under the Taliban : a young woman's story 10 Latifa
Nectar in a Sieve 10 Markandaya, Kamala
Night 10 Wiesel, Elie
Notes from the Underground 10 Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Oedipus Rex 10 Sophocles
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 10 Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
Othello* 10 Shakespeare, William
Phantom of the Opera 10 Leroux, Gaston
Prince, The* 10 Machiavelli, Niccolo
Rice Without Rain 10 Ho, Minfong
Siddhartha 10 Hesse, Hermann
Socrates(The Writings of) 10
Things Fall Apart 10 Achebe, Chinua

Three Musketeers, The

 

10 Dumas, Alexandre

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This is a grade level list of suggested novels and nonfiction works to be used for class study/discussion. The purpose of the list is for the teacher to be able to find books that are linked to the curriculum and can be integrated into classroom units and/or books that are engaging to students. Note the following:

  1. No selection should be used prior to careful consideration by individual teachers.
  2. Any novel marked with a star (*) is recommended for AIG students.
  3. Teachers may select novels from a grade level LOWER than theirs but not higher.
  4. A teacher must send a letter to parents detailing the curricular objectives of the assignment any time a book which includes explicit language or graphics, strong sexual connotation, or questionable subject matter is chosen. A form should be enclosed for parents to sign indicating that their child has permission to take part in the assignment or asking that an alternate assignment be made for their child.
  5. All instructional materials are selected in accordance with the HCS Policy Code 3200, Selection of Instructional Materials. This policy can be accessed from the online policy manual link found at http://www.harnett.k12.nc.us/BoardofEd/index.htm and also includes information and procedures regarding any material challenge.
Title Grade Level Author
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The 11 Twain, Mark
All My Sons 11 Miller, Arthur
As I Lay Dying* 11 Faulkner, William
Atlas Shrugged* 11 Rand, Ayn
Autobiography of Malcolm X 11 Malcolm X
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The 11 Gaines, Ernest
Awakening, The 11 Tiernan, Cate
Beloved 11 Morrison, Toni
Billy Budd and Other Stories 11 Melville, Herman
Black Boy 11 Wright, Richard
Black Like Me 11 Griffin, John Howard
Color Purple, The 11 Walker, Alice
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A 11 Twain, Mark
County Doctor, A 11 Jewett, Sarah Orne
Crucible, The 11 Miller, Arthur
Death of a Salesman 11 Miller, Arthur
Drifters, The 11 Michener, James A.
Ellen Foster 11 Gibbons, Kaye
Ethan Frome 11 Wharton, Edith
Fall of the House of Usher & Other Tales 11 Poe, Edgar Allan
Fallen Angels 11 Myers, Walter Dean
Farewell to Arms, A 11 Hemingway, Ernest
Fountainhead, The* 11 Rand, Ayn
Four Plays 11 Eugene O'Neill
Glass Menagerie, The 11 Williams, Tennesse
Godfather, The 11 Mario Puzo
Grapes of Wrath, The 11 Steinbeck, John
Great Gatsby, The 11 Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Green Mile, The: a Novel in Six Parts 11 King, Stephen
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years 11 Delany, Sarah Louise
Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The 11 McCullers, Carson
House of the Seven Cables 11 Hawthorne, Nathaniel
I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings 11 Angelou, Maya
Invisible Man 11 Wells, H.G.
Johnny Got His Gun 11 Trumbo, Dalton
Letters from a Slave Girl: the Story of Harriet Jacobs 11 Lyons, Mary E.
Light in August 11 Faulkner, William
Look Homeward, Angel 11 Wolfe, Thomas
McTeague : a story of San Francisco 11 Norris, Frank
Moby Dick 11 Melville, Herman
My Antonia 11 Cather, Willa
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass : an American slave 11 Douglass, Frederick
Native Son 11 Wright, Richard
Of Mice and Men 11 Steinbeck, John
One Flew Ov er the Cuckoo's Nest 11 Kesey, Ken
Our Town 11 Wilder, Thorton
Raisin in the Sun, A 11 Hansberry, Lorraine
Raney 11 Edgerton, Clyde
Readings on Twelve Angry Men 11 (Greenhaven Press)
Red Badge of Courage, The 11 Crane, Stephen
Scarlet Letter, The* 11 Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Separate Peace, A 11 Knowles, John
Song of Myself 11 Whitman, Walt
Song of Solomon 11 Morrison, Toni
Sorrow of War: a Novel of North Vietnam, The 11 B̉ao Ninh
Sound and the Fury, The 11 Faulkner, William
Streetcar Named Desire 11 Williams, Tennessee
Sun Also Rises, The 11 Hemingway, Ernest
Their Eyes Were Watching God* 11 Hurston, Zora
This Side of Paradise 11 Fitzgerald, F. Scott
To Kill a Mockingbird 11 Lee, Harper
Twelve Angry Men 11 Rose, Reginald
Uncle Tom's Cabin 11 Stowe, Harriet Beecher
When We Were Colored 11 Taulbert, Clifton L.

Why We Can't Wait

 

11 King, Martin Luther, Jr.,

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This is a grade level list of suggested novels and nonfiction works to be used for class study/discussion. The purpose of the list is for the teacher to be able to find books that are linked to the curriculum and can be integrated into classroom units and/or books that are engaging to students. Note the following:

  1. No selection should be used prior to careful consideration by individual teachers.
  2. Any novel marked with a star (*) is recommended for AIG students.
  3. Teachers may select novels from a grade level LOWER than theirs but not higher.
  4. A teacher must send a letter to parents detailing the curricular objectives of the assignment any time a book which includes explicit language or graphics, strong sexual connotation, or questionable subject matter is chosen. A form should be enclosed for parents to sign indicating that their child has permission to take part in the assignment or asking that an alternate assignment be made for their child.
  5. All instructional materials are selected in accordance with the HCS Policy Code 3200, Selection of Instructional Materials. This policy can be accessed from the online policy manual link found at http://www.harnett.k12.nc.us/BoardofEd/index.htm and also includes information and procedures regarding any material challenge.
Title Grade Level Author
1984 12 Orwell, George
Animal Farm 12 Orwell, George
Beowulf 12 Anonymous-Various Translations
Brave New World 12 Huxley, Aldous
Canterbury Tales 12 Chaucer, Geoffrey
Crime and Punishment 12 Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Cry, the Beloved Country* 12 Paton, Alan
Doctor Faustus* 12 Marlowe, Christopher
Dr. Faustus* 12 Marlowe, Christopher
Frankenstein 12 Shelley, Marie
Gulliver's Travels 12 Swift, Jonathan
Hamlet* 12 Shakespeare, William
Hard Times for These Times 12 Dickens, Charles
Heart of Darkness* 12 Conrad, Joseph
Importance of Being Ernest, The 12 Wilde, Oscar
Jane Eyre 12 Bronte, Charlotte
King Lear 12 Shakespeare, William
Macbeth 12 Shakespeare, William
Mayor of Casterbridge, The 12 Hardy, Thomas
My Fair Lady 12 Loewe, Frederick
On the Beach 12 Shute, Neville
Paradise Lost* 12 Milton, John
Plague, The 12 Camus, Albert
Pride and Prejudice* 12 Austen, Jane
Pygmalion 12 Shaw, Bernard
Return of the Native 12 Hardy, Thomas
Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead 12 Stoppard, Tom
Sonnets, The 12 Shakespeare, William
Tale of Two Cities, A 12 Dickens, Charles
Tess of the D'Urbervilles* 12 Hardy, Thomas
Waste Land, The (poem) 12 Elliott, T.S.

Wuthering Heights*

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12 Bronte, Emily

 

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