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KPtoys
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Books you read in high school
I hate to admit it but I didn't read all the books in high school we were supposed to. I feel like I'm missing out on something. Can anyone remember books from the past that we were supposed to read? I am going to catch up on what I should have done years ago.
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erin
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Re: Books you read in high school
I teach HS English. Some of the most popular books we teach are:
Novels:
Of Mice and Men
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Catcher in the Rye
Night
The Great Gatsby
The Bluest Eye
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Stranger
The Metamorphosis (not really a novel, but whatever...)
Lord of the Flies
1984
Plays:
Fences
Death of a Salesman
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Raisin in the Sun
Plus the Shakespeare standbys:
Romeo & Juliet
Julius Cesar
Hamlet
Macbeth
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Othello
(There is a Shakespeare elective that gets into the harder stuff like King Lear etc.)
I am mentally going through all of the book rooms right now, trying to think of every book. I have left out tons.
Happy Reading!
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| Posted 6/3/09 7:17 PM |
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NinaLemon
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Re: Books you read in high school
Man you are testing my brain, but I'll give it a shot
The Great Gatsby
Slaughter House 5
A Lost Lady
Madame Bovary
The Jungle
The Old Man and the Sea
A Farewell to Arms
A Room of Ones Own
Johnny Got His Gun
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Catcher in the Rye
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Metamorphosis
The Pearl
Waiting for Godot
I also took American Musical Theatre as a half year course and read:
Phantom of the Opera
West Side Story
...and I can't remember the others 
ETA: In 8th grade we read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - this is still one of my favorite books and I read it every few years.
Message edited 6/3/2009 9:00:04 PM.
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| Posted 6/3/09 7:38 PM |
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Peainapod
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Re: Books you read in high school
Grapes of Wrath
Catcher in the Rye
Animal Farm
1984
Sword in the Stone
Les Miserables (the abridged version)
the Jungle by Upton Sinclair
cyrano de bergerac
Crime & Punishment
im sure there's a bunch more but these stand out.
Grapes of Wrath my father gave me to read well before I was in HS. Amazing book..definitely read that one!
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LightUpOurLife
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Re: Books you read in high school
I never had to read MOST of these books, how shameful is that?
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| Posted 6/3/09 8:00 PM |
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Katie111806
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Re: Books you read in high school
In addition to the above I remember
Jude the Obscure
Moby ****
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| Posted 6/3/09 8:30 PM |
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Christine
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Re: Books you read in high school
In addition to some of the above, I had to read:
Tess of the D'arbervilles
The Scarlet Letter
The Good Earth
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tourist
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Re: Books you read in high school
Novels:
Of Mice and Men
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Catcher in the Rye (may not be of iunterst to an adult)
A Separate Peace (may not be of interest to an adult)
The Pearl
The Great Gatsby (Highly recommend-I just re-read)
The Chocolate War (may not be of interest to an adult)
Ethan Frome
Animal Farm
A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man( AP level)
Brave New World
The Scarlet Letter
The Old Man & the Sea ( that may have been jr high)
We also read a bunch of short stories & plays.
Message edited 6/3/2009 8:48:15 PM.
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jeanyus27
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Re: Books you read in high school
Posted by KPtoys
I hate to admit it but I didn't read all the books in high school we were supposed to. I feel like I'm missing out on something. Can anyone remember books from the past that we were supposed to read? I am going to catch up on what I should have done years ago.
I was just talking to a friend about this and we both want to re-read stuff from HS. I just ordered last night from Amazon, "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Anna Karinina". I bought "used, like new" copies and they were really cheap. I also bought "The Time Travelers Wife", since I've heard that its really good!
ETA: I also made a list of other books I'd like to eventually read. Some are mentioned above and here are some others:
Pride and Prejudice
Diary of Anne Frank
The Count of Monte Cristo
Animal Farm
Memoirs of a Geisha
Message edited 6/3/2009 9:03:02 PM.
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MDF
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Re: Books you read in high school
Wow I haven't thought of these books in years. One of my favorites was A Brave New World
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Octobermom
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Re: Books you read in high school
Posted by Christine
In addition to some of the above, I had to read:
Tess of the D'arbervilles
The Scarlet Letter
The Good Earth
I hated Tess of the D'ubervilles
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| Posted 6/3/09 10:16 PM |
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LSP2005
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Re: Books you read in high school
Posted by Octobermom
Posted by Christine
In addition to some of the above, I had to read:
Tess of the D'arbervilles
The Scarlet Letter
The Good Earth
I hated Tess of the D'ubervilles
So did I.
I also remember reading the Chosen which I liked immensely.
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Christine
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Re: Books you read in high school
Posted by Octobermom
Posted by Christine
In addition to some of the above, I had to read:
Tess of the D'arbervilles
The Scarlet Letter
The Good Earth
I hated Tess of the D'ubervilles
So did I...it was PAINFUL!!
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| Posted 6/3/09 10:25 PM |
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steph4777
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Re: Books you read in high school
Here are some others that I remember reading:
Cry, the Beloved Country
A Tale of Two Cities
1984
Black Boy
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Beowolf (short story)
Canterbury Tales (bunch of stories)
Light in the Forest
Flowers for Algernon
Message edited 6/3/2009 10:50:12 PM.
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| Posted 6/3/09 10:40 PM |
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pandaworm
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Re: Books you read in high school
i also had to read:
ordinary people
les miserables
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Peainapod
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Re: Books you read in high school
Posted by MDF
Wow I haven't thought of these books in years. One of my favorites was A Brave New World
awesome book!!
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kristin597
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Re: Books you read in high school
One of the books I remember beign assigned to read and never actually reading it (thanks sparknotes) was Heart of Darkness. Ugh, how that book put me to sleep.
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XcalystaX
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Re: Books you read in high school
The one that sticks out in my head is Go Ask Alice.... I was completely shocked reading that one at 14 years old. Plus I went to a Catholic high school!
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MarathonKnitter
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Re: Books you read in high school
dont' feel bad
i read the grapes of wrath and little women WAY after high school
this thread is a good guide to reference against the books i have/haven't read
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| Posted 6/5/09 3:54 PM |
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CAMCaps
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Re: Books you read in high school
I read The Giver by Lois Lowry in 8th grade and loved it (I reread it 2 years ago and still do)
I also liked Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton and reread that recently
ETA:
I also remember many of the other books posted:
A Raisin in the Sun
Tale of Two Cities
The Crucible
The Scarlet Letter
Death of a Salesman
The Great Gatsby
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lord of the Flies
I read these in AP and was not a fan of either:
A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
Invisible Man
Message edited 6/5/2009 9:31:01 PM.
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PattyK
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Re: Books you read in high school
Here are the books that I can remember:
1984
The Pearl (couldn't get into that book)
Catcher in the Rye
To Kill A Mockingbird
1984
Animal Farm
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
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| Posted 6/7/09 5:54 PM |
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KirR
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Re: Books you read in high school
My favorite book from high school was Exodus by Leon Uris. To this day I don't know why I loved that book so much - something about it just spoke to me.
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| Posted 6/12/09 11:38 AM |
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Re: Books you read in high school
I want to re-read several of these. I did read most of the books we were supposed to read and then I was an English major. I almost became an English teacher. I want to read them again because a.) I miss some of them b.) I can take something different from them now that I have more life experience and c.) there were some books that were law related that I read before I ever knew I wanted to go into law. I want to see what I think now!
Sometimes I envy the friend who went through my major with me and did become an English teacher. These are not just distant memories for her.
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