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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
~ Joseph Addison  ~

Below are the required reading lists for each of Mrs. Semmler's classes. You must provide your own copy of the texts for independent reading. I encourage you to find inexpensive, used paperback copies. In doing so, you can record within the actual text both personal and class insights gathered as you read. I advise you to obtain each text well in advance in order that you will not fall behind in the assigned reading schedule.  

AP Language & Composition
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Fast Food Nation
by Eric Schlosser
Average
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
Easy Reading
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
Challenging
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Challenging
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
by Lynne Truss
Easy Reading
Their Eyes were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
Challenging
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Average
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
Average
Manhunt:The 12-day chase for Lincoln's killer
by James L. Swanson
Average
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 7th Edition
by Modern Language Association
Easy Reading
The Elements of Style Fourth Edition
by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White
Easy Reading
 
World Literature Honors
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Things Fall Apart (REQUIRED)
by Chinua Achebe
Easy Reading
The Once and Future King (REQUIRED)
by T.H. White
Challenging
Wuthering Heights (REQUIRED)
by Emily Bronte
Challenging
Nectar in a Sieve (REQUIRED)
by Kamala Markandaya
Easy Reading
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (REQUIRED)
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Easy Reading
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
Average
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
Easy Reading
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Remarque
Easy Reading
Les Miserables
by Victor Hugo
Challenging
Madame Bovary (Permission Required)
by Gustave Flaubert
Challenging
Rebecca
by Daphne du Maurier
Average
Tartuffe
by Moliere
Easy Reading
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
Average
The Kite Runner (Permission Required)
by Khaled Hosseini
Easy Reading
The Namesake (Permission Required)
by Jhumpa Lahiri
Easy Reading
The Plague
by Albert Camus
Average
The Power of One (Permission Required)
by Bryce Courtenay
Easy Reading
The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkein
Average
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 7th Edition
by Modern Language Association
Easy Reading
 



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