2009 Book List

Choose ONE book from this list of Classic American Literature (ask me or the librarians for suggestions!).

Then, find a synopsis on your book. Know what you will be reading about and enjoy what you are reading.

There are obviously going to be repeats, so choose wisely, no more than two people (per class) to a novel!!!

Once you choose a novel, check with me to make sure it is still available by Friday 1/30. Then, you will have to type a proposal: a brief paragraph stating the title and author of the book. In addition, you need to include why you decided to read it, what is it that was intriguing to read.



LAST FIRST TITLE
1. Angelou, Maya: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
2. Baldwin, James: Go Tell it to the Mountain
3. Crane, Stephen: Red Badge of Courage
4. Ellison, Ralph: Invisible Man
5. Eugenides, Jeffrey: Middlesex
6. Golding, William: The Lord of the Flies
7. Hemingway, Ernest: A Farewell to Arms
8. Kerouac, Jack: On the Road
9. London, Jack: Call of the Wild
10. Morrison, Toni: Beloved
11. O'Brien, Tim: The Things They Carried
12. Plath, Sylvia: The Bell Jar
13. Sinclair, Upton: The Jungle
14. Styron, William: Sophie's Choice
15. Toole, John Kennedy: A Confederacy of Dunces
16. Tyler,Anne: The Accidental Tourist
17. Vonnegut, Kurt: Slaughterhouse Five
18. Walker, Alice: The Color Purple
19. Wright, Richard: Native Son
20. Smith, Betty: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn