English Books
Please order only the specific editions of each title listed below (use publisher and ISBN to confirm). Alternate editions will have different page numbers (and, sometimes, completely different contents!) from the edition your teacher will be using. Using a different edition than what's listed below will make it harder for you to complete homework assignments or follow along with class discussions.
Year-Long Books
- ELL: Rhetoric and Composition
- English 9: Foundations of Critical Reading and Written Expression
- English 10: Society and the Self
- English 11: Literature and Composition
- English 11: AP English Language and Composition
- English 12: AP English Literature and Composition
- Multiliteracies
- Journalism 1
- Journalism 2
- English 12: Advanced Journalistic Writing and Reporting
ELL: Rhetoric and Composition
They Say, I Say, 6th Edition
ISBN: 978-1324070030 W. W. Norton & Company
English 9: Foundations of Critical Reading and Written Expression
Romeo and Juliet
ISBN: 978-0743477116 Simon & Schuster
Oedipus Rex
ISBN: 978-0140444254 Penguin Classics
The Odyssey
ISBN: 978-0393356250 W. W. Norton & Company
English 10: Society and the Self
Students must purchase a print copy, hardback or paperback – as indicated by the ISBN – of all texts for these courses.
The Metamorphosis
ISBN: 978-0393347098 W. W. Norton & Company
The Tempest
ISBN: 978-0143128632 Pelican Shakespeare
When the Emperor Was Divine
ISBN: 978-0385721813 Anchor
The Nickel Boys
ISBN: 978-0345804341 Vintage
Friday Black
ISBN: 978-1328911247 Mariner Books
Almond
ISBN: 978-0062961389 Harper
Additional books will be assigned during the school year.
English 11: Literature and Composition
Everything I Never Told You
This text is for summer reading. Please be sure to consult the summer reading page for more information.
ISBN: 978-0143127550 Penguin Books
The Crucible
ISBN: 978-0142437339 Penguin Classics
The Great Gatsby
ISBN: 978-1982149482 Scribner
The Things They Carried
ISBN: 978-0618706419 Mariner
Additional books may be assigned during the school year.
English 11: AP English Language and Composition
Jane Eyre
This text is for summer reading. Please be sure to consult the summer reading page for more information.
ISBN: 978-1593081171 OR 978-0486424491 Barnes & Noble Classics OR Dover Edition
Wide Sargasso Sea
ISBN: 978-0393352566 W. W. Norton & Company
On Writing Well
ISBN: 978-0060891541 Harper Perennial
The Great Gatsby
ISBN: 978-1982149482 Scribner
The Things They Carried
ISBN: 978-0618706419 Mariner
Students will also read a nonfiction book to be determined.
English 12: AP English Literature and Composition
Apex Hides the Hurt
This text is for summer reading. Please be sure to consult the summer reading page for more information.
ISBN: 978-1400031269 Knopf
Much Ado About Nothing
ISBN: 978-0812969177 Modern Library
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
ISBN: 978-1400034710 Vintage
American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time
ISBN: 978-1555978150 Graywolf
AP Lit students will read 2-3 additional texts chosen by their instructor. Those additional titles will be announced at the start of the school year. Past "instructor's choice" titles have included Arthur Miller, "Death of a Salesman"; Margaret Edson, "Wit"; Nella Larsen, "Passing"; Edith Wharton, "The Age of Innocence"; Tom Stoppard, "Arcadia"; Tony Kushner, "Angels in America"; William Faulkner, "As I Lay Dying."
Multiliteracies
Apex Hides the Hurt
ISBN: 978-1400031269 Knopf
Paying the Land
ISBN: 978-1627799034 Metropolitan Books
(Note: The paperback comes out on Sept. 9 but can be preordered. Students will not start reading this book until October.)
Annihilation
ISBN: 978-1250824042 Picador, The Anniversary Edition
Life Worth Living
ISBN: 978-0593489321 The Open Field
Journalism 1
Journalistic Writing: Building the Skills and Honing the Craft, 3rd edition
ISBN:
978-1933338385
Marion Street Press
True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide for Spotting Fake News
ISBN: 978-1250833082 Square Fish
Journalism 2
English 12: Advanced Journalistic Writing and Reporting
Semester-Long Books
- Creative Writing
- Cuisine, Culture, and Community in Asian Literature
- Immigration & Integration in Asian Literature
- Get a Clue: True Crime Stories
- Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem in Detective Fiction
- English 12: Debate
Creative Writing
Cuisine, Culture, and Community in Asian Literature
Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream
ISBN: 978-1797202242 Chronicle Books
Kitchen
ISBN: 978-0802142443 Grove Press
Students will also read a graphic novel to be determined. Additional books may be assigned during the school year.
Immigration & Integration in Asian Literature
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
ISBN: 978-0812968378 Random House Trade Paperbacks
Interior Chinatown
ISBN: 978-0307948472 Vintage
Get a Clue: True Crime Stories
Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem in Detective Fiction
And Then There Were None
ISBN: 978-0062073488 William Morrow Paperbacks
Students will receive specific ordering information for a Literature Circles unit during the semester. In addition, they will view documentaries, listen to podcasts, and read excerpts.
English 12: Debate
Students must purchase a print copy, hardback or paperback – as indicated by the ISBN – of all texts for these courses.
Twelve Angry Men
ISBN: 978-0143104407 Penguin