English Books
Year-Long Books
- ELL: Literature
- 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: Literature
To Kill a Mockingbird
ISBN: 9780060935467 Harper Perennial
The House on Mango Street
ISBN: 9780679734772 Vintage
ELL: Rhetoric and Composition
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
ISBN: 978-9357401715 Turtleback: Turtleback Binding Edition
Julius Caesar
ISBN: 9781439196717 Simon and Schuster
Facing the Lion: Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
ISBN: 978-1937188009 George Milakovich & Assoc Inc
Workbook, Understanding and Using English Grammar, 5th Edition
ISBN: 978-0134275444 Pearson
English 9: Foundations of Critical Reading and Written Expression
Students must purchase a print copy, hardback or paperback – as indicated by the ISBN – of all texts for these courses.
Ethan Frome
ISBN: 978-0142437803 Penguin Classics
Romeo and Juliet
ISBN: 9780671722852 Simon & Schuster
The Odyssey
ISBN: 978-0393356250 Penguin Classics
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
Everyday
ISBN: 978-0307931894 Ember
When the Emperor Was Divine
ISBN: 9780345807274 Anchor
A Raisin in the Sun
ISBN: 978-0679755333 Vintage
Frankenstein in Baghdad
ISBN: 978-0143128793 Penguin Books
Additional books will be assigned during the school year.
English 11: Literature and Composition
Students must purchase a print copy, hardback or paperback – as indicated by the ISBN – of all texts for these courses.
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 Poet X
ISBN: 978-0062662811 Quill Tree
The Great Gatsby
ISBN: 978-1982149482 Scribner
Additional books may be assigned during the school year.
English 11: AP English Language and Composition
Students must purchase a print copy of all texts for this course. Ebooks are allowed ONLY for summer reading texts. All other books must be purchased in the hardback or paperback indicated by the ISBN.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
This text is for summer reading. Please be sure to consult the summer reading page for more information.
ISBN: 9780486278070 Dover
On Writing Well
ISBN: 9780060891541 Harper Perennial
The Great Gatsby
ISBN: 978-1982149482 Scribner
The Things They Carried
ISBN: 9780618706419 Mariner Books
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
ISBN: 9780385722209 Anchor
Additional books will be assigned during the school year.
English 12: AP English Literature and Composition
Students must purchase a print copy of all texts for this course. Ebooks are allowed ONLY for summer reading texts. All other books must be purchased in the hardback or paperback indicated by the ISBN.
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
The Buddha in the Attic
ISBN: 978-0307744425 Anchor
American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time
ISBN: 978-1555978150 Graywolf
Each teacher will also assign two or three of the following books: Arthur Miller, "Death of a Salesman"; Margaret Edson, "Wit"; Nella Larsen, "Passing"; Edith Wharton, "The Age of Innocence"; Tom Stoppard, "Arcadia."
Multiliteracies
Students must purchase a print copy, hardback or paperback – as indicated by the ISBN – of all texts for these courses.
Apex Hides the Hurt
ISBN: 978-1400031269 Knopf
Long Way Down OR Suspended (student choice)
Long Way Down
ISBN: 978-1481438261 Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Suspended
ISBN: 978-1665918466 Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Educated: A Memoir
ISBN: 978-0399590528 Random House Trade Paperbacks
Journalism 1
Students must purchase a print copy, hardback or paperback – as indicated by the ISBN – of all texts for these courses.
True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide for Spotting Fake News
ISBN: 978-1250833082 Square Fish
Journalism 2
Students must purchase a print copy, hardback or paperback – as indicated by the ISBN – of all texts for these courses.
True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide for Spotting Fake News
ISBN: 978-1250833082 Square Fish
English 12: Advanced Journalistic Writing and Reporting
Students must purchase a print copy, hardback or paperback – as indicated by the ISBN – of all texts for these courses.
True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide for Spotting Fake News
ISBN: 978-1250833082 Square Fish
The Soul for America: The Battle for our Better Angels
ISBN: 9780399589829 Random House
Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival
ISBN: 9780061136689 Harper Perennial
Journalistic Writing: Building the Skills and Honing the Craft, 3rd edition
ISBN: 9781933338385 Marion Street Press
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
- Global Perspectives: Short Stories & The Human Experience
- English 12: Debate
Creative Writing
Short-Form Creative Writing: A Writer's Guide and Anthology
ISBN: 978-1350019881 Bloomsbury Academic
Cuisine, Culture, and Community in Asian Literature
Students must purchase a print copy, hardback or paperback – as indicated by the ISBN – of all texts for these courses.
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
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
Students must purchase a print copy, hardback or paperback – as indicated by the ISBN – of all texts for these courses.
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.
Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem in Detective Fiction
Students must purchase a print copy of all texts for this course. Ebooks are allowed ONLY for summer reading texts. All other books must be purchased in the hardback or paperback indicated by the ISBN.
And Then There Were None
ISBN: 978-0062073488 William Morrow Paperbacks
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
ISBN: 978-1982159375 Scribner
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.
Global Perspectives: Short Stories & The Human Experience
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
An additional text may be assigned by the teacher.