Curriculum Strand/Language Arts/Literature

  • Cry, the Beloved Country

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    “The greatest novel to emerge out of the tragedy of South Africa, and one of the best novels of our time.” —The New Republic

    “A beautiful novel…its writing is so fresh, its projection of character

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  • Baseball in April and Other Stories

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    In Gary Soto’s acclaimed short story collection, the small events of daily life reveal big themes–love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure.

    Calling on his own experiences of grow

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    • Author: Soto, Gary
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: April 01 2000
    • ISBN10: 0152025677
    • Language: English
  • Say Cheese and Die! (Classic Goosebumps #8): Volume 8

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    Goosebumps now on Disney+!

    Greg thinks there is something wrong with the old camera he found. The photos keep turning out . . . different.When Greg takes a picture of his father’s brand-new car, it’s w… [more below]

    • Series: Classic Goosebumps #8
    • Author: Stine, R. L.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 160
    • Publish Date: April 01 2009
    • ISBN10: 0545035252
    • Language: English
  • Enola Holmes: The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline

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    Don’t miss Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess! Now a Netflix original movie starring Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, and Helena Bonham Carter!

    Enola Holmes–younger sister to Sherlock Hol
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    • Series: Enola Holmes Mystery #5
    • Author: Springer, Nancy
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: November 10 2011
    • ISBN10: 0142416908
    • Language: English
  • The House on Mango Street

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    A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER – A coming-of-age classic about a young girl growing up in Chicago – Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in sc

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    • Series: Vintage Contemporaries
    • Author: Cisneros, Sandra
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 144
    • Publish Date: April 03 1991
    • ISBN10: 679734775
    • Language: English
  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Five: Last Olympian, The-Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Five

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    From New York Times best-selling author, Rick Riordan, comes the momentous final book in the blockbuster Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
    All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle … [more below]

    • Series: Percy Jackson & the Olympians #5
    • Author: Riordan, Rick
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 400
    • Publish Date: May 05 2009
    • ISBN10: 1423101472
    • Language: English
  • Watership Down

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    Now with a new introduction by Madeline Miller, the New York Times bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe.

    The 50th anniversary edition of Richard Adam’s timeless classic, the tale of a

    • Author: Adams, Richard
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 496
    • Publish Date: November 01, 2005
    • ISBN10: 0743277708
    • Language: English
  • Things Fall Apart

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    “A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” Barack Obama

    “African literature is incomplete and

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    • Series: The African Trilogy
    • Author: Achebe, Chinua
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: September 01 1994
    • ISBN10: 0385474547
    • Language: English
  • Native Son

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    One of The Atlantic‘s Great American Novels

    “If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the public

    • Series: Perennial Classics
    • Author: Wright, Richard
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 544
    • Publish Date: January 10, 2023
    • ISBN10: 006083756X
    • Language: English
  • Sense and Sensibility

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    Jane Austen’s first published work, meticulously constructed and sparkling with her unique wit

    Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitab

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    • Series: Penguin Classics
    • Author: Austen, Jane
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: April 29 2003
    • ISBN10: 0141439661
    • Language: English
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God

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    A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick

    “A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunat

    • Series: Modern Classics
    • Author: Hurston, Zora Neale
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: January 01, 2006
    • ISBN10: 0060838671
    • Language: English
  • Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History

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    The bestselling first installment of the graphic novel acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” (Wall Street Journal) and “the first masterpiece in comi[more below]

    • Series: Pantheon Graphic Library
    • Author: Spiegelman, Art
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 160
    • Publish Date: August 12 1986
    • ISBN10: 0394747232
    • Language: English
  • James and the Giant Peach

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    From the World’s No. 1 Storyteller, James and the Giant Peach is a children’s classic that has captured young reader’s imaginations for generations.

    One of TIME MAGAZINE’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of Al

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    • Author: Dahl, Roald
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: August 16 2007
    • ISBN10: 0142410365
    • Language: English
  • Down These Mean Streets: A Memoir

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    A modern classic of manhood, marginalization, survival, and transcendence–and a lyrical memoir of coming of age on the streets of Spanish Harlem.

    “A report from the guts and heart of a submerged popu

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    • Author: Thomas, Piri
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: November 25 1997
    • ISBN10: 0679781420
    • Language: English
  • Sula

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    From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner: Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. This brilliantly imagined novel brings us the story of Nel Wright and[more below]

    • Series: Vintage International
    • Author: Morrison, Toni
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: June 08 2004
    • ISBN10: 1400033438
    • Language: English
  • The Bluest Eye

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    NATIONAL BESTSELLER – A PARADE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner–a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, [more below]

    • Series: Vintage International
    • Author: Morrison, Toni
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: May 08 2007
    • ISBN10: 0307278441
    • Language: English
  • The Great Gatsby

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    The only authorized edition of the twentieth-century classic, featuring F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s final revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jes

    • Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 180
    • Publish Date: October 01, 2004
    • ISBN10: 0743273567
    • Language: English
  • Cat’s Cradle

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    “A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride “–The New York Times

    Cat’s Cradle
    is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ulti… [more below]

    • Author: Vonnegut, Kurt
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: September 08 1998
    • ISBN10: 038533348X
    • Language: English
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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    A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick

    A special 75th anniversary edition of the beloved American classic about a young girl’s coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century.

    From the moment she en

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    • Series: Perennial Classics
    • Author: Smith, Betty
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 493
    • Publish Date: February 01 2005
    • ISBN10: 0060736267
    • Language: English
  • Ninth Grade Slays #2: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod

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    Freshman year stinks for Vlad Tod. Bullies still harass him. The photographer from the school newspaper is tailing him. And failing his studies could be deadly. A trip to Siberia gives “study abroad”

    • Series: Chronicles of Vladimir Tod #2
    • Author: Brewer, Heather
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: January 22, 2009
    • ISBN10: 0142413429
    • Language: English
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