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Unit 1 Independent Reading List
Suggestions for Independent Reading
The Independent Reading Lists for each unit are divided into the categories of Literature and Nonfiction/Informational
Text. Each list comprises titles related to the theme and content of the unit. For your independent reading, you can
select from this wide array of titles, which have been chosen based on complexity and interest. You can also do your
own research for other titles that captivate your interest and relate to the unit of study.
Unit 1: Perception Is Everything
Literature
Author Title Lexile
Bray, Libba Going Bovine 680L
Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness 1050L
Cunningham, Michael The Hours 960L
Mrs. Spring Fragrance: A Collection of
Far, Sui Sin Chinese-American Short Stories N/A
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World 870L
Jordan, Hillary Mudbound N/A
Kingsolver, Barbara The Poisonwood Bible 960L
McEwan, Ian Atonement N/A
Orwell, George 1984 1090L
Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar 1140L
Stevenson, Robert Louis The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1060L
Nonfiction/Informational Text
Author Title Lexile
Baldwin, James The Fire Next Time 1300L
Cofer, Judith Ortiz The Latin Deli: Telling the Lives of Barrio Women N/A
Goleman, Daniel Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ N/A
Lewis, Michael Moneyball N/A
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Unit 2 Independent Reading List
Unit 2: The Collective Perspective
Literature
Author Title Lexile
Atwood, Margaret Alias Grace N/A
Brontë, Charlotte Jane Eyre 1040L
Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the Sower 710L
Chopin, Kate The Awakening 960L
Gilmore, Charlotte Perkins The Yellow Wallpaper 920L
Harris, Joanne Chocolat N/A
Homer The Iliad N/A
Krisher, Trudy Uncommon Faith N/A
Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath 680L
Woolrich, Cornell The Cornell Woolrich Omnibus N/A
Nonfiction/Informational Text
Author Title Lexile
Bodanis, David E=MC 2: A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation 1170L
Chesterton, G.K. George Bernard Shaw N/A
Gray, Richard Archetypal Explorations: An Integrative Approach to Human 1310L
Behavior
Kolbenschlag, Madonna Kiss Sleeping Beauty Good-Bye N/A
Pomerance, Murray An Eye for Hitchcock 1410L
Pratt, Annis Archetypal Patterns in Women’s Fiction 1540L
Roller, Judi M. The Politics of the Feminist Novel 1290L
Strauss, Rochelle One Well: The Story of Water on Earth 960L
von Franz, Marie-Louise Archetypal Patterns in Fairy Tales N/A
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Unit 3 Independent Reading List
Unit 3: Evolving Perspectives
Literature
Author Title Lexile
Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid’s Tale 750L
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner 840L
Kafka, Franz The Metamorphosis 1340L
Lester, Julius Othello 770L
Soyinka, Wole Death and the King’s Horseman NP
Stoppard, Tom Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead NP
Nonfiction/Informational Text
Author Title Lexile
Bernard, Jacqueline Journey Toward Freedom: The Story of Sojourner Truth N/A
Grandin, Temple and Catherine Animals in Translation 1130L
Johnson
Harper, Hill Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny N/A
Hodgdon, Barbara The Shakespeare Trade: Performances and Appropriations N/A
Loomba, Ania and Martin Orkin Post-Colonial Shakespeares
(Editors) N/A
Suzman, Janet Not Hamlet: Meditations on the Frail Position of Women in
Drama N/A
Tannen, Deborah Gender and Discourse 1270L
Woolf, Virginia A Room of One's Own 1220L
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Unit 4 Independent Reading List
Unit 4: Creating Perspectives
Literature
Author Title Lexile
Brown, Don Drowned City: Huricane Katrina and New Orleans 920L
Coelho, Paulo The Alchemist 910L
Eggers, Dave Zeitoun 840L
Henriques, Diana The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust N/A
Kessler, Lauren Clever Girl N/A
Moore, Alan Watchmen N/A
Morrison, Toni Song of Solomon 870L
Pérez, Ashley Hope Out of Darkness 660L
Nonfiction/Informational Text
Author Title Lexile
Baum, Dan Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans N/A
Bowden, Mark The Finish Line N/A
Diamond, Jared Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1440L
Fink, Sheri Five Days at Memorial N/A
Foster, Thomas C. How to Read Literature Like a Professor 820L
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S.
Greenwald, Glenn Surveillance State N/A
Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air 1320L
Lule, Jack Globalization and Media: Global Village of Babel N/A
Momaday, N. Scott The Way to Rainy Mountain 890L
Moore, Wes The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 990L
Obama, Barack Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance N/A
Rose, Chris 1 Dead in Attic N/A
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Unit 5 Independent Reading List
Unit 5: Multiple Perspectives
Literature
Author Title Lexile
Allende, Isabel Eva Luna N/A
Álvarez, Julia Before We Were Free 890L
Álvarez, Julia Yo N/A
Choi, Sook Nyul Gathering of Pearls N/A
Cole, Teju Open City N/A
Dostoevsky, Fyodor Crime and Punishment 990L
Faulkner, William The Sound and the Fury 870L
Galarza, Ernesto Barrio Boy 1140L
Haruf, Kent Plainsong 770L
Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms 730L
Homer The Odyssey 1050L
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake 1210L
Otsuka, Julie When the Emperor Was Divine 810L
Raphael, Marie Streets of Gold N/A
Shelley, Mary Frankenstein 1040L
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit 1000L
Yang, Gene Luen American Born Chinese 530L
Zindel, Paul The Pigman 950L
Nonfiction/Informational Text
Author Title Lexile
Jiménez, Francisco Breaking Through 750L
Kurlansky, Mark Cod: A History of the Fish That Changed the World 1200L
Otto, Whitney How to Make an American Quilt N/A
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Independent Reading Log
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Directions: This log is a place to record your progress and thinking about your independent reading during each unit.
Add your log pages to your Reader/Writer Notebook or keep them as a separate place to record your reading insights.
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Description:Chinese-American Short Stories. N/A. Huxley, Aldous The Awakening. 960L. Gilmore, Charlotte Perkins. The Yellow Wallpaper. 920L. Harris, Joanne. Chocolat. N/A. Homer. The Iliad. N/A. Krisher, Trudy. Uncommon Faith. N/A . selected passage in one column and the student's response in the