Students may read whatever they choose for Independent Reading. However, they must read at least two books from the following list:

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The Giver, by Lois Lowry
Holes, by Louis Sachar
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne
Little Women, by Louise Alcott
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by CS Lewis
The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, By Lewis Caroll
The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card
The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexander Dumas
Night, by Eli Wiesel
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
Antigone, by Sophocles
The Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
1984, by George Orwell
Romeo & Juliet, by William Shakespeare