Novels for high schools recommended

Friday, Dec. 4, 2009

The High School Novel Adoption Committee for English, World Languages and Science has recommended the following novels for use in St. Mary's public schools:

ï "A Bend in the River" by V.S. Naipaul

ï "A Break with Charity" by Ann Rinaldi

ï "A Hand Full of Stars" by Rafik Schami

ï "A Northern Light" by Jennifer Donnelly

ï "A Small Place" by Jamaica Kincaid

ï "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khalid Hussein

ï "And Still We Rise" by Miles Corwin

ï "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" by Dee Brown

ï "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller

ï "Dust Tracks on a Road" by Zora Neale Hurston

ï "Eight Men Out" by Eliot Asinof

ï "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser

ï "Friday Night Lights" by H.G. Bissinger

ï "Gardens of Water" by Alan Drew

ï "Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth Century Art" by Jan Greenburg

ï "How to Read Like a Professor" by Thomas Foster

ï "Imperium" by Robert Harris

ï "In These Girls Hope is a Muscle" by Madeleine Blais

ï "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

ï "Make Lemonade" by Virginia Euwer Wolff

ï "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer

ï "On Writing" by Stephen King

ï "On Writing Well" by William Zinsser

ï "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi

ï "Shadow Baby" by Allison McGee

ï "Shizuko's Daughter" by Kyoto Mori

ï "Six Characters in Search of an Author" by Luigi Pirandello

ï "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See

ï "The English Patient" by Michael Ondaatje

ï "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

ï "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

ï "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

ï "The Writing Life" by Annie Dillard

ï "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

The novels will be on display for the public to view at the Leonardtown library from Dec. 1 to Dec. 4, at the Charlotte Hall library from Dec. 7 to Dec. 11, and at the Lexington Park Library from Dec. 14 to Dec. 18.

Questions can be directed to Linda Lymas at 301-475-5511, ext. 118; or Claudia Wortman at 301-475-5511, ext. 116.