College Bound Books (Yellow Dot)

Secondary List

THE FOLLOWING TEXT APPLIES ONLY TO NON-A.P. STUDENTS. A.P.STUDENTS MUST READ ALL THEIR BOOKS FROM THE PRIMARY AND

SECONDARY LISTS.

A and B students may, if they choose, read two books from this list per year. OnlyC and D students may read alltheir college bound books from this list. Keep inmind, there is no list for the young adult reading. Young adult reading must be pre-approved by Mrs. St.John. They must have an Accelerated Reader test over them,and they must be marked at least a 6th grade level on the Accelerated Reader scale.

THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY / DOUGLAS ADAMS
THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN / MITCH ALBON
TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE / MITCH ALBON
LITTLE WOMEN / LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
PAULA / ISABEL ALLENDE
THE WILD BLUE / STEPHEN AMBROSE
BLESS ME, ULTIMA / RUDOLFO ANAYA
GO ASK ALICE / ANONYMOUS
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL / JOHN BERENDT
THE BREATHTAKER / ALICE BLANCHARD
WHEN THE LEGENDS DIE / HAL BORLAND
BLACK HAWK DOWN / MARK BOWDEN
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES / RAY BRADBURY
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES / RAY BRADBURY
TO SIR WITH LOVE / E.R. BRAITHWAITE
THE GREATEST GENERATION / TOM BROKAW
THE DA VINCI CODE / DAN BROWN
ANGELS AND DEMONS / DAN BROWN
COLD SASSY TREE / OLIVE ANN BURNS
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE / AGATHA CHRISTIE
THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET / SANDRA CISNEROS
WHILE MY PRETTY ONE SLEEPS / MARY HIGGINS CLARK
CHILDHOOD’S END / ARTHUR CLARKE
FIRE BRINGER / DAVID CLEMENT-DAVIES
SIGHT / DAVID CLEMENT-DAVIES
THE ALCHEMIST / PAULO COELHO
THE HOURS / MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM
SERPENT: A NOVEL FROM THE NUMA FILES / CLIVE CUSSLER
ATLANTIS FOUND / CLIVE CUSSLER
VALHALLA RISING / CLIVE CUSSLER
HOUND OF BASKERVILLES / ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK / ALEXANDER DUMAS
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE / ESQUIVEL/CHRISTENSEN
APRIL MORNING / HOWARD FAST
WHITE OLEANDER / JANET FITCH
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES / FANNY FLAGG
TERM LIMITS / VINCE FLYNN
ANNE FRANK: THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL / ANNE FRANK
ALAS, BABYLON / PAT FRANK
THE CORRECTIONS / JONATHAN FRANZEN
COLDMOUNTAIN / CHARLES FRAZIER
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITMAN / ERNEST GAINES
A LESSON BEFORE DYING / ERNEST GAINES
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA / ARTHUR GOLDEN
OUT OF THE RED SHADOW / ANNE deGRAAF
THE POWER AND THE GLORY / GRAHAM GREENE
BLACK LIKE ME / JOHN HOWARD GRIFFIN
ORDINARY PEOPLE / JUDITH GUEST
DEATH BE NOT PROUD / JOHN GUNTHER
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS / DAVID GUTERSON
A MAP OF THE WORLD / JANE HAMILTON
THE MALTESE FALCON / DASHIELL HAMMETT
OLD MAN AND THE SEA / ERNEST HEMINGWAY
ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL / JAMES HERRIOT
ALL THINGS WISE AND WONDERFUL / JAMES HERRIOT
HIROSHIMA / JOHN HERSEY
SIDDHARTHA / HERMAN HESSE
KON TIKI / THOR HEYDERDAL
SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND / LAURA HILLENBRAND
HERE ON EARTH / ALICE HOFFMAN
ACROSS FIVE APRILS / IRENE HUNT
WALK ACROSS AMERICA / PETER JENKINS
FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON / DANIEL KEYES
THE BEAN TREES / BARBARA KINGSOLVER
INTO THIN AIR / JON KRAKAUER
THE LAST OF THE BREED / LOUIS L’AMOUR
TO BE A SLAVE / JULIUS LESTER
WHERE THE HEART IS / BILLIE LETTS
SHOOT THE MOON / BILLIE LETTS
JEWEL / BRET LOTT
THE NATURAL / BERNARD MALAMUD
THE COLOR OF WATER / JAMES MCBRIDE
TIS / FRANK MCCOURT
SPINDLE’S END / ROBIN MCKINLEY
DUANE’S DEPRESSED / LARRY MCMURTRY
CROOKED / LAURA & TOM MCNEAL
GAP CREEK / ROBERT MORGAN
THE BLUEST EYE / TONI MORRISON
SULA / TONI MORRISON
LISA, BRIGHT AND DARK / JOHN NEUFELD
LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR / GARTH NIX
ANIMAL FARM / GEORGE ORWELL
WE WERE THE MULVANEYS / JOYCE CAROL OATES
GOING AFTER CACCIATO / TIM O’BRIEN
RETURN WITH HONOR / SCOTT O’GRADY
HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT / WHITNEY OTTO
THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN’S PIER
(A young girl’s fiancé has a terrible accident.) / ANN PACKER
HARD TIME / SARA PARETSKY
FALCON AT THE PORTAL / ELIZABETH PETERS
WINTER SOLSTICE / ROSAMUNDE PILCHER
THE CHOSEN / CHAIM POTOK
BOOK OF KING ARTHUR / HOWARD PYLE
MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD / HOWARD PYLE
MEN OF IRON / HOWARD PYLE
BLACK AND BLUE(spousal abuse) / ANNA QUINDLEN
CHEYENNE AUTUMN / MARI SANDOZ
SHANE / JACK SCHAEFER
CAUCASIA / DANZY SENNA
GODS AND GENERALS / JEFF SHAARA
THE LAST FULL MEASURE / JEFF SHAARA
JOY IN THE MORNING / BETTY SMITH
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN / BETTY SMITH
MAUS / ART SPIEGELMAN
CANNERY ROW / JOHN STEINBECK
OF MICE AND MEN / JOHN STEINBECK
THE MOON IS DOWN / JOHN STEINBECK
TORTILLA FLAT / JOHN STEINBECK
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE / ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
THE CRYSTALCAVE / MARY STEWART
THE HOLLOW HILLS / MARY STEWART
THE LAST ENCHANTMENT / MARY STEWART
THE WICKED DAY / MARY STEWART
DRACULA / BRAM STOKER
THE JOY LUCK CLUB / AMY TAN
THE HIDING PLACE / CORRIE TENBOOM
THE AMATEUR MARRIAGE / ANNE TYLER
CHIMNEY SWEEPER’S BOY / BARBARA VINE
THE COLOR PURPLE / ALICE WALKER
MONTANA 1948 / LARRY WATSON
DADDY LONG LEGS / JEAN WEBSTER
INVISIBLE MAN / H.G. WELLS
FRIENDLY PERSUASION / JESSAMYN WEST
ETHAN FROME / EDITH WHARTON
THE SWORD IN THE STONE / T.H. WHITE
NIGHT / ELIE WIESEL
DAWN / ELIE WIESEL
THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY / THORNTON WILDER
NEW-FOUNDLAND / ALLAN WOLF
THE WINDS OF WAR / HERMAN WOUK