State College Area School District
Secondary English Department
10th Grade
Revised Booklist with Lexile Numbers
2010-2011
10th Grade
Current Lexile Band: 960L-1115L
“Stretch” Lexile Band: 1080L-1305L
Common core theme that will be studied by all students:
Adversity and Diversity: Justice around the World
Common core titles that will be studied by all:
Wiesel, Elie Night (590L)
Shakespeare, William Julius Caesar, Henry V, or Macbeth
In addition to the above two titles, English 10 and Advanced English 10 teachers will teach one of the following:
Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis (NC380L)
Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart (890L)
Otsuka, Julie When the Emperor Was Divine (810L)
Advanced English 10 teachers will also teach one of the Following:
Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451 (890L)
Dickens, Charles Tale of Two Cities (990L)
Kingsolver, Barbara Poisonwood Bible (960L)
In addition to the above Advanced English 10 titles, Advanced Honors English 10 teachers will also teach the following:
Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness (1050L)
Marlowe, Christopher Dr. Faustus
Wilde, Oscar The Picture of Dorian Gray (920L)
Titles that may be used as required reading for full-class instruction:
Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart ((890L)

Anaya, Rudolfo
Austen, Jane
Bradbury, Ray
Cather, Willa
Coehlo, Paul
Conrad, Joseph
DuMaurier, Daphne
Fleischman, Paul
Griffin, John Howard
Golding, William
Keyes, Daniel
Marlowe, Christopher
McBride, James
Myers, Walter Dean
Remarque, Erich
Bless Me, Ultima (840L)
Pride and Prejudice (1100L)
Fahrenheit 451 (890L)
O Pioneers! (930L)
The Alchemist (910L)
Heart of Darkness (1050L)
Rebecca (880L)
Whirligig (760L)
Black Like Me (990L)
Lord of the Flies (770L)
Flowers for Algernon (910L)
Dr. Faustus
The Color of Water (1240L)
Monster (670L)
All Quiet on the Western Front (830L)
Salinger, J. D. Catcher in the Rye (790L)
Shaffer, Mary Ann and Annie The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (930L)
Barrows
Shaw, George Bernard
Yang, Gene Luen
Watson, Larry
Caesar and Cleopatra (Advanced 10)
American Born Chinese
Montana 1948 (940L)
Titles that may be used ONLY as optional/student choice selections:
Achebe, Chinua
Achebe, Chinua
Adichie, Chimamanga
Arrow of God (880L)
No Longer at Ease
Purple Hibiscus (920L)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (780L)
Tuesdays with Morrie (830L)
Mine Boy
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1070L)
Go Ask Alice (1010L)
Albom, Mitch
Albom, Mitch
Abrahams, Peter
Angelou, Maya
Anonymous
Arana, Marie
Bedford, Simi
Brooks, Bruce
Cather, Willa
Clarke, Arthur
Crichton, Michael
Dillard, Annie
Donnelly, Jennifer
Draper, Sharon
Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Grisham, John
Hugo, Victor
Huxley, Elspeth
American Chica
Yoruba Girl Dancing
The Moves Make the Man (1150L)
My Antonia (1010L)
Childhood’s End (990L)
Andromeda Strain (840L)
American Childhood
A Northern Light (700L)
Battle of Jericho (700L)
Wait Till Next Year
Bleachers
Les Miserables (900L)
The Flame Trees of Thika

Kesey, Ken
Kingsolver, Barbara
Lipsyte, Robert
Namioka, Lensey
Otsuka, Julie
Potok, Chaim
Potok, Chaim
Santiago, Esmeralda
Satrapi, Marjane
Silko, Leslie Marmon
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1110L)
The Poisonwood Bible (960L)
The Contender (760L)
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break (830L)
When the Emperor Was Divine (810L)
My Name Is Asher Lev (640L)
The Chosen (970L)
When I Was Puerto Rican (1020L)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (NC380L)
Ceremony (890L)
T’iongo, Ngugi wa
Wolff, Tobias
Yen Mah ,Adeline
Weep Not Child
This Boy’s Life
Falling Leaves (950L)
Thematic/Genre-Based Collections
African Literature by African Writers
Achebe. Chinua
Achebe, Chinua
Adichie, Chimamanga
Bedford, Simi
T’iongo, Ngugi wa
Arrow of God
No Longer at Ease
Purple Hibiscus
Yoruba Girl Dancing
Weep Not Child
Multicultural Literature
Namioka, Lensey
Santiago, Esmeralda
Satrapi, Marjane
Silko, Leslie Marmon
Otsuka, Julie
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
When I Was Puerto Rican
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Yen Mah, Adeline
Competition
Brooks, Bruce
Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Ceremony
When the Emperor Was Divine
Falling Leaves
Grisham, John
Lipsyte, Robert
The Moves Make the Man
Wait Till Next Year
Bleachers
The Contender
Potok, Chaim The Chosen
Responsibility, Community, & Redemption
Fleischman, Paul
Myers, Walter Dean
Silko, Leslie Marmon
Whirligig
Monster
Ceremony

Watson, Larry
Social Justice
Montana 1948
Griffin, John Howard
McBride, James
Myers, Walter Dean
Black Like Me
The Color of Water
Monster
Watson, Larry Montana 1948
Searching for Purpose, Searching for Self
Anaya, Rudolfo
Coehlo, Paul
McBride, James
Potok, Chaim
Santiago, Esmeralda
Satrapi, Marjane
Silko, Leslie Marmon
Wolff, Tobias
Multicultural Memoirs
Angelou, Maya
Arana, Marie
Huxley, Elspeth
McBride, James
Santiago, Esmeralda
Satrapi, Marjane
Yen Mah, Adeline
Bless Me, Ultima
The Alchemist
The Color of Water
The Chosen
When I Was Puerto Rican
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Ceremony
This Boy’s Life
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
American Chica
The Flame Trees of Thika
The Color of Water
When I Was Puerto Rican
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Falling Leaves