11th grade Reading List
These are the only books you may select from to do the required book report
(One “book report” required a semester, 100 pts)
The Color Purple by Alice walker (A)
Knights of the Hill Country by Tim Tharp
The Rules of Survival by Nancy Welin
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (A)
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Shattering Glass by Gail Giles
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Sold by Patricia McCormick
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Piccolt
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (A)
The Acorn People by Ron Jones
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
What Happened to Cass McBride by Gail Giles
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (A)
The Earth, My Butt, and Other big, round things by
Carolyn Mackler
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
(nonfiction)
The Color of Water by James McBride
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin (nonfiction)
I am The Messenger by Markus Zusak (metafiction)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Deadline by Chris Crutcher
Petey by Ben Mikaelsen
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night (A)
King of the Mild Frontier: an Ill-advised Autobiography by
Chris Crutcher (nonfiction)
Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going
A Long Way Gone: Memoir of a Boy Soldier (nonfiction)
Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne (A)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (A)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
(nonfiction)
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (nonfiction)
Into the Wild by Jon KraKaurer (nonfiction)
Format for “book report”: flip book
You need 4 pages of 8 ½ blank (white or colored) paper, lay them on top of each other, but stagger
them so that about a ¼ ” of each shows. Fold them short ways so that you are left with 6 tabs.
You must type out the following “tab” answers and then cut them out and paste/tape them to the
tab. I will take into consideration neatness and effort when grading these flip books!
Cover sheet: Decorate with title of novel and author’s name (inside cover—your name, block, and the
date)
Each tab needs to be labeled in order:
Tab One: Major characters and brief description (15 pts)
Tab Two: Minor characters and brief description (15 pts)
Tab Three: major theme of the novel (what was the author’s hidden message) support your opinion
with quotes from the novel, be sure to explain yourself. (15 pts)
Tab Four: Short summary of novel (15 pts)
Tab Five: Favorite quotes (at least 3 and explain who said them or what was their context) and why
you selected them. These quotes cannot be from the same page! (15 pts)
Tab Six: Your personal reaction to novel (characters, conflict, mood, style…)—reflect on what your
thoughts were as you read. What were your thoughts, emotions, reactions, why? Explain. Did you
relate to the novel or characters? Why or why not? Go into depth (explain and give examples)! (25
pts)
Spelling, grammar, and structure count!