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Books That This American High School Senior Has Read in School

In roughly chronological order, beginning in 7th grade and ending with 12th. I'm definitely forgetting some. Several of these books we only read excerpts from, rather than the whole thing, but they were substantial enough excerpts that I feel as though they can make the list.
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The Red Kayak (Priscilla Cummings)
The Red Kayak
1
Priscilla Cummings
Iqbal (Francesco D'Admo)
Iqbal
2
Francesco D'Admo
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
3
S. E. Hinton
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
4
Daniel Keyes
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
5
Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank (Frances Goodrich With Albert Hackett)
The Diary of Anne Frank
6
Frances Goodrich With Albert Hackett
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
7
Lois Lowry
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
8
Ernest Hemingway
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
9
Edgar Allan Poe
The Scarlet Ibis (James Hurst)
The Scarlet Ibis
10
James Hurst
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
11
Ray Bradbury
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
12
William Golding
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
13
Homer
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
14
Allen Ginsberg
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
15
William Shakespeare
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
16
Charlotte Bronte
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
17
J.D. Salinger
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids (Thomas C. Foster)
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids
18
Thomas C. Foster
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
19
Harper Lee
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
20
Sandra Cisneros
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
21
John Steinbeck
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
22
Leslie Marmon Silko
The Sunflower (Simon Wiesenthal)
The Sunflower
23
Simon Wiesenthal
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
24
Herman Melville
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (Edwards, Jonathan)
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
25
Edwards, Jonathan
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
26
Arthur Miller
Thanatopsis (William Cullen Bryant)
Thanatopsis
27
William Cullen Bryant
The Devil and Tom Walker (Washington Irving)
The Devil and Tom Walker
28
Washington Irving
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
29
Edith Wharton
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
30
Upton Sinclair
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
31
Edgar Allan Poe
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
32
Edgar Allan Poe
The Most Dangerous Game (Richard Connell)
The Most Dangerous Game
33
Richard Connell
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
34
Maya Angelou
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards
35
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
36
Herman Melville
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling (Ross King)
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
37
Ross King
The Other Americans (Laila Lalami)
The Other Americans
38
Laila Lalami
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
39
Julia Alvarez
Sonny's Blues (James Baldwin)
Sonny's Blues
40
James Baldwin
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