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Summer 2009 Required Reading

3R Students:

 

The following required reading has been chosen to prepare you for next year's American Literature course.  The two works that MUST be read are:

cover of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
Poet Angelou recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums in this first volume of her autobiography.

Harper Lee book - To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee  (The novel, NOT the screenplay) 
Two children in a small southern town are thrust into an adult world of racial bigotry and hatred when their lawyer father chooses to defend a black man unjustly accused of raping a white girl.


Please note that both texts are available in paperback at various local bookstores and in public libraries.

You should take notes during your reading. In September, there will be graded assessments given for both works.