Night by Elie Wiesel. Semicolon review here.
Sheep and Goat by Marleen Westera. I read this one myself and then with the two youngest urchins. I liked the story about a pair of crochety friends who share a meadow, but I found two places in the book where it was edited poorly. Obviously wrong words should not be allowed to get through the publishing process and into print.
The Hawk and the Dove by Penelope Wilcock. Re-read.
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. I read this play for my American literature class at homeschool co-op.
The Theft and the Miracle by Rebecca Wade. Semicolon review here.
Eclipse by Andrea Cheng. Semicolon review here.
The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes. Semicolon review here.
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Semicolon review here.
Henderson’s Spear by Ronald Wright. Semicolon review here.
Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley. Brown Bear’s review here. I liked it, too.
Portrait of Jenny by Robert Nathan. Semicolon review here.
Left to Tell by Immaculee Ibigaza. Semicolon review here.
Cross-X by Joe Miller. Semicolon review here.
The Liar’s Diary by Patry Francis. Semicolon review here.
London Calling by Edward Bloor.
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi.
I am going to be teaching an American Lit class at our homeschool co-op next year and am trying to decide which books to read! A Raisin in the Sun is one I’ve put on my short list and saw you’d read it to your class. If you don’t mind sharing, what other novels has your class read? Is this a high-school class?
Yes, it was a high school class made up of mostly juniors and seniors. We read the novels Moby Dick, Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Great Gatsby. We also read three plays: The Glass Menagerie, OUr Town, and A Raisin in the Sun. We also read read several American poets and some short stories by Poe and Washington Irving.
Very good. I’ve got all by Moby Dick and The Glass Managerie on my list, as well as a few others.