SUPPLEMENTAL READING LIST FOR LANGUAGE ARTS - GRADE 9
updated December 15, 2008
Teachers may use any material in their primary textbook, any book or selection listed below that is designated for their grade level, and any material that is not used at other levels.
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
GRADE |
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Crazy Lady |
Conly |
9 |
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"A Descent Into the Maelstrom" |
Poe |
9 |
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Great Expectations |
Dickens |
9 (located in anthology) |
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The Killer |
White |
9 |
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"The Lady or the Tiger" |
Stockton |
9 (located in anthology) |
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Make Lemonade |
Wolff |
9 |
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"Most Dangerous Game" |
Connell |
9 (located in anthology) |
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"The Necklace" |
Maupassant |
9 (located in anthology) |
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The Odyssey |
Homer |
9 |
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The Old Man and the Sea |
Hemingway |
9 |
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The Pearl |
Steinbeck |
9 |
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Romeo and Juliet |
Shakespeare |
9 (located in anthology) |
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"Sonnet for Harp and Bicycle" |
Aiken |
9 |
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"The Stone Boy" |
Berriault |
9 |
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"Sucker" |
McCullers |
9 |
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The Time Machine |
Wells |
9 |
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"To Build a Fire" |
London |
9 |
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To Kill a Mockingbird |
Lee |
9 |
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"Two Soldiers" |
Faulkner |
9 |
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The War of the Worlds |
Wells |
9 |
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West Side Story |
Laurents |
9 |
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| The Giver | Lois Lowry | 9 | ||||
| Tears of a Tiger | Sharon Draper | 9 | ||||
| The First Part Last | Angela Johnson | 9 | ||||
| Monster | Walter Dean Myers | 9 (levels III & IV) | ||||
| Stuck in Neutral | Terry Trueman | 9 (levels III & IV) | ||||
| “Harrison Bergeron” | Kurt Vonnegut | 9 | ||||
| If I should Die Before I Wake | Han Nolan | 9 | ||||
| “A Sound of Thunder” | Ray Bradbury | 9 | ||||
| The Chocolate War | Robert Cormier | 9 | ||||
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