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Ninth Grade Honors English Reading List This is the reading list used for summer reading suggestions and for required outside reading assignments . Just click on the title to see if the book is available at this time. ***There may be additional copies available. Ask a librarian for help in finding them.*** Annie John - Jamaica Kincaid A story of a teen girl's relationship with her mother while growing up on the island of Antigua in the Caribbean. Cry, the Beloved Country - Alan Paton A Zulu pastor tries to save his son, who is accused of murder, in apartheid-stricken South Africa. A Death in the Family - James Agee Focuses on a family in the South dealing with the sudden and accidental death of the father. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury In the future, all books are burned because knowledge and ideas are considered evil and dangerous. Read more about one possible future society. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley You've seen all the movies and popular images of the monster. Now read the original frightening tale, and find out what really happened to Frankenstein and his monstrous creation. The Good Earth - Pearl Buck Chronicles the struggles of Wang Lung and his wife O-lan to rise from their positions as poor farmers in 1920's China. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers Many of the misfits of a small Southern town unload on a local deaf-mute without considering the consequences. Hiroshima - John Hersey Six first-hand accounts of survivors of the atomic bomb. I Heard the Owl Call My Name - M. Craven An English vicar is assigned to an Indian village in British Columbia, and learns to appreciate a different way of life. The Iliad - Homer One of the greatest war stories of all time, this epic Greek poem tells the tale of the last year of the Trojan War. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden - JoAnne Greenberg Follows a 16-year-old girl through her fight with schizophrenia. The Jungle - Upton Sinclair Exposes the life of a worker in a meat-packing factory during the early 1900s. This book is one of the reasons why we now have governmental regulations for food preparation. The Learning Tree - Gordon Parks A coming of age story of a young black man in 1920s Kansas. Lost Horizon - James Hilton Three travelers' lives are forever changed when they enter Shangri-La, the Tibetan utopia where time stands still. Night - Elie Wiesel An account of a Jewish boy's survival of two of the most notorious concentration camps: Auschwitz and Buchenwald. 1984 - George Orwell Story of a future society where complete mind control is practiced, and where Big Brother is always watching you. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck Tells of a friendship between George and Lennie, two migrant farmers who look out for each other. The Nick Adams Stories - Ernest Hemingway Twenty-four short stories chronicle the life and experiences of Hemingway's character Nick Adams as a youth in the Michigan woods, a soldier in World War I, a veteran beginning a new life, and a family man. The Ox-bow Incident - Walter van Tilburg Clark A tale of the Old West focusing on the lynching of three men who are later found to have been innocent. Rebecca - Daphne DuMaurier A suspenseful romance about a young, timid woman who marries a wealthy widow and soon becomes obsessed with the idea of his first wife, Rebecca. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith The story of Francie, a young woman growing up in a very poor section of Brooklyn in the early 1900s. Back to the School Reading Lists page