I expanded the list to four fiction and four non-fiction. I also
avoided novels made into movies.
American Fiction
Jungle (uncensored original edition) (2003) by Upton Sinclair
(freshman year)
Death Comes For The Archbishop by Willa Cather (sophomore year)
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (Junior year)
Anathem by Neal Stephenson (senior year)
Non-fiction
True Believer by Eric Hoffer (freshman year)
Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fate Of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
(sophomore year)
Democracy In America by Alexis de Tocqueville (junior year)
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial Of Human Nature by Steven Pinker
(senior year)
Bob Hicks
Arkansas City High School Library
Arkansas City, KS 67005
bob.hicks@usd470.com
On Nov 2, 2009, at 8:42 AM, Robie Martin wrote:
> What four books would you wish that most high school students read
> some time
> during their education? I realize this is extremely broad and I
> appreciate
> your thoughts.
>
>
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> Robie Martin, Library/Media Specialist
> rmartin@vikingnet.net • Parsons USD 503
> Parsons High School• 3030 Morton Ave.
> Parsons, KS 67357
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