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Unit 1 Independent Reading List
Suggestions for Independent Reading
This list, divided into the categories of Literature and Nonfiction/Informational Text, comprises titles related to the themes and content of the unit. For your independent reading, you can select from this wide array of titles, which have been chosen based on complexity and interest. You can also do your own research and select titles that intrigue you.
Unit 1: The Choices We Make
Literature
Author
Title
Lexile
Alexie, Sherman
War Dances
790L
Anaya, Rudolfo
Bless Me, Ultima
840L
Cooper, Susan
The Dark Is Rising (series)
920L
Graves, Robert
Greek Gods and Heroes
990L
Hamilton, Virginia
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
660L
Hesse, Karen
Witness
N/A
Hidier, Tanuja Desai
Born Confused
890L
Hijuelos, Oscar
Dark Dude
980L
Hinds, Gareth
The Odyssey
N/A
Hurston, Zora Neale
Mules and Men
1020L
Jeffrey, Gary
African Myths
N/A
Lewis, C.S.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
940L
Myers, Walter Dean
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali
N/A
Park, Linda Sue
Seesaw Girl
810L
Pierce, Tamora
Trickster’s Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, Book 1)
790L
Riordan, Rick
The Red Pyramid
650L
Rosenberg, Donna
World Mythology: An Anthology of Great Myths and Epics
1030L
Snzai, N.H.
Shooting Kabul
800L
Soto, Gary
Novio Boy
N/A
Whelan, Gloria
Homeless Bird
800L
Nonfiction/Informational Text
Author
Title
Lexile
Dumas, Firoozeh
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
1030L
Hickam, Homer
Rocket Boys/October Sky
900L
Jiang, Ji-Li
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
780L
Jimenez, Francisco
Breaking Through
750L
Kehret, Peg
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
890L
Keller, Helen
The Story of My Life
1150L
Paulsen, Gary
Eastern Sun, Winter Moon: An Autobiographical Odyssey
1080L
Santiago, Esmeralda
When I Was Puerto Rican
1020L
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