Upper School Textbooks
English
Contact department chair Sharon Wendler for any questions.
| Course | Textbook | ISBN | Website | Notes |
| Introduction to World Literature (9th) |
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| Muriel Barbery | The Elegance of the Hedgehog | ISBN-13: 978-1933372600 | Amazon.com | |
| Ernest Hemingway | The Old Man and the Sea | ISBN-13: 978-0684801223 | Amazon.com | |
| Henrik Ibsen | A Doll's House | ISBN-13: 9780486270623 | Amazon.com | *Dover Thrift Edition |
| Franz Kafka | The Metamorphosis | ISBN-13: 978-0486290300 | Amazon.com | *Dover Thrift Edition |
| Louise Murphy | The True Story of Hansel and Gretel | ISBN-13: 9780142003077 | Amazon.com | |
| JD Salinger | The Catcher in the Rye | ISBN-13: 9780316769488 | Amazon.com | |
| William Shakespeare (Folgers Edition) | Romeo and Juliet | ISBN-13: 9780743477116 | Amazon.com | *Folgers Edition |
| Sophocles | Three Theban Plays | ISBN-13: 9780140444254 | Amazon.com | *Translated by Fagles |
| Oscar Wilde | The Importance of Being Earnest | ISBN-13:9780060963934 | Amazon.com | *Dover Thrift Edition |
| Philip Smith, ed. | 100 Best-Loved Poems | ISBN-13: 9780486285535 | Amazon.com | |
| Summer Reading Texts | Summer Reading 2023 | Summer Reading 2023 | ||
| American Literature (Sophomore) |
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| Ray Bradbury | Fahrenheit 451 | ISBN: 9781451673319 | Amazon.com | |
| Arthur Miller | Death of a Salesman | ISBN 9780141180977 | Amazon.com | |
| William Shakespeare (Folgers Edition) | Macbeth | ISBN 9780743477109 | Amazon.com | *Folgers Edition |
| Zora Neale Hurston | Their Eyes Were Watching God | ISBN 9780061120060 | Amazon.com | |
| Lorraine Hansberry | A Raisin in the Sun | ISBN 9780679755333 | Amazon.com | |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | The Great Gatsby | ISBN 9780743273565 | Amazon.com | |
| Julia Alvarez | How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents | ISBN 9781565129757 | Amazon.com | |
| Bruce Norris | Clybourne Park | ISBN 9780822226970 | Amazon.com | |
| Summer Reading Texts | Summer Reading 2023 | Summer Reading 2023 | ||
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Honors American Literature(Honors Sophomore)
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| Ray Bradbury | Fahrenheit 451 | ISBN: 9781451673319 | Amazon.com | |
| Arthur Miller | Death of a Salesman | ISBN 9780141180977 | Amazon.com | |
| William Shakespeare (Folgers Edition) | Macbeth | ISBN 9780743477109 | Amazon.com | *Folgers Edition |
| Zora Neale Hurston | Their Eyes Were Watching God | ISBN 9780061120060 | Amazon.com | |
| Lorraine Hansberry | A Raisin in the Sun | ISBN 9780679755333 | Amazon.com | |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | The Great Gatsby | ISBN 9780743273565 | Amazon.com | |
| Julia Alvarez | How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents | ISBN 9781565129757 | Amazon.com | |
| Bruce Norris | Clybourne Park | ISBN 9780822226970 | Amazon.com | |
| Jhumpa Lahiri | The Namesake | ISBN 9780618485222 | Amazon.com | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Scarlet Letter | ISBN 9780486280486 | Amazon.com | |
| Summer Reading Texts | Summer Reading 2023 | Summer Reading 2023 | ||
| Western Literature (regular Junior Literature) | Regular Junior Literature |
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| William Golding | Lord of the Flies | ISBN 9780399501487 | Amazon.com | |
| William Shakespeare (Folgers Edition) | Twelfth Night | ISBN 9780743477543 | Amazon.com | *Folgers Edition |
| George Orwell | 1984 | ISBN 9780451524935 | Amazon.com | |
| Heany (translation) | Beowulf | ISBN 9780393320978 | Amazon.com | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | ISBN-13: 978-1508586272 | Amazon.com | |
| Choice of Nonfiction book (from list provided) | Nonfiction Book List |
*To be purchased mid-semester
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| John Gardner | Grendel | ISBN-13 : 978-0679723110 | Amazon.com | |
| Neil Gaiman | The Ocean at the End of the Lane | ISBN-0062255665 | ||
| Summer Reading Texts | Summer Reading 2023 | Summer Reading 2023 | ||
| From Brush to Book (Senior Selection |
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| Chaim Potok | My Name is Asher Lev | ISBN -140031044 | ||
| Virginia Woolf | To The Lighthouse | ISBN - 1784875325 | ||
| A.S. Byatt | The Matisse Stories | ISBN -9780679762232 | ||
| Lewis Carroll | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | ISBN -9176372278 | ||
| Summer Reading Texts | Summer Reading 2023 | Summer Reading 2023 | ||
| Script to Screen (Senior Selection) | ||||
| Blake Snyder | Save the Cat! | ISBN: 978-1932907001 | Amazon.com | |
| Syd Field | The Screenwriter's Workbook | ISBN: 978-0385339049 | Amazon.com | |
| Robert Zemeckis & Robert Gale | Back to the Future | Provided by Instructor | ||
| Graham Yost | Speed | Provided by Instructor | ||
| Brad Bird | Ratatouille | Provided by Instructor | ||
| John Hughes | The Breakfast Club | Provided by Instructor | ||
| Summer Reading Texts | Summer Reading 2023 | Summer Reading 2023 | ||
| Page to Stage (Senior Selection) |
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| David Ball | Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual For Reading Plays | ISBN: 978-0809311101 | Amazon.com | |
| Melissa Cooper | Antigone Now: Inspired by Sophocles’ Antigone | ISBN: 978-1-62384-230-7 | Playscripts.com | |
| Arthur Miller | All My Sons | ISBN: 978-0143115816 | Amazon.com | |
| Karina Cochran | Where All Good Rabbits Go | ISBN: 978-1630921248 | Amazon.com | |
| Jonathan Spector | Eureka Day | ISBN: 978-0822224457 | Dramatists | |
| Joshua Harmon | Admissions | ISBN: 978-0573707483 | Amazon.com | |
| Summer Reading Texts | Summer Reading 2023 | Summer Reading 2023 | ||
| Arts of War (Senior Selection) |
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| Joseph Heller | Catch-22 | ISBN-13: 978-1451626650 | Amazon.com | |
| Erich Maria Remarque | All Quiet on the Western Front | ISBN-13: 978-0449213940 | Amazon.com | |
| Kurt Vonnegut | Slaughterhouse Five | ISBN 978044018029 | Amazon.com | |
| Tim O'Brien | The Things They Carried | ISBN 9780812550702 | Amazon.com | |
| Summer Reading Texts | Summer Reading 2023 | Summer Reading 2023 | ||
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Nonfiction Text and Film: Reading in the Reel World
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| Michael Desmond | Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City | ISBN 978-0553447453 | Amazon.com | |
| Malcolm Gladwell | Outliers | ISBN-13 : 978-0316017930 | Amazon.com | |
| Mary Roach | Stiff - The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers | ISBN 978-0393324822 | Amazon.com | |
| Spring Semester: | Spring Semester: | Spring Semester: | ||
| Malcolm Gladwell | Outliers | ISBN-13 : 978-0316017930 | Amazon.com | |
| Michael Desmond | Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City | ISBN 978-0553447453 | Amazon.com | |
| Bryan Stevenson | Just Mercy | ISBN 978-0812984965 | Amazon.com | |
| Charles Duhigg | The Power of Habit | ISBN-13: 978-0812981605 | Amazon.com | |
| Summer Reading Texts | Summer Reading 2023 | Summer Reading 2023 | ||
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What if?: Texts of an Alternate America (Senior Selection)
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| Philip Roth | The Plot Against America | ISBN: 1400079497 | Amazon.com | |
| Ben Winters | Underground Airlines | ISBN: 0316261254 | Amazon.com | |
| Matt Ruff | The Mirage | ISBN: 061976237 | Amazon.com | |
| Summer Reading Texts | Summer Reading 2023 | Summer Reading 2023 | ||
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Ethics in Literature and Film (Senior Selection)
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| John Steinbeck | Of Mice and Men | ISBN-13: 978-0812416312 | Amazon.com | |
| Louise Erdrich | The Round House | ISBN-13: 978-0062065254 | Amazon.com | |
| Mohsin Hamid | The Reluctant Fundamentalist | ISBN 978-0156034029 | Amazon.com | |
| John Patrick Shanley | Doubt: A Parable | ISBN 9781559362764 | Amazon.com | |
| Summer Reading Texts | Summer Reading 2023 | Summer Reading 2023 | ||
| AP Language and Composition |
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| William Shakespeare (Folgers Edition) | Hamlet | ISBN-13 : 978-0743477123 | Amazon.com | *Folgers Edition |
| Mary Shelley | Frankenstein | ISBN 9781593080051 | Amazon.com | |
| Jonathon Safran Foer | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | ISBN 9780618711659 | Amazon.com | |
| Virginia Woolf | Mrs. Dalloway | ISBN-13 : 978-1954525009 | Amazon.com | |
| Samuel Cohen | 50 Essays A Portable Anthology 5th ed | ISBN 9781319043728 | Amazon.com | |
| Leslie Jamison | The Empathy Exams | ISBN-13 : 978-1555976712 | Amazon.com | |
| Summer Reading Texts | Summer Reading 2023 | Summer Reading 2023 | ||
| AP Literature and Composition |
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| Aristophanes | Lysistrata | ISBN: 9780140448146 | Amazon.com | |
| Claire Adam | Golden Child | ISBN: 0525573003 | Amazon.com | |
| William Shakespeare (Folgers Edition) | Hamlet | ISBN 9781451669411 | Amazon.com | *Folgers Edition |
| Omar el Akaad | American War: A Novel | ISBN: 1101973137 | Amazon.com | |
| Michael Cunningham | The Hours | ISBN: 9780312243029 | Amazon.com | |
| Charles Dickens | Great Expectations | ISBN: 0393960692 | Amazon.com | |
| E.L. Doctorow | Ragtime | ISBN: 0812978188 | Amazon.com | |
| Margaret Edson | Wit | ISBN: 0571198775 | Amazon.com | |
| Gustav Flaubert | Madame Bovary | ISBN: 9780393979176 | Amazon.com | |
| Yasmina Reza | God of Carnage | ISBN: 0822223996 | Amazon.com | |
| Richard Wright | Native Son | ISBN: 9780060837563 | Amazon.com | |
| Summer Reading Texts | Summer Reading 2023 | Summer Reading 2023 |
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