Classic or required reads and recommended contemporary pairings.
Reposted from Sept 2. 2013 TTT with additional/new parings in red
Reposted from Sept 2. 2013 TTT with additional/new parings in red
Required reads/classics
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Contemporary pairing
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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Nothing by Janne Teller or
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
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Don Quixote by Cervantes
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Going Bovine by Libba Bray
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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad or
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
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Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
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Dodger by Terry Pratchett
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller
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Wicked Girls by Stephanie Hemphill
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Hamlet by Shakespeare
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David
Wroblewski
or Ophelia by Lisa Klein or A Steep and Thorny
Way by Cat Winters
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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Jane by April Lindner or
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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Bridgette Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
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1984 by George Orwell
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Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
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Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
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Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman or Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
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Paper Towns by John Green or
Dr. Bird’s Advice to Sad Poets by Evan Roskos
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The Island of Dr. Moreau by HG Wells
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The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
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Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
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Night by Ellie Wiesel
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak or Between
Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys or Maus by Art
Spiegelman
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Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
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The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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His Dark Endeavors by Kenneth Oppel
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Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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Railsea by China Mieville
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A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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Revolutions by Jennifer Donnelly
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The Complete Poems of Emily
Dickinson
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And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard
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A Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare
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Exit, Pursued by a Bear by EK Johnston
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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
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The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork
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1001 Arabian Nights
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The Wrath and the Dawn by Becky Ahdieh
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Please give me more suggestions if you can think of any!
Wow! Great list. I'm going to have to add several to my TBR mountain. I finished Poisonwood Bible a few months ago so I'll probably try one of those classics first.
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I teaching both the Achebe and Conrad next semester- I'll have to hurry up and read The Poisonwood Bible before then! Great list.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter's high school teacher called these three books the Africa Trilogy.
DeleteThe more I see His Dark Endeavors pop up, the more I want to read it. I'm adding a few more books to my to-read list.
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I think pairing Heart of Darkness with The Poisonwood Bible is great, as is Night and The book Thief- great list!
ReplyDeleteNight and The Book Thief is a pairing I would love to teach. I haven't read any of those other contemporary novels, though, so I'll have to look them up!
ReplyDeleteI love how you've paired Beauty Queens with Lord of the Flies.
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful! I'm going to have to pick up some of these.
ReplyDeleteThe Eyre Affair, yes! I've read 13 other books on your excellent list. Thanks! My TTT lists some sci-fi cat books to read instead of doing homework.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious, what you would suggest in pairing with Edgar Allen Poe?
ReplyDeleteHmm...I may have to chew on this one for a few minutes but my initial reaction is The Monstrumologist by Yancey. It is dark and foreboding like Poe's writing.
DeleteI absolutely love this list Anne. I love paired books. :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is a great list! Excellent.
ReplyDeleteHere's my Top Ten: Ten Books I'd Have Every Elementary Student Read*!
I love your list! I read Exit, Pursued by a Bear a few months ago and really liked it. It was very well done. I also read and enjoyed Wicked Girls a few years ago. I just need to read The Crucible now.
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I ended up liking Exit, Pursued by a Bear better once I found the connection to Shakespeare.
DeleteExcellent choices! I love your classic pairings for Beauty Queens, Dodger, and The Eyre Affair! :)
ReplyDeleteI know, I love all three of those books. I was trying to think of a pairing for The Shepherd's Crown, Pratchett's last book. I haven't thought of anything yet.
DeleteI still need to read that one - I've got a bit of catching up to do on his! :)
DeleteWonderful list! I always enjoy coming across books that yuo can pair with a classic...I love the way you formatted it too :)
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Wow, what an amazing list! Such a clever concept and I think your suggestions are much more exciting, they'd definitely excite young readers more than the classics. I'd probably be more inspired to read the classic after reading the modern version first.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to print your list now so I can read them all :)
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I absolutely adore how you put your list together! I would have loved to have tackled a ton of these reads side by side. Excellent list!
ReplyDeleteI keep dreaming of the day when a teacher actually wants to do something with his/her class and this list.
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