High school reading list

## Readings that stretch your brain if you are in high school or at a high school level

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* Aimee Bender, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt \-- contemporary fairy tales; strange and wonderful stories.
* Daniel Clowes. Any of his graphic novels.
* Robert Cormier, After the first death, I am the Cheese, The Chocolate War \-- darkly thoughtful young adult novels.
* Ursula Le Guin, The Earth Sea Trilogy \-- classic predecessor to the Harry Potter novels.
* George Orwell, Animal Farm \-- Powerful work in a simple style ponders what happens after the animal revolution.
* Phillip Pullman, The Subtle Knife \-- A fantasy trilogy following a complex herione. Its popularity in the UK led to the author being invited to a public discussion of the subject matter with Archbishop Rowan Williams.
* William Shakespeare \-- Any of his plays are classics, and people allude to his beautiful language even when they don't mean to.
* Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart\--This accessible novel is the beginning of the English language African response to imperialism. It's an important link to world history and culture.