Proposal for Future Book Purchase

Books to Purchase for Seventh Grade

The Poetry and Prose of Langston Hughes (low difficulty)

Black American Series (low difficulty)

Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers (low difficulty)

By Any Means Necessary by Walter Dean Myers (medium difficulty)

Midsummers Night Dream by William Shakespeare (Easy to Read version) (medium difficulty)

War Comes to Willy Freeman by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier (medium difficulty)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (high difficulty)

The Giver by Lois Lowry (high difficulty)

Brian's Song by William Blinn (high difficulty)

Books to Purchase for Eighth Grade

Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph (low difficulty)

Sing Down The Moon by Scott O'Dell (low difficulty)

Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringold (low difficulty)

My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier (medium difficulty)

Going Home by Nicholasa Mohr (medium difficulty)

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (Easy to Read version) (medium difficulty)

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (high difficulty)

Books to Purchase for Ninth Grade

Books to Purchase for Tenth Grade

Books to Purchase for Eleventh Grade

Books to Purchase for Twelfth Grade

Phase 1 - to be implemented 2005-2006

Phase 2 - to be implemented 2006-2007

Plan for future phases