New Book for 2010

A new book has been added to the reading list for next year: Lord of the Flies by William Golding.

We'll begin reading this at the end of the first six weeks, so you have some time yet to buy it, but don't procrastinate too long. It should be a fairly regular find at Half Price Books; the link above takes you to Amazon where the book can be had (used) from a reseller for $4, including shipping.

The reading list now looks like this:

• Mythology, Edith Hamilton
  (primarily summer reading, but some new sections will be assigned during the school year)


• How to Read Literature like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster
  (This may be hard to find at Half Price; we'll be referring to it all year, so don't rely on checking it out from the public library)


• Lord of the Flies, by William Golding


• The Pearl, John Steinbeck


• A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens


• Othello, William Shakespeare


• Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare


• Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury