Worthwhile Resources

Culturally Responsive:

• Green Grass, Running Water – Thomas King
• Medicine River – Thomas King
• Monkey Beach – Eden Robinson
• Morning Star: A Warrior’s Spirit – Morningstar Mercredi
• The Book of Negros – Lawrence Hill
• American Born Chinese – Gene Luen Yang
• To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

Boy Friendly:

• Tears of a Tiger – Draper
• Harris and Me – Gary Paulsen
• Hatchet – Gary Paulsen
• Son of the Mob – Gordon Korman
• Divergent – Veronica Roth

EAL/Modified:

• Macbeth Graphic Novels – Shakespeare
• Novels by Draper
• Teacher Resource Package Good Copy: Sugar Falls – David Robertson

Other:

• “A is for Activist”  by Innosanto Nagara
• Three Day Road – Joseph Boyden
• The Sweater by Sheldon Cohen
• Shipbuilder by Stephen Surjik
• Hamlet – Shakespeare
• Life of Pi – Yann Martel
• Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
• Lord of the Flies – William Golding
• Obasan – Joy Kogawa
• The Kit Runner – Khaled Hossemi
• Fault of Our Stars – John Green
• Romeo and Huliet – Draper
• A Raison in the Sun – Lorraine Hansberry
• Night – Elie Wiesel

Advanced:

• Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

Teacher Resources:

• Grammar Language Power Books
• Jessiehmann.com for ELA 20 curriculum
• msjproch@wordpress.com
• Where in the World
• Grammar Girl – Quick and Dirty Grammar