Booklist for 2022-23 Classes
Along with your registered course list, students should use the information below to find what texts are needed for next year's coursework. Please click on the subject area to find a list of required texts. Please email Betsy Pfeiffer, Rachel Simpson or Tony Farrell if you have questions about text information.
Please Note: Teachers will provide materials and information if a class is not listed in the drop downs below.
Subject Areas with Required Books
English Language & Literature
Honors English I/English I
Convent High School
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Under the Feet of Jesus by
Helena Maria Viramontes
Also available on SORA
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The Odyssey by Emily Wilson (translator)
Also available on SORA
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The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Also available on SORA
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
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Coming of Age at the End of Nature by Bill McKibben Ed.
Also available on SORA
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Typical American by Gish Jen
Also available on SORA
Stuart Hall High School
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The Odyssey by Emily Wilson (translator)
Also available on SORA
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The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Also available on SORA
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
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Coming of Age at the End of Nature by Bill McKibben Ed.
Also available on SORA
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A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Also available on SORA
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No-No Boy by John Okada
Also available on SORA
Honors English II/English II
Convent High School
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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Also available on SORA
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Othello (Folger edition) by William Shakespeare
Also available on SORA
- Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Also available on SORA
- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Also available on SORA
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A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh Ed.
Also available on SORA
Stuart Hall High School
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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Also available on SORA
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Othello (Folger edition) by William Shakespeare
Also available on SORA
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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Also available on SORA
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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Also available on SORA
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A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh Ed.
Also available on SORA
Honors American Literature/American Literature
Convent High School
- Refugees by Viet Than Nguyen
Also available on SORA
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Map: Collected and Last Poems by
Wislawa Szymborska
Also available on SORA
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Euripides' Medea by
Diane Arnson Svarlien
Also available on SORA
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The Essential Neruda by Pablo Neruda/Mark Eisner
Also available on SORA
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The Sixth Extinction by
Elizabeth Kolbert
Also available on SORA
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Anton Chekhov’s Selected Stories by
Anton Chekhov
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Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Also available on SORA
Stuart Hall High School
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Refugees by Viet Than Nguyen
Also available on SORA
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Map: Collected and Last Poems by
Wislawa Szymborska
Also available on SORA
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by
Stephen King
Also available on SORA
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Euripides' Medea by
Diane Arnson Svarlien
Also available on SORA
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The Essential Neruda by Pablo Neruda/Mark Eisner
Also available on SORA
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The Sixth Extinction by
Elizabeth Kolbert
Also available on SORA
- Anton Chekhov’s Selected Stories by Anton Chekhov
English IB Year I
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
- Refugees by Viet Than Nguyen
Also available on SORA
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Map: Collected and Last Poems by
Wislawa Szymborska
Also available on SORA
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Euripides' Medea by
Diane Arnson Svarlien
Also available on SORA
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The Essential Neruda by Pablo Neruda/Mark Eisner
Also available on SORA
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The Sixth Extinction by
Elizabeth Kolbert
Also available on SORA
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Anton Chekhov’s Selected Stories by
Anton Chekhov
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Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Also available on SORA
English IB Year II
Convent High School
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Also available on SORA
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Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Also available on SORA
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Song of Solomon by
Toni Morrison
Also available on SORA
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by
Haruki Murakami
Also available on SORA
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To The Lighthouse by
Virginia Woolf
Also available on SORA
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The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by
Rilke, Stephen Mitchell
Also available on SORA
Stuart Hall High School
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Also available on SORA
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Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Also available on SORA
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Song of Solomon by
Toni Morrison
Also available on SORA
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The Man with the Compound Eyes by
Wu Ming-Yi
Also available on SORA
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Transformations by
Anne Sexton
Also available on SORA
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The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by
Rilke, Stephen Mitchell
Also available on SORA
AP English Literature
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
- Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Also available on SORA
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Also available on SORA
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Heart of Darkness by
Joseph Conrad
Also available on SORA
- Song of Solomon by
Toni Morrison
Also available on SORA
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The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Also available on SORA
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Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Also available on SORA
World Literature
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
- Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Also available on SORA
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Also available on SORA
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Heart of Darkness by
Joseph Conrad
Also available on SORA
- Song of Solomon by
Toni Morrison
Also available on SORA
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The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Also available on SORA
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Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Also available on SORA
History
World History
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
- World History: Power and the Human Story
Selection will be distributed in class; no purchase necessary.
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History Alive! The Ancient World
Selection will be distributed in class; no purchase necessary.
U.S. History
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
- The American Yawp: A Massively Collaborative Open U.S. History Textbook by Stanford University Press
AP U.S. History
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
Global Politics IB HL/SL Year I & Year II
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
AP Art History
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
Macroeconomics/Microeconomics/AP Microeconomics
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
AP Human Geography
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
- Advanced Placement Human Geography (for preparing for the advanced placement exam AMSCO) by David Palmer
Modern & Classical Languages
Latin I
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
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Wheelock's Latin/Wheelock by Frederic M. Wheelock and Richard A. LaFleur
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Thirty-Eight Latin Stories by Anne H. Groton and James M. May
- Daily Life in the Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia by Gregory S. Aldrete
Latin II
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
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Wheelock's Latin / Wheelock by Frederic M. Wheelock and Richard A. LaFleur
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Thirty-Eight Latin Stories by Anne H. Groton and James M. May
- Ancient Rome: An Introductory History by Paul A. Zoch
Latin III
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
Honors Latin IV
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
Latin IB SL Year I
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
Latin IB SL Year II
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
Mandarin I and II
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
AP Chinese Language & Culture
Convent & Stuart Hall High School
Science
Please Note: Teachers will provide materials and information if a class is not listed in the drop downs above.