Rebekah Lorton

This literature class is designed to introduce students to modern classics and to teach them how to analyze and insightfully discuss the books they have read. This class is almost entirely discussion-based. Students will be required to read weekly, keep a reading journal, and participate in book discussions. Book selections will be made based on the books
recommended in the Sonlight curriculum course for 20th Century Literature as well as
supplemented short stories, essays, and poetry provided by the teacher.
Books to be purchased:
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Parallel Journeys by Eleanor Ayer
The Wave by Todd Strasser
My Father’s Daughter by E.L. Konigsburg
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks
The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
Children of the River by Linda Crew
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr

Homework time expected: 3-4 hours/week