Lists of Bests: Ayers & Crawford: Great Books for High School Kids http://www.listsofbests.com/list/46194 Book list from Great Books for High School Kids, ed. Rick Ayers & Amy Crawford (Beacon Press, 2004). Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:25:29 GMT en-us 0 50 288 50 0 A Natural History of the Senses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2522337 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Diane Ackerman</div> It Begins with Tears (Caribbean Writers Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1833207 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1833207"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0435989464.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114074012_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Opal Palmer Adisa</div> The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3274 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3274"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140443339.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aeschylus</div> A Death in the Family http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1712878 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Agee</div> Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1110667 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1110667"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0822212498.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Albee</div> The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58740 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58740"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802141676.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherman Alexie</div> Reservation Blues http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/987066 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/987066"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802141900.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherman Alexie</div> Ten Little Indians http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337779 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337779"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/009946456X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherman Alexie</div> The Toughest Indian in the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24134 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24134"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802138004.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherman Alexie</div> Bastard Out of Carolina (Essential Edition): (Plume Essential Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978580 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978580"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452287057.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorothy Allison</div> Two or Three Things I Know for Sure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14052 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14052"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452273404.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorothy Allison</div> Genesis: Translation and Commentary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/482234 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/482234"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/039331670X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Essential Edition): (Plume Essential Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/983012 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/983012"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452287073.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Alvarez</div> In the Time of the Butterflies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14059 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14059"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452274427.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Alvarez</div> Bless Me, Ultima http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1035634 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1035634"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446675369.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rudolfo Anaya</div> Speak http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2603099 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurie Halse Anderson</div> Winesburg, Ohio (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47114 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47114"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192839772.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sherwood Anderson</div> West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/138283 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/138283"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312421516.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056430921_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tamim Ansary</div> Concrete Candy: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3210124 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3210124"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01S723QAMWL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Apollo</div> The Battle for God http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7751 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7751"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345391691.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karen Armstrong</div> The Blind Assassin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337828 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337828"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1860498809.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> The Handmaid's Tale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64711 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64711"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0099740915.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> To See and See Again: A Life in Iran and America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1292626 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1292626"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0520223543.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056450271_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tara Bahrampour</div> Another Country (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1772789 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1772789"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141186372.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Baldwin</div> The Fire Next Time (Hrw Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014238 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Baldwin</div> Where I'm Bound : A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3210125 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3210125"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01RK9Z3ZJYL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Allen B Ballard</div> Gorilla, My Love http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18841 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18841"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679738983.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Cade Bambara</div> Cloudsplitter: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1301 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1301"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060930861.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Russell Banks</div> Continental Drift (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2556897 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2556897"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060854944.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44021837_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Russell Banks</div> Rule of the Bone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2507803 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2507803"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0749395265.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056477306_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Russell Banks</div> Regeneration http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2478042 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2478042"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140236236.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pat Barker</div> Plain Brown Wrapper: An Alex Powell Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1528756 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1528756"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000C4T39I.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1133496834_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karen G. Bates</div> Life Is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/187272 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/187272"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1582431418.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wendell Berry</div> The Song of Songs: The World's First Great Love Poem (Modern Library Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1227219 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1227219"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0812976207.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V60025924_.jpg" /></a></div> Weetzie Bat http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188569 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188569"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060736259.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francesca Lia Block</div> The Tortilla Curtain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/714882 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/714882"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747574642.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45183527_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T.Coraghessan Boyle</div> Fahrenheit 451 (Ave Fenix) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961798 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/961798"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/9506440298.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Bradbury</div> Jane Eyre. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2335969 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2335969"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/3717519646.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43632855_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charlotte Bronte</div> Wuthering Heights (Courage Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337961 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337961"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0762405597.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emily Bronte</div> Drink Cultura: Chicanismo (Joshua Odell Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1591323 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1591323"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1877741078.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jose Antonio Burciaga</div> A Clockwork Orange http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2960971 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Burgess</div> Naked Lunch (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/243702 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/243702"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007204442.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William S. Burroughs</div> Parable of the Talents http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13198 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13198"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446610380.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Octavia E. Butler</div> The Stranger http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2171088 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Albert Camus (Tr. Matthew Ward)</div> Fist Stick Knife Gun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/142587 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/142587"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0807004235.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geoffrey Canada</div> The Basketball Diaries: Movie Tie-In Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2898 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2898"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140249990.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122532517_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Carroll</div> The Nine Guardians: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3210129 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rosario Castellanos</div> So Far from God: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1012269 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1012269"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393326934.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ana Castillo</div> The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6080 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6080"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312282990.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Chabon</div> The Perks of Being a Wallflower http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17704 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17704"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671027344.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Chbosky</div>