Recommended Reading from the Bialik English Department, Sec. I-V
Great Reading for Secondary I
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis
- The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood
- Silent to the Bone by E.L.Kongisberg
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
- That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E.Hinton
- We All Fall Down by Eric Walters
Great Reading For Secondary II
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- Dealing With Dragons by Patricia Wrede
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
- The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton
- The Pigman by Paul Zindel
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
- Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
- Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien
Great Reading for Secondary III
- All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
- The Crocodile Bird by Ruth Rendell
- Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
- Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
- House Rules by Jodi Picoult
- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
- The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
- Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
- Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Great Reading for Secondary IV
- Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt.
- The Color of Water by James McBride.
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
- Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.
- A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry.
- The Girl With The Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier.
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.
- In The Name of Sorrow and Hope by Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof.
- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.
- The Kiterunner by Khalded Husseini.
- Our Life With The Rocket by Roch Carrier.
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.
Great Reading for Secondary V
- Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto
- Blink by Malcom Gladwell
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
- Mr.Vertigo by Paul Auster
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
- The Panther In The Basement by Amos Oz
- Rain Ascends by Joy Kogawa
- The Story of B by Daniel Quinn
- Tar Baby by Toni Morrison
- Tender At The Bone by Ruth Reichl
- The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell
- The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy
- Volkswagen Blues by Jacques Poulin
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
- You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers

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