Recommended Reading, Sec. I-V

Great Reading for Secondary I - Recommended by Sharon Eliahoo

  • Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt (Atheneum, 1981).
  • Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood, 2002).
  • The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood (Puffin, 2000).
  • Silent to the Bone by E.L.Kongisberg (Atheneum, 2002).
  • Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Puffin, 1999).
  • Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (Knopf, 2000).
  • That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E.Hinton (Puffin, 1998).

Great Reading For Secondary II - Recommended by Marcy Stein

  • 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 - Recommended by Linda Novek

  • 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
  • Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
  • Holes by Louis Sachar
  • Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
  • The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
  • Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
  • Sounder by William Armstrong
  • Summer Sisters by Judy Blume

Great Reading for Secondary IV - Recommended by Linda Cohen

  • 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 - Recommended by Peggy Hoffman

  • Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto
  • 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
  • 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