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COLLEGE BOUND READING LIST 2006-07
The number in parentheses is the credit earned.
CLASSICS (1 per quarter)
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, Remarque (3) A group of German schoolboys learn that war is more than a glorious adventure. (WW I)
ALL THE PRETTY HORSES, McCarthy (4) A National Book Award Winner
and the first in a trilogy. A coming of age tale in the 1950’s of a young Texan who journeys to Mexico and finds his strengths.
ANIMAL FARM, Orwell (2) A metaphor for communism.
ANNA KARENINA, Tolstoy (4) Sensual, rebellious Anna renounces a respectable marriage and a fine position for a passionate and destructive involvement.
THE BEAN TREES, Kingsolver (3) A humorous and inspiring story about a young Kentucky woman who leaves her rural home to learn about risk-taking, commitment and small miracles.
BELOVED, Morrison (4) One of America's best writers tell the story of Sethe, an escaped slave, and the others she lives with, one of whom may be the ghost of her daughter.
BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY, Wilder (3) The death of five people on a bridge leads to questioning the value of each life.
CANDIDE, Voltaire (3) Satire on the ills of 18th century French society.
CATCH 22, Heller (4) Examines the over-importance put on rank and the hypocrisy of some military traditions.
A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT, Twain (3) A man is transported back into King Arthur's court where he uses his knowledge to point out the weaknesses of that era.
CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY, Paton (4) A father brings meaning to the death of his son in the midst of racial tensions in South Africa.
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, Dumas (4) Swashbuckling adventure of a man seeking revenge.
DEATH COMES TO THE ARCHBISHOP, Cather (4) The turmoil of clashing values in a changing time.
EAST OF EDEN, Steinbeck (5) Generations of a family battle the forces of good and evil. (a classic soap opera)
ELMER GANTRY, Lewis (4) An 1800 version of the evangelist succumbing to the evils against which he preaches.
FAHRENHEIT 451, Bradbury (2) A view of future life when all books were banned.
A FAREWELL TO ARMS, Hemingway (3) A tale of love set on the Italian front during World War I.
FRANKENSTEIN, Shelley (3) Which is more evil--the creator or the creation?
THE GOOD EARTH, Buck (3) The insignificance of being a woman in pre-Mao China.
THE GRAPES OF WRATH, Steinbeck (5) An Oklahoma family struggles to survive during the Depression.
IN COLD BLOOD, Capote (5) Shows how society's sympathy shifts from the victim of the crime to the criminal as it tells the story of the slaying of an entire family for just a few dollars.
INVISIBLE MAN, Ellison (5) Saga of an African-American man who struggles from the South to the North, always encountering others' preconceived notions about him.
JANE EYRE, Bronte (4) A governess falls in love with her employer and is challenged to live by her convictions.
THE JUNGLE, Sinclair (4) The struggles and inequities of immigrant families in the unregulated meat-packing industry in the 1800's.
KITE RUNNER, Hosseini (4) The story of two boys who grow up in war-torn Afghanistan.
A LESSON BEFORE DYING, Gaines (3) A teacher who tries to bring human dignity to a man on death row learns an important lesson about heroism.
LORD JIM, Conrad (4) Through adversity a man comes to term with his values.
MADAME BOVARY, Flaubert (3) The love life of a flamboyant French woman.
MAIN STREET, Lewis (4) Carol Kennicott is ostracized from the drab social life of a small midwestern town because of her progressive beliefs.
THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE, Hardy (4) A man sells his wife at an auction and his life is changed forever.
MY ANTONIA, Cather (3) An extremely independent woman braves life in the early settlement of Nebraska.
NATIVE SON, Wright (4) A black man is on trial for murdering a white woman.
1984, Orwell (4) A futuristic look at the dangers of “Big Brother” always watching. Examines what happens when government becomes too involved in our lives.
THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING, White (5) The story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY, Irving (4) Owen Meany believes he is God’s instrument. He is.
PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, Wilde (4) A young man sinks deeper and deeper into evil and depravity while maintaining his youthful appearance.
PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, Bunyan (4) An allegory of one man's journey though life.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, Austen (4) Satire on English snobbery as a mother attempts to marry off her four daughters.
REBECCA, Du Maurier (4) The second wife fights the memory and murder of her predecessor.
RETURN OF THE NATIVE, Hardy (4) An examination of the frailty of human love set in England.
A SEPARATE PEACE, Knowles (3) A Story of two young men at a boarding school during WWII. Through them, Knowles illustrates the basic motives that all humans harbor.
SISTER CARRIE, Drieser (4) A young Wisconsin woman learns the ways of the world in Chicago and New York City.
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS, Guterson (4) The story of a Japanese-American on trial for murder. The book also touches upon the Japanese internment camps during WWII.
THE STRANGER, Camus (3) A gripping novel of a faceless man who commits a pointless murder.
THE SUN ALSO RISES, Hemingway (3) The story of group of disenchanted people on the Continent after WWI. The aimlessness of their lives is set against the brutally frank Spanish bull fights.
A TALE OF TWO CITIES, Dickens (4) Two men in love with the same woman face their pasts and futures in order to save her and her family during the French Revolution.
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE, Woolf (4) A masterpiece of character development and relationships.
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, Stowe (4) The struggles of a slave trying to please both his masters and his people.
WATERSHIP DOWN, Adams (4) The story of a group of rabbits reveals the structure of four major forms of government.
THE WOMAN WARRIOR, Kingston (4) An account of growing up female
and Chinese-American.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS, Bronte (4) A savage, tormented orphan falls wildly in love with the daughter of his benefactor.
HISTORY, POLITICS, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY (HPBA) (2 per quarter)
HISTORY AND POLITICS
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, Woodward and Bernstein (4) The investigation of Watergate as chronicled by the two reporters who uncovered it.
ANATOMY OF A JURY, Wishman (4) Describes the selection and manipulating of juries and how they function.
ARMIES OF THE NIGHT, Mailer (3) The author's views on Vietnam.
THE BIBLE AS HISTORY, Keller (4) Chronicles several events in the Bible and tries to prove their historical existence.
BLACK ELK SPEAKS, Neihardt (3) An American Indian's visions and dreams of his nation.
BLUE HIGHWAYS, Least Heat Moon (4) A travel log of the author’s experiences while visiting the small towns of America.
BOSS, Royko (4) The uncovering of the positive and negative aspects of Richard Daly's tenure as Chicago's mayor.
THE BRETHREN, Woodward and Armstrong (4) A look at the men of the U.S. Supreme Court.
BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE, Brown (5) Examination of the cruel and unfair practices of the U.S. government in dealing with the Native Americans during the settling of the West.
COLD MOUNTAIN, Frazier (5) A story of a man’s quest to return to Cold Mountain during the Civil War.
D-DAY, Ambrose (5) The account and history of the invasion including small stories from those who were there. The author describes how average men showed “extraordinary courage.”
FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER, Ung (4) How a Cambodian family suffered under the regime of Pol Pot.
THE GREATEST GENERATION, Brokaw (4) An account of the men who served America during World War II.
GULAG ARCHIPELAGO, Solzhenitsyn (6) A journey into the political prisons of the former USSR.
HIROSHIMA, Hersey. (2) The aftermath of the bomb told through the story of six residents.
ISAAC’S STORM, Larson (4) Galveston, TX, in 1900, and the worst hurricane to hit America. Not George Clooney but yet an honest portrayal of emotion.
KILLER ANGELS, Shaara (4) Historical fiction of the Battle of Gettysburg that features key military players.
MAYFLOWER, Philbrick (4) Historical account of the people who settled the colony of Plymouth and their relationship with the Native Americans in New England.
NEVER TO FORGET: THE JEWS OF THE HOLOCAUST, Meltzer (4) An emotional account of the survivors of the Holocaust.
NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD, Ambrose (4) The story behind the building of the transcontinental railroad.
ON WINGS OF EAGLES, Follett (4) The story of Ross Perot's efforts to rescue his employees held captive in Iran.
ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH, Solzhenitsyn (3) An inside look into a Russian political prison camp and what is truly valuable in that situation.
PARTING THE WATERS, Branch (5) Tells the complete behind-the- scenes story of the Civil Rights movement.
THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS: THE CREATION OF THE PANAMA CANAL 1870- 1914, McCollough (6) Just that.
THE PRINCE, Machiavelli (4) Classic treatise on whether or not "the end justifies the means."
THE REAL WAR, Nixon (4) Nixon's ideas on what may cause the fall of America and what we can do to prevent it.
TO SLEEP WITH THE ANGELS, Cowan and Kuenster (4) The 1958 fire that changed the way schools are built and maintained.
REFLECTIONS OF AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BABY, Carter (4) Acknowledging that he was accepted into law school because he was black, Yale law professor Stephen Carter addresses the complex issues of affirmative action, both pro and con.
THE REPUBLIC, Plato (4) An outline of how an ideal society is set up and functions.
1776, McCullough (5) The story of the year.
STONE HEART: A NOVEL OF SACAJAWEA, Glancy (2) A parallel account of Sacajawea’s impression of the trip as opposed to Merriwether Lewis’s.
TRIANGLE: THE FIRE THAT CHANGED AMERICA, von Drehle (4) How a garment district fire illustrates the history of textile workers and the political machine.
UNDAUNTED COURAGE, Ambrose (5) The Lewis and Clark expedition to the Pacific Northwest.
VIETNAM, Karnow (6) Extensive examination of the issues of this war.
A WALK IN THE WOODS, Bryson (4) A humorous memoir in which a man intends to walk the
Appalachian Trail, and along the way, he chronicles the history and geography of the trail and the people who formed it.
THE WORST HARD TIME, Egan (4) A collection of personal accounts of those who experienced The Dust Bowl.
BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY (1 per semester)
ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL, Herriot (4) Charming chronicles of a young Yorkshire vet's triumphs and tragedies.
ALL RIVERS RUN TO THE SEA, Wiesel (4) A Jewish survivor of the Holocaust who as an adult was instrumental in making sure the Holocaust is remembered.
ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTIN’, Bragg (3) A memoir of a poor Alabama boy who
with the help of his mother achieves success as a NY Times Pulitzer Prizewinning
journalist. An understanding of what real poverty does to a person.
AMERICAN CAESAR, Manchester (5) The biography of World War II's famous general, Douglas MacArthur.
ANGELA’S ASHES, McCourt (4) An Irish memoir of growing up poor.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FACE, Grealy (3) What it feels like to be “faceless” in a society that values outward appearances.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X, Haley (4) A chronicle of the phases of this black leader's life from street hood to great religious/political leader.
BLACK BOY, Wright (4) Powerful account which reveals the problems a young African-American has with both blacks and whites.
CHILD OF WAR, WOMAN OF PEACE, Hayslip (4) An account of a Vietnamese who grows up in a war-torn Viet Nam who because of pain becomes an instrument of peace.
CHOICE OF WEAPONS, Parks (3) The choices an African-American man makes in his life.
THE COLOR OF WATER, McBride (4) A black man’s tribute to his white Jewish mother; the author examines the importance of racial identity.
COMING OF AGE IN MISSISSIPPI, Moody (4) A young girl struggles to grow up in Mississippi during the Civil Rights era.
DAYS OF GRACE, Ashe (4) The story of a black tennis player from the South who achieves success but suffers the ultimate defeat.
DEATH BE NOT PROUD, Gunther (2) A young boy struggles to live his life to the fullest while battling a brain tumor.
DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS, Thomas (3) Story of the dangers of a young Puerto Rican boy in NYC.
THE EDUCATION OF LITTLE TREE, Carter (3) A young boy's experiences living with his Eastern Cherokee Indian grandparents in the 1930's.
FLIGHT OF PASSAGE, Buck (4) The story of two teenage boys who travel across the country in a rebuilt Piper Cub tracing their father’s route.
THE GLASS CASTLE, Walls (3) A woman’s account of her eccentric, dysfunctional parents and how she learns love and acceptance despite this.
IT’S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE, Armstrong (3) Story of the winning American Tour de Force rider. He won for the 4th time again this year. An amazing feat.
JACKIE ROBINSON, Rampersad (5) The extraordinary life of Jackie Robinson, the great ball player, a man of courage and quality who became a pivotal figure in the areas of race and
civil rights.
JOHN ADAMS, McCullough (6) Epic biography of the 2nd president. Covers the time prior to the revolution until 1826. Filled with the politics and personal history of a remarkable man.
KAFFIR BOY, Mathabane (4) A South African boy's struggles in apartheid South Africa.
THE KENNEDYS: AN AMERICAN DRAMA, Collier and Horowitz (5) The inside story of the tragedies and triumphs of three generations of the Kennedys.
A KIND OF GRACE, Joyner-Kersee (3) The life story of Jackie Joyner-Kersee and her struggle to achieve Olympic success.
LINCOLN, Vidal (6) A fictional yet accurate account of Lincoln and the people who surrounded him.
LIVING HISTORY, Clinton, Hillary (5) Her autobiographical account.
LOVE IN BLACK AND WHITE, Mathabane (4) The continuing story of Kaffir Boy and his eventual marriage to a white woman.
MANCHILD IN A PROMISED LAND, Brown (4) The struggles of a black man in a white society.
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, Fraiser (4) Fictional yet accurate account of one of history's most courageous women.
MY AMERICAN JOURNEY, Powell (5) Autobiographical account of a young black man who achieves the American Dream.
NIGHT, Wiesel (2) Wiesel’s account of his incarceration during the Holocaust. The precursor to All Rivers Run to the Sea.
OCTOBER SKY, Hickam (4) An innocent time in West Virginia of young boys who want to
build a rocket-their successes and their failures.
THE ROAD FROM COORAIN, Conway (4) The life story of an Australian girl who becomes a
college president: her education, tragedies, and triumphs.
THE ROCKEFELLERS, Collier and Horowitz (6) The story of one of America's dynasties.
SOULS OF BLACK FOLK, Du Bois (4) DuBois treats sociological questions of black identity and pride.
THEY CAGE THE ANIMALS AT NIGHT, Burch (3) The struggles of a boy in foster homes and orphanages.
ZELDA, Milford (4) The story of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Southern belle wife and their frantic and troubled marriage.
SCIENCE, RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIOLOGY (1 per semester)
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, Hawking (4) “A classic introduction to today’s most important
scientific ideas about the cosmos and a unique opportunity to experience the intellect of one of the most imaginative, influential thinkers of our age.”
AMAZING GRACE, Kozol (4) The examination of economic inequalities among our nation’s schools.
AMONG SCHOOLCHILDREN, Kidder (4) The story of Mrs. Zajac, a feisty, funny, and tough grade school teacher and her experiences.
BROCA'S BRAIN, Sagan (4) Presents ideas and questions on the intertwining of science and technology with humanity in the areas of religion, politics, and the environment.
A CHOICE OF CATASTROPHES, Asimov (4) Explanation of several theories of the end of the world.
CITY KID, MacCracken, (2) A 44 year old goes back to school to become teacher certified and is challenged by the system and a 7 year old with 24 arrests on his record.
COOL POSE, Majors and Billson (4) Examining speech patterns, attitudes, and demeanor, a black psychologist explores what it is like to be young, black, and male in America today.
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, Haddon (2) An autistic boy’s journey after witnessing a crime.
THE ESSENTIAL GANDHI, ed. Fischer (4) The life and teachings of India's greatest leader.
FREAKONOMICS, Dubner (4) A simplified explanation of economic concepts.
GIRLS IN THE BACK OF THE CLASS, Johnson (2) The teacher from Dangerous Minds continues with her teaching methods which encourage students with difficult backgrounds.
ISHMAEL, Quinn (4) What are we doing to our world and who are the best to
decide?
MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING, Frankl (4) Details the struggles of the prisoners of the Nazi concentration camps and explains what it took to survive.
THE MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE, Pipher (4) The author’s experiences with immigrants within her community.
MURPHY'S BOY, Hayden (3) The story of a psychologist reaching out to an emotionally and physically abused teenager.
NICKEL AND DIMED: ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA, Ehrenreich (2) A woman’s experiment of trying to survive in America on a minimum wage salary.
NIGHT FALLS FAST: UNDERSTANDING SUICIDE, Jamison (4) The understanding of suicide—who, why, and its aftermath. Not an easy read.
NO LANGUAGE BUT A CRY, D'Ambrosio (3) An abused autistic child is lovingly treated by D'Ambrosio.
ONE CHILD, Hayden (3) One teacher's success in unlocking the potential of an abused and neglected child.
ORIGINS, Leakey (4) An anthropological study of the origins of man.
A PLACE FOR NOAH, Greenfield (3) How a family learns to love and live with a troubled child.
REVIVING OPHELIA, Pipher (4) A study of the dangers that confront adolescent girls in their journey toward adulthood. The book encompasses the topics of eating disorders, suicide attempts, runaways, and dropouts.
SAND COUNTY ALMANAC, Leopold (3) Beautifully written descriptions of nature.
SAVAGE INEQUALITIES, Kozol (3) Description of the method of funding for public schools and the reasons behind the inequalities in American education.
SIDDHARTHA, Hesse (3) Buddha's search to find the true meaning of personal happiness.
SILENT SPRING, Carson (4) The first book in America concerned with saving our environment.
STIFF, Roach (4) The lives and uses of cadavers.
THERE ARE NO CHILDREN HERE, Kotlowitz (4) The account to two boys struggling to survive in a Chicago housing complex.
THINKING IN PICTURES, Grandin (4) Writing from the dual perspective of a scientist and an
autistic person, Temple Grandin delivers a report on autism.
A TRIBE APART, Hersch (4) Children of today as chronicled by a journalist who followed them and their activities. An honest telling of life today.
TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, Albom (2) A recounting of the brave, final days of the author’s
former college sociology professor and their weekly “classes” together.
UNDERSTANDING ISLAM, Lippman (4) A description of the religion and its effects on the countries in which it is a major religion.
UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL, Hawking (4) Need we say more?
WALDEN, Thoreau (4) Thoreau's study of finding the meaning of life midst the simplicity of Walden Woods.
WASTED: A MEMOIR OF ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA, Hornbacher (4) In this powerful and emotionally wrenching memoir, Hornbacher recreates the experience and illuminates the tangle of the underlying family and cultural causes of eating disorders.
WHAT NIETZSCHE REALLY SAID, Solomon and Higgins (4) A book that tells us the truth about Nietzsche and not just the “sound byte” philosophy presented by pop culturalists.
YOU JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND, Tannen (4) An examination of interpersonal communication between men and women.
DRAMA (1 per quarter)
All plays will earn two or three credits. At least one of the selections during the semester must come from list one. This choice may be made either nine weeks. A minimum of one play per nine weeks is required, and no more than three plays may be read during the semester.
LIST ONE (THREE POINTS EACH)
AGAMEMNON, Aeschylus. Explores the morality of the Trojan War and traces the fate of the family of the great leader, Agamemnon.
ANTIGONE, Sophocles. The tragedy of two stubborn people who are more concerned with values than with human lives.
DR. FAUSTUS, Marlowe. A man sells his soul to the devil for pleasure and power on earth.
HAMLET, Shakespeare. A man seeks revenge for the murder of his father and the indiscretions of his mother and uncle.
JULIUS CAESAR, Shakespeare. Friendships are betrayed in the quest for political power.
KING LEAR, Shakespeare. Family loyalties are in question when an old man divides his kingdom among his daughters.
MACBETH, Shakespeare. Witches entice a man and his wife to commit murder and treachery in the quest for power.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Shakespeare. Complication of plots involving young lovers and feuding families.
OEDIPUS REX, Sophocles. A dramatization of the origin of the famous Oedipus complex.
OTHELLO, Shakespeare. A friend plays on a man's jealousy in order to seek revenge.
RICHARD III, Shakespeare. Is this the sequel to Richard the II? Is that too sequential for you? Okay. Maybe Shakespeare most evil character. Or is that still Iago?
THE TEMPEST, Shakespeare. A complex play in which a man uses his magical powers to carry
out revenge upon his enemies.
LIST TWO (TWO POINTS EACH)
ALL MY SONS, Miller. A young man struggles to cope with the knowledge of his father's shady business practices during the war.
THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Chekhov. People struggle to adjust to new lives and problems while dealing with the Russian social culture.
THE CRUCIBLE, Miller. A fictionalized version of the Salem Witch Trials.
DEATH OF A SALESMAN, Miller. In trying to maintain his idea of success, a man loses sight of what is important.
A DOLL'S HOUSE, Ibsen. A woman challenges society's definition of her role as well as the dominance of the men in her life.
FENCES, Wilson. Family relationships in a Black family because they are Black.
HEDDA GABBLER, Ibsen. A young woman is responsible for her own misery.
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, Bolt. The life of Sir Thomas Moore.
THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING, McCullers. A young girl who feels excluded from the social groups in her life and her naive expectations for acceptance.
SAINT JOAN, Shaw. The story of the young French girl who lead her countrymen to victory.
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, Sheridan. A series of plots and trickery are used to take advantage of and ruin people's lives.
TWELVE ANGRY MEN, Rose. A jury must decide on the innocence or guilt of a young man accused of murdering his father.
POTPOURRI (extra credit)
These may be read only after all requirements are fulfilled for a quarter.
ALAS, BABYLON, Frank (4) Leadership and greed are revealed when America is attacked by nuclear forces.
DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE, Allende (4) Tale of an English family in Chile and California during Gold Rush. Good history of the settling of San Francisco and the culture of the time.
ELLEN FOSTER, Gibbons (2) An 11 year old orphan who attempts to survive an abusive childhood takes matters into her own hands to find a place to belong.
EXODUS, Uris (4) Fictional account of the settling of Israel in the 1960's.
A GRACIOUS PLENTY, Reynolds (3) The narrator tends her Southern small-town cemetery and can see the ghosts of the dead.
THE HAJ, Uris (5) Through a Jewish and Arab family, the workings of these two cultures come to light.
HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENT, Alvarez (4) After a revolution in the Dominican Republic, the Garcia family moves to New York City.
THE JOY LUCK CLUB, Tan (3) The relationships explored between Chinese mothers and daughters.
LADIES AUXILLARY, Mirvis (3) A free-spirited New York Orthodox Jewess moves to a conservative Orthodox section of Memphis and makes waves.
THE LEARNING TREE, Parks (3) The early part of Park's autobiography.
LOVELY BONES, Sebold (3) A girl in heaven watches as her family struggles with the aftermath of her death.
MY SISTER’S KEEPER, Picoult (4) When a daughter is diagnosed with leukemia, one family has to make difficult choices regarding her care.
ON THE BEACH, Shute (4) A group of people is faced with the knowledge that they will die from a nuclear holocaust within a matter of weeks.
PLAINSONG, Haruf (4) Written by an SIUC professor; the rugged life of the high plains of Colorado are explored through wonderful characters.
THE RETURN OF MERLIN, Chopra (4) Classic tale of Merlin set between the legendary time period and modern America.
ROOTS, Haley (5) Generational history of the Kinte family.
SWIMMING TO ANTARCTICA: TALES OF A LONG DISTANCE SWIMMER, Cox (4) Cox, one of the world's leading long-distance swimmers, and her struggles to achieve.
TEXAS, Michener (6) Fiction account of the historical development of Texas and its
people.
TRINITY, Uris (6) Follows several families through a major part of Irish history.
THE WALL, Hershey (4) A fictional work on the heroic stand of Jews in the ghettos of Poland against the Nazis.
YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER, Dorris (4) A Native American perspective on life. The story told from three generations of women and how the past affects the future.
