This is a slideshow I use at the beginning of every year to share just SOME of the novels, non-fiction books, graphic novels and magazines that I have personally read and recommend for my high school students to read.

1. Books I Like
Just a couple of them…

2. A student in a 10th
grade
honors class should be able to
read a fun book (280-350
pages) in two days, a
challenging book in three to
four days max

3. UCI’s lowest level English class
requires you to read 350+
pages a week for ten weeks.

4. Everything can be
improved with practice
and technique

5. Reading levels:
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants:
600 Lexile = 6th grade
Twilight: 700 Lexile = 7th
grade
Harry Potter: 880 Lexile = 8th
Uncle Tom’s Cabin: 1050
Tale of Two Cities: 1130
The Good Earth: 1530

6. Please make sure the book
subject matter is okay for you
and your family- do some
research, if you are unsure.

7. Non-AP books. While you
may learn something from
these books, they are not
on the list of AP/Honors
Books. I have read ALL of
these books and like them.

8. There are other books I’ve read
that I recommend but they are
either too “young” or too
“mature” to recommend for the
typical high school student. Please
see me, if none of these book
interest you.

44. These books have appeared multiple
times on the Advanced Placement
Exam. I recommend reading two of
these each year of high school. These
books are NOT the core reading
novels we read at FVHS. I have read
all of these and like them.

54. Some
of my favorite
Graphic Novels

70. Magazines I like, that
will help you get
ahead in life and help
you see the world
differently.