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- College Bound Reading List
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 College-Bound Reading List
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have found that there is no single list for college bound students.
Some books are on all lists and some books are on one list but
not on another. In general, this means that you can compile your
own list. Don't worry if you object to a specific book which
is on a single (or even more) college bound lists. Just don't
include it. If it is a book like Machivelli's book, The Prince,
I make sure that they understand what it is about and what Machivellian
refers to. We watched an episode of Great Books about it. But
they haven't read it.
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- Unless your kids are great readers (and mine are not), then
it is impossible to read every book on any college bound list.
Exclusion of a particular book will NOT keep your child out of
college nor does it indicate that your child is doomed. Further,
there are many books which cover the same material (Have you
noticed how many doom-and-gloom books there are on college recommended
lists?) in different stories. For example, my kids like science
fiction. Even though this isn't "classical" material,
some of it is becoming classical as time goes on. Further, it
introduces the same themes as the themes of other books in more
coherent language.
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- Reading...and reading as much as possible...is the key in
our family with as much variety as my kids will handle. With
that in mind, here is the Reading List I put together for our
kids. Enjoy.
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- First, the Abbreviations:
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Title Abbreviations |
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Abbreviation |
Description |
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Cald |
Caldwell Awards |
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Col |
Recommended on a college bound reading list |
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+ |
Recommended on more than one college bound reading list |
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Read |
Reading Group recommendations which could appear on College bound
reading lists |
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Pul |
Pulitzer Prize |
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Genre Abbreviations |
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Abbreviation |
Description |
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Lit |
Literature |
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H |
Historical fiction |
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Play |
A play/stage production |
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Bio |
Biography |
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Phil |
Philosophy |
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F |
Fantasy |
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SF |
Science Fiction |
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SS |
Short Story |
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Ref |
Reference |
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E |
Ethnic/Multi-cultural |
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- Reading Lists:
- List 1 - Numbers & A-I
- List 2 - J-Z
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