Bronx High School of Science



9th Grade Short Stories:from 21 Great Stories (an anthology):(NOT Luigi Pirandello, War – 10th Grade)Kaatje Hurlbut, Eve in Darkness(NOT Ray Bradbury, There Will Come Soft Rains – in 11th GRADE)Saki, TobermoryLord Dunsany, The Two Bottles of RelishWilbur Daniel Steele, FootfallsWalter Van Tilburg Clark, HookMax Brand, Wine on the DesertFrank Stockton, The Lady or the TigerAmbrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeEdgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado(NOT the Tell Tale Heart – commonly taught in middle school)CDB Bryan, So Much Unfairness of ThingsGuy de Maupassant, The NecklaceArthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Speckled BandJack London, To Build a FireCarl Stephenson, Leiningen Versus the AntsJames Joyce, EvelineJames Thurber, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty(NOT Mark Twain, What Stumped the Bluejays – now in 11th!!!)(NOT The Pearl – commonly taught in middle school – offer as a book club choice to weaker readers)from Literature (an anthology):Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (also listed above)Sandra Cisneros, Mericans(NOT Luigi Pirandello, War – a 10th Grade Story)Sherman Alexie, This Is What It Means to SayRaymond Carver, Neighbors(NOT Shirley Jackson, The Lottery – in the 11th Grade)Jamaica Kincaid, What I Have Been Doing Lately(NOT Lorrie Moore, How to Become a Writer – an 11th Grade Story)T. Coraghessan Boyle, Greasy LakeRaymond Carver, CathedralSusan Glaspell, A Jury of Her PeersKatherine Mansfield, Miss BrillGuy de Maupassant, The Necklace (also listed above)(NOT Amy Tan, Two Kinds – a 10th Grade Story)Mark Twain, LuckStephen Crane, The Blue HotelJames Joyce, Araby(NOT Lu Hsun, My Old Home – a 10th Grade Story)(NOT Yukio Mishima, Swaddling Clothes – a 10th Grade Story)(NOT Ha Jin, Saboteur – a 10th Grade Story)Eudora Welty, A Worn PathTom Whitecloud, Blue Winds DancingKate Chopin, The Story of an HourWilliam Faulkner, Barn BurningAlice Munro, The Found BoatFrank O’Connor, First ConfessionDaniel Orozco, Orientation(NOT John Updike, A&P – taught in 12th Grade)Franz Kafka, A Hunger ArtistKatherine Anne Porter, The Jilting of Granny WeatherallJohn Steinbeck, The ChrysanthemumsToni Cade Bambara, The LessonAnton Chekhov, The Lady with the DogDH Lawrence, The Horse Dealer’s DaughterAmerico Paredes, The Hammon and the Beans(NOT Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher – NOW IN 11th!)“ “ , The Masque of the Red Death“ “ , The Black CatChinua Achebe, Marriage is a Private Affair (also teach in African Lit Unit)(NOT John Chioles, Before the Firing Squad – 10th Grade)Andre Dubus, The CurseDagoberto Gilb, Love in LAFlannery O’Connor, A Good Man is Hard to FindZZ Packer, BrowniesTobias Wolff, Powder(NOT Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper – appears in 11th grade)(NOT James Baldwin, Sonny’s Blues – appears in 11th grade)(NOT Nathaniel Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown – appears in 12th grade)(NOT Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Minister’s Black Veil – appears in 11th grade)(NOT Cynthia Ozick, The Shawl – appears in the 12th grade)(NOT Jhumpa Lahiri, The Interpreter of Maladies – appears in the 12th grade)(NOT Joyce Carol Oates, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? appears in 12th)10th Grade Short Stories:from 9th grade green reader Literature (priority to 9th grade, esp. 1st MP):Ray Bradbury, There Will Come Soft Rains Luigi Pirandello, War John Chioles, Before the Firing SquadHa Jin, SaboteurYukio Mishima, Swaddling ClothesLu Hsun, My Old HomeAmy Tan, Two Kindsfrom The Oxford Book of Short Stories (Ed by VS Pritchett)Sir Walter Scott, The Two DroversRobert Louis Stevenson, Thrawn JanetJoseph Conrad, The Secret SharerRudyard Kipling, The Record of Badalia HerodsfootSaki, Sredni VashtarWalter de la Mare, An Ideal CraftsmanW. Somerset Maugham, An Official PositionAE Coppard, The Field of MustardJames Joyce, GraceDH Lawrence, The Rocking-Horse WinnerKatherine Mansfield, The Woman at the StoreLiam O’Flaherty, The TentElizabeth Bowen, The Demon LoverVS Pritchett, Many Are DisappointedSean O’Faolain, SinnersFrank O’Connor, Guests of the NationMorley Callaghan, The RunawayHE Bates, NeverRK Narayan, A Horse and Two GoatsWilliam Sansom, Various TemptationsMary Lavin, My VocationPatrick White, Five-TwentyDoris Lessing, Mrs. FortescueWilliam Trevor, Going Home11th Grade Short Stories:from The Oxford Book of American Short Stories (Ed by Joyce Carol Oates)Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"?Mark Twain's "Baker's Bluejay Yarn" (aka "What Stumped the Bluejays)Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"Washington Irving, Rip Van WinkleWilliam Austin, Peter Rugg, the Missing ManNathaniel Hawthorne, The Wives of the Dead (and The Minister’s Black Veil – not in that book though)(NOT Poe’s Tell Tale Heart – often taught in middle school)Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Ghost in the MillHerman Melville, The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of MaidsSamuel Clemens, Cannibalism in the CarsHenry James, The Middle YearsSarah Orne Jewett, A White HeronKate Chopin, The StormMary EW Freeman, Old Woman MagounCharles Chesnutt, The Sheriff’s ChildrenCharlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow WallpaperEdith Wharton, A JourneyStephen Crane, The Little RegimentWilla Cather, A Death in the DesertSherwood Anderson, The Strength of GodJack London, In a Far CountryWilliam Carlos Williams, The Girl with the Pimply FaceHP Lovecraft, The Rats in the WallsJean Toomer, Blood – Burning MoonF Scott Fitzgerald, An Alcoholic CaseWilliam Faulkner, That Evening SunErnest Hemingway, Hills Like White ElephantsLangston Hughes, Red Headed BabyRichard Wright, The Man Who Was Almost a ManNelson Algren, A Bottle of Milk for MotherEudora Welty, Where Is the Voice Coming From?Paul Bowles, A Distant EpisodeJohn Cheever, The Country HusbandBernard Malamud, My Son the MurdererShirley Jackson, The Lottery(NOT Ray Bradbury, There Will Come Soft Rains – a 10th Grade Story)(NOT James Baldwin, Sonny’s Blues – a 12th Grade Story)Flannery O’Connor, A Late Encounter with the Enemy(Not Ozick’s The Shawl – a 12th Grade Story)Donald Barthelme, The SchoolJohn Updike, The Persistence of DesirePhilip Roth, Defender of the FaithAnnie Proulx, The Mud BelowRaymond Carver, Are These Actual MilesJoyce Carol Oates, HeatRussell Banks, The Child Screams and Looks Back at YouEdmund White, Give it Up for BillyRichard Ford, Under the RadarTobias Wolff, Hunters in the SnowStephen King, The ReachTC Boyle, Filthy with ThingsAmy Hempel, Today Will Be a Quiet DayLouise Erdrich, FleurJeffrey Ford, The Drowned LifeHa Jin, Children as EnemiesLorrie Moore, How to Become a WriterDavid Foster Wallace, Good PeoplePinckney Benedict, MercyJhumpa Lahiri, Hell-HeavenJunot Diaz, Edison, New Jersey12th Grade Short Stories:from Literature & Composition: Reading, Writing and ThinkingJohn Cheever, ReunionTillie Olson, I Stand Here IroningHelena Maria Viramontes, The MothsAlice Munro, The Progress of LoveJhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies?(NOT Nathaniel Hawthorne, Young Goodman Brown? ?-- now in 11th!)Joyce Carol Oates, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?? ?Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Apollo?James Joyce, The DeadKatherine Mansfield, BlissWilliam Faulkner, A Rose for Emily Sandra Cisneros, Woman Hollering CreekEdwidge Danticat, The Book of the Dead?Herman Melville, Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall StreetZora Neale Hurston, SpunkKaren Russell, The ProspectorsFlannery O’Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to Find??James Baldwin, Sonny’s BluesAlice Walker’s Everyday UseHanif Kureishi, We’re Not Jews?Cynthia Ozick, The ShawlBharati Mukherjee, The Management of GriefPhil Klay, Ten Kliks South??? ................
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