{"id":3630,"date":"2023-12-27T19:29:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T00:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebookreviewhaiku.com\/staging\/6050\/?p=3630"},"modified":"2023-12-29T21:05:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T02:05:05","slug":"best-books-you-should-have-read-in-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebookreviewhaiku.com\/staging\/6050\/best-books-you-should-have-read-in-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Books You (Should Have) Read in High School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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High school reading lists are, admittedly, much less exciting to high schoolers than they are to the (perhaps older) crowds who long for a wonderfully curated list of new reads and a pre-assembled book club to discuss. For those of you who long for the high school days and that wonderful exposure to literature, or for those who are missing some key classics from your repertoire, we’ve assembled TBRH’s Best Books You (Should Have) Read in High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High school reading lists are really powerful because they expose younger readers to the world they are about to become a part of, in all its glory, ugliness, and triumph. Well-rounded reading lists teach us about our history (especially the parts we must learn from), teach us who we are and who we can become, and can inspire a generation of new thought, change, and action. They make us better, more informed, citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/a>, by Maya Angelou<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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A girl, dignified<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, who Didn’t Come to Stay <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whose words sing beyond<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. The Things They Carried<\/a>, by Tim O’Brien<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n
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Memory, to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granular, mundane, afraid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

War, outside, within. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. The Great Gatsby<\/a>, by F. Scott Fitzgerald<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n
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America’s great:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dream, Irony, Novella<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imprisoned, preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History<\/a>, by Art Spiegelman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n
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Brutal. Haunted. Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Try to cut through a mem’ry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who Remains? Tortured. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5. My Antonia<\/a>, by Willa Cather<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Life on the prairie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside: desolate landscape<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within: courage, fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6. The Scarlet Letter<\/a>, by Nathaniel Hawthorne<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n
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A spirit not tamed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the sin on your chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born for all to judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7. Their Eyes Were Watching God<\/a>, by Zora Neale Hurston<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n
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Beautiful, tragic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Race, gender, identity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timeless, enduring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8. Brave New World<\/a>, by Aldous Huxley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n
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Forward, forward, on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technology is supreme!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The price of a soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn<\/a>, by Mark Twain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n
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Chase independence,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Down the Mighty Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adventures galore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10. Jane Eyre<\/a>, by Charlotte Bronte<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\"\"\n\n\n\n
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Girl: choices chosen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lady: longing for freedom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tale: of all women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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