Required Reading
He’s reaching for that green light.
Who is Gatsby?
This coming-of-age graphic memoir has been contested in high school libraries due to the author’s exploration of sexuality and gender expression.
What is Gender Queer: A Memoir?
She wrote almost 1,800 poems, but only 10 were published in her lifetime.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
This iconic wizard was played by two actors over the course of eight movies.
Who is Dumbledore?
This middle-grade author started a publishing company to highlight mythologies from around the world.
Who is Rick Riordan?
Her face launched a thousand ships.
Who is Helen?
Inspired by the true story of a woman who killed her own children, this novel has been banned for its unflinching depiction of slavery.
What is Beloved?
This English poet went blind over the course of writing Paradise Lost.
Who is John Milton?
First published in 1985, this feminist dystopian novel exploded in popularity after its adaptation into a Hulu series.
What is The Handmaid's Tale?
Cyborg Cinderella loses her foot at the ball.
What is Cinder?
The author claimed this book was inspired by his class of English schoolboys.
What is Lord of the Flies?
A fifteen-year-old investigates the death of his neighbor’s dog.
What is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time?
This American poet claimed there was nothing more tragic than the death of a beautiful woman.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
This Victor Hugo novel was adapted into a Disney animated movie in 1996.
What is The Hunchback of Notre Dame?
Pen name for a group of writers who wrote about cats.
Who is Erin Hunter?
Romeo claimed he loved her before he met Juliet.
Who is Rosaline?
Death, trauma, and grief after the September 11th terrorist attack.
What is Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close?
Marilyn Monroe’s husband.
Who is Arthur Miller?
In this LGBT rom-com, the son of the American president and the British prince destroy what food item?
What is a wedding cake?
The narrator of The Book Thief isn’t a character, but the personification of this.
What is Death?
It’s a play about the Salem Witch Trials, but it’s also about McCarthyism.
What is The Crucible?
Scout dressed up as this food item for Halloween in To Kill a Mockingbird.
What is ham?
He said quotation marks “blot the page up with weird little marks.”
Who is Cormac McCarthy?
This dystopian film adaptation is known for its use of shaky cam.
What is The Hunger Games?
It is always winter here, but never Christmas.
What is Narnia?