{"id":30,"date":"2007-07-01T13:37:41","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T13:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/20-books-worth-teaching-to-teens"},"modified":"2016-10-02T11:16:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T18:16:32","slug":"20-books-worth-teaching-to-teens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/20-books-worth-teaching-to-teens","title":{"rendered":"20 Books Worth Teaching to Teens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier I posted about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/dos-and-donts-of-choosing-literature-to-teach-to-teenagers\">how to choose novels for classroom study<\/a>. Here&#8217;s a short list of books that I think fit the criteria. Remember, however, that you must pick one that you&#8217;re passionate about, so use this list as a jumping-off point. Books marked with an asterisk would be especially appropriate for use in Catholic schools.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0142437549\/nickslists-20\">The Divine Comedy<\/a><\/em> by Dante Alighieri*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0380729407\/nickslists-20\"><em>Something Wicked This Way Comes<\/em><\/a> by Ray Bradbury*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0345342968\/nickslists-20\"><em>Fahrenheit 451<\/em><\/a> by Ray Bradbury<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0812550706\/nickslists-20\"><em>Ender&#8217;s Game<\/em><\/a> by Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1586170422\/nickslists-20\"><em>The Man Who Was Thursday<\/em>:<em> A Nightmare<\/em><\/a> by G.K. Chesterton*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0812972589\/nickslists-20\"><em>The Ox-bow Incident<\/em><\/a> by Walter Van Tilburg Clark<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1580495796\/nickslists-20\"><em>A Christmas Carol<\/em><\/a> by Charles Dickens<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0812580036\/nickslists-20\"><em>Oliver Twist<\/em><\/a> by Charles Dickens<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0553211757\/nickslists-20\"><em>Crime and Punishment<\/em><\/a> by FyodorDostoevsky<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0345418263\/nickslists-20\"><em>The Princess Bride<\/em><\/a> by William Goldman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0142437301\/nickslists-20\"><em>The Power and the Glory<\/em><\/a> by Graham Greene*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0872204847\/nickslists-20\"><em>The Odyssey<\/em><\/a> by Homer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/141650026X\/nickslists-20\"><em>Les Miserables<\/em><\/a> by Victor Hugo (abridged Enriched Classics edition)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0553262505\/nickslists-20\"><em>A Wizard of Earthsea<\/em><\/a> by Ursula LeGuin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0060892994\/nickslists-20\"><em>A Canticle for Leibowitz<\/em><\/a> by Walter Miller, Jr.*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0451524934\/nickslists-20\"><em>Nineteen Eighty-Four<\/em><\/a> by George Orwell<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0553271105\/nickslists-20\"><em>Shane<\/em><\/a> by Jack Schaefer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0143039431\/nickslists-20\"><em>The Grapes of Wrath<\/em><\/a> by John Steinbeck<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/055321277X\/nickslists-20\"><em>The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde<\/em><\/a> by Robert Louis Stevenson<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0060574607\/nickslists-20\">The Book of the Dun Cow<\/a><\/em> by Walter Wangerin, Jr.*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I mentioned yesterday not to worry about the availability of teaching materials as a criteria for choosing a book. However, there&#8217;s no need to reinvent the wheel. One good source of novel guides is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerforlearning.org\">The Center for Learning<\/a>. One thing I like about their selection is that they&#8217;re constantly adding new titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier I posted about how to choose novels for classroom study. Here&#8217;s a short list of books that I think fit the criteria. 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