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Below is the reading list for all PMHS students. The following "Required texts" will be read by each student of that grade level, regardless of teacher. Optional texts may be read at the discretion of the teacher.

Freshmen (9th)
Sophomore (10th)
Junior (11th)
Senior (12th)

Required Texts

  • Romeo and Juliet
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Fahrenheit 451
  • The Odyssey
  • The Pearl

 

Required Texts

  • Julius Caesar
  • Animal Farm
  • Cry the Beloved Country
  • Lord of the Flies
  • Inherit the Wind
  • A Tale of Two Cities (honors)

Required Texts

  • The Crucible
  • The Scarlet Letter
  • The Great Gatsby
  • In Dubious Battle
  • Johnny Got His Gun

Required Texts

  • Beowulf
  • Frakenstein
  • MacBeth
  • The Dubliners
  • The Canterbury Tales
  • Hamlet (AP)
  • Oedipus (AP)
  • The Prince (AP)
  • The Illiad (AP)
  • The Divine Comedy (AP)
  • The Epic of Gilgamesh (AP)
Optional Texts
  • The Hobbit
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Call of the Wild
  • Martian Chronicles
  • Old Man and the Sea
  • The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Optional Texts
  • The Bean Trees
  • Of Mice and Men
  • Jane Eyre
  • Huck Finn
  • Nectar in a Sieve
Optional Texts
  • Ethan Frome
  • The Sun Also Rises
  • Death of a Salesman
  • Our Town
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God
  • Maggie: A Girl of the Street
Optional Texts
  • Song of Solomon
  • Othello
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany