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1 | CCPS High School Books Approved for Classroom Use updated 2/13/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 | According to F.S.1006.28, “Each book made available to students through a school district library media center or included in a recommended or assigned school or grade-level reading list must be selected by a school district employee who holds a valid educational media specialist certificate, regardless of whether the book is purchased, donated, or otherwise made available to students.” Prior to adding material to a teacher’s non-adopted reading list or classroom library, the material is required to be reviewed and approved by a school librarian, media specialist, or other certificated personnel who have successfully completed the training program developed by the Florida Department of Education. When developing a classroom library or reading list, teachers are to refer to the Charlotte County Public Schools Approved Non-Adopted Reading List and choose titles from the appropriate grade-level band. If a book is not included on the approved list, it is the responsibility of the teacher to submit a request to the media specialist for review & selection of the material (please refer to the digital Request for Media Specialist Book Review form for further directions. Note: Approved lists are under constant revision based on guidance from the school board attorney as well as updates in statutes and state board rules. Individual titles may be added or removed from the list frequently. This is an evolving document that should be checked frequently for updates. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Title | Author | Grade Level Approval | Date Approved | Comments (if needed) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Texts from the B.E.S.T. Standards Grades 9-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 9th Grade B.E.S.T. List | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 1984 | Orwell | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Animal Farm | Orwell | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Antigone | Anouilh | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Antigone | Sophocles | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Beowulf | Unknown | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Democracy in America | de Tocqueville | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Electra | Sophocles | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Finding Manana | Ojito | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Medea | Euripides | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Old Greek Stories | Baldwin | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Romeo and Juliet | Shakespeare | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | The Aeneid | Virgil | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | The Death of Ivan Illyich | Tolstoy | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | The Epic of Gilgamesh | Unknown | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | The Hero with a Thousand Faces | Campbell | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | The Illiad | Homer | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | The Lincoln-Douglas Debate 1st Debate | Douglas | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | The Odyssey | Homer | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | The Prince | Machiavelli | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Unbroken | Hillenbrand | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 10th Grade B.E.S.T. List | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 2 Samuel | The Bible | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | A Raisin in the Sun | Hansberry | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | A Tale of Two Cities | Dickens | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Common Sense | Paine | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Cry, The Beloved Country | Paton | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Farenheit 451 | Bradbury | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Frankenstein | Shelley | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Galatea | Miller | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Land of Hope: An Invitation to the great American Story | McClay | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Lord of the Flies | Golding | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Macbeth | Shakespeare | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Midsummer Night's Dream | Shakespeare | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Of Mice and Men | Steinbeck | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Prometheus Unbound | Shelley | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Pygmalion | Shaw | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man | Johnson | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | the Crucible | Miller | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | The Piano Lesson | Wilson | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | The Red Badge of Courage | Crane | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | the Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | The Sould of Black Folk | DuBois | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Stowe | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Up From Slavery | Washington | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | 11th Grade B.E.S.T. List | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Are Women People? | Miller | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Billy Budd | Melville | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Book of Pslams | The Bible | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Canterbury Tales | Chaucer | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Confessions of St. Augustine | Augustine | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Dante's Inferno | Dante | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Discourse on Method | Descartes | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Jane Eyre | Bronte | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Julius Cesar | Shakespeare | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Night | Wiesel | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | On Duties | Cicero | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | On the Social Contract | Rousseau | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | One Day inthe Life of Ivan Denisovich | Solzhenitsyn | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | The Dreamer | Ryan | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | The Federalist Papers | Hamilton | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | The First Phillippics of Cicero Against Marcus Antony | Cicero | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | The Spirit of Laws | Montesquieu | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | The Surrender Tree | Engle | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Two Treatises on Givernment | Locke | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Walden | Thoreau | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | 12th Grade B.E.S.T. List | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Crime and Punishment | Dostovesky | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Don Quixote | Cervantes | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions | Abbott | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Hamlet | Shakespeare | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Heart of Darkness | Conrad | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | King Lear | Shakespeare | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Life of Julius Caesar | Shakespeare | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Longitude: The True Story of a Long Genius Who Solves the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time | Sobel | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Pride and Prejudice | Austen | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Rosencrantz and Guilenstern Are Dead | Stoppard | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | The Republic | Plato | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | The Twelve Caesars | Suetonis | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Utopia | More | Grades 9-12 | 1/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | Texts from the Civics Literacy Reading Lists Grades 9-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Title | Author | Grade Band | Date Approved | Comments (if needed) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | 1838 Florida Constitution | Grades 9-12 | 2/27/2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Autibiograhy of Benjamin Franklin | Franklin, Benjamin | Grades 9-12 | 2/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Civil Disobedience | Thoreau, Henry, David | Grades 9-12 | 2/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Commentaries on the Laws of England | Blackstone, David | Grades 9-12 | 2/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Common Sense | Paine, Thomas | Grades 9-12 | 2/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | Current Florida Constitution | Grades 9-12 | 2/27/2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Democracy in America | de Tocqueville, Alexis | Grades 9-12 | 2/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | English Declaration of Rights | Parilment of England | Grades 9-12 | 2/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Fderalist Papers | Hamilton, Alexander, Madison, James, and Jay, John | Grades 9-12 | 2/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | For the Equal Rights Amendment (1969) | Chisholm, Shirley | Grades 9-12 | 2/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story | McClay, Wilfred, M. | Grades 9-12 | 2/27/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Letter from Birmingham Jail | King, Martin Luther, Jr. | Grades 9-12 | 2/27/2023 |