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9th grade suggestions!

What would you consider the must-have books for a 9th grade English classroom library? I'm starting from scratch AND a new teacher, in an inner city DC, 100% African American, low achieving school. I need a wide range of reading levels with a range of authors and topics beyond "written by a dead white guy" (as my summer school students liked to say). Suggestions for fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, and poetry are all welcome!


Our required reading for the year: Romeo and Juliet, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Things Fall Apart.
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  • Scorpio, by Marko Kloos

    A girl and her dog and kaiju-sized aliens. 47North, 2024, 285 pages On a distant Earth colony, an orphaned survivor of an alien invasion…

  • The Apothecary Diaries Manga, Vol. 12

    The Apothecary Diaries Manga, Vol. 12 by Nekokurage Further adventures of MaoMao. Builds on the earlier volumes. (Minor spoilers for them ahead.)…

  • Breaking the Chain

    Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story by Patrick McDonnell Some prefatory matter about inspiration, some afterword about reaction, but the heart…