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Depends on what you can get away with... Brian Send a noteboard - 28/11/2009 01:51:15 AM
for my grade 12 English class? I have to do a seminar on a general theme in the said book.

Are you looking for a full length novel, a short story...?

If you want challenging I can think of a couple that would be good depending on what you can get away with. The Things They Carried by Tim O'brien is an excellent book about Vietnam. I'm not sure if you can get away with it or not, as it's downright brutal in some parts.

If you want something a bit different there's a book called Ceremony by Lesli Marmon Silko. It would be a challenge as well. It's a native book about a guy trying to heal after his experiences in WWII. If you were going to teach/write about that one though I'd suggest doing some research or even contacting a Native Lit teacher. I can give you the email of a couple I know that would be more than willing to help with it.

Alternatively you could just go with the old standby books and do Brave New World, or Fahrenheit 451. (I wouldn't really consider Fahrenheit a challenging book, but I'm sure some schools might).

Other suggestions...As I Lay Dying, Cat's Cradle, or the Handmaid's Tale.
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Yo RAFO. What "challenging reads" do you recommend ... Velveti - 28/11/2009 01:33:19 AM 698 Views
Depends on what you can get away with... Brian - 28/11/2009 01:51:15 AM 632 Views
As I Lay Dying is a good call. Think it was about twelfth grade when i read it. Panorphaeon - 28/11/2009 04:10:03 AM 437 Views
"My mother is a fish." Craig - 28/11/2009 09:20:45 PM 409 Views
Class representation of pre-Soviet social classes in Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov Mad Cow Bomber - 28/11/2009 04:20:20 AM 654 Views
This is what happens when the book board isn't named the book board Camilla - 28/11/2009 11:08:30 AM 639 Views
Quit complaining, missy. Nebhead - 28/11/2009 02:05:34 PM 451 Views
Re: Quit complaining, missy. Camilla - 28/11/2009 07:00:02 PM 432 Views
One bucket a day for each post they hold? *NM* Floffe - 28/11/2009 10:55:40 PM 191 Views
Something like that. *NM* Camilla - 28/11/2009 10:56:31 PM 188 Views
Stranger In A Strange Land imlad - 28/11/2009 05:29:07 PM 430 Views
Most public schools would expel this poor kid for choosing a book that deals with those themes. Erith - 29/11/2009 04:34:02 AM 436 Views
Some questions: Erith - 29/11/2009 04:48:29 AM 424 Views
Carrie? Ghavrel - 29/11/2009 07:57:30 AM 429 Views
Why not? The underlying themes are good - especially for high school. Erith - 30/11/2009 07:06:05 PM 587 Views
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