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This is a list of books that is required reading over the four years of high school at Helaman's Academy.
This list is specific for our children. There are many great books left off because either they have already read them, we read them as a family or we didn't feel that our children could handle them. You will also note that we require a certain number of books read each year, some are required and the rest the children can choose from this list, OR they can suggest another book. Of course, this is the beauty of homeschooling.
Major caution about the links suggested, many, if not all of these sites have heavy advertising on their sites. Because of the target audience (college and high schoolers), they are flashy and at some times be a bit not in accordance to the family values I hold dear. Please be careful and use judgment when clicking on sites. Also, some of these site charge for their study guides, so not all were listed.
Note: Biblomania is a website with frames so there is no direct link to the books study guide. Please type in author or title of book.
| Title | Author | suggested year | links |
| 1984 | Orwell, George | ||
| A Tale of Two Cities | Dickens, Charles | ||
| Alas, Babylon | Frank, Pat | ||
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Remarque, Erich Maria |
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| All Things Great and Small | Harriet, James | Sophomore | |
| Captains Courageous | Kipling, Rudyard | ||
| Carry on Mr. Bowditch | Iatham, Jean Lee | ||
| Catch 22 | Heller, Joseph | ||
| Christy | Marshall, Catherine | ||
| Code Talker | Burchac, Joseph | Sophomore |
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| The Count of Monte Cristo | Dumas, Alexandre | ||
| Daniel Boone | Doughtery, James | ||
| Death of a Salesman | Miller, Arthur | Junior | |
| Ender's Game | Card, Orson Scott | ||
| Eragon & Eldest | Paolini, Christopher | ||
| A Farewell to Arms | Hemingway, Ernest | Sophomore | |
| Fast Food Nation | Schlosser, Eric |
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| Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates | Dodge, Mary Mopes | ||
| Horatio Hornblower | Forester, C.S. | ||
| How to Win Friends and Influence People | Carnegie, Dale | ||
| Island of the Blue Dolphins | O'Dell, Scott | ||
| Julie of the Wolves | George, Jean C. | ||
| Man's Search for Meaning | Frankle, Viktor | while studying WWII | |
| Murder on the Orient Express | Christie, Agatha | ||
| Peter Pan | Barrie, James M | ||
| Pride and Prejudice | Austen, Jane | Junior | |
| Pygmalion | Shaw, George Bernard | ||
| The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood | Pyle, Howard | ||
| Robinson Crusoe | Defoe, Daniel | ||
| The Screwtape Letters | Lewis, C.S. | ||
| Selected Short Stories | Montgomery, LM | ||
| Seven Habits of Highly Successful Teens | Covey, Sean | Freshman | |
| Standing for Something | Hinckley, Gordon B | Sophomore | |
| Starry Messenger | Sis, Peter | Senior | |
| Story of My Life | Keller, Helen | ||
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Twain, Mark | ||
| The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin | Franklin, Benjamin | ||
| The Bloody Country | Collier, James & Christopher | ||
| The Catcher in the Rye | Salinger, J. D. | Junior | |
| The Chosen | Potak, Chaim | Junior | |
| The Courtship of Miles Standish | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth | ||
| The Crucible | Miller, Arthur | ||
| The Diary of a Young Girl | Frank, Anne | when study WWII | |
| The Enormous Egg | Butterworth, Oliver | Sophomore | |
| The Federalist Papers | Hamilton, Alexander | Junior | |
| The Five Love Languages | Chapman, Pat | Junior | |
| The Giver | Lowry, Lois | ||
| The Good Master | Seredy, Kate | ||
| The Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | ||
| The Great Gatsby | Fitzgerald, F. Scott | ||
| The Hiding Place | Ten Boom, Corrie | when study World War II | |
| The Hounds of the Baskervilles | Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan | ||
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Wilde, Oscar | ||
| The Jungle | Sinclair, Upton | ||
| The Jungle Book | Kipling, Rudyard | ||
| The Making of America | Skousen, Cleon | ||
| The Old Man and the Sea | Hemingway, Ernest | ||
| The Other Side of Heaven | Groberg, John H. | ||
| The Pearl | Steinbeck, John | ||
| The Prince and the Pauper | Twain, Mark | Senior | |
| The Proper Role of Government | Benson, Ezra Taft | ||
| The Red Badge of Courage | Crane, Stephen | when study Civil War |
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| The Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | ||
| The Sea Wolf | London, Jack | ||
| The Sign of the Beaver | Speare, Elizabeth George | ||
| The Story of My Life | Keller, Helen | ||
| The Swiss Family Robinson | Wyss, Johann Rudolf | ||
| The Trumpeter from Krakow | Kelly, Eric P | ||
| The Work and the Glory (7 book series) | Lund, Gerald N. | when they study church history | |
| Three Musketeers | Dumas, Alexandre | ||
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Lee, Harper | ||
| Treasure Island | Stevenson, Robert Lewis | ||
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Senior | |
| Way to Be | Hinckley, Gordon B | Freshman | |
| Wild Swans | Chang, Jung | ||
| Wuthering Heights | Bronte, Emily | Junior | |
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| Sutcliff, Rosemary | 77 | ||
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A credit at Helaman's Academy is either a content based credit or a time based credit. A "content" based credit is mastering certain skills or completing a text book (like a math book). A "time" based credit is spending time at that skill like practicing a musical instrument or playing on a sports team for a certain amount of time; roughly about 120 hours.
Last update: July, 2007
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