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| Title | Author | Grade Band |
|---|---|---|
| A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens | Middle School (6–8) |
| A Doll’s House | Henrik Ibsen | High School (9–12) |
| A Jury of Her Peers | Susan Glaspell | Middle School (6–8) |
| A Little Princess | Frances Hodgson Burnett | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | High School (9–12) |
| A New England Nun | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman | Middle School (6–8) |
| A Pair of Silk Stockings | Kate Chopin | Middle School (6–8) |
| A Piece of String | Guy de Maupassant | Middle School (6–8) |
| A Retrieved Reformation | O. Henry | Middle School (6–8) |
| A Rose for Emily | William Faulkner | Middle School (6–8) |
| A Spark Neglected Burns the House | Leo Tolstoy | Middle School (6–8) |
| A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens | High School (9–12) |
| A Voyage to Arcturus | David Lindsay | Middle School (6–8) |
| A White Heron | Sarah Orne Jewett | Middle School (6–8) |
| Aesop’s Fables — Week 1: Consequences & Responsibility | Aesop | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Aesop’s Fables — Week 2: Honesty, Trust & Deception | Aesop | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Aesop’s Fables — Week 3: Power, Leadership & Justice | Aesop | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Aesop’s Fables — Week 4: Friendship, Cooperation & Community | Aesop | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Aesop’s Fables — Week 5: Wisdom, Pride & Humility | Aesop | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | Ambrose Bierce | Middle School (6–8) |
| Anne of Green Gables | L. M. Montgomery | Middle School (6–8) |
| Antigone | Sophocles | High School (9–12) |
| Araby | James Joyce | High School (9–12) |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Jules Verne | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| As You Like It | William Shakespeare | High School (9–12) |
| Bartleby, the Scrivener | Herman Melville | Middle School (6–8) |
| Beowulf | Anonymous | High School (9–12) |
| Berenice | Edgar Allan Poe | Middle School (6–8) |
| Bernice Bobs Her Hair | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Middle School (6–8) |
| Black Beauty | Anna Sewell | Middle School (6–8) |
| Black History Month Poetry Mini Unit | Various Authors | High School (9–12) |
| Black History Month Speeches Mini Unit | Various Authors | High School (9–12) |
| Candide | Voltaire | Middle School (6–8) |
| Carmilla | J. Sheridan Le Fanu | High School (9–12) |
| Cat in the Rain | Ernest Hemingway | Middle School (6–8) |
| Désirée's Baby | Kate Chopin | Middle School (6–8) |
| Dracula | Bram Stoker | High School (9–12) |
| Emma | Jane Austen | Middle School (6–8) |
| Essential Poetry Unit (10) | Various Authors | High School (9–12) |
| Explorers, Waterways, and the Fur Trade | TeacherTravis | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Flatland | Edwin A. Abbott | Middle School (6–8) |
| Frankenstein | Mary Shelley | High School (9–12) |
| Freedom and Change in New York | TeacherTravis | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Giovanni Anastasi and the Egyptian Antiquities Trade | TeacherTravis | Middle School (6–8) |
| Giovanni Belzoni: The Strongman Explorer | TeacherTravis | Middle School (6–8) |
| Great Expectations | Charles Dickens | High School (9–12) |
| Grimm’s Fairy Tales — Week 1: Most-Recognized Classics I | Brothers Grimm | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Grimm’s Fairy Tales — Week 2: Most-Recognized Classics II | Brothers Grimm | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Grimm’s Fairy Tales — Week 3: Clever Heroes, Tests, and Tricks | Brothers Grimm | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Grimm’s Fairy Tales — Week 4: Siblings, Curses, and Transformations | Brothers Grimm | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Grimm’s Fairy Tales — Week 5: Mini-Heroes and Big Quests | Brothers Grimm | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan Swift | High School (9–12) |
| Hamlet | William Shakespeare | High School (9–12) |
| Haudenosaunee and Algonquian Peoples | TeacherTravis | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Hedda Gabler | Henrik Ibsen | High School (9–12) |
| Heidi | Johanna Spyri | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Hills Like White Elephants | Ernest Hemingway | High School (9–12) |
| Holiday & Seasons Poetry Unit (12) | Various Authors | High School (9–12) |
| Il Conde | Joseph Conrad | High School (9–12) |
| Immigration, Industry, Labor, and Modern New York | TeacherTravis | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl | Harriet Jacobs | High School (9–12) |
| Jane Eyre | Charlotte Brontë | High School (9–12) |
| John Redding Goes to Sea | Zora Neale Hurston | Middle School (6–8) |
| Joseph Andrews | Henry Fielding | Middle School (6–8) |
| Journey to the Center of the Earth | Jules Verne | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare | High School (9–12) |
| King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table | Howard Pyle | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| King Lear | William Shakespeare | High School (9–12) |
| Ligeia | Edgar Allan Poe | Middle School (6–8) |
| Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | Middle School (6–8) |
| Macbeth | William Shakespeare | High School (9–12) |
| Mansfield Park | Jane Austen | Middle School (6–8) |
| Medea | Euripides | High School (9–12) |
| Meditations | Marcus Aurelius | High School (9–12) |
| Men Like Gods | H. G. Wells | Middle School (6–8) |
| Metamorphoses | Ovid | High School (9–12) |
| Miss Brill | Katherine Mansfield | Middle School (6–8) |
| Moby-Dick | Herman Melville | High School (9–12) |
| Moon-Face | Jack London | High School (9–12) |
| Morella | Edgar Allan Poe | Middle School (6–8) |
| Moxon’s Master | Ambrose Bierce | Middle School (6–8) |
| Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass | Frederick Douglass | High School (9–12) |
| New Amsterdam Becomes New York | TeacherTravis | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| New York in the French and Indian War | TeacherTravis | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| New York Regions and Geography | TeacherTravis | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| New York State Government | TeacherTravis | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen | Middle School (6–8) |
| Oedipus Rex | Sophocles | High School (9–12) |
| Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad | M. R. James | High School (9–12) |
| Oliver Twist | Charles Dickens | Middle School (6–8) |
| Othello | William Shakespeare | High School (9–12) |
| Paper Pills | Sherwood Anderson | Middle School (6–8) |
| Paul's Case | Willa Cather | Middle School (6–8) |
| Persuasion | Jane Austen | Middle School (6–8) |
| Peter Pan | J. M. Barrie | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Pollyanna | Eleanor H. Porter | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | High School (9–12) |
| Pygmalion | George Bernard Shaw | High School (9–12) |
| Revolutionary New York | TeacherTravis | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Rip Van Winkle | Washington Irving | Middle School (6–8) |
| Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Defoe | Middle School (6–8) |
| Romantic & Victorian Poetry Unit (10) | Various Authors | High School (9–12) |
| Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | High School (9–12) |
| Salt vs. Drovetti: Showdown on the Nile | TeacherTravis | Middle School (6–8) |
| Sense and Sensibility | Jane Austen | Middle School (6–8) |
| Spunk | Zora Neale Hurston | Middle School (6–8) |
| Sweat | Zora Neale Hurston | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain | High School (9–12) |
| The Adventures of Pinocchio | Carlo Collodi | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Mark Twain | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| The Aeneid | Virgil | High School (9–12) |
| The Bet | Anton Chekhov | High School (9–12) |
| The Black Cat | Edgar Allan Poe | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Body Snatcher | Robert Louis Stevenson | High School (9–12) |
| The Call of the Wild | Jack London | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Canterbury Tales | Geoffrey Chaucer | High School (9–12) |
| The Canterville Ghost | Oscar Wilde | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Cask of Amontillado | Edgar Allan Poe | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County | Mark Twain | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Cop and the Anthem | O. Henry | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Alexandre Dumas | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Country of the Blind | H. G. Wells | High School (9–12) |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Damned Thing | Ambrose Bierce | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Devil and Tom Walker | Washington Irving | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Divine Comedy | Dante Alighieri | High School (9–12) |
| The Doll's House | Katherine Mansfield | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Erie Canal and Westward Movement | TeacherTravis | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar | Edgar Allan Poe | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Fall of the House of Usher | Edgar Allan Poe | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Gift of the Magi | O. Henry | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald | High School (9–12) |
| The Happy Prince and Other Tales | Oscar Wilde | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| The Horla | Guy de Maupassant | High School (9–12) |
| The Horseman in the Sky | Ambrose Bierce | High School (9–12) |
| The Iliad | Homer | High School (9–12) |
| The Imp of the Perverse | Edgar Allan Poe | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde | High School (9–12) |
| The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano | Olaudah Equiano | High School (9–12) |
| The Interlopers | Saki | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Invisible Man | H. G. Wells | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Island of Doctor Moreau | H. G. Wells | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Jilting of Granny Weatherall | Katherine Anne Porter | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Jungle Book | Rudyard Kipling | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| The King in Yellow | Robert W. Chambers | High School (9–12) |
| The Lady with the Dog | Anton Chekhov | High School (9–12) |
| The Lady, or the Tiger? | Frank R. Stockton | High School (9–12) |
| The Last Leaf | O. Henry | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Washington Irving | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Machine Stops | E. M. Forster | High School (9–12) |
| The Mark of the Beast | Rudyard Kipling | High School (9–12) |
| The Mark on the Wall | Virginia Woolf | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Masque of the Red Death | Edgar Allan Poe | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood | Howard Pyle | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| The Mezzotint | M. R. James | High School (9–12) |
| The Monkey's Paw | W. W. Jacobs | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Most Dangerous Game | Richard Connell | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Edgar Allan Poe | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Necklace | Guy de Maupassant | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Night Land | William Hope Hodgson | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Odyssey | Homer | High School (9–12) |
| The Open Boat | Stephen Crane | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Open Window | Saki | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Outcasts of Poker Flat | Bret Harte | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Gaston Leroux | High School (9–12) |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde | High School (9–12) |
| The Pit and the Pendulum | Edgar Allan Poe | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Premature Burial | Edgar Allan Poe | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Princess and the Goblin | George MacDonald | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| The Purple Cloud | M. P. Shiel | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Railway Children | E. Nesbit | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| The Ransom of Red Chief | O. Henry | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Red Badge of Courage | Stephen Crane | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Red Room | H. G. Wells | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Revolt of Mother | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne | High School (9–12) |
| The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Signal-Man | Charles Dickens | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Sisters | James Joyce | High School (9–12) |
| The Star | H. G. Wells | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Story of an Hour | Kate Chopin | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Story of Doctor Dolittle | Hugh Lofting | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Robert Louis Stevenson | High School (9–12) |
| The Swiss Family Robinson | Johann David Wyss | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Tell-Tale Heart | Edgar Allan Poe | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Tempest | William Shakespeare | High School (9–12) |
| The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Time Machine | H. G. Wells | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Turn of the Screw | Henry James | High School (9–12) |
| The Upper Berth | F. Marion Crawford | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Voice in the Night | William Hope Hodgson | Middle School (6–8) |
| The War of the Worlds | H. G. Wells | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank Baum | Middle School (6–8) |
| The Yellow Wallpaper | Charlotte Perkins Gilman | Middle School (6–8) |
| To Build a Fire | Jack London | Middle School (6–8) |
| Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson | Upper Elementary (3–5) |
| Twelve Years a Slave | Solomon Northup | High School (9–12) |
| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | Jules Verne | Middle School (6–8) |
| Up from Slavery | Booker T. Washington | High School (9–12) |
| Vanity Fair | William Makepeace Thackeray | Middle School (6–8) |
| Vivant Denon and Napoleon’s Egyptian Expedition | TeacherTravis | Middle School (6–8) |
| White Fang | Jack London | Middle School (6–8) |
| Who Owns the Past? The Egyptian Artifacts Debate | TeacherTravis | Middle School (6–8) |
| William Wilson | Edgar Allan Poe | Middle School (6–8) |
| Wuthering Heights | Emily Brontë | High School (9–12) |
| Young Goodman Brown | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Middle School (6–8) |