A Modern Reading List for High School?

[AceLuby]

I would get rid of Shakespeare all together. Personally it was ridiculous to try to get to the point w/out some sort of cliff's notes.

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest was one of the best books I read in HS.

Ender's Game is a great choice.

The Things They Carried is also excellent, but I think it would hit home better for 12th graders (as the story is about an 18 yr old in Vietnam).

The Hobbit would be good (and it's short, LOTR is uber long)

Hyperion is a good book regarding religion, politics, and literature. It's a sci-fi book by Dan Simmons. He has a lot of really good books that I think a 10th grader could handle. The Invisible Man is another that's quite a bit shorter, but more of a fun read as opposed to deep issues.