Ms. Knudsen's Novel Project

Students in Ms. Knudsen's class at Longwood High School may choose a novel from the following: (last updated 4/21/2012)

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff (early Chinese philosophies)

Numbers: Their History and Meaning by Graham Flegg (ancient societies)

Shogun by James Clavell (Japan, feudalism, shogun)

Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columber by Orson Scott Card (exploration)

It's a Jungle Out There: Book 1 of the Rani Adventures by Ron Snell (Peru)

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (WWII, Denmark)

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (Holocaust, Germany, concentration camps)

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan)

From Baghdad with Love: A Marine, The War, and a Dog Named Lava by J. Kopelman and Melinda Roth (Iraq, terrorism, militarism)

Escape from Warsaw (original title The Silver Sword) by Ian Serrailler (WWII, Poland)

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (20th centure social issues, Green Revolution)

Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography - The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa by Mark Mathabane

Sold by Patricia McCormick (India, sex trade)

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah (Africa, Sierra Leone, child soldiers)

I am a Taxi by Deborah Ellis (South America, Bolivia, drug trade, unions)

The Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution by Ally Gardner (France, French revolution)

Bound by Donna Jo Napoli (China, traditions, Cinderella tale)

Aladdin retold by N.J. Dawood (Arabia, classic tale)

Does my Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah (Islam, hijab)

Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran by Azedah Moaveni (Iran, Islam)

The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis (Afghanistan, Taliban, gender roles)

Mara: Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (Egypt, Queen Hatshepsut)

Revolution is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine (Chinese Revolution)

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (Sudan, the genocide, the Lost Boys)

Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer (the Tudors, England)

I am Nujood: Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali with Delphine Minoui (Taliban, Yemen)

updated October 2011