大学英语课外书College Bound Reading List.doc

College Bound Reading List http://als.lib.wi.us/Collegebound.html，2010-4-14 Compiled by Arrowhead Library System ? American Literature ? Agee, James A Death in the Family Story of loss and heartbreak felt when a young father dies. ? Anderson, Sherwood Winesburg, Ohio A collection of short stories lays bare the life of a small town in the Midwest. ? Baldwin, James Go Tell It On the Mountain Semi-autobiographical novel about a 14-year-old black youths religious conversion. ? Bellamy, Edward Looking Backward: 2000-1887 Written in 1887 about a young man who travels in time to a utopian year 2000, where economic security and a healthy moral environment have reduced crime. ? Bellow, Saul Seize the Day A son grapples with his love and hate for an unworthy father. ? Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451 Reading is a crime and firemen burn books in this futuristic society. ? Cather, Willa My Antonia Immigrant pioneers strive to adapt to the Nebraska prairies. ? Chopin, Kate The Awakening The story of a New Orleans woman who abandons her husband and children to search for love and self-understanding. ? Clark, Walter Van Tilburg The Ox-Bow Incident When a group of citizens discovers one of their members has been murdered by cattle rustlers, they form an illegal posse, pursue the murderers, and lynch them. ? Cormier, Robert The Chocolate War Jerry Renault challenges the power structure of his school when he refuses to sell chocolates for the annual fundraiser. ? Crane, Stephen The Red Badge of Courage During the Civil War, Henry Fleming joins the army full of romantic visions of battle which are shattered by combat. ? Dorris, Michael A Yellow Raft in Blue Water Three generations of Native American women recount their searches for identity and love. ? Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man A black mans search for himself as an individual and as a member of his race and his society. ? Faulkner, William As I Lay Dying The Bundren family takes th