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Bay Area 9th Grade Classics

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9th grade English classics · CommonLit / SpringBoard / SAT high-frequency texts.

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To Kill A Mockingbird

Harper Lee · 1960

Set in 1930s Alabama, Scout Finch grows up watching her father Atticus defend a Black man wrongly accused of a crime. A coming-of-age classic on prejudice, courage and conscience.

Bay Area 9th Grade · CommonLit / SpringBoard high-frequency text 220 words · 651 questions
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The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925

On Long Island in the Jazz Age, narrator Nick Carraway watches his mysterious neighbor Jay Gatsby chase a dream of love and reinvention — and the American Dream itself.

Bay Area 9th–10th Grade · Required classic 180 words · 189 questions
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Animal Farm

George Orwell · 1945

A farm's animals overthrow their human owner and try to build an equal society — until the pigs slowly take over. Orwell's allegory of the Russian Revolution and the corruption of power.

8th–9th Grade · Entry-level English classic 162 words · 210 questions
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Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck · 1937

Two migrant workers, George and Lennie, drift through Depression-era California chasing a small dream of their own land. A short, devastating novella on friendship and loneliness.

8th–9th Grade · Short must-read 93 words · 126 questions
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Lord of the Flies

William Golding · 1954

A group of British schoolboys stranded on a deserted island try to govern themselves — and slowly descend into savagery. Golding's allegory of civilization, power, and human nature.

Bay Area 9th Grade · High-frequency must-read 180 words · 252 questions
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1984

George Orwell · 1949

In a totalitarian future, Winston Smith secretly hates Big Brother and falls in love with Julia — until the Party crushes them both. The defining novel on surveillance, propaganda, and thoughtcrime.

Bay Area 9th–10th Grade · Required classic 360 words · 504 questions
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Atomic Habits

James Clear · 2018

James Clear breaks down the four laws behind habits: cue / craving / response / reward, showing how 1% tiny changes can reshape your identity and life trajectory. A modern classic with over 15 million copies sold worldwide.

9th–10th Grade · Goals & self-management bestseller 300 words · 420 questions
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Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl · 1946

Auschwitz survivor and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl developed logotherapy from his own concentration-camp experience: the last human freedom is the choice of attitude toward suffering. One of the most influential books of the 20th century.

9th–10th Grade · Classic on meaning 150 words · 210 questions
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Life 3.0

Max Tegmark · 2017

MIT physicist Max Tegmark maps out the future after AGI: from the fable of the Omega Team to consciousness, goal alignment, and humanity's cosmic destiny. A must-read framework for the AI age.

9th–10th Grade · AI science classic 150 words · 210 questions
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The Coming Wave

Mustafa Suleyman · 2023

DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman argues that the coming wave of AI and synthetic biology cannot be stopped, but must be contained. The most important AI policy and futurism book of 2023.

9th–10th Grade · Latest AI ideas 180 words · 252 questions
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

William Kamkwamba · 2009

Malawian teenager William Kamkwamba builds a windmill from scrap to generate electricity during drought and famine, saving his village. A true, inspiring classic about engineering thinking, creativity, and survival against adversity.

9th–10th Grade · Engineering biography must-read 210 words · 294 questions
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The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel · 2020

Morgan Housel uses 20 short stories to show that investing and wealth are more about behavior and psychology than math. From 'No one's crazy' to 'Room for Error,' a modern must-read for teen finance and life choices.

9th–10th Grade · Investing & life choices must-read 100 words · 200 questions
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