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SENIOR FICTION - RECOMMENDED NOVELS (GRADES 11-12)

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TOPIC /THEME TITLE (with reviews) AUTHOR CALL #
Oppression of Women  Romance Reader  Abraham, Pearl F ABR
Myth / Modern Life - Hasidic tales Seventh Beggar Abraham, Pearl F ABR
Science Fiction - Comedy Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas F ADA
Death  Death in the family  Agee, James  F AGE
Death / Afterlife Five people you meet in heaven Albom, Mitch F ALB
Women / immigrants Brick lane Ali, Monica F ALI
Mystery & Horror House Of Spirits  Allende, Isabel F ALL 
Possible Disasters as the Result of Money Money : a Suicide Note Amis, Martin F AMI
Family Cure For Death By Lightning  Anderson-Dargatz, Gail F AND
Sentient Artificial Intelligence You've got murder Andrews, Donna F AND
Racism - South Africa I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Angelou, Maya  F ANG
Family Vinegar Hill Ansay, A. Manette F ANS
Future Societies & Women    Handmaid's Tale  Atwood, Margaret F ATW
Loss / moral wasteland Oryx and Crake Atwood, Margaret F ATW
Family / Prejudice  Hero's Walk  Badami, Anita R F BAD 
India Canada Cultural Issues Tamarind Mem Badami, Anita R F BAD
Marriage - Emotional Dependency According to Queeney Bainbridge, Beryl  F BAI
Afro Americans  Go Tell It On The Mountain  Baldwin, James  F BAL 
India Canada Cultural Issues  English Lessons And Other Stories  Baldwin, Shauna S F BAL 
Family / War Tiger Claw Baldwin, Shauna S F BAL
Mystery / Detective In The Heat Of The Night  Ball, John D  F BAL 
Boys' Coming of Age    Rule Of The Bone  Banks, Russell  F BAN 
Strange Pen-Pals  Griffin & Sabine  Bantock, Nick  F BAN 
Widowers Sea, The Banville, John F BAN
Unexpected Death / Absurdity of Life Luck Barfoot, Joan F BAR
World War l    Ghost Road  Barker, Pat  F BAR
Haunting Energy of History, Human Psychology and Language Darkmans Barker, Nicola F BAR
Detective/ Mystery -- Late-Victorian British Life: Spirituality / Innocence / Identity / Passion Arthur & George Barnes, Julian F BAR
Bible Stories - Satire/Retelling    History Of The World In 10 1/2 Chapters  Barnes, Julian F BAR 
World War I - Ireland Long Long Way Barry, Sebastian F BAR
Ambition & Isolation Ship Fever Barrett, Andrea  F BAR
Legends  Chimera  Barth, John  F BAR 
Historical Fiction  Ship Fever  Barrett, Andrea  F BAR SS 
Homelessness  Stained Glass  Bedard, Michael F BED 
Friendship  Humboldt's Gift  Bellow, Saul  F BEL 
Stress of Society / Web of Humanity Island Walkers Bemrose, John F BEM
Adventure - Sharks Jaws Benchley, Peter F BEN 
Divorced Women Open House Berg, Elizabeth F BER
Father Daughter Relationship Time In Between Bergen, David F BER
Mystery -Trials Naked Justice  Bernhardt, William F BER 
Mystery Primary Justice  Bernhardt, William F BER 
Romance / World War ll  Captain Corelli's Mandolin  Bernieres, Louis F BER 
Manners and Customs  Women in their beds  Berriault, Gina  F BER 
Death  Souls raised from the dead  Betts, Doris  F BET 
Friendship Tara Road  Binchy, Maeve  F BIN 
Family Relationships  Chrome Suite  Birdsell, Sandra F BIR 
Family Relationships  Russlander  Birdsell, Sandra F BIR 
Human relations / human condition Doing the heart good