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**World Literature (Language Arts C) **
//[|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time]// by Mark Haddon

//Frankenstein// by Mary Shelley

//Thirteen Cents// by

//All Quiet on the Western Front// by

//The Kite Runner// by

Other Literature
//The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation Volume One: The Pox Party// by M.T. Anderson This is the first of two volumes detailing the life of Octavian, a boy living in Boston during the Revolutionary War. Octavian is brought up amongst a society of learned men who dedicate their lives to doing experiments to further their knowledge of life and the world. As he grows, he becomes curious regarding his place in this strange society, and through a series of events discovers his true role in it.

//Thirteen Reasons Why// by Jay Asher Hannah Baker, before committing suicide, recorded thirteens sides of seven tapes, detailing the reasons that she killed herself and sent them out to be passed around to the people who contributed to one or more of her reasons. When Clay Jenson receives the shoe box full of tapes, he discovers his place in Hannah Baker's Thirteen reasons. Told through the combined voices of Clay Jenson and Hannah Baker, the author creates a haunting mood that draws the reader in.