Appeal John Grisham
Are summer reading lists being dumbed down?
Just from answering questions here in Y!A asking for recommendations from summer reading lists, it seems like many of them include pulp and genre fiction from writers like John Grisham and Dean Koontz.
While I don’t have a specific quarrel with these authors or their works, isn’t a school reading list supposed to emphasize the study of important works of world literature? As entertaining as Stephanie Meyers’ books may be, reading and analyzing her work isn’t going to prepare you for college level study, nor, to judge from the subject matter, leave you particularly enlightened about important social or spiritual matters.
So what do you guys think? Should school reading lists be made more appealing and thematically egalitarian, or should literary and cultural substance be the standard by which these books are selected?
At my school, we have two types of summer reading. We normally have 1 or 2 classic books assigned to the class to read. This year I have 5. These include things like The Scarlet Letter, Slaughter-house Five, and Native Son. Besides these assigned books, which we will discuss in class and probably have some sort of in-class project related to them, we are also encouraged to pick one or two books from teen or adult booklists to read on our own. Being a voracious reader, this has never been a problem for me, and it’s mostly just a way to get kids to read other books besides their summer reading. So I guess at my school we have the best of both worlds – we read the classics as well as more contemporary stuff that people might be more interested in.
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The Appeal By Grisham, John $30.54 The author of such bestselling legal thrillers as A Time to Kill, The Last Juror, and The Brethren presents his latest novel of courtroom and legal suspense as he offers a provocative look at the price of American justice. 2,800,000 first printing. Author: Grisham, John Publication Date: 2008/01/01 Number of Pages: 358 Binding Type: Hardcover Language: English Depth: 1.25 Width: 6.75 Height: 9.75 |
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La Apelacion/ The Appeal By Grisham, John/ De Dios, Laura Martin (TRN) $19.27 When a judge returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste in a small Mississippi town, the companys billionaire owner seeks to influence the appeal process by using his money to buy a seat on the state Supreme Court. Author: Grisham, John/ De Dios, Laura Martin (TRN) Publication Date: 2010/07/13 Number of Pages: 472 Binding Type: Paperback Language: Spanish Depth: 1.00 Width: 5.25 Height: 8.00 |
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Skipping Christmas By Grisham, John $17.77 Author: Grisham, John Publication Date: 2010/10/26 Number of Pages: 196 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 0.75 Width: 5.25 Height: 8.00 |
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Bleachers By Grisham, John $24.4 From the bestselling author of The Painted House, Skipping Christmas, and The Firm comes a nostalgic novel about high school football in a small Texas town, a place in which football has become a religion. 2,000,000 first printing. Author: Grisham, John Series Title: GRISHAM, JOHN Publication Date: 2003/09/01 Number of Pages: 163 Binding Type: Hardbound Language: English Depth: 0.75 Width: 5.75 Height: 8.50 |
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A Time to Kill By Grisham, John $16.24 A Southern town is shocked when a 10yearold black girl is raped by two white menuntil the girls father takes the law into his own hands. Author: Grisham, John Publication Date: 2009/06/23 Number of Pages: 660 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 1.75 Width: 4.25 Height: 7.50 |
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The Chamber By Grisham, John $20.07 Years after the bombing of a Mississippi law office in which Marvin Kramers two sons died, former Klan member Sam Cayhill, the accused killer, has nearly exhausted his death row appeals, until young lawyer Adam Hall takes the case. Reprint. 35,000 first printing. Author: Grisham, John Publication Date: 2005/12/27 Number of Pages: 632 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 1.00 Width: 5.00 Height: 8.00 |
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The Summons By Grisham, John $32.11 Ray Atlee and his brother, Forrest, receive a letter from their father, a reclusive, retired judge, instructing them to return home to Clanton, Mississippi, to discuss his estate, but the judge dies before his sons arrive, leaving behind a secret known only to Ray. Author: Grisham, John Publication Date: 2002/02/01 Number of Pages: 341 Binding Type: Hardcover Language: English Depth: 1.25 Width: 6.50 Height: 9.75 |