Hi Christine,

These are some suggestions from one our grade 10 teachers (I hope this helps):

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (one of my absolute favorite books)
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (reading level isn't "challenging" per se, but the themes/concepts are)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Child Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (magical realism makes it a challenging read)
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (author is white but South African/anti-apartheid)
Obasan by Joy Kogawa
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (technically an Asian-American author, but many of the stories in the book jump back and forth between the US and China)
 
AND

Also, any short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Leo Tolstoy, or Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie are great!



Respectfully,

Loretta Sullivan
Library Media Specialist
Manchester High School



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On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 10:09 AM, Christine Bairos <cbairos@oldsaybrookschools.org> wrote:

We are looking for a book for our grade 10 Honors English class, World Literature by a diverse author, any suggestions?  Should be challenging. Thanks,

Christine

 

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