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Read tomorrow’s classics today

The Spokesman-Review

Haven’t there been any good novels written in the last 40 years? Of course! Then why are schools still requiring students to read the same outdated novels?

I am currently a ninth-grader at Mead High School and we just started reading “The Lord of the Flies.” It was written in 1954 and is still read today in schools across the nation. I believe that schools should be reading contemporary books, like “Harry Potter.” This year in school, my class has read “To Kill A Mockingbird,” “Romeo and Juliet” and “Brave New World.”

These novels are considered classics, but they are not updated for our generation and generations to come. They don’t even use the same language we use today.

Classics are constantly in the works, but we will never read them if we only continue to read the same books our parents read. Schools should update their book lists with modern novels for students to read.

Ryan Fraser

Spokane

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