4 Novels Fail CSD Reading Test

Item: Ten novels approved for whole-class instruction, four not considered /Maureen Dolan, Coeur d’Alene Press

Approved: The novels approved for “whole group instruction” are: “Bud, Not Buddy” by Christopher Paul Curtis, “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London, “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles, “Cold Sassy Tree” by Olive Burns, “The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail” by Jerm Lawrence and Robert Lee, “Thousand Pieces of Gold” by Ruthanne Lum McCunn, “Jonathon Livingston Seagull” by Richard Bach, “Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens, “The Little Prince” by Antoine deSaint Exuprey and “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe.

Disapproved: The four novels not approved for “whole group” instruction include: “The Great Santini” by Pat Conroy, “Snow Falling on Cedars” by David Guterson, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou, and “Stoner and Spaz” by Ron Koertge.

Question: Do you agree with the decisions?