Recommended 12th Grade Reading List

Looking for an 12th grade reading list? Here is a recommended reading list for you.

We found some poems and plays that are ideal for a high school student. They may just spark a love of great literature!

Whether you are looking to supplement your child’s learning or for a great summer reading list, simply click on the story link for a complete description and reviews from Amazon if you want to learn more.

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If you haven’t read them yet yourself, we bet that you will love reading them too!

Poems

The Best American Poetry 2014 (The Best American Poetry series) by Doty

The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist by Margarita Engle

You Don’t Even Know Me: Stories and Poems About Boys by Sharon Flake

Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill

Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty by Christine Heppermann

Burned by Ellen Hopkins

SOLD by Patricia McCormick

Dizzy in Your Eyes: Poems about Love by Pat Mora

Street Love by Walter Dean Myers

How I Discovered Poetry (Ala Notable Children’s Books. Older Readers) by Marilyn Nelson

A Fire in My Hands: A Book of Poems by Gary Soto

Plays

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen

On the Razzle by Johann Nestroy and Tom Stoppard

A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O’Neill

Hamlet (Signet Classics Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare

The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays by Tom Stoppard

After Magritte by Tom Stoppard

Two Trains Running by Andrew Vachss

 

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