"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."  -Joseph Addison                                                                                                                        "He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter."  -Barrow                                                                                                                        "Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"  -Henry Ward Beecher                                                                                                                       "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture.  Just get people to stop reading them." -Ray Bradbury                                                                                                 "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." -Jorge Luis Borges                                                                                                             "There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island." -Walt Disney

Novels is an elective class that is based around reading novels and short stories.  Students who like to read, discuss, create projects, and work in groups will enjoy this class.  Some of the novels read are student chosen, from a list Mrs. Getchius provides.  The titles in this class often change and may be added and taken from the list at any time.  Depending on the class size, independent book choices may also be an option.  If you love to read and you love to talk, this class is for you!

Titles currently on the novels class shelf:

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Avalon High by Meg Cabot

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

After the First Death by Robert Cormier

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

A Separate Peace by John Knowles