BOOK LIST: CLASSICS TO KEEP

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BOOK LIST: CLASSICS TO KEEP FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR

It is the tradition of Veritas Prep to inspire students to develop a personal library of

literary classics they can keep, annotate, and return to throughout their academic

careers. Therefore, we encourage parents to purchase these "Classics to Keep” so that

your student may graduate with an impressive library of literary masterpieces*.

So that all students use the text aligned with the class and curriculum, parents must

purchase texts with the exact ISBN provided.

Purchase may be made at any retailer. For convenience, links are provided for each

grade to purchase consumables on Amazon.com. If you choose to purchase through

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Contents

FOR THE 2021 - 2022 SCHOOL YEAR ................................................................................... 1

6th Grade ............................................................................................................................................. 3

7th Grade ............................................................................................................................................. 4

8th Grade ............................................................................................................................................. 5

9th Grade ............................................................................................................................................. 6

9th Grade Elective Language Consumables ....................................................................................... 7

10th Grade ........................................................................................................................................... 8

10th Grade Elective Language Consumables ..................................................................................... 9

11th Grade ......................................................................................................................................... 10

11th Grade Elective Language Consumables ................................................................................... 11

12th Grade .......................................................................................................................................... 12

12th Grade Elective Language Consumables .................................................................................... 13

* For families that do not wish to purchase these texts, students will be given access to an academy copy to be used as a part of the curriculum. Students should not mark in the books provided by Veritas Prep and should be returned once classwork is finished.

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6th Grade

Summer Reading ISBN NUMBER

The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis 978-0064471084

Consumables ISBN NUMBER

Schaefer, Shane 9780544239470

Grahame, The Wind in the Willows 9780143039099

Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (used in grades 6 & 9) 9780451532145

Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables 9780451528827

The United States: A Brief Narrative History 9780882952789

The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus (used in grades 6-11) 9780199729951

Lingua Latina: Colloquia Personarum, Ørberg (used in grades 6-8) 9781585109388

Lingua Latina per se illustrata (pars I): Familia Romana, Ørberg (used in grades 6-8) 9781585104208

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana, Ørberg (used in grades 6-8) 9781585102129

Lingua Latina Glossarium: Pars I (used in grades 6-8) 9781585106936

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School-Loaned Depository Books ISBN NUMBER

Mathematics Structure and Method: Course 1 9780395480984

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7th Grade


The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien 978-0547928227


Dickens, A Christmas Carol 9780486268651

London, The Call of the Wild 9780451531346

Shakespeare, Julius Caesar 9781439196717

Green, Tales of the Greek Heroes 9780141325286

Gibson, The Miracle Worker 9781416590842

The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus (grades 6-11) 9780199729951

Lingua Latina: Colloquia Personarum, Ørberg (grades 6-8) 9781585109388

Lingua Latina per se illustrata (pars I): Familia Romana, Ørberg (grades 6-10) 9781585104208

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana, Ørberg (grades 6-10) 9781585102129

Lingua Latina Glossarium: Pars I (grades 6-10) 9781585106936



The History of the Ancient World 9780393059748

Structure & Method: Course 2 9780395570135

Science Explorer for Life Science 9780130506214

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8th Grade


The Diary of Anne Frank 978-0553296983


Beowulf: A New Verse Translation 9780393320978

Golding, Lord of the Flies 9780399501487

Potok, The Chosen 9780449213445

Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird 9780061120084

Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice 9780743477567

Atlas of World Geography 9780528004827

The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus (grades 6-11) 9780199729951

Lingua Latina: Colloquia Personarum, Ørberg (grades 6-8) 9781585109388

Lingua Latina per se illustrata (pars I): Familia Romana, Ørberg (grades 6-10) 9781585104208

Exercitia Latina I: Exercises for Familia Romana, Ørberg (grades 6-10) 9781585102129


Book of the Middle Ages: Charter School Edition: (click here to purchase)



Science Explorer: Earth Science 9780130506221

Algebra Structure and Method 9780395771167

https://charter.memoriapress.com/curriculum/classical-studies/the-book-of-the-middle-ages-second-edition/

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9th Grade


Potok, The Chosen 978-0449213445


A Short History of the United States 9780060831455

Tocqueville, Democracy in America 9780451531605

A Documentary History of the United States-10th Ed (grades 9, 12) 9780451490018

Great American Short Stories 9780486421193

Immortal Poems of the English Language (grades 9, 10) 9780671496104

Cather, My Antonia 9780395755143

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave 9780143107309

Shakespeare, The Tempest 9780743482837

Selections from the Federalist Papers 9780882950419

Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby 9780743273565

Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea 9780684801223

Thoreau, Walden and Civil Disobedience 9780140390445

Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (grades 6 & 9)

9780451532145

Crider, The Office of Assertion: An Art of Rhetoric for Academic Essay (grades 9-

12) 9781932236453

The Pocket Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus (grades 6-11) 9780199729951

Plato: Complete Works (grades 9, 10, 11) 9780872203495

Hayden-McNeil Carbonless Student Lab Notebook 100 Sheets (grades 9-12) 9781930882003


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Euclid's Elements 9781888009187

Biology Concepts and Applications 10e 9781337094825

SP: Dos Mundos 4th Ed Student Text - Spanish I: En Breve 9780073385327

FR: Deux Mondes: A Communicative Approach - French I 9780073535449

9th Grade Elective Language Consumables

Latin IV ISBN NUMBER

Lingua Latina per se illustrata, pars I: Familia Romana, Ørberg (grades 6-10) 9781585104208

Lingua Latina pars I-Exercitia Latina I, Ørberg (grades 6-10) 9781585102129

Aesop’s Fables in Latin: Wit and Wisdom from the Animal Kingdom 9780865166950

Epitome Historiae Sacrae, Lhomond, Carfagni, Miraglia 9781585104253


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10th Grade


Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 0553247778


Plato: Complete Work s (grades 9, 10, 11, 12) 9780872203495

Shakespeare, Henry V 9780743484879

Locke, Second Treatise of Government 9780915144860

Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality 9780872201507

Shelley, Frankenstein 9780141439471

Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities 9780553211764

Marx's Selected Writings (grades 10, 12) 9780872202184

Austen, Pride and Prejudice 9780141439518

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment 9780679734505

Immortal Poems of the English Language 9780671496104

The Pocket Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus (grades 9, 10, 11) 9780199729951

Crider, The Office of Assertion: An Art of Rhetoric for Academic Essay (grades 9 - 12) 9781932236453

Hayden-McNeil Carbonless Student Lab Notebook 100 Sheets (grades 9 - 12) 9781930882003



Algebra and Trig: Structure and Method, Book 2 9780395977255

Chemistry: Connections to Our Changing World 9780130543837

Western Heritage AP Edition 0131732927

FRENCH: Collage: Lectures Litteraires 9780072344004

FRENCH: Collage: Revision de Grammaire 9780072343984

SPANISH: Exploraciones en literatura - Spanish II 9780844276595

SPANISH: Reflejos - Spanish II 9780395815441

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Latin V ISBN NUMBER

Cicero Pro Archia Poeta Oratio by Stephen Cerutti 9780865168053

Columbus' First Voyage: Latin Selections from Peter Martyr's De Orbe Novo 9780865166134


Spanish ISBN NUMBER

La Barca sin Pescador, distributed in class – to be purchased during VPREP registration

Bilingual dictionary (Spanish-English), University of Chicago (grades 10, 11, 12) 9780226666969

French ISBN NUMBER

Le Petit Prince (French) 9780156013987

Larousse French Dictionary 9782035700018


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11th Grade


Herodotus, Selections from The Histories School to provide


Plato: Complete Works (grades 9, 10, 11, 12) 9780872203495

Iliad of Homer (Richmond Lattimore) 9780226470498

(or: 0226470490)

The Odyssey of Homer (Richmond Lattimore) 9780061244186

(or: 006124418X)

The Greek Plays 9780812983098

Shakespeare, Hamlet 9780743477123

The Landmark Thucydides 9781416590873

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 9781107612235

The New Oxford Annotated Bible (Oxford RSV, College Edition) (grades 11, 12) 9780195283488

The Pocket Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus (grades 9, 10, 11) 9780199729951

Crider, The Office of Assertion: An Art of Rhetoric for Academic Essay (grades 9- 12) 9781932236453

Hayden-McNeil Carbonless Student Lab Notebook 100 Sheets (grades 9-12) 9781930882003



Calculus 10th Edition (Finney) 9780201441413

Physics, 10th ed., High School Ed. 9781119046998

Precalculus Mathematics: A Graphing Approach 9780201529005

FRENCH: Vagabondages Litteraires 9780070114449

SPANISH: Aproximaciones al estudio de la literatura hispanica 9780072558463

https://a.co/7Tw0lDx

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Greek ISBN NUMBER

Athenaze Book I: An Introduction to Ancient Greek (grades 11, 12) 9780190607661

Spanish ISBN NUMBER

Bilingual dictionary (Spanish-English), University of Chicago (grades 10, 11, 12) 9780226666969

Los arboles mueren de pie – to be purchased during VPREP registration

The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice, 4th Ed. (grades 11, 12) 9781260452396

Cantar de Mio Cid (Spanish Edition) – to be purchased during VPREP registration (grades 11, 12)

Diccionario Practico del Estudiante (Real Academia Espanola) (grades 11, 12) 9788430699537

French ISBN NUMBER

Les Jeux sont faits 9780135306758

Les Lettres de Mon Moulin 9782010021640

Le Robert Micro Poche Dictionnaire (grades 11, 12) 9782321006442


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12th Grade

Senior Thesis Reading ISBN NUMBER

2 non-curricular texts and 1 curricular text, determined by student and advisor variable


Plato: Complete Works (grades 9, 10, 11, 12) 9780872203495

The Aeneid of Virgil 9780553210415

The New Oxford Annotated Bible (grades 11, 12) 9780195283488

Augustine, Confessions (Oxford World's Classics) 9780199537822

Aquinas, Treatise on Law 9780872205482

Dante, Divine Comedy - Inferno 9780812970067

Dante, Divine Comedy - Purgatory 9780812971255

Dante, Divine Comedy - Paradise 9780812977264

Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth 9780743477109

Shakespeare, King Lear 9780743482769

Machiavelli, The Prince 9780226500447

Montaigne, Essays: A Selection (Penguin Classics) 9780140446029

Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations of First Philosophy, 4th Ed 9780872204201

Milton, Paradise Lost 9780486442877

Marx's Selected Writings (grades 10, 12) 9780872202184

Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov 9780374528379

Crider, The Office of Assertion: An Art of Rhetoric for Academic Essay (grades 9-12) 9781932236453

Hayden-McNeil Carbonless Student Lab Notebook 100 Sheets (grades 9- 12) 9781930882003

Course: The American Rhetorical Tradition

A Documentary History of the United States-10th Ed (grades 9, 12) 9780451490018



Physics, 10th ed., High School Ed. 9781119046998

Calculus 10th Edition (Finney) 9780201441413

https://a.co/cCwLDuD

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Greek ISBN NUMBER

Lucian's "A True Story": an Intermediate Greek Reader, Nimis & Hayes 9780983222804

Athenaze Book I: An Introduction to Ancient Greek (grades 11, 12) 9780190607661

Athenaze, Book II: An Introduction to Ancient Greek 3rd Edition 9780190607678

Anticipate $20 for a literary Greek Text, details announced in class TBD

Spanish ISBN NUMBER

Cantar de Mio Cid (Spanish Edition) -- to be purchased during VPREP registration (grades 11, 12)

Diccionario Practico del Estudiante (grades 11, 12) 9788430699537

Bilingual dictionary (Spanish-English), University of Chicago (grades 10, 11,12) 9780226666969

El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba 9780307475442

Don Quijote de la Mancha 9788420412146

Lazarillo De Tormes/The Guide Boy of Tormes (Penguin Clásicos) (Spanish Edition) 9788491050292

La casa de Bernarda Alba – to be purchased during VPREP registration

The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice, 4th Ed. (grades 11, 12) 9781260452396

French ISBN NUMBER

Antigone (French Language Edition) 9782710381419

L'Etranger (Collection Folio, 2) 9782070360024

La Barbier De Seville 9782035859082

Le Malade Imaginaire 9782035834201

Le Robert Micro Poche Dictionnaire (grades 11, 12) 2321006447

Pierre et Jean 9782253012351

The Ultimate French Review and Practice, Premium Third Edition 9780071849296


https://a.co/0a88DWS

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