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2018-2019 Course Materials

1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 2

2. Acquiring Course Materials ................................................................................................... 2

3. Questions? ................................................................................................................................... 2

4. Course Materials At-a-Glance .............................................................................................. 3

General Studies Student Materials ........................................................................................... 3

Advanced Placement† (AP) Student Materials ........................................................................ 4

Teacher Materials ......................................................................................................................... 4

5. Student Materials: General Studies ................................................................................... 5

6. Student Materials: Advanced Placement ........................................................................ 9

7. Teacher Materials ................................................................................................................... 15

8. Book Sets ................................................................................................................................... 16

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1. Introduction

This document specifies which Apex Learning® Comprehensive Courses have required and

optional course materials, and details the specific materials. Materials include:

• Textbooks, novels, science lab manuals, and other books.

• Microphones, speakers or headphones, and calculators.

• Business productivity-type software, such as Microsoft Office.

• Lab materials. Visit Apex Learning Support at

http://support.apexlearning.com/materials for a list of hands-on lab materials.

This document specifies which course materials are available for purchase from Apex

Learning, and the price for those materials as of the date of this document.

• The price to purchase access to Apex Learning Comprehensive Courses does not

include the materials specified in this document.

• Prices are subject to change based on the cost incurred by Apex Learning to procure

and ship the materials. Apex Learning also reserves the right to provide alternate

books, which include the required content, at the same prices.

• Prices include ground-shipping fees within the continental U.S. but not tax. There will

be an additional shipping charge for delivery outside the continental U.S. or if

expedited shipping is requested.

• There are no returns, credits or refunds for course materials.

2. Acquiring Course Materials

Users may source course materials on their own, or required and optional books may also

be purchased as follows:

From MBS Direct with a credit card

• Order online at http://bookstore.mbsdirect.net/apexlearning.htm

• Or by phone at 1-800-325-3252

From Apex Learning with a purchase order or other payment method

• Contact Apex Learning by phone at 1-800-453-1454

• Or by email at [email protected]

Acquiring Lab Materials

Apex Learning has partnered a third-party vendor to create custom laboratory kits that

contain all the materials needed for select science courses. To view and purchase lab kits,

visit vendor’s website at http://www.qualitysciencelabs.com/apex-learning-science-kits/.

3. Questions?

Contact the Apex Learning support team by phone at 1-800-453-1454 or by email at

[email protected].

http://support.apexlearning.com/materials

http://bookstore.mbsdirect.net/apexlearning.htm

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.qualitysciencelabs.com/apex-learning-science-kits/




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4. Course Materials At-a-Glance

General Studies Student Materials

The following table summarizes which Apex Learning courses have required and/or optional

materials for students. If a course is not listed below, it does not have any required or

optional materials. Note that teachers must have access to student materials.

Course Required Materials

Optional Materials

Page

Biology

• Biology 1 • Biology I

- Yes 5

• Biology II – Ecology Yes Yes 5

Chemistry

• Chemistry 1

• Chemistry I

- Yes 5

CTE (Business and Technology Courses) Yes - 5

Earth Science

• Earth Science I • Earth and Space Science • Earth/Space Science • Earth Systems • Earth/Environmental Science

Yes Yes 6

English 9

• English 1 • English I • Ninth Grade Literature and Composition

- Yes 6

English 10

• English 2 • English II • Tenth Grade Literature and Composition

Yes - 6

• English II* (Texas) Yes - 6

English 11

• English 3 • English III • American Literature and Composition

Yes - 7

English 12

• English 4 • English IV • British Literature and Composition

- Yes 7

Environmental Science

• Environmental Studies • Environmental Systems

- Yes 8

Expository Writing Yes 8

French (all courses) Yes Yes 8

Integrated Physics and Chemistry

• Integrated Chemistry-Physics

- Yes 8

Mathematics of Personal Finance

• Financial Algebra • Financial Math

Yes - 8

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• Financial Mathematics

Physical Science - Yes 8

Physics

• Physics 1 • Physics I

- Yes 9

Precalculus

• Pre-Calculus

Yes - 9

Probability and Statistics

• Probability and Statistics with Applications • Statistics

• Statistics and Probability

Yes 9

Spanish (all courses) Yes Yes 9

Advanced Placement® (AP)i Student Materials

The following table summarizes which Apex Learning AP courses have required and optional

materials for students. Note that teachers need access to student materials.


Optional Materials

Page

AP Biology Yes Yes 9

AP Calculus AB Yes Yes 10

AP Chemistry Yes Yes 10

AP English Language and Composition Yes - 11

AP English Literature and Composition Yes - 12

AP Environmental Science Yes Yes 13

AP Macroeconomics - Yes 13

AP Microeconomics - Yes 14

AP Psychology Yes - 14

AP Spanish Language Yes Yes 14

AP Statistics Yes Yes 14

AP U.S. Government and Politics Yes - 15

AP U.S. History Yes - 15

Teacher Materials

The following table summarizes which Apex Learning courses have required and optional

materials for teachers. Note that teachers also need access to student materials.


Optional Materials

Page

Earth Science

• Earth Science I • Earth and Space Science • Earth/Space Science

• Earth Systems • Earth/Environmental Science

Yes - 15

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5. Student Materials: General Studies

Biology / Biology 1 / Biology I

Semesters 1 and 2: Optional

• This course includes the option of either hands-on or dry lab activities. Dry labs

require no additional lab materials. Hands-on labs require specified materials. For a

list of hands-on lab materials, go to http://support.apexlearning.com/materials.

Apex Learning has partnered with a third-party vendor to create a custom laboratory

kit that contains all the materials needed for this course. The kit may be purchased

via Apex Learning ($115.00 + shipping) or directly from the vendor’s website at

http://www.qualitysciencelabs.com/apex-learning-science-kits/. Once there, select

the “Apex Learning Biology Kit.” Kits may take up to 3 weeks to ship.

For bulk orders, contact [email protected]. For Quality Science Labs

customer service, call 1-866-700-1884.

Biology II – Ecology

Semesters 1 and 2: Required

• Prentice Hall Earth Science Lab Manual, Student ed. Edward J. Tarbuck and

Frederick Lutgens (Prentice Hall, 2006).

ISBN-10: 0131258982 / ISBN-13: 9780131258983 / $27.00

NOTE: This course also has required teacher materials. See the Teacher Materials section for more information.





Chemistry / Chemistry 1 / Chemistry I


• Scientific calculator








the “Apex High School Chemistry Kit.” Kits may take up to 3 weeks to ship.



CTE (Business and Technology Courses)



http://www.qualitysciencelabs.com/apex-learning-science-kits/apex-learning-biology-kit/





http://www.qualitysciencelabs.com/apex-learning-science-kits/apex-high-school-chemistry-kit/


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Accounting I / Accounting Applications / Business Applications / Computer Applications /

Digital Applications and Responsibility / Digital Information Technology / Foundations of

Information Technology / Information Technology Applications / Information Technology

Fundamentals / Integrated Business Applications 1 / Introduction to Accounting /

Introduction to Business and Technology / Principles of Accounting I / Principles of

Information Technology

Required

• Business productivity-type software, such as Microsoft Office

Earth Science / Earth Science I / Earth and Space Science / Earth/Space Science / Earth Systems / Earth/Environmental Science


• Prentice Hall Earth Science Lab Manual, Student ed. Edward J. Tarbuck and Frederick

Lutgens (Prentice Hall, 2006).

ISBN-10: 0131258982 / ISBN-13: 9780131258983 / $27.00

NOTE: This course also has required teacher materials. See the Teacher Materials section for more information.



require only the lab manual; there are no additional lab materials needed for these

activities. Hands-on labs require specified materials. For a list of hands-on lab

materials, go to http://support.apexlearning.com/materials.

English 9 / English 1 / English I / Ninth Grade Literature and Composition

Semester 1: Optional

• The Metamorphosis. Franz Kafka. David Wyllie, translator. (Classix Press, 2009).

ISBN-10: 1557427666 / ISBN-13: 9781557427663 / $9.00 Other editions acceptable.

NOTE: This book is provided in digital format in the course. If students wish to read offline, the above purchase is recommended.


• Macbeth. William Shakespeare. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, eds. (Simon &

Schuster, 2003).



English II* (Texas)

Semester 1: Required

• The Crucible. Arthur Miller (Penguin, 1976).

ISBN-10: 0140481389 / ISBN-13: 9780140481389 / $18.00

Other editions acceptable.

• Fast Food Nation. Eric Schlosser. (Mariner Books, 2012).

ISBN-10: 0547750331 / ISBN-13: 9780547750330 / $21.00


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English 10 / English 2 / English II / Tenth Grade Literature and Composition


• American Born Chinese. Gene Luen Yang. (Square Fish, 2008).


• Fast Food Nation. Eric Schlosser. (Mariner Books, 2012).

ISBN-10: 0547750331 / ISBN-13: 9780547750330 / $21.00


English 11 / English 3 / English III / American Literature and Composition


• The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald. (Scribner, 1995).



• A Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry. (Vintage, 2004).


• The Way to Rainy Mountain. N. Scott Momaday. (University of New Mexico Press,

1969).

ISBN-10: 0826304362 / ISBN-13: 9780826304360 / $22.00


English 12* / English 4 / English IV / British Literature and Composition


• Robinson Crusoe. Daniel Defoe. (Penguin Random House Llc, 2008).

ISBN-10: 0-451-53077-2 / ISBN-13: 978-0-451-53077-6 / $8.00 Other editions acceptable.


• The Tempest. William Shakespeare. (Simon & Schuster, 2004).




• Frankenstein. Mary Shelley. (Dover Publications, 1994).



*English 12 (Virtual) for Maryland requires an additional material, Life of Pi.

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• Life of Pi. Yann Martel. (Mariner Books, 2003).


Environmental Science / Environmental Studies / Environmental Systems





Expository Writing

Required



• The Way to Rainy Mountain. N. Scott Momaday. (University of New Mexico Press,

1969).

ISBN-10: 0826304362 / ISBN-13: 9780826304360 / $22.00


French I / French II / French 1 / French 2


• Microphone


• Any French-English, English-French Dictionary

Integrated Physics and Chemistry / Integrated Chemistry-Physics




list of hands-on lab materials, go to http://support.apexlearning.com/materials

Mathematics of Personal Finance / Financial Algebra / Financial Math / Financial Mathematics


• TI-84 Plus, TI-83, or TI-83 Plus Calculator

Physical Science



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Physics / Physics 1 / Physics I





Precalculus / Pre-Calculus



Read the "Graphing Calculators" section in the course Appendix A: Student Resources and chapter 1 in the TI Guidebook before the course starts.

Probability and Statistics / Probability and Statistics with Applications / Statistics / Statistics and Probability



Spanish I / Spanish II / Spanish III / Spanish 1 / Spanish 2 / Spanish 3


• Microphone


• Any Spanish-English, English-Spanish Dictionary

6. Student Materials: Advanced Placement

AP Biology


• AP Biology requires a college-level biology textbook. Students may use any college-

level biology textbook to successfully complete the course.

Though students may use any college-level textbook, resources such as page

references and scaffolded reading guides are provided in the course to support

students who use either of the following texts:

o Campbell Biology, 11th ed. Jane B. Reece et al. (Pearson Education, 2016).

ISBN-10: 0134093410 / ISBN-13: 9780134093413 / $325.00

Acceptable alternate: 10 ed.(2013). ISBN-10: 0321775651 / ISBN-13: 9780321775658



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Acceptable alternate: 9th ed. (2011). ISBN-10: 0321558235

- OR -

o Principles of Life, 2nd ed. David M. Hillis et al. (W. H. Freeman, 2014).

ISBN-10: 1464109478 / ISBN-13: 9781464109478 / $245.00

Acceptable alternate: 1st ed. (2011). ISBN-10: 1429257210

• AP Biology requires the completion of hands-on lab activities and has been approved

by the College Board as meeting all requirements for a laboratory science course. For

a list of hands-on lab materials, go to http://support.apexlearning.com/materials.





“Advanced Biology Kit for Apex Learning.” Note that a microscope is not included and

must be obtained separately. Kits may take up to 3 weeks to ship.



AP Calculus AB


• TI-89, TI-84 Plus, TI-83, or TI-83 Plus Calculator


• Calculus: Single Variable, 8th ed. James Stewart (Brooks/Cole, 2016).

ISBN-10: 1305266633 / ISBN-13: 9781305266636 / $365.00





• Calculus of a Single Variable, 2nd ed. Jeffery A Cole, Michael Olinick, Dennis Pence,

and Earl W. Swokowski (PWS, 1994).

ISBN-10: 0534939244 / This book is out of print but you may find it used. It is

interchangeable with the Stewart text listed above.

• Cracking the AP Calculus AB Exam, 2019 Edition. Princeton Review. (Penguin

Random House, 2018).

ISBN-10: 1-5247-5798-5 / ISBN-13: 978-1-5247-5798-4 / $25.00 Acceptable alternate: 2018 ed. ISBN-13:9781524710019

Acceptable alternate: 2017 ed. ISBN-13: 9781101919835






AP Chemistry




http://www.qualitysciencelabs.com/apex-learning-biology/advanced-biology-kit-for-apex-learning/


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• AP Chemistry requires a college-level chemistry textbook. Students may use any

college-level chemistry textbook to successfully complete the course.




o Chemistry, 10th ed. Steven S. Zumdahl and Donald J. DeCoste. (Brooks Cole,

2017).

ISBN-10: 1305957407 / ISBN-13: 9781305957404/ $300.00

Acceptable alternate: 9th ed. (2013). ISBN-10: 1133611095 / ISBN-13: 9781133611097

- OR -

o Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter, 7th ed. Neil D. Jespersen, James

E. Brady and Alison Hyslop. (Wiley, 2011).

ISBN-10: 111851646X / ISBN-13: 9781118516461 / $375.00


• AP Chemistry requires the completion of hands-on lab activities and has been

approved by the College Board as meeting all requirements for a laboratory science

course. For a list of hands-on lab materials, go to

http://support.apexlearning.com/materials.





the “Advanced MicroChem Kit for Apex Learning.” Kits may take up to 3 weeks to

ship.



AP English Language and Composition


• The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald. (Knopf Doubleday, 1997).

ISBN-10: 0743273567 / ISBN-13: 9780743273565 / $21.00 This book is also required for 11th grade English and is included in the general studies book set.


• Into the Wild. Jon Krakauer. (Scribner, 1995).




ISBN-10: 0679755330 / ISBN-13: 9780679755333 / $11.00 This book is also required for 11th grade English and is included in the general studies book set.


• The Way to Rainy Mountain. N. Scott Momaday.

(University of New Mexico Press, 1969).

ISBN-10: 0826304362 / ISBN-13: 9780826304360 / $22.00



http://www.qualitysciencelabs.com/apex-learning-chemistry/advanced-microchem-kit-for-apex-learning-without-manual/


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This book is also required for 11th grade English and is included in the general studies book set.


• The Grapes of Wrath. John Steinbeck. (Penguin Classics, 2006).


• The Things They Carried. Tim O’Brien. (Mariner Books, 2009).

ISBN-10: 0618706410 / ISBN-13: 9780618706419 / $20.00


AP English Literature and Composition


• The Norton Anthology of Poetry, 6th ed. Margaret Ferguson et al, eds. (W.W. Norton,

2018).

ISBN-10: 0-393-67902-0 / ISBN-13: 978-0-393-67902-1 / $110.00



• Short Fiction: An Anthology, 1st ed. (Bedford/St. Martins, 2010).

ISBN-10: 0312576374 / ISBN-13: 9780312576370 / $72.00

NOTE: This custom anthology is available only from Apex Learning or MBS Direct.

Acceptable alternates:

The Story and Its Writer, 7th ed. Ann Charters, ed. (Bedford / St. Martins, 2007). ISBN-10: 0312442718




• Hedda Gabler. Henrik Ibsen (Dover, 1990).

ISBN-10: 0486264696 / ISBN-13: 9780486264691 / $4.00


• A Streetcar Named Desire. Tennessee Williams (New Directions Publishing

Corporation, 2004).

ISBN-10: 0811216020 / ISBN-13: 9780811216029 / $16.00


• Their Eyes Were Watching God. Zora Neale Hurston (Harper, 2006).

ISBN-10: 0060838671 / ISBN-13: 9780060838676 / $20.00


• Twelfth Night. William Shakespeare. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, eds.

(Washington Square Press, 1993).

ISBN-10: 0743482778 / ISBN-13: 9780743482776 / $8.00



• The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald (Scribner, 1995).

ISBN-10: 0743273567 / ISBN-13: 9780743273565 / $21.00


• Annie John. Jamaica Kincaid (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985).

ISBN-10: 0374525102 / ISBN-13: 9780374525101 / $17.00

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• Jane Eyre. Charlotte Bronte. Michael Mason, ed. (Penguin, 2006).

ISBN-10: 0141441143 / ISBN-13: 9780141441146 / $12.00


AP Environmental Science


• AP Environmental Science requires a college-level environment textbook. Students

may use any college-level environment textbook to successfully complete the course.




o Environment: The Science Behind the Stories, NASTA Edition, 6th Edition. Jay

Withgott. (Pearson, 2018)

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-458056-2 / $220.00

Acceptable alternate: 5th ed. (2014). ISBN-13: 978-0-13-354014-7

– OR –

o Environment, 9th Edition. Peter H. Raven, David M. Hassenzahl, Mary

Catherine Hager, Nancy Y. Gift, and Linda R. Berg. (John Wiley & Sons, 2015)

ISBN-13: 978-1-118-87582-7 / $250.00

• AP Environmental Science requires the completion of hands-on lab activities and has

been approved by the College Board as meeting all requirements for a laboratory

science course. For a list of hands-on lab materials, go to

http://support.apexlearning.com/materials.

AP Macroeconomics

Optional

• Macroeconomics for Today, 10th ed. Irvin B. Tucker (Cengage Learning, 2018).

ISBN-10: 1-337-61305-3 / ISBN-13: 978-1-337-61305-7 / $335.00

Acceptable alternate: 9th ed. (2014). ISBN-10: 1-305-50714-2 / ISBN-13: 978-1-305-50714-2

Acceptable alternate: 8th ed. (2014). ISBN-10: 113343505X / ISBN-13: 9781133435051




AP Microeconomics

Optional

• Microeconomics for Today, 10th ed. Irvin B. Tucker (Cengage Learning, 2018).

ISBN-10: 1-337-61306-1 / ISBN-13: 978-1-337-61306-4 / $335.00

Acceptable alternate: 9th ed. (2016). ISBN-10: 1-305-50711-8 / ISBN-13: 978-1-305-50711-1





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AP Psychology

Required

• Psychology, 12th ed. David G. Myers (Worth Publishing, 2017).

ISBN-10: 1-319-05062-X / ISBN-13: 978-1-319-05062-7 / $305.00

Acceptable alternate: Psychology, 11th ed (2015). ISBN-10: 1464140812 / ISBN-13: 9781464140815

Acceptable alternate: Psychology with Updates on DSM-5, 10th ed (2014). ISBN-10: 1464164746 / ISBN-13: 9781464164743

AP Spanish Language and Composition


• Any Spanish-English, English-Spanish Dictionary

• Microphone


• AP Spanish: Preparing for the Language Examination, 3rd ed. José M. Diaz, Margarita

Leicher-Prieto, and Gilda Nissenberg (Prentice Hall, 2007)

ISBN-10: 0131660942 / ISBN-13: 9780131660946 / $68.00

AP Statistics


• TI-89, TI-84 Plus, TI-83, or TI-83 Plus Calculator


• Barron's AP Statistics, 9th ed. Martin Sternstein (Barron's, 2017).

ISBN-10: 1438009046 / ISBN-13: 9781438009049 / $25.00

Acceptable alternate: 8th ed. (2015). 1438004982 / ISBN-13: 9781438004983

Acceptable alternate: 7th ed. (2013). 1438002025 / ISBN-13: 9781438002026

Acceptable alternate: 6th ed. (2012). ISBN–10: 0764147021

Acceptable alternate: 5th ed. (2010). ISBN–10: 0764140892


• Introduction to Probability & Statistics, 14th ed. William Mendenhall,

Robert J. Beaver, and Barbara M. Beaver (Brooks/Cole, 2015).

ISBN-10: 1133103758 / ISBN-13: 9781133103752 / $245.00




AP U.S. Government and Politics

Required

• The Lanahan Readings in the American Polity, 6th ed. Ann G. Serow and

Everett C. Ladd, eds. (Lanahan Publishing, 2016).

ISBN-10: 1-930398-19-0 / ISBN-13: 978-1-930398-19-1/ $58.00

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Acceptable alternate: 3rd ed. (2003). ISBN-10: 1930398034

• American Government: Power and Purpose, 14th ed. Theodore J. Lowi, Benjamin

Ginsberg, Kenneth A. Shepsle, and Stephen Ansolabehere (W. W. Norton, 2017).

ISBN-10: 0393624218 / ISBN-13: 9780393624212 / $150.00








AP U.S. History


• AP U.S. History requires a college-level U.S. history textbook. Students may use any

college-level U.S. history textbook to successfully complete the course.



students who use any of the following texts:

o America’s History, 8th ed. James A. Henretta et al. (Bedford, Freeman, &

Worth, 2014).

ISBN-10: 1457628937 / ISBN-13: 9781457628931 / $185.00

- OR -

o American History: Connecting with the Past, 14th AP ed. Alan Brinkley.

(McGraw-Hill, 2011).

ISBN-10: 0076621421 / ISBN-13: 9780076621422 / $227.00

- OR -

o America: A Narrative History, 10th ed. George Tindall and David E. Shi

(W.W. Norton, 2016).

ISBN-10: 0393265935 / ISBN-13: 9780393265934 / $160.00


7. Teacher Materials

Teachers need access to the required student books. The teacher editions listed below are

not available from MBS Direct, and are only available from Apex Learning or the publisher.

Earth Science / Earth and Space Science / Earth Science I / Earth Systems / Earth/Environmental Science / Earth/Space Science / Biology II - Ecology


• Prentice Hall Earth Science Lab Manual, Teacher’s ed. Edward J. Tarbuck

(Prentice Hall, 2006).

ISBN-10: 0131259008 / ISBN-13: 9780131259003 / $61.00

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8. Book Sets

Student Required Books: Main

This materials set includes all books required for new general studies courses.

Price: $116.00

Book ISBN-10 / ISBN-13 Price

Prentice Hall Earth Science Lab Manual 0131258982 / 9780131258983 $27.00

American Born Chinese 0312384483 / 9780312384487 $14.00

Fast Food Nation 0547750331 / 9780547750330 $21.00

The Great Gatsby 0743273567 / 9780743273565 $21.00

A Raisin in the Sun 0679755330 / 9780679755333 $11.00

The Way to Rainy Mountain 0826304362 / 9780826304360 $22.00

Student Required Books: Texas

This materials set includes all books required for new general studies courses.

Price: $120.00

Book ISBN-10 / ISBN-13 Price

Prentice Hall Earth Science Lab Manual 0131258982 / 9780131258983 $27.00

The Crucible 0140481389 / 9780140481389 $18.00

The Great Gatsby 0743273567 / 9780743273565 $21.00

A Raisin in the Sun 0679755330 / 9780679755333 $11.00

Fast Food Nation 0547750331 / 9780547750330 $21.00

The Way to Rainy Mountain 0826304362 / 9780826304360 $22.00

Apex Learning reserves the right to provide alternate books, which include the required content, at the

same prices. To learn about additional book set options, contact your Apex Learning account executive.

i AP and Advanced Placement are registered trademarks of the College Board.

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