Extra Credit Books for ROAR IV

Term IV ROAR
Fiction Selctions
Extra Credit List

The Killer Angels
Michael Shaara
In this account of Battle of Gettysburg, the three most important days of the Civil War come alive. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain leads the 20th Maine regiment of volunteers at Little Round Top and turned the tide of the war against the Confederate forces.

Continental Drift
Russell Banks
Bob Dubois, 30, a burnt-out New Hampshire oil burner repairman, moves his family to Florida. There the Duboises meet the family of Vanise Dorsinville, a woman who has fled Haiti with her infant and nephew for a better life in the U.S.

Bel Canto
Ann Patchett
In an unnamed South American country, a world-renowned soprano sings at a birthday party in honor of a visiting Japanese industrial titan. However, just as the accompanist kisses the soprano, a ragtag band of 18 terrorists enters the mansion through the air conditioning ducts. Their quarry is the president, who has unfortunately stayed home to watch a favorite soap opera. And thus, from the beginning, things go awry.

Monkey Bridge
Lan Cao
Mai Nguyen and her mother struggle with their abrupt relocation to Farmington, Connecticut from Vietnam. While Mai takes readily to American life, her mother, haunted by her losses, recoils from the place she calls "the great brand-new."

Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
In this satire of nuclear war, scientists and soldiers chase each other around in search of the world's most important and dangerous substance, a new form of ice that freezes at room temperature. If it falls into the wrong hands, the world will soon end.

Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys
Born into an oppressive society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent beauty. After their marriage, rumours begin that poison her husband against her. Caught between his demands and her own feelings, Antoinette struggles to stand strong against those who hate her.