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High School Reading Lists: Then and Now

Based on two reading lists assembled from Texas high schools 1922 and 2015, the following two groups of six books show big differences between what teens are challenged by and exposed to in their intellectual pursuits.
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Captains Courageous
Captains Courageous
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Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
George Eliot
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The House of Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of Seven Gables
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The Deerslayer, James Fenimore Cooper
The Deerslayer, James Fenimore Cooper
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The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
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Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
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The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
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Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer)
Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer
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Freak the Mighty
Freak the Mighty
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
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The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier)
The Chocolate War
Robert Cormier
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