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    ThirdAmendmentManBreanna Edwards
    2/08/17 11:21am

    The full list. No Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man...

    1. The Color Purple by Alice Walker

    2. Native Son by Richard Wright
    3. Exodus by Leon Uris
    4. Mitla 18 by Leon Uris
    5. Trinity by Leon Uris
    6. My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
    7. The Chosen by Chaim Potok
    8. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
    9. Night by Elie Wiesel
    10. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
    11. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
    12. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
    13. Things Falls Apart by Chinua Achebe
    14. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
    15. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    16. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
    17. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
    18. Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
    19. Tortilla Curtain by TC Boyle
    20. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
    21. A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind
    22. Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas
    23. Black Boy by Richard Wright
    24. The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates
    25. Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt
    26. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
    27. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
    28. The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
    29. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
    30. The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
    31. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
    32. Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
    33. Too Late the Phalarope by Alan Paton
    34. A Dry White Season by Andre Brink
    35. Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides

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      BosoxBobThirdAmendmentMan
      2/08/17 12:11pm

      OK, I’ll play this version of Jeopardy:

      “What are books that Trump has never read?”

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      ThirdAmendmentManBosoxBob
      2/08/17 12:14pm

      I think that would be “Any book, ever.”

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    Raptor1979Breanna Edwards
    2/08/17 11:42am

    I for one find this an awesome ruling. educate, don’t retaliate at minors.

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      EquanimityRaptor1979
      2/08/17 12:15pm

      I hope it works; those are some powerful books on the Judge’s list. Unfortunately, we all know how hard it is to get teenagers to really engage with assigned reading. You can lead a horse to water, and all that.

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      World's Moistest Jheri CurlRaptor1979
      2/08/17 1:03pm

      they’re gonna go on wikipedia and write this b.s. paper. I’d rather them have had counseling and community service.

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