“In his most recent novel, The Chemistry of Tears, Carey is concerned with nothing less than the fate of the earth. The story of a contemporary museum curator who is restoring an automaton – a clockwork silver swan – takes place… Read More ›
ENG4U Reading List 
Recommended reading for grade 12 students who love really good stories.
The Best Laid Plans
Terry Fallis writes a political satire that is funny and sophisticated. For an inside look at the workings of local politics, this is the book for you. Chapter One excerpt: After an impressive hang time, I plummeted back to the sidewalk,… Read More ›
The Virgin Cure
To the Reader: in 1871, I was serving as a visiting physician for the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children. While seeing to the health and well-being of the residents of the Lower East Side, I met a… Read More ›
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan talks about her book: I began A Visit from the Goon Squad without a clear plan, following my own curiosity from one character and situation to the next. My guiding rules were only these: 1) Each chapter had to be about… Read More ›
The Red House
Mark Haddon is known for his book, the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. What do you get when you mix two families that barely know one another in a century farmhouse in the English countryside. This includes, of… Read More ›
