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Lincoln East High School ninth graders Reanna Othling (left), Olivia Gallardo and Serenity Nielsen discuss "Educated: A Memoir" by Tara Westover in small groups on Thursday.

Educated

"Educated: A Memoir"

By Tara Westover

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Lincoln East High School teacher Lauren Funk leads a ninth grade class in discussion of "Educated: A Memoir" by Tara Westover on Thursday.

Lincoln East High School ninth graders Shae Cook (left), Amani Kirk and Tula Waite discuss "Educated: A Memoir" by Tara Westover in small groups on Thursday.

Lincoln East High School ninth graders Charlie Patton (left), Ian Nebesniak and Christos Giannakas discuss "Educated: A Memoir" by Tara Westover, in small groups on Thursday.

"Memory of Light"

By Francisco X. Stork

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"All That I Can Fix"

By Crystal Chan

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"Challenger Deep"

By Neal Shusterman

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"Mosquitoland"

By David Arnold

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MARGARET REIST Lincoln Journal Star

For the first time in nearly two decades, Animal Farm won’t be on ninth graders’ reading lists in their Lincoln Public Schools’ English classes.

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"It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime"

By Trevor Noah

The host of “The Daily Show” tells the story of growing up half black, half white in South Africa under and after apartheid in a young reader’s adaptation of his bestselling adult memoir “Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood.”

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"Romeo and Juliet"

By William Shakespeare

A tragedy about two young, star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile feuding families.

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"The Odyssey"

By Homer

The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other Homeric epic. The Odyssey is fundamental to the modern Western canon; it is the second-oldest extant work of Western literature, while the Iliad is the oldest. The poem focuses on Greek hero Odysseus’ long journey home to Ithaca following the fall of Troy.

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Each Lincoln school's ranking in state evaluations

LPS

Adams Elementary

Arnold Elementary

Beattie Elementary

Belmont Elementary

Brownell Elementary

Calvert Elementary

Campbell Elementary

Cavett Elementary

Clinton Elementary

Eastridge Elementary

Elliott Elementary

Everett Elementary

Fredstrom Elementary

Hartley Elementary

Hill Elementary

Holmes Elementary

Humann Elementary

Huntington Elementary

Kahoa Elementary

Kloefkorn Elementary

Kooser Elementary

Lakeview Elementary

Maxey Elementary

McPhee Elementary

Meadow Lane Elementary

Morley Elementary

Norwood Park Elementary

Pershing Elementary

Prescott Elementary

Pyrtle Elementary

Randolph Elementary

Riley Elementary

Roper Elementary

Rousseau Elementary

Saratoga Elementary

Sheridan Elementary

West Lincoln Elementary

Wysong Elementary

Zeman Elementary

Culler Middle School

Dawes Middle School

Goodrich Middle School

Irving Middle School

Lefler Middle School

Lux Middle School

Mickle Middle School

Moore Middle School

Park Middle School

Pound Middle School

Schoo Middle School

Scott Middle School

Lincoln East

Lincoln High

North Star

Northeast

Southeast

Southwest

State of Nebraska

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Lincoln East High School ninth graders Reanna Othling (left), Olivia Gallardo and Serenity Nielsen discuss "Educated: A Memoir" by Tara Westover in small groups on Thursday.

"Educated: A Memoir"

By Tara Westover

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Lincoln East High School teacher Lauren Funk leads a ninth grade class in discussion of "Educated: A Memoir" by Tara Westover on Thursday.

Lincoln East High School ninth graders Shae Cook (left), Amani Kirk and Tula Waite discuss "Educated: A Memoir" by Tara Westover in small groups on Thursday.

Lincoln East High School ninth graders Charlie Patton (left), Ian Nebesniak and Christos Giannakas discuss "Educated: A Memoir" by Tara Westover, in small groups on Thursday.

"Memory of Light"

By Francisco X. Stork

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"All That I Can Fix"

By Crystal Chan

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"Challenger Deep"

By Neal Shusterman

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"Mosquitoland"

By David Arnold

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"Romeo and Juliet"

By William Shakespeare

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"The Odyssey"

By Homer

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