14 Book Recommendations for High School Students (from CSW Faculty & Staff)

"A book is a device to ignite the imagination."
- Alan Bennett
"A book is a device to ignite the imagination."
- Alan Bennett

Are you still looking for the perfect 2014 holiday gift for that CSW student in your life? As you roam the aisles and webpages searching for gifts, this list of book recommendations (compiled by CSW faculty and staff members) may be of some assistance! Happy Holidays from The Cambridge School of Weston. 

  1. Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East by Gerard Russell                                                              (Patrick Foley - History Teacher)
  2. Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson                                                          (Taposhi Biswas - Science Teacher)
  3. Crush by Richard Siken                                                                         (Jessica Kim - Assistant Director of Admissions)
  4. Haiti Glass by Lenelle Moïse                                                                  (Johára Tucker - Director of Social Justice and Multicultural Programming)
  5. Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth and Art by Lewis Hyde              (Todd Bartel - Visual Arts Teacher)
  6. Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi              (Ayako Tanaka - English Teacher)
  7. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie           (Marci Cohen - Skills Center Director)
  8. The Devil's Dictionary (Dover Thrift Edition) by Ambrose Bierce                      (Ryan Jacobs - History Teacher)
  9. Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire                                                           (Eileen Juncewicz - Assistant Librarian)
  10. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood                                                      (Tom Evans - Visual Arts Teacher)
  11. What Uncle Sam Really Wants (The Real Story Series) by Noam Chomsky (Doug Healy - History Teacher)
  12. Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities by Frank Jacobs       (Jennifer Weeden - Associate Director of Admissions and Financial Aid)
  13. Moby Dick by Herman Melville                                                                     (Mark Santa-Maria - English Teacher)
  14. Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh                                                      (Zachary Taylor - Spanish Teacher)

The Cambridge School of Weston is a progressive high school for day and boarding students in grades 9–12 and PG. CSW's mission is to provide a progressive education that emphasizes deep learning, meaningful relationships, and a dynamic program that inspires students to discover who they are and what their contribution is to their school, their community and the world.