Twelfth Grade

• Americanah by  Chimamanda Adiche  (Required)
• One award-winning book of the student’s choice. Seniors should choose from the non-YA lists; suitable awards lists are toward the bottom of the student choice page. If you know the book you'd like to read has won an award but it's not listed in our provided lists, check with Mrs. Duke or your most recent English teacher. 

Americanah Resources

• Reader's Guide
• Beyond the Book article
• NPR Author Interview 
• Interview- "Americanah Author Explains Learning to be Black in the US"
• BBC Nigerian History Collection
• Africa Past and Present Podcasts about Nigeria
• Essays and Lectures by Adiche
• "On How to Write and How to Read" by Adiche

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