My daughter (she'll be a junior in HS this year) has classics on her reading list: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, Frankenstein, and if I recall correctly, Native Son (yes there are black-penned books that I consider classics). None of this Six-pack or 40 Ounce business, or whatever the heck his name was...
Just damn.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
That's a pretty decent reading list. Mine is going to be getting The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Black Like Me, and (maybe) the Count of Monte Cristo. Since she's homeschooled I get to pick her books. I'm thinking though that I will have to subsitite a couple of shorter books for Monte Cristo, which runs 700 plus pages. She may get Dr Jeckyl and Mr. Hide plus Johnny Trevayne.
I'm sure the literary ghetto realist Tupac was quite familiar with the 40-ounce Haffenreffer...