BEFORE PURCHASING:
These are books we will be using in class. Not all books are required. Please see a member of the Director Team for a recommended list for your student's class.
This list is for the 2025-2026 school year. Subject to change. Check with a Director before purchasing.
PRIMARY
Claritas Cycle 1 Memory Work Guide (NOT required to purchase)
Language Arts (4-5th)
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Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) Frontiers in Writing Student Workbook
Advanced Language Arts (4th-6th)
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Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW): Following Narnia Volume 2 Student Workbook (subject to change)
PREP A (7th Grade)
1ST SEMESTER
Reasoning
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Analogies for All of Us
Science
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Apologia Exploring Creation with Chemistry and Physics
English
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Lost Tools of Writing, 5th edition
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The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
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Amos Fortune, Free Man
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The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett
History
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Atlas of your choice
2ND SEMESTER
Reasoning
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The Fallacy Detective, workbook edition by Bluedorn
Science
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Apologia Exploring Creation with Chemistry and Physics
English
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Lost Tools of Writing, 5th edition
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The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett
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A Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli
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Crispin, Cross of Lead by AVI
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The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
History
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Atlas of your choice
PREP B (8th)
1ST SEMESTER
Reasoning
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Speech*
Science
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Apologia General Science
English
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The Grammar of Poetry by Matt Whitling Student Book
History
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Current Events (your own sources)
2ND SEMESTER
Reasoning
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TBD
Science
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Apologia General Science
English
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Short Stories from Gutenburg.org* (Curriculum to be provided over Google Classroom)
History
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The Mysteries History Holds (Textbook purchased from LSA for est. $15)
HIGH SCHOOL
1ST SEMESTER
History
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Titanic Studies (book is ordered through LSA for $15)
or
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Western Civilization, Culture, and Philosophy (book is ordered through LSA for $15)
Reasoning
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Speech*
or
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Psychology (book is ordered through LSA for $15)
Science
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Biology (book is ordered through LSA for $15)
or
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Anatomy & Physiology (textbook TBD)
or
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Zoology (book is ordered through LSA for est. $15)
English
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American Lit & Composition
or
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British Lit & Composition (age 15+ and have previously taken American Lit at LSA)
Am Lit Books:
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The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Twain
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The Giver by Lowery
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Robinson
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The Outsiders by Hinton
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The Hiding Place by ten Boom (over Christmas Break)
British Lit Books:
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The Hobbit by Tolkien
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Screwtape Letters by Lewis
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A Christmas Carol by Dickens
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Pride and Prejudice by Austen
* Curriculum provided
2ND SEMESTER
History
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Holocaust Studies (book is ordered through LSA for est $15)
or
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Western Civilization, Culture, and Philosophy (same book as 1st semester)
Reasoning
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Speech*
or
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TBD
Science
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Biology (same book as 1st semester)
or
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Anatomy & Physiology (textbook TBD)
or
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Natural Medicine (book is ordered through LSA for est. $15)
English
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American Lit & Composition (any high school age)
or
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British Lit & Composition (age 15+ and have previously taken American Lit at LSA)
Am Lit Books:
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Hiding Place by ten Boom
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Up from Slavery by Washington
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In His Steps by Sheldon
British Lit Books:
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Pride and Prejudice by Austen
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Out of a Silent Planet by Lewis
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Pilgrim's Progress by Bunyan
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Animal Farm by Orwell
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The God Smuggler by Brother Andrew
* Curriculum provided or TBD

