These “adult-level” books appear most often in Hall’s Honors and Advanced Placement English courses, where assigned literature must provide the rigor of a college curriculum. Paleologopoulos and his team of English teachers will choose these books in a research process similar to Hall’s librarians’.
“When you have a multi-ethnic population, you have to use multi-ethnic authors and titles and books,” Paleologopoulos said. “If you find a book that supports the perspective of A, but there are also a lot of books that inform the perspective of B, then you just didn't do your research.”
AP English Literature and Composition teachers Katy Blake and Cary Blocker agreed, saying that books like The Bluest Eye offer diverse perspectives, despite the controversial subject matter.
