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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
The Handmaid's Tale prophesised itself being taught in schools, I don't think that's unlikely. Escpecially with it NOT being something even vaguely Scifi-related, honest.
I'd also second The Wasp Factory, but his The Bridge would probably be more likely because Eng-Lit teachers like to choose boring twaddle just to put children off reading for pleasure.
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Oh - I forgot
The Handmaid's Tale. +1000 on that one.
By the way, I'm only including books I've read. There are some books that people are mentioning that I'm sure would be on my list had I read them.
There are a couple of books that I put on the masterpiece list that may not quite get to school text lists. I'm wondering if others agree:
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Mark Haddon
The reason I haven't included them, is that I wasn't sure what teachers would get out of the books to teach other than that they are brilliant.