{"title":"Providence Academy Rising 12th Grade Books","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBooks for Rising 12th graders listed here are from the Providence Academy summer reading list.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSee \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1zQrx7AbdN9iwK0nrjBvV8PsLo9CCV8H-\/view?usp=drive_link\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethis school document\u003c\/a\u003e for more information.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"rrf38","title":"That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy #3), by C.S. Lewis","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Paperback, 384 pages, first published in 1945)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe final book in C.S. Lewis's acclaimed science fiction \u003cem\u003eSpace Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e, which follows \u003cem\u003eOut of the Silent Planet\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePerelandra\u003c\/em\u003e, concludes the adventures of the matchless Dr. Ransom. Now, the dark forces that have been repulsed in \u003cem\u003eOut of the Silent Planet\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePerelandra\u003c\/em\u003e are massed for an assault on planet Earth. Word is that the mighty wizard Merlin has come back to the land of the living after many centuries, holding the key to ultimate power for the force that can find him and bend him to its will. A sinister technocratic organization is gaining power throughout Europe, with a plan to \"recondition\" society, and it is up to Ransom and his friends to stop this threat by applying age-old wisdom to a new universe dominated by science. The two groups struggle to a climactic resolution that brings the \u003cem\u003eSpace Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e to a magnificent, crashing conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten during the dark hours immediately before and during World War II, C.S. Lewis's \u003cem\u003eSpace Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e stands alongside such works as Albert Camus's \u003cem\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/em\u003e and George Orwell's \u003cem\u003e1984\u003c\/em\u003e as a timeless classic, beloved by succeeding generations as much for the sheer wonder of its storytelling as for the significance of its moral concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Cautions:\u003c\/strong\u003e None. See Redeemed Reader's review \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/2011\/08\/that-hideous-strength-an-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAges:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14+\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storyglory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45104218767682,"sku":"FLEWISCSTHATHIDEOUSSTRENGTHB9780743234924","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/3457\/4658\/products\/That_Hideous_Strength.jpg?v=1683778595"},{"product_id":"rrf37","title":"Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy #1), by C.S. Lewis","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Paperback, 160 pages, first published in 1938)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom C.S. Lewis, the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Chronicles of Narnia\u003c\/em\u003e, comes the first book in the classic science fiction \u003cem\u003eSpace Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e following the resourceful Dr. Ransom as he is abducted and taken by spaceship to Mars.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eWritten during the dark hours immediately before and during World War II, C.S. Lewis's \u003cem\u003eSpace Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e, of which \u003cem\u003eOut of the Silent Planet\u003c\/em\u003e is the first volume, stands alongside such works as Albert Camus's \u003cem\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/em\u003e and George Orwell's \u003cem\u003e1984\u003c\/em\u003e as a timeless classic, beloved by succeeding generations as much for the sheer wonder of its storytelling as for the significance of its moral concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile searching for a place to rest for the night, Dr. Elwin Ransom is abducted by a megalomaniacal physicist and his accomplice and taken to the red planet of Malacandra (Mars) as a human sacrifice for the alien creatures that live there. Once on the planet, however, Ransom eludes his captors, risking his life and his chances of returning to Earth, becoming a stranger in a land that is enchanting in its difference from Earth and instructive in its similarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1943, \u003cem\u003eOut of the Silent Planet\u003c\/em\u003e remains a magnificent and suspenseful tour de force in which epic battles are fought between the forces of light and those of darkness. It is the incredible beginning to C.S. Lewis's spectacular \u003cem\u003eSpace Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e, which also includes \u003cem\u003ePerelandra\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThat Hideous Strength\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCautions:\u003c\/strong\u003e None. See Redeemed Reader's discussion \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/2014\/07\/src-week-4-out-of-the-silent-planet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAges:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14+\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storyglory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45104219324738,"sku":"FLEWISCSOUTOFTHESILENTPLANET9780743234900","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/3457\/4658\/products\/Out_of_the_silent_planet.jpg?v=1683778606"},{"product_id":"wbf105","title":"Perelandra (Space Trilogy #2), by C.S. Lewis","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Paperback, 192 pages, first published in 1943)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe intrepid professor Dr. Ransom must take on an evil force to save a utopian planet in \u003cem\u003ePerelandra\u003c\/em\u003e, the second book in C.S. 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Lewis’s \u003cem\u003eSpace Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e, of which \u003cem\u003ePerelandra\u003c\/em\u003e is the second volume, stands alongside such works as Albert Camus’s \u003cem\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/em\u003e and George Orwell’s \u003cem\u003e1984\u003c\/em\u003e as a timeless classic, beloved by succeeding generations as much for the sheer wonder of its storytelling as for the significance of its moral concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCautions:\u003c\/strong\u003e None\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAges:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15+\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storyglory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45104219390274,"sku":"FLEWISCSPERELANDRABOOKTWOOFS9780743234917","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/3457\/4658\/products\/Perelandra.jpg?v=1683778608"},{"product_id":"9780140449136","title":"Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Paperback, 720 pages, first published in 2002)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St. Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis vivid translation by David McDuff has been acclaimed as the most accessible version of Dostoyevsky’s great novel, rendering its dialogue with a unique force and naturalism. 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Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, elemental yet plainspoken, tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man’s fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman’s stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. At once a naturalistic epic, captivity narrative, road novel, and transcendental gospel, Steinbeck’s powerful landmark novel is perhaps the most American of American Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Centennial edition, specially designed to commemorate one hundred years of Steinbeck, features french flaps and deckle-edged pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCautions:\u003c\/strong\u003e This book has been vetted by Christian schools that partner with Storyglory, but it has not yet been fully reviewed by Storyglory staff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecommended Age:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15+\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storyglory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47892873183554,"sku":"FSTEINJO____THEGRAPESOFWRATH____9780142000663","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/3457\/4658\/products\/The_Grapes_of_Wrath_9780142000663.jpg?v=1709057053"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/3457\/4658\/collections\/Purple_collection_square_aa12d352-ea16-4aca-8193-ae71ecffb10d.jpg?v=1775959884","url":"https:\/\/www.storyglorykids.org\/collections\/providence-academy-rising-12th-grade-books.oembed","provider":"Storyglory Kids Inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}