Books List
FALL 2025
Will be updating soon for 2025
*Please check back or contact the mentor directly.
This book list is to give your family an idea of what books will be required for each class. As every family is different, the number of classes your family takes will determine how many books are purchased. Therefore, we ask that you purchase these books on your own. Only purchase the books for classes that your own children will be taking. This is not part of the registration fee for the class. These books are purchased by the family above and beyond the class fees.
If you choose to utilize a third party charter such as MTH or LAU, simply keep your receipts and expense them to that charter. The books specifically will not have a receipt from Polar Star. Although you may request a receipt for your class fees from Polar Star.
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Polar Star Kickoff
This happens before school begins each year. The book we read for Kickoff is to give us a theme for the year as well as an all day activity to get to know one another. It is a highlight for the teens at the end of summer. Read before Kickoff! (August 28, 2025)
Kickoff—All youth should read:
Title Coming Soon
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Ninja Scholars
List Coming Soon
Key of Liberty
1st Semester
Red Scarf Girl, Ji-li Jiang (Book discussion 1st day of class, so start reading now!)
William Bradford, Pilgrim Boy, Bradford Smith
John Adams, the Reluctant Patriot of the Revolution, Leonard Falkner (look for a free archived copy, or we can do a group order from LEMI for about $12/book; a group order option will be announced in the coming weeks.)
Being George Washington, Glenn Beck
2nd Semester
The Freedom Factor, Gerald Lund
Fifty-Five Fathers, Selma R. Williams (look for a free archived copy, or we can do a group order from LEMI for about $12/book; a group order option will be announced in the coming weeks.)
The Great Little Madison, Jean Fritz
“The Proper Role of Government,” Ezra Taft Benson (included in the student binders)
Sword of Freedom/Hero Project
1st Semester
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher-Stowe
Across Five Aprils, Irene Hunt
Abraham Lincoln, Wilbur F. Gordy
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Pyramid
1st Semester
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Jean Lee Latham (due the first day of class)
A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe, Michael S. Schneider (we will be using this book the whole year so plan on having it the first day)
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, Jacqueline Kelly
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
Georgics
1st Semester Little Men, Louisa May Alcott
The Midwife’s Apprentice, Karen Cushman
Little Britches, Ralph Moody
Quest 1 & 2
1st Semester
The Evelyn Wood Seven-Day Speed Reading and Learning Program, Stanley D. Frank (read the first 3 chapters before the first day of class)
A Thomas Jefferson Education for Teens, Oliver DeMille, Shannon Brooks
A Place to Stand: The Word of God in the Life of Martin Luther, Gene Edward Vieth, Jr.
7 Habits for Highly Effective Teens, Sean Covey
Give Me Liberty: The Uncompromising Statesmanship of Patrick Henry, Davin J. Vaughan
Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown, Clinton Cox
Narrative of the Life and Death of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass
A Call To Mercy, Mother Teresa
Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword, Jeanette Eaton (LEMI book; let us know by August 20th if you want to join a group order)
My Life With Martin Luther King, Jr., Corretta Scott King
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai
The Singing Tree, Kate Seredy
Shakespeare Conquest
1st Semester
CliffsComplete The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare
Will be updating soon for 2025
*Please check back or contact the mentor directly.
This book list is to give your family an idea of what books will be required for each class. As every family is different, the number of classes your family takes will determine how many books are purchased. Therefore, we ask that you purchase these books on your own. Only purchase the books for classes that your own children will be taking. This is not part of the registration fee for the class. These books are purchased by the family above and beyond the class fees.
If you choose to utilize a third party charter such as MTH or LAU, simply keep your receipts and expense them to that charter. The books specifically will not have a receipt from Polar Star. Although you may request a receipt for your class fees from Polar Star.
____________________________________________________________________________
Polar Star Kickoff
This happens before school begins each year. The book we read for Kickoff is to give us a theme for the year as well as an all day activity to get to know one another. It is a highlight for the teens at the end of summer. Read before Kickoff! (August 28, 2025)
Kickoff—All youth should read:
Title Coming Soon
____________________________________________________________________________
Ninja Scholars
List Coming Soon
Key of Liberty
1st Semester
Red Scarf Girl, Ji-li Jiang (Book discussion 1st day of class, so start reading now!)
William Bradford, Pilgrim Boy, Bradford Smith
John Adams, the Reluctant Patriot of the Revolution, Leonard Falkner (look for a free archived copy, or we can do a group order from LEMI for about $12/book; a group order option will be announced in the coming weeks.)
Being George Washington, Glenn Beck
2nd Semester
The Freedom Factor, Gerald Lund
Fifty-Five Fathers, Selma R. Williams (look for a free archived copy, or we can do a group order from LEMI for about $12/book; a group order option will be announced in the coming weeks.)
The Great Little Madison, Jean Fritz
“The Proper Role of Government,” Ezra Taft Benson (included in the student binders)
Sword of Freedom/Hero Project
1st Semester
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher-Stowe
Across Five Aprils, Irene Hunt
Abraham Lincoln, Wilbur F. Gordy
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Pyramid
1st Semester
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Jean Lee Latham (due the first day of class)
A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe, Michael S. Schneider (we will be using this book the whole year so plan on having it the first day)
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, Jacqueline Kelly
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
Georgics
1st Semester Little Men, Louisa May Alcott
The Midwife’s Apprentice, Karen Cushman
Little Britches, Ralph Moody
Quest 1 & 2
1st Semester
The Evelyn Wood Seven-Day Speed Reading and Learning Program, Stanley D. Frank (read the first 3 chapters before the first day of class)
A Thomas Jefferson Education for Teens, Oliver DeMille, Shannon Brooks
A Place to Stand: The Word of God in the Life of Martin Luther, Gene Edward Vieth, Jr.
7 Habits for Highly Effective Teens, Sean Covey
Give Me Liberty: The Uncompromising Statesmanship of Patrick Henry, Davin J. Vaughan
Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown, Clinton Cox
Narrative of the Life and Death of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass
A Call To Mercy, Mother Teresa
Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword, Jeanette Eaton (LEMI book; let us know by August 20th if you want to join a group order)
My Life With Martin Luther King, Jr., Corretta Scott King
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai
The Singing Tree, Kate Seredy
Shakespeare Conquest
1st Semester
CliffsComplete The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare
