Mm, I believe we'll also be reading "Beowulf" (yet ANOTHER great work of literature XD). Though, personally, I want to get my English teacher to let us read "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie. It was such a good mystery book <3
Grapes of Wrath apparently takes place during the Great Depression, but... Our English teacher read one chapter out of it once, and it actually sounded interesting XD