i wish i didn’t have to read secular novels for school because persnally, i think i can gain a lot more and use my time more wisely reading Jewish books.
Buttt.. in 9th grade we read “To kill a Mockingbird” which i think was clean (could be there were some bad words that i dont remember) but we had a lot of discussions in class about racism and bravery and stuff like that, the teacher was challenging too so i wasn’t so easy.
for summer homework in 11th grade i read “Dibs in search of Self” which is VERY clean, (i know beis yaakov that reads it) i was impressed since the year before summer homework book i complained about, because of the author’s word usage. it’s short-ish but i liked it even though others may consider it boring. The main thing is, it’s considered good literature without tarnishing your neshama as much as others…now in 11th we’re reading Pygmailion- i didn’t finish it yet so i don’t know how it is but so far it’s not bad.