Baldwin, James Go Tell
It On The Mountain
Semi-autobiographical novel about a 14-year old black youth’s
religious conversion.
Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451
Readin g is a crime and firemen burn books in this futuristic society.
Cather,Willa My Antonia
Immigrant pioneers strive to adapt to the Nebraska prairies.
Cormier, Robert The
Chocolate War
Jerry Renault challenges the power structure of his school when he
refuses to sell chocolates for the annual fund raiser.
Crane, Stephen The
Red Badge of Courage
During the Civil War, Henry Fleming joins the army full of romantic
visions of battle which are shattered by combat.
Fitzgerald, Scott
F. The Great Gatsby
A young man corrupts himself and the American Dream to regain a lost
love.
Gaines, Ernest The
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
In the 100 years, Miss Jane Pittman experiences it all, from slavery
to the civil rights movement.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel The
Scarlet Letter
An adulterous Puritan woman keeps secret the identity of the father
of her illegitimate child.
Lee, Harper To Kill
a Mockingbird
At great peril to himself and his children, lawyer Atticus Finch defends
an African-American man accused of raping a white woman in a small
Alabama town.
London, Jack Call
of the Wild
Buck is a loyal pet dog until cruel men make hima pawn in their search
for Klondike gold.
Melville, Herman Moby-Dick
A complex novel about a mad sea captain’s pursuit of the White
Whale.
Steinbeck, John The
Grapes of Wrath
The desperate flight of tenant farmers from Oklahoma during the Depression.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher Uncle
Tom’s Cabin
The classic tale that awakened a nation about the slave system.
Twain, Mark The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn
Huck and Jim, a runaway slave, travel down the Mississippi in search
of freedom.
Wells, H. G. The Time
Machine
A scientist invents a machine that transports him into the future.
Austen, Jane Pride
and Prejudice
Love and marriage among the English country gentry of Austen’s
day.
Bronte, Charlotte Jane
Eyre
An intelligent and passionate governess falls in love with a strange,
moody man tormented by dark secrets.
Carroll, Lewis Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland
A fantasy in which Alice follows the White Rabbit to a dream world.
Cervantes, Miguel
de Don Quixote
An eccentric old gentleman sets out as a knight “tilting at windmills” to
right the wrongs of the world.
Defoe, Daniel Robinson
Crusoe
The adventures of a man who spends 24 years on an isolated island.
Dickens, Charles Great
Expectations
The moving story of the rise, fall, and rise again of a humbly-born
young orphan.
Dostoevski, Feodor Crime
and Punishment
A psychological novel about a poor student who murders an old woman
pawnbroker and her sister.
Golding. William Lord
of the Flies
English schoolboys marooned on an uninhabited island test the values
of civilization when they attempt to set up a society of their own.
Orwell, George Animal
Farm
Animals turn tables on their masters.
Remarque, Erich Maria All
Quiet on the Western Front
A young German Soldier in World War I experiences pounding shell fire,
hunger, sickness, and death.
Scott, Sir Walter Ivanhoe
Tale of Ivanhoe, the disinherited knight, Lady Rowena, Richard the
Lion-Hearted, and Robin Hood at the time of the Crusade.
Shelley, Mary W Frankenstein
A gothic tale of terror in which Frankenstein creates a monster from
corpses.
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksander One
Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Ivan Denisovich endures one more day in a Siberian prison camp and
finds joy in survival.
Swift, Jonathan Gulliver’s
Travel
Gulliver encounters dwarfs and giants and has other strange adventures
when his ship is wrecked in distant lands.
Weisel, Elie Night
A searing account of the Holocaust as experienced by a 15-year-old
boy.
Alcott, Louisa May Little
Women
Meet the March family with daughters Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth. A classic
story of a connected family featuring love, sadness and courage.
Cushman, Karen Catherine,
Called Birdy
A tale of courage and hope set in the medieval period.
Richter, Conrad The
Light in the Forest
A young boy is captured by Indians; discover what he learns.
Shakespeare, William Hamlet
Revenge, madness, poison, ghosts, and the interaction between friends
are aspects of this classic tragedy.
Angelou, Maya I Know
Why the Caged Bird Sings
An African-American writer traces her coming of age.
Brown, Dee Bury My
Heart at Wounded Knee
A narrative of the white man’s conquest of the American land
as the Indian victims experienced it.
Frank, Anne The Diary
of a Young Girl
The story of a Jewish family forced by encroaching Nazis to live in
hiding.
Mathabane, Mark Kaffir
Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s
Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa A tennis player breaks down
racial barriers
and escape to a better life in America
Hemingway, Ernest The
Old Man and the Sea
Hemingway’s story of a fisherman and the fish that he catches
is far more than the story.
Herriot, James All
Creatures Great and Small
Follow Herriot as he makes his veterinary rounds in rural England.
An animal lover.
Hesse, Herman Siddhartha
The classic coming of age novella traces the journey of a young man
as he attempts to discover the meaning of life through prayer and sacrifice.
Hilton, James Lost
Horizon
A mysterious utopia high in the Himalayan Mountains is the setting
for this famous story. Part mystery, part philosophy, this tale takes
you to the into the “Shangri-La” as this adventure romance
unfolds.
Speare, Elizabeth
George The Witch of Blackbird Pond
It is 1687, and a young teen that has moved to the
Connecticut Colony from the Caribbean is accused of being a witch.
Will she survive
the
witch hysterical times?
Shakespeare, William Romeo
and Juliet
A romantic tragedy about teen romance and feuding families.
Shakespeare, William Midsummer
Night’s Dream
Lowry, Lois The Giver
This fascinating book explores the themes of freedom and justice. The
setting of a far distant future in a utopian society; the tales raises
many questions about human responsibility and courage.
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