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Suggested Books for Juniors and Seniors
1.
1984
by George Orwell
Comments
Depicts life in a totalitarian regime of the future. RL 8.9 281 pgs.
2.
2001: A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
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The spacecraft Discovery journeys to the outer edge of the solar system.
RL 9.0 263 pgs.
3.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Unabridged Classics)
by Jules Verne
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An American ship tracks down a submarine commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo. RL 10.9 463 pgs.
4.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
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A young boy growing up in Hannibal, Mo. during the 1800's causes all kinds of trouble including helping a slave escape. RL 8.0 317 pgs.
5.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Unabridged Classics)
by Lewis Carroll
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Alice follows a rabbit down a hole and meets all kinds of amazing characters.
RL 7.7 159 pgs.
6.
Anne of Green Gables (Unabridged Classics)
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Anne Shirley wins the heart of her foster parents even though they were expecting a boy. RL 7.3 308 pgs.
7.
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
by George Orwell
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After capturing Manor Farm, the farm animals try to form a society based on equality. RL 7.3 308 pgs.
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Diaries,letters and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of young African American. RL 8.1 351 pgs.
(Hated this one)
9.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X
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The story of the influential, charismatic and antagonistic man who rose to lead the Muslim nation in the 1960's. RL 7.5 460 pgs.
10.
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
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A Victorian era wife and mother falls in love with a young man she meets while on vacation. RL 8.5 211 pgs.
11.
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
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A beautiful, talented and successful young woman has a mental breakdown.
RL 7.2 296 pgs.
12.
Beowulf (Signet Classics)
by Anonymous
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A hero without fear battles a man-eating monster. RL YA
13.
The Best Short Stories of Jack London
by Jack London
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A collection of short stories set in the bitter world of the Yukon. Amazing and awful. RL YA 190 pgs/
14.
The Black Arrow
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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A young Englishman becomes part of the Black Arrow Band and the War of the Roses. RL 7.0 268 pgs.
15.
Black Boy
by Richard Wright
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The awful experiences of a Black man as he drifts from city to city. RL 7.4
419 pgs.
16.
Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
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A horse tells the story of his life with good masters and bad. RL 7.7
196 pgs.
17.
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
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In the future babies come from bottles and the great Ford is worshipped.
RL 7.5 259 pgs.
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First-hand experiences and memoirs of the Indians who were massacred at Wounded Knee in 1890. RL 7.9 487 pgs.
19.
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
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A sled dog is mistreated by his master until he escapes to roam wild in Alaska.
RL 8.0 127 pgs.
20.
Captain Blood
by Rafael Sabatini
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A 17th century doctor is convicted of treason and becomes a great buccaneer pirate. RL AD 242 pgs.
21.
Captains Courageous
by Rudyard Kipling
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The son of a millionaire is saved from drowning and is forced to work with the crew of a fishing schooner. RL 7.9
158 pgs.
22.
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
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A bombardier during WWII tries to avoid further flying missions while his colonel tries to get him killed.
RL 7.1 415 pgs.
23.
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
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A young man discovers a substance more powerful than a nuclear bokb.
RL YA 191 pgs.
24.
Chronicles of Avonlea
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Twelve short stories set on Prince Edward Island. RL 8.2 183 pgs.
25.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
Comments
A mechanic wakes up in King Arthur's court and tries to bring them technology and new political ideas.
RL 9.2 272 pgs.
26.
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)
by Alexandre Dumas père
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A young sailor escapes from an island prison and begins a search for the treasure of Monte Cristo. RL 8.8
528 pgs.
27.
David Copperfield (Penguin Classics)
by Charles Dickens
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An orphan in 19th century England suffers the hardships of orphanages, prisons and working in a sweatshop.
RL 8.2 891 pgs.
28.
The Deerslayer (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
by James Fenimore Cooper
Comments
Two frontiermen defend a trapper's cabin against attack.
RL 11.2 512 pgs.
29.
Ethan Frome
by Edith Wharton
Comments
A tragic story of a farmer married to a hypochondriac but in love with her cousin. RL 7.6 136 pgs.
30.
Far from the Madding Crowd (Signet Classics)
by Thomas Hardy
Comments
Bathsheba breaks the hearts of several suitors. RL 9.7 374 pgs.
31.
Frankenstein (Penguin Classics)
by Mary Shelley
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A mad scientist assembles a monster from the body parts of dead men.
RL 12.2 231 pgs.
32.
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
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An orphan grows from a street child to a wealthy educated young man.
RL 9.2 460 pgs.
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Classics old and new with a reading level of at least 7.0 and 200 pages.
Included books are the unabridged versions.
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