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RECOMMENDED READING FOR SIXTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH, AND NINTHGRADERS
Particularly challenging books are starred(*).
*Aeschylus.
Agamemnon
: Tragic drama of a man torn by his loyalties asruler, soldier, and husband.
Adams, Douglas.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
: A view of a worldvery unlike ours. Space at its best and wackiest.
Alexander, Lloyd.
The High King
: Final book in the series about the mythicalland Prydain.
*Alexie, Sherman.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
: Aheartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written tale about a budding cartoonistwho leaves his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school.
*Aristophanes.
Complete Plays of Aristophanes
: The Clouds, The Frogs,and others.
Armstrong, William.
Sounder
: A black sharecropper and his family endurecruel injustice with courage and dignity.
*Austen, Jane.
Pride and Prejudice
: Social falsity and reliance onappearances are corrected in time to assure two marriages.
Avi.
Man From The Sky
: Jamie is the only witness to a thief's parachuteescape. Also by Avi:
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.
Azimov, Isaac.
Fantastic Voyage
: A team of doctors are miniaturized andinjected into a patient's blood stream to perform a delicate brain operation.
Babbitt, Natalie.
Tuck Everlasting
: Winnie's life is changed forever whenshe learns the Tuck family secret. Also by Babbitt:
The Eyes of the Amaryllis.
Bagnold, Enid.
National Velvet
: The story of a young girl and her dedicationand love for riding; a classic.
Baldwin, James.
If Beale Street Could Talk
: Gritty study of black urban life.
*Balzac, Honore de.
Pere Goriot
: The story of an avaricious father, fromBalzac's immortal Human Comedy series.
Barrie, James M.
Peter Pan
: Peter Pan shows a group of children adventureand how to stay young in Neverland in this classic story.
*Bolt, Robert.
A Man For All Seasons
: Sir Thomas Moore's fatal conflict withKing Henry the VIII of England.
Borland, Hal.
When The Legends Die
: A Ute Indian boy is civilized againsthis will but finally returns to his native land to rediscover himself.
Bradbury, Ray.
Fahrenheit 451
: Montag, a fireman whose job is burningbooks, undergoes a conversion from book burner to preserver and joins theunderground of "living books."
Bray, Libba.
Going Bovine
: After being diagnosed with mad cow disease, 16-year-old Cameron sets off on a surreal adventure through a twisted Americainto the heart of what matters most.
*Bronte, Charlotte.
Jane Eyre
: A dark mystery stands between a shygoverness and unconventional employer whom she loves.
*Camus, Albert.
The Stranger
: This philosophical novel investigates theFrenchman Meursault, who, for reasons not immediately apparent, kills anArab man in French Algiers.
Carter, Forest.
The Education of Little Tree
: The adventures and love of aboy and his grandfather come together in a powerful climax.
Carter, Dorothy.
His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut
: Fourteen year oldEgyptian princess Hatshepsut does not feel fortunate--she is a girl. However,she eventually becomes Queen regent of Upper and Lower Egypt where sheserves successfully for 20 years.
*Chayefsky, Paddy.
Twelve Angry Men
: Locked in a hot jury room in NewYork City, a mix of men from different walks of life face their prejudices to fairly judge an accused youth.
*Chekhov, Anton.
The Cherry Orchard
: A once wealthy family, unable tocope with the onslaught of time, loses both pride and property in this Russiandrama.
Colfer, Eoin.
Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident
: The world’s youngest,brightest, and most dangerous criminal mastermind is back in this thrillinginterpecies adventure full of magic, humor, and heart.
Collier, James.
My Brother Sam is Dead
: A Connecticut family is torn byconflicting loyalties during the Revolutionary War. Also by Collier:
War Comes to Willie Freeman
.
*Conrad, Joseph.
Lord Jim
:
A young seaman commits an act of cowardiceand spends the rest of his life struggling to atone for his error and to regain hisself respect.
*Cooper, James F.
Deerslayer
: Natty Bumpo, a young hunter, lives with theDelaware Indians fighting against the Hurons and resisting the romanticinclinations of Judith Hunter.
Corbett, Scott.
The Great McGoniggle Pitches
: The latest adventure ofMac McGonnigle. Can he come up with a play to save the championship forhis baseball team?
Cormier, Robert.
I Am the Cheese
: Adam Farmer, an innocent youngvictim, arduously attempts to find his father despite the mystery thatsurrounds him. Also by Cormier:
The Chocolate War
.
Crane, Stephen.
The Red Badge of Courage
: A study of fear as it affects thelife and romantic presuppositions of a young Union soldier in the Civil War.
Craven, Margaret.
I Heard The Owl Call My Name
: A young priest, who isassigned to live and work among the Kwakiutl Indians, learns enough aboutlife from them to accept his impending death.
Defoe, Daniel.
Robinson Crusoe
: An island castaway and his native
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