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Author Title
Adams, Douglas Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Adams, Richard Watership Down
Agee, James A Death in the Family
Albee, Edward *The Zoo Story
Anderson, Laura Halse +Speak
Aldrich, Bess +Lantern in Her Hand
Angelou, Maya *I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Asimov, Isaac Fantastic Voyage
Foundation Trilogy
I, Robot
Austen, Jane *Emma
*Pride and Prejudice
Baldwin, James *Notes of a Native Son
*Go Tell It on the Mountain
Barrett, William E. +The Lilies of the Field
Beach, Edward II. Run Silent, Run Deep
Beckett, Samuel *Waiting for Godot
Bellow, Saul Seize the Day
Blackmore, Richard Lorna Doone
Blinn, William +Brian's Song
Bolt, Robert *A Man for All Seasons
Bonham, Frank +Durango Street
+The Nitty Gritty
Borland, Hal When the Legends Die
Boulle, Pierre The Bridge Over the River Kwai
Planet of the Apes
Bradbury, Ray Dandelion Wine
Fahrenheit 451
The Illustrated Man
The Martian Chronicles
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Braithwaite, E.R. To Sir With Love
Bronte, Charlotte *Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily *Wuthering Heights
Buck, Pearl *The Good Earth
Burdick, Eugene Fail-Safe
Burns, Olive Ann Cold Sassy Tree
Burrough, Edgar Rice Collected Works
Byrd, Richard E. Alone
Cavanna, Betty Accent on April
Going on Sixteen
Cleary, Beverly Dear Mr. Henshaw
Cleaver, Vera & Bill Dust of the Earth
Grover
The Kissimmee Kid
Me, Too
Where the Lilies Bloom
The Whys and Wherefores of Litta Belle Lee
Conford, Ellen Why Me?
Covington, John P. Motorcycle Racer
Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock The Little Lame Prince
Crichton, Michael Jurassic Park
Crothers, Samuel The Children of Dickens
Dahl, Roald Boy-An Autobiography
Charley and the Chocolate Factory
James and the Giant Peach
Charley and the Great Glass Elevator
Daly, Maureen Seventeenth Summer
Danziger, Paula The Cat Ate My Gym Suit
Daugherty, James Daniel Boone
Davies, Valentine Miracle on 34th Street
Davis, Gibbs Fishman and Charly
De la Ramee, Louis A Dog of Flanders and Other Stories
Dennis, Wesley Tumble, The story of a Mustang
Dickens, Charles A Christmas Carol
Great Expectations
Dodge, Mary Mapes Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Hounds of Baskervilles
Du Maurier, Daphne Rebecca
My Cousin Rachel
Eareckson, Joni A Step Further
Edmonds, Walter D. The Matchlock Gun
Farley, Walter Black Stallion
Fast, Howard April Morning
Felson, Henry G. Hot Rod
Finlayson, Ann Decathlon Men: Greatest Athletes in the World
Fleischman, Paul Path of the Pale Horse
Fleischman, Sid The Whipping Boy
Forbes, Esther Johnny Tremain
Forbes, Kathryn Mama's Banc Account
Fox, John Jr. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Came
Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Fox, Paula The Slave Dancer
Frank, Anne The Diary of a Young Girl
Freedman, Benedict Mrs. Mike
Fritz, Jean Homesick
George, Jean Craighead My Side of the Mountain
The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo
An Ecological Mystery
Julia of the Wolves
Gibson, William The Miracle Worker
Gilbreth, Frank B.& Ernestine G. Carey Belles on Their Toes
Cheaper By the Dozen
Gipson,Fred Old Yeller
Savage Sam
Grahame, Kenneth The Wind in the Willows
Greene, Bette Phillip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon
Gunther, John Death Be Not Proud
Haddix, Margaret Peterson Shadow Children Series
Hamilton, Virginia The Planet of Junior Brown
M.C. Higgins the Great
House of Dies Drear
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Hemingway, Ernest The Old Man and the Sea
Henry, Marguerite Justin Morgan Had a Horse
King of the Wind
Hentoff, Nat The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
Herriot, James All Creatures Great and Small
All Things Wise and Wonderful
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Dog Stories
The Lord God Made Them All
Heyerdahl, Thor Kon-Tiki
Hiaason, Carl Hoot
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders
That Was Then, THis Is Now
Rumblefish
Houston, Jeanne Farewell to Manzanar
Hunt, Irene Across Five Aprils
The Lottery Rose
No Promises in the Wind
Jackson, Shirley Raising Demons
Jacques, Brian Redwall
Johnston, Norma The Bridge Between
Gabriel's Girl
Myself and I
The Swallow's Song
The Wishing Star
Jones, Ron The Acorn People
Kantor, McKinlay Voice of Bugle Ann
Keller, Helen The Story of My Life
Kerr, M.E. If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever?
Little Little
Son of Someone Famous
Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon
Kingsley, Charles Captain Courageous
Just so Stories
Kim
The Man Who Would Be King
Kirst, Hans Last Stop, Camp 7
Knight, Eric Lassie Come Home
Konigsburg, E.L. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil Frankweiler
Krents, Harold To Race the Wind
Lamb, Charles Tales from Shakespeare
Lane, Rose Wilder Let the Hurricane Roar
Latham, Jean Lee Carry on, Mr. Bowditch
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
L'Engle, Madeline A Wrinkle in Time
Wind in the Door
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia
Lindbergh, Charles The Spirit of St. Louis
Lipsyte, Robert The Contender
London, Jack The Call of the Wild
The Sea Wolf
White Fang
Lord, Bette In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Lowry, Lois Gathering Blue
The Giver
The Messenger
McCaffrey, Anne Dragonsong
MacLachan, Patricia Sarah, Plain and Tall
MacLean, Alistair The Guns of Navarone
Ice Station Zebra
Mathis, Sharon B. Teacup Full of Roses
Mazer, Norma Fox Taking Terri Mueller
Mitchell, Margaret Gone With the Wind
Moeri, Louise Save Queen of Sheba
Morely, Walt Gentle Ben
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds the Keeper
Nelson, Teresa The .25 Miracle
Norton, Andre Octagon Magic
O'Dell, Scott Island of the Blue Dolphins
Zia
O'Hara, Mary My Friend Flicka
Green Grass of Wyoming
Olivant, Alfred Bob, Son of Battle
Orlev, Uri Island on Bird Street
Paterson, Kaatherine Bridge to Terabithia
Come Sing
Jimmy Jo
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Jacob Have I Loved
Paulsen, Gary Hatchett
Peck, Richard Ghosts I Have Been
Something for Joey
Peck, Robert Newton A Day No Pigs Would Die
Platt, Kin The Boy Who could Make Himself Disappear
Poe, Edgar Allan Tales and Poems
Portis, Charles True Grit
Pyle, Howard Robin Hood
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan The Yearling
Rawls, Wilson Where the Red Fern Grows
Richter, Conrad Light in the Forest
Sands, Bill My Shadow Ran Fast
Schaefer, Jack Shane
Sewell, Anna Black Beauty
Silverstein, Shel A Light in the Attic
Where the Sidewalk Ends
The Giving Tree
Sherburne, Zoa Almost April
Jennifer
Why Have the Birds Stopped Singing?
Shura, Mary Francis The Josie Gambit
Snyder, Zilpha Kentley The Egypt Game
Sook, Nyul Choi Years of Impossible Goodbyes
Speare, Elizabeth The Sign of the Beaver
Witch of Black Bird Pond
Sperry, Armstrong Call It Courage
Spyri, Johanna Heidi
Steinbeck, John The Red Pony
Stevenson, R.L. Black Arrow
Kidnapped
Treasure Island
Stewart, M. Airs Above the Ground
Moon Spinners
Stoker, Bram Dracula
Stoltz, Mary The Noonday Friends
Street, James Goodbye, My Lady
Stuart, Jesse Hie to the Hunters
The Thread That Runs So True
Taylor, Mildred Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Let the Circle Be Unbroken
The Road to Memphis
Taylor, Theodore The Cay
The Bomb
Ten Boom, Corrie The Hiding Place
Thomas, Allison It Must Be Love 'Cause I Feel So Dumb
Tolkien, J.R. Fellowship of the Rings
The Hobbitt
Lord of the Rings
Return of the King
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The Prince and the Pauper
Ullman,James R. Banner in the Sky
Verne, Jules Around the World in 80 Days
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Mysterious Island
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Voight, Cynthia Homecoming
Dicey's Song
Izzy, Willy-Nilly
Jackaroo
Wagner, Jane J.T.
Wells, H.G. The Invisible Man
Island of Dr. Moreau
Time Machine
War of the Worlds
West, Jessamyn Cress Delahanty
Friendly Persuasion
White, Robb Deathwatch
Torpedo Run
Up Periscope
White, T.H. The Sword in the Stone
Wilder, Laura Little House on the Prairie
Wintrop, Elizabeth The Castle in the Attic
Wojciechowska, Maia Shadow of the Bull
Wolkoff, Judie Happily Ever After...Almost
Wyss, Johann The Swiss Family Robinson
Yep, Lawrence Dragon Wings
Zindel, Paul Confessions of a Teenage Baboon
I Never Loved Your Mind
Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball
The Pigman
The Pigman's Legacy
The Undertaker's Gone Bananas

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