Classics for Junior High

FICTION JR-HI ADAMS, R.	The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Richard Adams. Seconds before Earth is demolished to make room for a galactic freeway, an earthman is saved by his friend and together they journey through the galaxy.
FICTION ADAMS, R.	Watership Down by Richard Adams Chronicles the adventures of a group of rabbits searching for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace.
FICTION JR-HI ALCOTT, L.	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies.
FICTION ARMSTRONG, W.	Sounder by William Armstrong. Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read.
FICTION JR-HI BABBITT, N.	Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. The Tuck family is confronted by an agonizing situation when they discover that a young girl and a malicious stranger share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing older.
FICTION JR-HI BAGNOLD, E.	National Velvet by Enid Bagnold. Fourteen-year-old Velvet wins an untamed race horse named Pie. With the help of Mr. Taylor, a hired hand, Velvet races her beloved horse in the English Grand National steeplechase.
FICTION JR-HI BRADBURY, R.	The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. Man travels to Mars with the intention to seek a new life, but is instead conquered by those already there.
FICTION JR-HI BRONTE, E.	Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Enjoy this star-crossed love affair between Heathcliff and Catherine.
FICTION BURNETT, F.	Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Young Cedric lives with his American mother in a poverty stricken area of New York after his English father dies. Then one day his life changes completely as he learns he is heir to his English grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt.
FICTION BURNFORD, S.	The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford. On a perilous journey home, the courage of three animals, a young Labrador, a Bull Terrier and a Siamese cat, is put to the test in the vast Canadian wilderness as they battle the cold, a bobcat, and a bear.
FICTION JR-HI CARD, O.	Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. After being sent to Battle School, Ender quickly becomes Earth's best hope to defeat the alien invaders who nearly destroyed the planet.
FICTION CARROLL, L.	Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Alice follows the white Rabbit down his hole and plunges into a world of adventure with the Cheshire Cat, the Queen of Hearts and many other strange characters.
FICTION CARROLL, L.	Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. In this sequel to Alice in Wonderland, Alice goes through the mirror to find a strange world where curious adventures await her.
FICTION JR-HI CATHER, W.	My Antonia by Willa Cather. Antonia, the daughter of immigrants, finds a place for herself in her adopted home.
FICTION CLEAVER, B.	Where the Lilies Bloom by Bill & Vera Cleaver. In the Great Smoky Mountains region, a fourteen-year-old girl struggles to keep her family together after their father dies.
FICTION CERVANTES, M.	The Adventures of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. An eccentric country gentleman and his faithful companion set out as a knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil.
FICTION COOPER, J.	The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper. Hawkeye and his Indian friend, Chingachgook, share battles and dangers in the New York wilderness during the French and Indian War.
FICTION JR-HI CRANE, S.	Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. Thought provoking account of one young man's view of the civil war.
FICTION DEFOE, D.	Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. A shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe must survive on an island and fight off boredom and loneliness. He makes himself a comfortable home and spends his time finding food, avoiding cannibals, and civilizing Friday, an island native.
FICTION DICKENS, C.	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Visit Victorian England with Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and the ghost of Jacob Marley.
FICTION JR-HI DUMAS, A.	The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. D'Artagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis as they return the Queen's jewels and reveal Countess de Winter's secret.
FICTION FARLEY, W.	The Black Stallion by Walter Farley. Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, Alec Ramsey befriends the horse, trains him by night and rides him to victory in a match race.
FICTION FORBES, E.	Johnny Tremain by Ester Forbes. Johnny, a cocky silversmith's apprentice, and his friend Rab delve into Boston's pre-Revolutionary activities.
FICTION GEORGE, J.	My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George. Vivid description of animal life transforms an adolescent boy's survival diary into a beautiful tale of the Catskill wilderness.
FICTION GIPSON, F.	Old Yeller by Fred Gipson. At fourteen, during one hard summer, Travis is the "man" of the family as his father drives his cattle herd from Texas to the Kansas market. During that summer an old yellow dog latches onto Travis, who in return, learns to love Old Yeller.
FICTION GRAY, E.	Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Gray. Travel the roads of Medieval England with Adam as he journeys from St. Alban's Abbey to London and on to Winchester and Oxford accompanied by his minstrel father and his dog Nick.
FICTION HENRY, O.	The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. The poignant story of sacrifices made by a young husband and wife to please the other.
FICTION JR-HI HINTON, S.	The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. Ponyboy is a member of the Outsiders, a tough, lower-class gang. He runs off to a hideout with a pal who has committed a crime. When they eventually give themselves up, Ponyboy strives to find maturity and an end to the conflict of gang warfare.
FICTION HUNT, I.	Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt. This book follows Jethro, a young farm boy, through the five years of the American Civil War. A family conflict arises when there is a split between Confederate and the Yankee loyalties.
FICTION IRVING, W.	Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving. Rip Van Winkle is a good natured, lazy man who falls asleep and wakes up 20 years later. He must adjust to all the changes that took place while he slept.
FICTION IRVING, W.	Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. After hearing ghost stories at a party, the superstitious schoolteacher, Ichabod Crane, has a terrifying encounter with the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.
FICTION JUSTER, N.	Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. Come on a journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers and finds a cure for his boredom.
FICTION KEITH, H.	Rifles For Watie by Harold Keith. Jeff Bussey, a Kansas farm boy, experiences first hand the hunger and trials of a Union soldier during the Civil War.
FICTION KIPLING, R.	Captain's Courageous by Rudyard Kipling. The spoiled son of an American millionaire is washed overboard and picked up by a fishing schooner where he is forced to share the life and labor of the crew.
FICTION KJELGAARD, J.	Big Red by James A Kjelgaard. Danny, a young trapper, and Red, a champion Irish Setter, join forces to battle a wolverine and an enormous bear called "Old Majesty."
FICTION JR-HI KNOWLES, J.	A Separate Peace by John Knowles. At the Devon School in 1942 Gene envied Phinny's ability to attract loyal friends and convince anyone of anything, but just didn't understand him. By the time he did, Phinny was gone.
FICTION KRUMGOLD, J.	...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold. Miguel, a boy growing up on a sheep farm in Taos, New Mexico struggles with the problems of being a middle child. He yearns to accomplish a secret wish and go with the men of his family to the Langre de Cristo Mountains.
FICTION JR-HI LEE, H.	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. When lawyer Atticus Finch defends a black man accused of raping a white woman it has a great impact on the lives of his children, Scout and Jem.
FICTION LEGUIN, U.	A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin. A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.
FICTION LENGLE, M.	A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle. Meg Murry becomes involved with unearthly strangers while searching for her father who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
FICTION LONDON, J.	Call of the Wild by Jack London. Buck, a large trusting dog, is stolen and sold. The time is 1897 and the Alaskan Gold Rush is on. Buck ends up as a sled dog and is mistreated until a kind man saves him from near death. Buck must then choose between running free or his new master.
FICTION MONTGOMERY, L.	Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery. A lonely couple arrange to adopt a boy but instead wind up with wide-eyed quixotic "Anne of Green Gables".
FICTION NEVILLE, E.	It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville. Humorous sketches of a modern teenage boy and his cat in New York City.
FICTION NORTH, S.	Rascal by Sterling North. A delightful tale of the comradery between a boy and his pet raccoon. The setting is a town in southern Wisconsin during World War I.
FICTION JR-HI ORWELL, G.	Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell. This is a cautionary tale of a man caught in a political nightmare in which the power of a totalitarian state is pitted against the personal freedom of the individual.
FICTION JR-HI RAWLINGS, M.	The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Young Jody Baxter lives a lonely life in a forest area of Florida until he adopts an orphan fawn named Flag. The two become inseparable, but as Flag becomes older he causes problems for Jody's family.
FICTION JR-HI RICHTER, C.	The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter. "True Son" born John Butler was captured by the Lenni Lenape Indians when he was four years old. Raised as a great warrior's son, he learned to hate all white men. Then the Indians made a treaty and agreed to return all white captives to their own people
FICTION SAINT-EXUPERY, A.	The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery. A little prince leaves his planet to learn about the universe. He recalls his adventures spent in search of what is truly important in life.
FICTION JR-HI SALINGER, J.	The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. When Holden Caufield flunks out of school again he's reluctant to face his parents. He decides to stay on his own until he gets his mind straightened out.
FICTION SCOTT, W.	Ivanhoe by Walter Scott. Adventure abounds as Ivanhoe and King Richard battle against the evil and corruption in Medieval England.
FICTION SHELLEY, M.	Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. A monster, assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies, develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
FICTION JR-HI SPEARE, E.	The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare. This story is set in Puritan Connecticut, a time of candle-dipping, soap-boiling and corn-husking bees. Kit Tyler gets involved with an alleged witch and finds herself on trial as a suspect.
FICTION SPERRY, A.	Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry. Mafatu, the son of a Polynesian chief was branded a "coward" because of his fear of the sea. He ventures off in a canoe, battles the elements and earns his name Mafatu, which means "The Stout Heart."
FICTION JR-HI STEINBECK, J.	The Red Pony by John Steinbeck. Jody was a ten-year-old boy with tangled blond hair and shy gray eyes. One day, his dad presented him with a beautiful red pony colt. As the pony grows strong under his care, Jody matures as a man.
FICTION STEVENSON, R.	Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson. A sixteen-year-old orphan is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
FICTION JR-HI STEVENSON, R.	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. A kind and well-respected doctor can turn himself into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug he's created.
FICTION STEVENSON, R.	Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Thi is the classic pirate story of Jim Hawkins, his friends and the notorious pirate Long John Silver. The adventure begins with a treasure map that leads the boys through many dangerous situations.
FICTION JR-HI STOKER, B.	Dracula by Bram Stoker. Set in the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania, these are the grim adventures of Jonathan Harker, an English solicitor. He is sent out to explain the purchase of a London estate to a foreigner, Count Dracula, but he soon discovers the dark and horribly sinister side of his host.
FICTION SWIFT, J.	Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. The voyages of an Englishman carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, where people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land of giants; and a country ruled by horses.
FICTION JR-HI TAYLOR, M.	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor. A black family living in the South during the 1930's are faced with prejudice and discrimination which their children don't understand.
FICTION JR-HI TOLKIEN, J.	The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit, lives in enchanted Middle Earth. He joins a group of dwarfs who are trying to reclaim their inheritance from Smaug, a dragon. The wizard Gandalf guides them as they meet trolls, goblins, giant spiders and elves on their way to the treasure.
FICTION TWAIN, M.	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Samuel Clements). Huck, at thirteen, runs away from his cruel father and joins forces with Jim, a runaway slave. They escape on a raft and experience many dangers on their one-thousand-mile journey.
FICTION TWAIN, M.	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Samuel Clements). This book represents Twain's first major work patterned after the memories of his childhood in Hannibal, Missouri. Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and the evil Injun Joe are brought to life through the use of realistic language and dialects.
FICTION VERNE, J.	Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. Enticed by the prospect of winning a bet, Phileas Fogg travels around the world in a record eighty days.
FICTION VERNE, J.	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. A misguided scientific genius permits three survivors of a destroyed frigate to accompany him and his crew on an undersea trip around the world in the Nautilus, a powerful, awe-inspiring submarine which he designed and built himself.
FICTION JR-HI WELLS, H.	Time Machine by H. G. Wells. In this Science fiction story the inventor of the time machine travels into the future and witnesses the degeneration of life on earth at its different stages.
FICTION WELLS, H.	War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Science fiction thriller about invading aliens which, when originally aired, caused thousands of listeners across the nation to panic in fear that it was really happening.
FICTION JR-HI WHITE, T.	The Once and Future King by T. H. White. This reworked version of King Arthur brings together the entire Arthurian Epic. The legend begins with young Arthur and winds its way through his years as king, to the Round Table and the search for the Holy Grail, and finally to his weary old age.
FICTION WYSS, J.	Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss. Shipwrecked and stranded on a deserted island, a Swiss pastor and his family use their ingenuity and the resources of the island to make their island life comfortable.
MYSTERY JR-HI DOYLE, A.	The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes, a British detective known for his skills of observation and his sidekick, Watson, solve extraordinary mysteries.
STORY COLLECTION POE, E.	Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allen Poe. This collection of short stories contains the best tales of terror and fantasy written by Poe. Each brilliantly imagined story entertains and excites the reader.
398.2094 MALORY	King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Sir Thomas Malory. Knights and knightly adventures come alive through brave deeds performed for the love of a lady. Ideals of chivalry shine through this English legend.
398.22 CRESWICK	Robin Hood by Paul Creswick. This tale of a 12th century hero recounts the neat escapades and roguish tricks of Robin Hood. He lives as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest and fights against Sir Grey of Gisborne and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Robing Hood and his band of merry men rob from the rich and give to the poor.
398.22 PYLE	The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle. Robin Hood, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest, dedicating his life to fight against tyranny.
921 FORTUNE	Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates. At-Mun is fifteen when he is captured by slavers in his African Village and fifty-nine when he is freed in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Renamed Amos, he becomes a patient, generous craftsman whose actions greatly enrich the lives of those around him.
921 FRANK	Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. The diary describes the events that took place during two years of hiding for Anne and her family during the Second World War.
921 KELLER	Story of My Life by Helen Keller. A mute, deaf and blind girl, with the loving and intelligent guidance of Anne Sullivan, learns to read, write and speak. Helen Keller eventually graduates from college and spends her adult life helping other blind and deaf people.