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Modern Classics
Aiken, Joan The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, 1962.
Bonnie Green and her cousin Sylvia come under the power
of a wicked governess when Bonnie's parents leave on a sea
voyage.
Alexander, Lloyd Book of Three, 1964.
In this fantasy with origins in Welsh mythology, Taran has
many adventures on a hazardous mission to save the kingdom
of Prydain from the forces of evil.
Armstrong, William Sounder, 1969.
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, and through the devotion
of his dog Sounder.
Babbit, Natalie Tuck Everlasting, 1975.
The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when
they discover that a ten-year-old and a malicious stranger now
share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one
from growing older.
Banks, Lynne Reid The Indian in the Cupboard, 1980.
A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and
a key for his birthday and finds himself involved in an adventure
when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.
Blume, Judy Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, 1972.
Peter finds his two-year-old brother an ever increasing problem.
Brown, Jeff Flat Stanley, 1964.
After a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he is sleeping, he
finds that being flat has its advantages.
Burnford, Shelia Incredible Journey, 1961.
A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador retriever
travel together 250 miles through the Canadian wildersness to
find their family.
Catling, Patrick Skene The Chocolate Touch, 1952.
A boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips
touch into chocolate.
Cleary, Beverly Ramona the Pest, 1968.
Five-year-old Ramona starts kindergarten with a series of
misdeeds.
Collier, James Lincoln My Brother Sam is Dead, 1974.
Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the
American Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while
the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.
Dahl, Roald James and the Giant Peach, 1961.
A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a
series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant
peach.
Fitzgerald, John D. The Great Brain, 1967.
The exploits of the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah, are described
by his younger brother, frequently the victim of the Great Brain's
schemes for gaining prestige or money.
Fitzhugh, Louise Harriet the Spy, 1964.
Eleven-year-old Harriet keeps notes on her neighbors and
classmates in a secret notebook, but when some of the students
read the notebook, they seek revenge.
Forbes, Esther Johnny Tremain, 1971.
After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston
becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before
the American Revolution.
George, Jean Craighead Julie of the Wolves, 1972.
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a
thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl gets lost on the North slope of
Alaksa and is befriended by a wolf pack.
My Side of the Mountain, 1988.
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends
living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival,
his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate
realization that he needs human companionship.
Greene, Bette The Summer of My German Soldier, 1973.
Sheltering an escaped German prisoner of war is the beginning
of some shattering experiences for a twelve-year-old Jewish girl
in Arkansas.
Jones, Diana Wynne Charmed Life, 1977.
Gwendolen Chant and her brother Cat find the Chrestomancie
Castle family's magic powers difficult to counter with the inferior
powers of the Coven Steet witches.
Juster, Norton Phantom Tollbooth, 1961.
Milo journeys through a tollbooth to a fantasy land where
learning the importance of words and numbers provides a cure
for his boredom.
Konigsburg, E.L. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler, 1967.
Having run away from home with her younger brother to live
in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia
strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become
a changed person, and a heroine to herself.
L'Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time, 1962.
Meg Murray and her friend become involved with unearthly
strangers and a search for Meg's father, who disappeared
while engaged in secret work for the government.
LeGuin, Ursula Wizard of Earthsea, 1968.
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the
evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master
Wizard.
Morey, Walt Gentle Ben, 1965.
Traces the friendship between a boy and a bear in the rugged
Alaskan Territory.
O'Brien, Robert Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, 1971.
Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed
mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a labratory
made them wise and long lived.
O'Dell, Scott Island of the Blue Dolphins, 1960.
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California,
a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving
through her enormous courage and self reliance, but also finding
a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
Paterson, Katherine Bridge to Terabithia, 1977.
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when
he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets her
ultimate death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a
storm.
Paulsen, Gary Hatchet, 1987.
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four
days in the Canadian Wilderness, learning to survive with only
the aid of a hatchet given to him by his mother, and learning
also to survive his parent's divorce.
Peck, Robert Newton Soup, 1974.
The adventures and misadventures of two boys growing up in
a small Vermont town.
Peterson, John The Littles, 1967.
The adventures of a family of tiny people who live within the
walls of the Bigg's house.
Raskin, Ellen The Westing Game, 1978.
The mysterious death of an eccentric millonaire brings
together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the
cirumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
Robinson, Barbara The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, 1972.
The six mean Herdman kids, lie, steal, smoke cigars, and then
become involved in the community Christmas pageant.
Rockwell, Thomas How to Eat Fried Worms, 1973.
Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious
meal.
Rodgers, Mary Freaky Friday, 1972.
A thirteen-year-old girl gains a much more sympathetic
understanding of her relationship with her mother when she
has to spend a day in her mother's shoes.
Selden, George The Cricket in Times Square, 1960.
The Adventures of a country cricket, who unintentionally
arrives in New York, and is befriended by Tucker Mouse and
Harry Cat.
Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, 1976.
A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of
the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination.
Talyor, Theodore The Cay, 1969.
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed
by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent
white boy, blinded by a blow in the head, and an old black man
are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires
a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit, 1977.
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well to do Hobbit, lives
comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering
wizard Gandalf chooses him to share in an adventure from
which he may never return.
Voight, Cynthia Dicey's Song, 1982.
Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are
settled in with their grandmother, Dicey finds that their new
beginnings require love, trust, humor, and courage.
(sequel to Homecoming)
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