Classic Novels (Middle School) - Completed

Adams, Douglas - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Science Fiction, Comedy x 2
Alcott, Louisa May - Little Women: Historical Fiction
Babbitt, Natalie - Tuck Everlasting: Fantasy, Romance
Barnhill, Kelly - The Girl Who Drank the Moon: Modern Fiction, Fantasy
Barrie, J.M. - Peter Pan: Action/Adventure, Fantasy
Bradbury, Ray - Fahrenheit 451: Dystopian, Science Fiction x 2
Carroll, Lewis - Through the Looking Glass: Fantasy x 2
Christie, Agatha - And Then There Were None
Christie, Agatha - Murder on the Orient Express: Mystery x 3
Cisneros, Sandra - The House on Mango Street: Vignette, Fiction
Collins, Suzanne - The Hunger Games: Dystopian, Action/Adventure, Science Fiction
Cooper, Susan - Over Sea and Under Stone: Fantasy
Cooper, Susan - The Dark is Rising: Fantasy
Dickens, Charles - A Christmas Carol: Fiction, Ghost Story, Novella
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan - Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet: Mystery x 4
Dumas, Alexander - The Count of Monte Cristo (Unabridged): Action/Adventure, Historical Fiction
Frank, Anne - The Diary of a Young Girl: The Diary of Anne Frank: Autobiography
Golding, William - Lord of the Flies: Allegory, Fiction x 2
Hawking, Stephen - My Brief History: Autobiography
Hiassen, Carl - Squirm: Modern Fiction, Mystery, Comedy
Holm, Anne - I am David: Historical Fiction
Homer - The Iliad - Epic Poetry x 2
Homer - The Odyssey - Epic Poetry
L’Engle, Madeleine - A Wrinkle in Time: Fantasy, Science Fiction x 3
Law, Ingrid - Savvy: Modern Fiction, Fantasy
Leblanc, Maurice - Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief: Mystery, Fiction
LeGuin, Ursula K. - A Wizard of Earthsea: Fantasy
Lewis, C.S. - The Magician's Nephew: Fantasy
Lewis, C.S. - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Fantasy x 2
Lofting, Hugh - The Story of Dr. Dolittle: Fiction, Fantasy
London, Jack - The Call of the Wild: Action/Adventure x 2
Lowry, Lois - The Giver: Dystopian, Science Fiction x 4
Martel, Yann - Life of Pi: Action/Adventure
Montgomery, L.M. - Anne of Green Gables: Historical Fiction x 2
Palacio, R. J. - Wonder: Fiction
Paterson, Katherine - Bridge to Terabithia: Fiction
Patterson, James - Word of Mouse: Modern Fiction
Pattillo Beals, Melba - Warriors Don’t Cry: Autobiography
Paulsen, Gary - Hatchet: Action/Adventure, Fiction x 4
Raskin, Ellen - The Westing Game: Mystery
Speare, Elizabeth George - The Witch of Blackbird Pond: Historical Fiction x 2
Steinbeck, John - The Pearl: Historical Fiction, Novella
Stevenson, Robert Louis - Kidnapped: Action/Adventure, Mystery x 2
Stevenson, Robert Louis - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Science Fiction
Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Hobbit: Fantasy, Epic x 2 
Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Fellowship of the Ring: Fantasy, Epic
Twain, Mark - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Historical Fiction, Action/Adventure/Satire
Tzu, Sun - The Art of War: Self-Help, Military x 2
Verne, Jules - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction x 2
Verne, Jules - Around the World in 80 Days: Action/Adventure, Historical Fiction x 2
Verne, Jules - Journey to the Center of the Earth: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure 
Weir, Andy - The Martian: Science Fiction
Wells, H.G. - The Time Machine: Science Fiction, Dystopian x 3
Wells, H.G. - The War of the Worlds: Science Fiction 
Zusak, Markus - The Book Thief: Historical Fiction x 2

Students will be allowed to select a modern novel AFTER a classic if they would like and if the classic novel will not need a full six weeks to read, discuss, and analyze. We will spend more time on the classic, however. The purpose behind this is to show kids that deep discussions and literary analysis can be done on modern novels as well. The same skills will be applied to the modern novel as the classic novel. Another reason for this decision is to provide students the opportunity to read, read, read! I am a firm believer that the more students read, the more comfortable they will be and the more they will learn to love reading. If they are reading more than one novel, how awesome is that! If you have any questions, please let me know!