Adventure Of Huckleberry Finn

A young boy reaches manhood while fleeing down the Mississippi River with Jim, a runaway slave.

Adventure Of Tom Sawyer

The story of an exuberant, high-spirited boyhood by the Mississippi River that captures the magical years of the very young.

Always Running - La Vida Loca: Gang Days In L.A.

RODRIGUEZ, L

The author discusses his life with gangs in East Los Angeles and in the San Gabriel Valley during the 1960's.

Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories

Six deeply touching stories in which the reader revisits some memorable characters from the author's distinguished novels.

Beloved*

In post-Civil War Ohio, the past continues to haunt the ex-slave Sethe, and the surviving members of her family.

Bless Me, Ultima

Ultima, a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic, comes to Antonio Marez's New Mexico family when he is six years old, and she helps him discover himself in the magical secrets of the pagan past. A depiction of life for a Chicano family in the American Southwest.

Bluest Eye

Haunting story of a young black girl who prays every night for blue eyes, thinking that blue eyes would change her life and make it better.

Brave New World

Catcher In The Rye

SALINGER, J

Holden Caulfield is the typically alienated private school rebel in this 1945 classic.

Chocolate War

High school politics, cruelty and conformity sparked by the annual fundraising event.

Color Purple

WALKER, A

A triumphant novel of a black woman's life in the South.

Day No Pigs Would Die

To a 13-year-old Vermont farm boy whose father slaughters pigs for a living, maturity comes early as he learns "doing what's got to be done," especially regarding his pet pig that cannot produce a litter.

Drowning of Stephan Jones*

Face On The Milk Carton

A photograph of a missing child on a carton of milk leads Jane on a search for her real identity.

Fallen Angels

Flowers For Algernon

Provocative novel of a dramatic medical experiment and its implication for society. 30-year-old retarded Charlie is turned into a genius.

Giver

Jonas is given a huge task by the Elders of the Committee - to be responsible for receiving and keeping all memories of the past.

Go Ask Alice*

True and painful diary of a 15-year-old girl's experience with drugs that eventually leads to her death.

Handmaid's Tale

The story is set in a future America where women are categorized in terms of whether or not they are able to bear children, and function in the strictly defined roles assigned to them by men.

Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (Book 2)

Harry Potter is in terrible danger indeed when he returns to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Chilling, malevolent voices whisper from the walls only to Harry, and it seems certain that his classmate Draco Malfoy is out to get him.

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire. (Book 4)

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry vies with two other magicians' schools, the stylish Beauxbatons and the icy Durmstrang, in a Triwizard Tournament. Those chosen to compete will undergo three supreme tests. Could Harry be one of the lucky contenders?

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (Book 3)

Harry Potter "accidentally" causes the Dursleys' dreadful visitor Aunt Marge to inflate like a monstrous balloon and drift up to the ceiling. Fearing punishment, Harry lunges out into the darkness with his heavy trunk and his owl Hedwig.

Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)

ROWLING, J

Orphan Harry Potter's life changes when destiny calls and he is enrolled at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

House Of The Spirits

The story of the Trueba family, with its deep loves and hates, following them from the turn of the century to the violent days of the overthrow of the Salvador Allende government in 1973.

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

The moving and beautiful autobiography of a talented black woman confronting her own life with dignity.

Killing Mr. Griffin

The pranks of a group of high school students misfire and result in the death of their teacher.

Lord Of The Flies*

A group of English schoolboys, marooned on an island, set up there own society in this classic investigation of the roots of fear and violence.

My Brother Sam Is Dead*

A Newbery Medal / Honor Book about the American Revolution, which does not glorify war, and raises all the necessary questions about the effectiveness of violence.

Native Son

Caught up in forces of racism he can't understand or control, Bigger Thomas, a black man living in Chicago in the early 1930’s, turns to violence.

Of Mice And Men

Poignant and powerful story of George Milton and mentally retarded Lennie, searching for a better life.

Ordinary People

An incisive, unsparing look at family politics among a father, a mother and a son in the wake of a family tragedy.

Outsiders*

Outstanding novel about the tensions between two rival gangs in a city in Oklahoma, told from the point of view of Ponyboy, a young greaser.

Pigman

Two lonely high school students meet Mr. Pignati, an old man who lives in his dreams and makes daily visits to the baboons at the zoo. The three find love and laughter, but only for a short time.

Pillars Of The Earth

Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry*

Unforgettable book of black pride and black heritage. Cassie Logan, daughter of a Mississippi sharecropper, is determined to maintain her dignity through a turbulent year.

Running Loose

Louie Banks takes a stand against the coach when he sets the team up to injure a black player on an opposing team, and learns that you can't be honorable with dishonorable men.

Slaughterhouse Five

Song Of Solomon

Macon Dead, an upper-class Northern black businessman, tries to insulate his family the danger and despair of the rank and file blacks with whom he shares the neighborhood. The plan leads his son onto a path exactly opposite the one his father had hoped.

Summer Of My German Soldier

An unlikely friendship between an awkward, lonely Jewish girl and a German POW during WW II leads to tragedy.

Taming The Runner*

Travis is the coolest kid in school, but no one seems to notice him. The only person that interests him is Casey. She's the bravest person Travis has ever met, brave enough to try to tame her horse, Runner. But Travis and Runner are two of a kind: creatures not meant to be tamed.

Terrorist

Tiger Eyes

After Davey's father is killed in a hold-up, she and her mother and younger brother visit relatives in New Mexico. Here Davey is befriended by a young man who helps her find the strength to carry on and conquer her fears.

To Kill A Mockingbird

LEE, H

Magnificent novel of a quiet Southern town rocked by a crisis of conscience.

We All Fall Down*

Wrinkle In Time