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Contents Volume1

                                                                                                                                     

After the First Death by Robert Cormier

Alexandra by Scott O’Dell

The Amazing Miss Laura by Hila Colman

Among Friends by Caroline B. Cooney

And Both Were Young by Madeleine L’Engle

Angel Baker, Thief by Jeannette Eyerly

Bat Boy by Robert Sidney Bowen

Belonging by Virginia M. Scott

The Big Mitt by Jackson Scholz

The Black Pearl by Scott O’Dell ……1

Both Sides of Time by Caroline B. Cooney

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Cal Cameron by Day, Spiderman by Night by A. E. Cannon

Canyons by Gary Paulsen …..1

The Car by Gary Paulsen ……1

Cherowitz by Fran Arrick

Children of the River by Linda Crew

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier …..1

Claudia, Where Are You? by Hila Colman

Clover by Dori Sanders

Come Sing, Jimmy Jo by Katherine Paterson ……2

The Contender by Robert Lipsyte …1

Crazy Lady by Jane Leslie Conly …..1

Deathwatch by Robb White

Dodsong by Gary Paulsen ……..2

Don’t Blame the Music by Caroline B. Cooney

Don’t Die, My Love by Lurlene ……1

Down River by Will Hobbs

Driver’s Ed by Caroline B. Cooney

Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg

Emergency Room by Caroline B. Cooney

The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney

A Family Apart by Jean Lowery Nixon ……1

Fell by M. E. Kerr

Fire in the Hills by Anna Myers

Flight #116 Is Down by Caroline B. Cooney ……2

Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper

Gentlehands by M. E. Kerr

A Gift of Magic by Lois Duncan

Growing Season by Alden R. Carter

Hachet by Gary Paulsen …..3

The Haunted One by Jay Bennett

Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker

Hit and Run by Joan Philpson

Hold Fast to Your Dreams by Catherine Blant.

Hoops by Walter Dean Myers

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Hunter in the Dark by Monica Hughes

In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason

Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson …1

Keeping the Good Light by Katherine Kirkpatrick

The Leonardo Touch by Jeannette Eyerly

Love Come Softy by Janette Oke

Marked by Fire by Joyce Carol Thomas

Mary Dove by Jane Gilmore Rushing

The Measure of a Heart by Janette Oke

Miriam’s Well by Lois Ruby

Missing Pieces by Norma Fox Mazer

The Monument by Gary Paulsen

My Brother Stealing  Second by Jim Naughton

My Daniel by Pam Conrad ………1

Mystery at Land’s End by Marg Nelson

One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox ………1

One Fat Summer by Robert Lypsyte 

On Fire by Ouida Sebestyne

On the Devil’s Court by Carl Deuker

Other Bells for us to Ring by Robert Cormier

Ozzy on the Outside by R. E. Allen

The Party’s Over by Caroline B. Cooney

Ransome by Louis Duncan ………1

Revolutions of the Heart by Marsha Qualey

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor ……..1

Running Loose  by Chris Crutcher

Send Me Down a Miracle by Han Nolan

Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean Myers

Stotan! By Chris Crutcher ………1

Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Green …….1

The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars ……1

A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry …….1

Tournament Upstarts byThomas J. Dygard

The Truth Trap by Frances A. Miller

Twice Taken by Susan Beth Pfeffer

The Twisted Window by Lois Duncan

Up Country by Alden R. Carter

What Child is This? By Caroline B. Cooney

When Calls the Heart by Janette Oke

Wolf by Gillian Cross

A Woman Named Damaris by Janette Oke

 

 

                  Contents Volume 2

Acts of Love by Maureen Daly

After the Rain by Norma Fox Mazer ……….1

Appointment with a Stranger by Jean Thesman

Aren’t You the One Who …? By Frances A. Miller

           (sequel to The Truth Trap)

Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher …….1

Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Alden R. Carter

The Boy Who Owned the School by Gary Paulsen ………1

The Brave by Robert Lipsyte (sequel to The Contender) ….1

Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen (sequel to Hatchet) …….1

Calling B for Butterfly by Louise Lawrence

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit by Paula Danziger …….1

Caught in the Act by Joan Lowery Nixon (sequel to A Family Apart)…1

Celine by Brock Cole

The Chief by Robert Lipsyte (sequel to The Brave)

A Circle Unbroken by Sollace Hotze

Corey by Jane Claypool Miner

Crabbe by William Bell

The Crossing by Gary Paulsen

         (sequel to Losers and Winners)

Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt …………1

Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! By M. E. Kerr

Don’t Look and It Won’t Hurt by Richard Peck

The Dream Watcher by Barbara Wersba

Eva by Peter Dickinson ………………………………………………………. 50

Family Reunion by Caroline B. Cooney ……………………………………... 52

A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant ……1..……………………………….. 54

Fog Magic by Julia L. Sauer …………………………………………………. 56

Forward Pass by Thomas J. Dygard ………………………………………….  58

If It Weren’t for Sebastian by Jean Ure ………………………………………. 62

in the Face of Danger by Joan Lowery Nixon (sequel to Caught in the Act)

Invincible Summer by Jean Ferris ……………………………………………. 68

Ironman by Chris Crutcher …………………………………………………… 70

Is Kissing a Girl Who Smokes Like Licking an Ashtray?

      by Randy Powell …………………………………………………………. 72

I Stay Near You: 1 Story in 3 by M. E. Kerr ……..1…………………………. 74

Just the Two of Us by Hila Colman …………………………………………..  76

Libby on Wednesday by Zilpha Keatley Snyder ……………………………... 78

Lily by Cindy Bonner …………………………………………………………. 80

Linger by M. E. Kerr ………..1……………………………………………….. 82

Locked in Time by Lois Duncan ……………………………………………… 84

Looking After Lily by Cindy Bonner

           (sequel to Lily) ………………………………………………………… 86

Losers and Winners by Frances A. Miller

           (sequel to Aren’t You the One Who …? ……………………………….. 88

Love’s Enduring Promise by Janette Oke

            (sequel to Love Comes Softly) ………………………………………… 90

Lyddie by Katerine Paterson …………………………………………………… 92

Marly the Kid by Susan Beth Pfeffer …………………………………………...94

Masks: A Love Story by Jay Bennett ………………………………………….  96

The Masquerade by Susan Shreve ………………………………………………98

Master of Murder by Christopher Pike ………………………………………… 100

Morning Is a Long Time Coming by Bette Greene

        (sequel to Summer of My German Soldier) ……………………………… 102

The Music by Rosa Guy ……………………………………………………….. 104

Out of Time by Caroline B. Cooney

           (sequel to Both Sides of Time) ………………………………………….. 106

The Outside Shot by Walter Dean Myers

         (sequel to Hoops) ………………………………………………………… 108

A Place to Belong by Joan Lowery Nixon 

(sequel to In the Face of Danger) ……….1

Plague by Jean Ure

Red Cap by G. Clifton Wisler

The Rifle by Gary Paulsen ………..1

The River by Gary Paulsen (sequel to Hatchet) …………2

The Rookie Arrives by Thomas J. Dygard

Run Softly, Go Fast by Barbara Wersba

Saving Jessica by Lurlene McDaniel …………1

Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers

The Sea of Grass by Conrad Richter

Seth and Me and Rebel Make 3 by Jeannette Eyerly

Sheila’s Dying by Alden R. Carter

Slam! By Walter Dean Myers ……..1

So Much to Tell by John Marsden

Song of the Trees by Mildred D. Taylor …………2

Sour Land by William H. Armstrong

The Stranger by Caroline B. Cooney

The Third Eye by Lois Duncan

Time to Let Go by Lurlene McDaniel ……….1

Trouble’s Child by Mildred Pitts Walter

Tunes for Bears to Dance To by Robert Cormier ……….1

Turning Thirteen by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Twenty Pageants Later by Caroline B. Cooney

The Voice on the Radio by Caroline B. Cooney

           (sequel to Whatever Happened to Janie?) ………..2

Walking Up a Rainbow by Theodore Taylor

The War in Georgia by Jerrie Oughton

 

 

 

                                          Contents  Volume 3

 

 

 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain ……….2

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain ………..1

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll ……….1

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot …………1

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot

Animal Farm by George Orwell ………1

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery ………..1

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Billy Budd by Herman Melville …………1

Black Boy by Richard Wright

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens …………1

Christy by Catherine Marshall

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott …………1

Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery ………..1

Emma by Jane Austen

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Howards End by E. M. Forster

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Invisable Man by Ralph Ellison

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell ………….1

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte …………1

A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich

A Lesson before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

The Lilies of the Field by William E. Barrett

Little Men by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott ………….2

 

 

                              Contents Volume 4

 

 

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers

Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West

My Antonia by Willa Cather

Night by Elie Wiesel

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Old Testament Book of Ruth by Anonymous

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

O Pioneer! By Willa Cather

A Patch of Blue by Elizabeth Kata

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen ………..1

The Price and the Pauper by Mark Twain

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

The Red Pony by John Steinbeck

A Room with  a View by E. M. Forster

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett …………..3

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Shane by Jack Schaefer

Silas Marner by George Eliot

The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather

The Stranger by Albert Camus

Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Sir with Love by E. R. Braithwaite

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

The Virginian by Owen Wister

Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. Forster

Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera and Bill Cleaver ………….1

White Fang by Jack London …………..1

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brote        

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