Title
20,000 leagues under the sea |
Author
Verne ( 1869) |
RL7 |
IL7+ |
Pgs. 372 |
Subject
Science Fiction |
|
Adam of the road
( 13th c.) |
Gray '42 |
6 |
5-9 |
317 |
13thc English boy |
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| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The (1885) |
Clemens 1889 |
8 |
9+ |
373 |
humor; boys; rafting
Mississippi River |
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| Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The ( 1890s) |
Doyle 1892 |
8 |
6+ |
336 |
mystery; British |
|
| Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The (1850's) |
Clemens 1876 |
8 |
7+ |
269 |
humor; growing up |
|
| African Queen (1914) |
Forester '35 |
9 |
9+ |
307 |
river adv.; missionary |
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| Alice's adventures in wonderland |
Carroll 1865 |
6 |
5-9 |
150-240 |
fantasy; children's classic |
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| All quiet on the western front (1916-1918) |
Remarque 1929 |
9 |
9+ |
291 |
WWI |
|
Amos Fortune, free man
( 1725-1785) |
Yates '50 |
6 |
4-7 |
181 |
kidnapped African boy |
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| Animal farm |
Orwell '62 |
9 |
9+ |
155 |
allegory; totalitarianism |
|
| Anne of Green Gables |
Montgomery '08 |
6 |
6+ |
299 |
foster child; girl |
|
| Around the world in eighty days |
Verne 1882 |
8 |
7+ |
244 |
fantasy; humor |
|
| Arrowsmith (Early to mid 1900's |
Lewis '25 |
10 |
10+ |
464 |
doctor |
|
| Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin,The |
Franklin (1771-88) |
9 |
|
263 |
self-educated statesman; inventor |
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Away all boats
(1942-45) |
Dodson '54 |
10 |
|
508 |
WWII |
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| Bambi |
Salten '29 |
6 |
4+ |
293 |
fantasy; deer |
|
| Ben-Hur or The days of the Messiah (7BC-44AD) |
Wallace '08 |
11 |
|
491 |
Rome; Christians |
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| Big sky, The (1830-1850) |
Guthrie '47 |
8 |
8-A |
367 |
opening of the West |
|
Black arrow, The
(1455-1461) |
Stevenson '05 |
7 |
7+ |
328 |
War of the Roses; Henry VI |
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| Black beauty; the autobiography of a horse |
Sewell '46 |
4 |
4-7 |
302 |
horses |
|
| Bleak House |
Dickens 1853 |
9 |
|
896 |
lawsuit; England |
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| Born free ( 1960's) |
Adamson '60 |
8.2 |
7+ |
599 |
lions; Kenya |
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| Brave new world |
Huxley '32 |
11 |
|
177 |
future(now past) |
|
| Bridge of San Luis Rey, The (early 1800's) |
Wilder '27 |
10 |
9+ |
148 |
fate; Peru; revolution |
|
Bridge over the River Kwai,The
( 1940's) |
Boulle '52 |
11 |
|
224 |
WWII; Thailand |
|
Bridges at Toko-ri,The
( 1950-51) |
Michener '53 |
7 |
7+ |
126 |
Korean war; bomber mission; 1950s |
|
| Call it courage (early years of Polynesia) |
Sperry '40 |
8 |
5-9 |
95 |
fear of the sea; Polynesia |
|
| Call of the wild,The (Late 1800's) |
London '03 |
6 |
7-10 |
189 |
wolves; Alaska |
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| Captain Blood ( 1830's) |
Sabatini '22 |
8 |
|
437 |
pirates |
|
Captain from Castille
( 1485-1547) |
Shellabarger '45 |
8 |
|
632 |
Aztecs; Cortes |
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Captain Horatio Hornblower
( 1790's) |
Forester '39 |
8 |
|
504 |
sea; British |
|
| Captains courageous (1800's) |
Kipling 1897 |
7 |
7-A |
322 |
spoiled boy; seafaring life |
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Catcher in the rye, The
( 1950's) |
Salinger '51 |
7 |
9+ |
277 |
growing up; mental depression |
|
| Cheaper by the dozen (Eary 1900's) |
Gilbreth '48 |
5 |
7+ |
245 |
family life;12 children |
|
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
Fleming '64 |
12 |
|
111 |
fantasy; (note reading level) |
|
| Christmas carol, A (Early 1800's) |
Dickens 1843 |
8 |
7-A |
71 |
greed; England; Scrooge |
|
| Christy ( 1912-) |
Marshall '67 |
10 |
9+ |
496 |
young teacher; Appalachia |
|
| Cimmaron ( 1880-1890) |
Ferber '29 |
5 |
|
397 |
frontier; Oklahoma |
|
| Count of Monte Cristo,The (1816-1831) |
Dumas 1844 |
8 |
7+ |
472 |
revenge; false arrest |
|
| Country of strangers,A |
Richter '66 |
6 |
8+ |
169 |
companion to Light in the Forest |
|
| Cricket in Times Square, The |
Selden '60 |
6 |
4-6 |
150 |
fantasy; New York City |
|
| Cry, the beloved country |
Paton '48 |
11 |
10+ |
283 |
South Africa; race relations |
|
| Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court |
Clemens 1889 |
6 |
7+ |
493 |
satire; Britain |
|
Dark frigate,The
( 1649-1658) |
Hawes '23 |
8 |
5-9 |
247 |
adventurer; Cromwell |
|
David Copperfield
( 1800's) |
Dickens 1850 |
10 |
7+ |
879 |
England; various lives |
|
Death be not proud
( 1930's-40's) |
Gunther '49 |
10 |
9+ |
261 |
17 yr.old boy; brain tumor |
|
| Death comes for the Archbishop (1840-50) |
Cather '27 |
9 |
9+ |
299 |
Catholicism; New Mexico |
|
| Desiree ( 1780-1860) |
Selinko '53 |
6 |
|
594 |
Napoleon; France |
|
Diary of a young girl
( 1940-45) |
Frank '52 |
7 |
7+ |
285 |
Anne Frank; holocaust |
|
| Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605-15) |
Cervantes |
8 |
8+ |
627 |
knights; Spain; humor |
|
| Dracula ( 1890's) |
Stoker 1897 |
7 |
7+ |
402 |
horror; vampires |
|
| Drums along the Mohawk (1776-1789) |
Edmonds '36 |
7 |
|
592 |
Am. Rev.; Dutch |
|
| Emma ( 1803-1820) |
Austen '55 |
9 |
9+ |
427 |
romance; England |
|
| Fahrenheit 451 |
Bradbury '53 |
7.5 |
9+ |
151 |
book burning; gov't. control |
|
| Frankenstein |
Shelley 1818 |
8 |
7+ |
242 |
horror; mad scientist |
|
Friendly persuasion,The
( 1865-1880) |
West '45 |
7.5 |
7+ |
214 |
Quakers;1860's |
|
Giants in the earth
( 1880-1890's) |
Rolvaag '27 |
10 |
11+ |
465 |
pioneers; So. Dakota |
|
Gone with the wind
( 1861-1865) |
Mitchell '36 |
8 |
9+ |
1037 |
South; Civil War |
|
Good earth,The
( pre-Revolution) |
Buck '31 |
9 |
9+ |
375 |
China; destiny |
|
Good-bye, Mr. Chips
( Early 1940's) |
Hilton '34 |
7 |
7-A |
140 |
teacher; England |
|
Grapes of wrath, The
( 1930's) |
Steinbeck '39 |
9 |
11+ |
619 |
Great Depression.; migrant labor |
|
Great expectations
( 1800's) |
Dickens 1861 |
8 |
7+ |
598 |
orphan; England |
|
| Green grass of Wyoming |
O'Hara '46 |
6 |
|
319 |
horses (Flicka) |
|
| Gulliver's travels |
Swift 1726 |
8 |
5+ |
272 |
fantasy; man's social cond; Lilliputians |
|
| Guns of Navaronne,The ( 1939-45) |
MacLean '57 |
8 |
|
320 |
WWII; sabotage mission |
|
| Hans Brinker or The silver skates |
Dodge |
8 |
3-7 |
256 |
Holland |
|
| Heart of darkness (Late 1800's) |
Conrad '02 |
7 |
|
158 |
good and evil; Nile River |
|
| Heidi |
Spyri 1880 |
4.5 |
5+ |
380 |
Swiss orphan |
|
| Hie to the hunters |
Stuart '50 |
7 |
|
265 |
hill people |
|
| Hiroshima (1939-1945) |
Hersey '46 |
7 |
7+ |
196 |
WWII |
|
| Hobbit; or There and back again |
Tolkien '37 |
8 |
6+ |
310 |
fantasy |
|
| Homer Price |
McCloskey '43 |
6 |
4-7 |
149 |
humor |
|
| Hound of the Baskervilles,The (Late 1800 |
Doyle '02 |
8 |
8+ |
255 |
mystery; England |
|
| House at Pooh Corner, The |
Milne |
6.5 |
4-7 |
180 |
fantasy; Winnie the Pooh |
|
| House of the seven gables,The (Mid 1800' |
Hawthorne 1851 |
9 |
7+ |
286 |
gothic; greed; New England |
|
| Human comedy,The ( 1940's) |
Saroyan '43 |
9 |
9+ |
291 |
family life |
|
| Hunchback of Notre Dame (1482) |
Hugo 1830 |
8 |
7+ |
424 |
medieval Paris; virtues |
|
| Iliad, The |
Homer |
9 |
9+ |
500 |
mythology |
|
| Innocents abroad |
Clemens 1869 |
8 |
9+ |
496 |
social strata; Mediterranean |
|
| Invincible Louisa (1799-1888) |
Meigs '33 |
7 |
7+ |
246 |
biography; Louisa May Alcott |
|
| Ivanhoe (1194) |
Scott 1830 |
7 |
8+ |
500 |
12thc. romance; England |
|
| Jane Eyre (Mid 1800's) |
Bronte 1847 |
8 |
9+ |
545 |
governess; Great Britain |
|
| Johnny Tremain ( 1773-1777) |
Forbes '43 |
6 |
4-8 |
256 |
Am. Rev.; Boston Tea Party |
|
| Journey to the center of the earth |
Verne 1864 |
8 |
6+ |
242 |
SciFi |
|
| Kidnapped ( 1745) |
Stevenson 1886 |
6 |
4+ |
429 |
orphan; Scotland |
|
| Kim ( early 1900's) |
Kipling '01 |
6 |
4+ |
329 |
orphan; India |
|
| King Solomon's mines |
Haggard 1885 |
8 |
|
256 |
adventure; Africa |
|
| Kon-Tiki ( 1947) |
Heyerdahl '50 |
7 |
|
304 |
Pacific raft adventure; survival |
|
| Lad, a dog |
Terhune '19 |
4 |
7
|
286 |
dogs; collie companion |
|
| Last of the Mohicans,The (1755-1763) |
Cooper 1919 |
9 |
9+ |
372 |
New York; Indians |
|
| Le Morte D'Arthur |
Malory 1485 |
9 |
|
354 |
King Arthur |
|
| Legend of Sleepy Hollow,The |
Irving 1819 |
9.7 |
5+ |
105 |
teacher; NY; Headless Horseman |
|
Les Miserables
( Early-mid 1800's) |
Hugo 1862 |
10 |
10+ |
585 |
tyranny of society; Paris |
|
| Life with father ( early 1900's) |
Day '20 |
8.1 |
8+ |
258 |
family life |
|
| Light in the forest,The (colonial period) |
Richter '53 |
6 |
5+ |
179 |
15yr.old boy;
Delaware Indians |
|
| Little men |
Alcott 1871 |
8.5 |
7+ |
335 |
sequel to Little Women |
|
| Little minister, The |
Barrie 1891 |
9 |
|
510 |
Scottish character; romance |
|
| Little prince, The |
Saint-Exupery '43 |
9.8 |
10+ |
91 |
French fairy tale |
|
| Little princess, A |
Burnett |
6 |
|
192 |
Penniless little girl |
|
| Little women |
Alcott 1868 |
6 |
3-7 |
537 |
family life; four sisters |
|
| Looking backward: 2000 -1887 |
Bellamy 1888 |
9 |
9+ |
314 |
Utopia; 21st c. |
|
| Lord Jim |
Conrad 1899 |
9 |
10+ |
417 |
sailor; Malaysia |
|
| Lord of the flies |
Golding '62 |
8 |
9+ |
243 |
savagery; survival |
|
| Lorna Doone ( 1672-1688) |
Blackmore 1869 |
6 |
|
389 |
reign of James II |
|
| Lost Horizon ( Early 1900's) |
Hilton '33 |
8 |
9+ |
277 |
Tibet; utopias |
|
| Love is eternal (1818-1882) |
Stone '54 |
10 |
|
467 |
Abraham Lincoln and wife
|
|
| Madame Curie ( 1867-1934) |
Curie '37 |
8 |
|
385 |
biography; Marie Curie |
|
| Mama's bank account |
Forbes '43 |
8 |
7+ |
204 |
Norwegian immigrants |
|
Man for all seasons, A
( 1500's) |
Bolt '62 |
9 |
8+ |
163 |
Sir Thomas More; drama |
|
| Martian chronicles |
Bradbury '50 |
7 |
7+ |
222 |
Sci.Fi. |
|
| Mary Poppins |
Travers '34 |
7.5 |
|
206 |
fantasy; humor |
|
| Massacre at Fall Creek,The (1824) |
West '75 |
10 |
9+ |
319 |
Indiana; frontier |
|
| Member of the wedding,The (1940's) |
McCullers '46 |
6 |
8+ |
153 |
childhood emotional
turbulence; GA |
|
| Men of iron (1400-1410) |
Pyle 1883 |
7 |
6+ |
328 |
chivalry; Henry IV- England |
|
| Merry adventures of Robin Hood, The |
Pyle 1883 |
6 |
6+ |
296 |
tyranny; Henry II |
|
| Moby Dick |
Melville 1851 |
9 |
9+ |
633 |
whale epic |
|
| Moonstone, The |
Collins 1868 |
8 |
8+ |
444 |
mystery(1st one ever written); England |
|
| Mrs. Wiggs of the cabbage patch |
Rice 1901 |
9 |
|
154 |
good in human nature |
|
| Mutiny on the Bounty (1787) |
Nordhoff '32 |
7 |
7+ |
379 |
high seas |
|
| My Antonia |
Cather '18 |
7 |
10+ |
371 |
pioneers; Nebraska |
|
| My friend Flicka |
O'Hara '41 |
6 |
5-9 |
349 |
horses; Wyoming ranch life |
|
| Mythology |
Hamilton '42 |
11 |
9+ |
465 |
mythology |
|
| National Velvet |
Bagnold '35 |
6 |
6+ |
306 |
14 yr old girl; Steeplechase |
|
| Night to remember, A (1912) |
Lord '55 |
7 |
7+ |
149 |
Titanic |
|
| Nine coaches waiting |
Stewart '58 |
9 |
|
342 |
suspense |
|
| Northwest passage (1740-1760) |
Roberts '37 |
7 |
9+ |
195 |
French & Indian War |
|
| Odyssey, The |
Homer |
9 |
|
|
Troy; legend |
|
| Of mice and men |
Steinbeck '37 |
8 |
9+ |
118 |
two drifter ranch hands; harsh |
|
| Old man and the sea, The |
Hemingway '52 |
8 |
8+ |
140 |
marlin; courage; tenacity |
|
| Old Yeller ( 1860's) |
Gipson '56 |
6 |
5-8 |
158 |
dogs; Texas; 14 yr old boy |
|
| Oliver Twist |
Dickens 1837 |
10 |
7+ |
440 |
English orphan; pickpocket |
|
| Our town |
Wilder '38 |
5 |
7+ |
103 |
daily life; a play (drama) |
|
| Ox-bow incident |
Clark |
7 |
7+ |
|
Old West mob justice |
|
| Pearl, The |
Steinbeck '47 |
5 |
6+ |
122 |
Mexico; family |
|
| Penrod |
Tarkington '31 |
9 |
|
590 |
14 yr old boy's adventures |
|
| Peter Pan |
Barrie '11 |
6 |
5+ |
183 |
fantasy |
|
| Pilgrim's progress, The |
Bunyan 1678 |
8 |
9+ |
338 |
allegory; life's journey |
|
| Pride and prejudice |
Austen 1813 |
8 |
7+ |
269 |
civility; England |
|
| Prince of foxes ( 16thc.) |
Shellabarger '47 |
9 |
|
433 |
Renaissance Italy; romance
good over evil |
|
| Profiles in courage |
Kennedy '56 |
7 |
7+ |
266 |
American democracy; leaders |
|
| Pygmalion |
Shaw '13 |
10 |
9+ |
125 |
My Fair Lady |
|
| Quo Vadis ( 54-68A.D.) |
Sienkiewicz 1896 |
10.7 |
|
416 |
Nero's Rome; Christians |
|
| Rabbit Hill |
Lawson |
6 |
4-7 |
128 |
animal story; fantasy |
|
| Raisin in the sun, A ( 1959) |
Hansberry '59 |
9 |
8+ |
142 |
integration; a play (drama) |
|
| Rebecca |
DuMaurier '38 |
7 |
7+ |
457 |
gothic suspense |
|
| Red badge of courage,The (1861-64) |
Crane 1894 |
7 |
7+ |
266 |
Battle of Chancellorsville; Civil War |
|
| Rifles for Watie ( 1860's) |
Keith '57 |
7 |
7+ |
332 |
American Civil War; 16 yr. old |
|
| Robe, The ( 30 B.C.- 476 A.D.) |
Douglas '42 |
9 |
|
472 |
Christ; Roman empire |
|
| Robinson Crusoe ( Early 1700's) |
Defoe 1719 |
6 |
7+ |
397 |
shipwrecked sailor; survival |
|
| Scarlet letter,The ( 1780's) |
Hawthorne 1850 |
8 |
7+ |
300 |
sin's effects on the mind and spirit |
|
Scarlet pimpernel,The
( 1789-1799) |
Orczy '05 |
7 |
7+ |
312 |
Fr.Revolution; ingenious
rescues; Reign of Terror |
|
| Sea-Wolf, The |
London '04 |
6 |
6+ |
366 |
ship captain; good and evil |
|
| Secret garden, The |
Burnett '09 |
6 |
5-9 |
256 |
invalid boy; orphaned girl |
|
| Sense and sensibility |
Austen 1811 |
9 |
|
228 |
manners; 18th c. England |
|
| Separate peace, A ( 1940's) |
Knowles '59 |
8 |
9+ |
186 |
tragedy; boarding school |
|
| Shane |
Schaefer '49 |
7 |
6-9 |
214 |
drifter; Wyoming; 14 yr old |
|
| Silas Marner |
Eliot 1861 |
9 |
9+ |
241 |
weaver; falsely accused |
|
| Snow goose,The ( 1940) |
Gallico '40 |
8.4 |
58 |
57 |
Battle of Dunkirk; France |
|
| Spirit of St. Louis,The ( 1920's) |
Lindbergh '53 |
5 |
|
562 |
1st solo transatlantic flight |
|
| Storm |
Stewart '41 |
10 |
|
349 |
deluge; California |
|
Story of mankind,The
( 500,000 B.C.- 200) |
Van Loon '21 |
8 |
7+ |
548 |
1st Newbery winner |
|
| Story of my life,The (1880- ) |
Keller '54 |
7 |
7+ |
525 |
Helen Keller; Tuscumbia,AL |
|
| Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The |
Stevenson |
7 |
7+ |
103 |
horror; mad scientist |
|
| Strawberry girl |
Lenski |
6 |
3-7 |
194 |
integrity; Florida Cracker |
|
| Swiss family Robinson,The |
Wyss 1813 |
6.5 |
4-9 |
341 |
tree house survival |
|
| Sword in the stone, The |
White '39 |
8 |
6+ |
311 |
King Arthur |
|
Tale of two cities, A
( 1789-1799) |
Dickens 1859 |
10 |
7+ |
376 |
London/Paris; French
Revolution |
|
| Tales from Shakespeare ( 1500's) |
Lamb 1807 |
6 |
5+ |
354 |
plays to prose |
|
| Three musketeers,The( 1625-1630) |
Dumas 1844 |
8.5 |
9+ |
619 |
Louis XIII; Richelieu; duels; adventure |
|
| Time machine, The |
Wells 1895 |
6 |
9+ |
133 |
SciFi; time travel; English setting |
|
| To kill a mockingbird ( 1930's) |
Lee 1960 |
7.4 |
9+ |
296 |
Monroeville, Alabama |
|
| Treasure Island ( 1700's) |
Stevenson 1882 |
6 |
4-9 |
288 |
pirates; Long John Silver |
|
| Tree grows in Brooklyn, A ( Early 1900's) |
Smith '43 |
7 |
+ |
420 |
Brooklyn slums; girl's search for values & meaning of life |
|
| Tree of liberty, The ( 1754-1806) |
Page '39 |
7.5 |
|
985 |
3 generations; America |
|
| Trumpeter of Krakow,The ( 13thc.) |
Kelly '28 |
6 |
5-8 |
218 |
Poland; patriotic heroism;
Tartars; political intrigue |
|
| Two years before the mast (1830's) |
Dana 1840 |
7 |
7+ |
257 |
ship life; true account |
|
| Uncle Tom's cabin (1850) |
Stowe 1852 |
9 |
9+ |
451 |
slavery; U.S. |
|
Up from slavery
( 1858-1900) |
Washington '01 |
7 |
7+ |
330 |
Tuskegee, Alabama; educator;
Booker T. Washington |
|
| Virginian,The (1890) |
Wister '02 |
9 |
9+ |
331 |
character; Wyoming cowboy |
|
| Voyages of Doctor Dolittle |
Lofting |
6 |
|
311 |
animal fantasy; kind-hearted doctor |
|
| War of the worlds, The |
Wells 1898 |
7 |
7+ |
251 |
SciFi; Martians; radio histeria |
|
| Westward, Ho! ( 1575-1588) |
Kingsley 1855 |
7 |
|
413 |
Spanish Armada; England |
|
| White Fang ( Late 1800's) |
London '06 |
6 |
6+ |
329 |
Alaska; dogs; abuse; loyalty |
|
| Witch of Blackbird Pond,The (1637-1700) |
Speare '58 |
6 |
5-8 |
249 |
Connecticut Puritans |
|
| Wizard of Oz, The |
Baum |
7.8 |
|
219 |
fantasy |
|
| Wuthering heights |
Bronte 1847 |
9 |
9-A |
355 |
tragic story; English |
|
| Yearling,The ( Late 1800's) |
Rawlings '38 |
11 |
9+ |
400 |
young boy; deer; growing up |
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