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| Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe This classic story of a shipwrecked mariner on a deserted island is perhaps the greatest adventure in all of English literature. Fleeing... [More] | ![]() | Discovery/ Colonial | Middle | Literature |
| Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is... [More] | ![]() | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Few books capture both the simplicity and complexities of American life quite like these enduring "boyhood" classics by Mark Twain. The... [More] | ![]() | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
| Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott Published in 1819, this classic historical romance unfolds in a 12th-century kingdom torn asunder by the hatred between Saxons and Normans.... [More] | ![]() | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Middle | Literature |
| A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, as icons of the true meaning of Christmas. [More] | ![]() | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
| Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink At age 11, Caddie Woodlawn is the despair of her mother and the pride of her father: a clock-fixing tomboy running wild in the woods of... [More] | ![]() | 1800's | Middle | Historical Fiction |
| The Call of the Wild by Jack London Buck, stolen from his comfortable family home and forced into the harsh life of an Alaskan sled dog, embarks on an extraordinary journey with a wolf pack. [More] | ![]() | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
| The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling No child should be allowed to grow up without reading The Jungle Books. Published in 1894 and 1895, the stories crackle with as much life... [More] | ![]() | Not History Related | Middle | Literature |
| The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane Based on the Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville, an accurate representation of war; its stylistic strength the mark of a literary classic. [More] | ![]() | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
| Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Dickens' later novel, a work of artistic maturity; symbolic narrative rather than realistic; plot of coincident events true to the internal, psychological, logic of the story. [More] | ![]() | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
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