READING LIST

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READING LIST

MRS. DONNA GARNER

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Classics are marked with an*. The numbers in parentheses indicat= e reading level—not grade level. Adaptations or abridged versions are not recommended.

1. Adams – Watership Down – a story of a rabbit warren told in fantasy style (9)<= /o:p>

2. Aesop’s Fables *=

3. Alcott – Little Men *= (6); Little= Women* (6); Eight Cousins * (6); Jo’s Boys* (6)

4. Aldrich -- A Lantern in Her Han= d (6)

5. Andersen – Andersen’= ;s Fairy Tales* (8)

6. Armstrong – Sounder &= #8211; an Afro-American family of poor sharecroppers in the South who show incredi= ble courage (5)

7. Austen – Pride and Prejud= ice* (10); Emma;&nbs= p; Persuasion; Mansfield Park

8. Bach – Jonathan Livingsto= n Seagull (4)

9. Bagnold – National Velvet= (6)

10. Barrett – <= u>The Lilies of the Field (= 6) – a young Afro-American man = stops to help a group of nuns and ends up building a church in the pioneer West

11. Benet – = The Devil and Daniel Webster * (6)

12. Besier, Rudolf – The Barretts of Wimpole Street

13. Bjorn – = Papa’s Wife (5) -- story of young Swedish girl; Papa’s Daug= hter (5) – sequel

14. Blackmore –= Lorna Doone*

15. Thoene, Bodie -- Munich Signature

16. Bombeck – The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank –a humorous book about life in the suburbs; other books by Bombeck

17. Brink – = Caddie Woodlawn (5.2) – story of American Revolution

18. Bronte, Charlotte= – Jane Eyre* (10)= -- story of a girl who goes as a governess to a mysterious ho= use --- set in the 1800’s in England

19. Bronte, Emily --= Wuthering = Heights * (9)

20. Buck -- Good E= arth (8.2) -- story of struggles in China

21. Bunyan – Pilgrim’s Progress* (9)

22. Burnford – The Incredible Journey – three pets travel hundreds of miles to return to the family they love

23. Byars – Summer of the Swans – story of a sister’s love f= or her retarded brother

24. Carroll – <= st1:City w:st=3D"on">Alice in Wonderland * (6.5)

25. Cather -- My A= ntonia (8) -- Bohemian immigrant girl who travels with her family to Nebraska and becomes Americanized=

26. Christie, Agatha = – Death on the Nile (9); Murder on the Orient Express; ABC Murders (9); And Then There Were None (7); other books by Christie – excellent, suspenseful mysteries

27. Cervantes –= Don Quixote* (11)

28. Cleaver -- Whe= re the Lilies Bloom (5) – a courageous orphaned girl= holds her family together after the death of both parents

29. Crane – = The Red Badge of Courage* (7) -- story based upon the tho= ughts of a young man who fights in the Civil War

30. Cooper -- The = Deerslayer* (10); The<= /span> Last of the Mohicans* (9); The Pathfinders* (9); The Pioneers= * (9); The Prairie* (9)

31. Costain – The Silver Chalice – set in Biblical times<= /span>

32. Cronin – The Keys of the Kingdom – fascinating and touching story of the sacrificial life of a priest in China during era of war lords

33. Daly – S= eventeenth Summer (5) – stor= y of teenage girl’s first love

34. Day -- Women o= f Texas (8) -- from Mexican statehood to 20th century, contributions of women to the history of Texas<= /st1:State>

35. Defoe – = Robinson Crusoe* (8)

36. Dickens – <= u>David Copperfield * (9); A Tale of Two Cities* (9); Oliver Twist* (9)

37. Douglas – <= u>The Robe – fictitious story based upon the robe that Christ wore=

38. Doyle – = The Adventure of the Speckled Band* (5); The Hound of the Baskervilles* (7); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* -- (short stories) written by the author who created Sherlock Holmes

39. Dumas – = The Three Musketeers* (9); The Count of Monte Cristo* (9); The Man in the Iron Mask* (10) &= nbsp;

40. Eden -- The Ti= me of the Dragon (8) -- historical romance which traces the Carrington family dynasty from China to = England=

41. Edmonds – Drums Along the Mohawk – historical fiction based upon the French and Indian = War

42. Edmonds -- Matchlock Gun (5.2)

43. Eliot – = Silas Marner* (9); The Mill on the Floss* (9)

44. Farley – The Black Stallion (4)

45. Fast – A= pril Morning (5) – story of young man’s experiences during the Battle of Lexington

46. Ferber – Cimarron (9); Giant (9)

47. Forbes – Johnny Tremain (6) – takes place during the beginn= ing of the American Revolution; Mama’s Bank Account (6)

48. Fox – Th= e Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come – story of a minister in the backwoods o= f Kentucky

49. Freedman – = Mrs. Mike (6) – story of love and hardships of a wife and her Canadian= mounty husband<= /span>

50. Gaines – The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (7) – the fictitious story of an Afro-American woman who is born into slavery

51. George – My Side of the Mountain (5) -= - a boy decides to live by himself in the mountains

52. Gipson – Savage Sam (6) ; Hound-Dog Man (6)

53. Hale – The Man Without a Country* (7) – (= short story) a man who, in a fit of rage, denies his country

54. Holmes, Marjorie -- Two from Galilee -- story of Mary and Joseph, teenage girl a= nd young carpenter

55. Hamilton -- Mythology (10)<= /o:p>

56. Hamner – Spencer’s Mountain (7)

57. Hardy – = The Return of the Native* (9); Tess of the D’Urbervilles* (8);= Mayor of Casterbridge (9)

58. Hawthorne – The House of Seven Gables* (8)

59. Hemingway –= The Old Man and the Sea* (7) – story of a man who tries to prove hims= elf by conquering a big fish

60. Hill – B= eloved Stranger (6); Daphne Deane; Strange Proposal; and other b= ooks by Grace Livingston Hill

61. Hilton – Good-bye, Mr. Chips (7)

62. Holt – K= irkland Revels (6); House of a Thousand Lanterns (6) – exciting romance mysteries – and other books written by Victoria Holt before 1972<= o:p>

63. Homer – = The Iliad* (10)

64. Hudson – Green Mansions* -- story of a girl who is reared in the jung= les of Africa

65. Hugo – T= he Hunchback of Notre Dame* (9); Les Miserables* (10) -= - novels set during the French Revolution

66. Hunt – A= cross Five Aprils (6) – reveals the fears and frustrations of those who fought in the Civil War

67. Irving – Rip Van Winkle* (= 9); The Legend of Sleepy Hollow* (9) (short stories)

68. Jackson – <= u>Ramona* (10)-- the persecution of the American Indian in= Old California

69. Keith, Harold -- Rifles for Watie = -- young Civil War infantry soldier who defends Union again= st Indian rebel leader named Watie

70. Kipling – <= u>Kim* (7); The Jungle Book* (= 7); Captains Courageous* (7) – a spoiled boy learns a valuable les= son after being rescued at sea

71. Kjelgaard – Big Red (5); Irish Red: Son of Big Red; Outlaw Red= – excellent dog stories; and other books by Kjel= gaard

72. Krumgold -- And Now Miguel (6.8)

73. L’Amour – Utah Blaine (6); Daybreakers; Mojave Crossing; Sackett <= span class=3DGramE>-- author of exciting westerns – and other books by Louis L&#= 8217;Amour

74. Lane, Rose Wilder= – The Young Pioneers (6); The Young Pioneers II (6) – sto= ry of newlyweds and their struggle in the wilderness

75. Lewis, C. S. R= 11; Horse and His Boy; The Last Battle; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Magician’s Nephew; Prince Caspian; Silver Ch= air; Voyage of the Dawn Treader – the <= span class=3DSpellE>Narnia Series (6.7) which is told in fantasy form

76. London – The Call of the Wild<= /u>* (7); White Fang* (6); Sea Wolf (8)

77. MacDonald, George -- The Laird's Inheritance -- boy who is last descendant of landowning lairds in Scott= ish Highlands

78. MacLean, Alistair= – Guns of Navarone; Goodbye California<= /u>; The Golden Gate – exciting adventure stories of James Bond-type hero<= o:p>

79. Marshall – = Christy (10) – story of a young girl who becomes a teacher in the Smokey Mountains; Julie -- Philadelphia newspaper owner's daughter in 1934 = who finds herself caught between the steelworkers and the mill owners

80. Melville – = Moby Dick* (10)

81. Mitchell – = Gone with the Wind* (10)

82. Montgomery –= ; Anne of Green Gables (5); Anne of Avonlea (5) – and other books= by L. M. Montgomery

83. Morey – = Gentle Ben<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> (6) – touc= hing story of young boy and a bear, set in the Alaskan frontier

84. Oke, J= anette -- Roses for Mama; Spring's Gentle Promise; J= ulia's Last Hope

85. O’Dell R= 11; Island of the Blue Dolphins (5); The Black Pearl (5); The King’s Fifth (6); Zia (6)

86. O’Hara R= 11; My Friend Flicka* (7)

87. Orczy -- Scarl= et Pimpernel (8)

88. Paton – = Cry, the Beloved Country

89. Portis – True Grit (7) -- days of the old west

90. Rawlings – = The Yearling* (6.8) – stirring story of a boy and his pet deer

91. Rawls – = Where the Red Fern Grows (6); Summer of the Monkeys (6) – boy who wants to capture a tree full of monkeys and use the reward to help his crip= pled twin sister

92. Rostand – <= u>Cyrano de Bergerac* (10)

93. Schaefer – = Shane (5.2) – exciting western

94. Scott – = Ivanhoe* (11) – tale of the Knights of the Roundtable

95. Sewell – Black Beauty* (6)

96. Sperry – Call It Courage (8)

97. Spyri – = Heidi* (6)

98. Stratton-Porter &= #8211; Girl of the Limberlost (5)

99. Stevenson –= Treasure Island* (7); Kidnapped* (7); The Black Arrow* (8); Dr. = Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (9)

100. Stewart, Mary &#= 8211; The Gabriel Hounds (7); Nine Coaches Waiting (7) – murder myst= eries usually set in castles, chateaus, etc.&nbs= p; – and other books by Mary Stewart w= ritten before 1972

101. Swift – Gulliver’s Travels* (7)

102. Tennyson –= Idylls of the King*; Enoch Arden

103. Tolkien – = The Hobbit (8)-- and other books written by Tolk= ien

104. Tolstoy – = War and Peace* (11)

105.Treviño -- I, Juan de Pareja (7.9)

106.Twain – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* (7); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer* (7); A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court* (5); The Prince and the Pauper* (6)

107.Verne – Mysterious Island* (8); 20,000 Leagues under the Sea* (8); Around the World in 80 Days* (8); Journey to the Center of t= he Earth* (7) – early science fiction author

108. Wade -- Amelia Earhart: Flying for Adventure (5) -- woman pilot who set many records b= efore mysteriously vanishing over the Pacific Ocean in 1937

109. Wallace – = Ben-Hur (10)– set in the days= of Roman charioteers

110. Wells, H. G. = 211; The Time Machine* (7); The Island of Dr. Moreau*;= The War of the Worlds*(7); The Invisible Man* (6) – author of early science fiction

111. Wells, Marion -- The Wedding Dress; Out of Crucible

112. White, T. H. -- The Once and Fu= ture King -- Arthurian legend, knights and fair ladies

113. Whitney – = Golden Unicorn (6); Snowfire (6); The Turquoise Mask (7) – suspenseful, exciting tales of romance and mystery – and other books written by Phyllis Whitney before 1972=

114. Wilder – <= u>Little House on the Prairie (5) – and other books

115. Wimberley –= ; The Mouse That Roared

116. Wojciechowska -- Shadow of a Bull (5) -- boy lives in fear of not matching his father's greatness as a bullfighter

117.Wyss – The Swiss Family Robinson (5)

NON-FICTION BOOKS

1. Adamson – Born Free (= 7); Living Free (8); Forever Free (8)

2. Anderson -- The Story of Footba= ll (5)

3. Andrews – God’s Smugglers (7) – story= of smuggling Bibles into Communist countries

4. Archibald, Rick -- Reliving the= Era of the Great Airships: Hindenburg -- flying luxury liner and spectacular destruction in 1937, marked end of airship travel

5. Aurandt -- Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story (8)

6. Bennett -- De-Valuing of Americ= a (9) -- common-sense arguments for people who are concerned about the morality w= ar in America; The Book of Virtues

7. Bishop – The Day Lincoln = Was Shot (8)

8. Blank – 19 Steps up the Mountain – story of the DeBolt family= who has adopted many handicapped children

9. Braden – Eight Is Enough – based on TV series

10. Bradshaw – No Easy Game – story of Terry Bradshaw’s life

11. Bible – = Old Testament*; New Testament*

12. Blackie, W. Gordo= n -- David Livingstone -- medical doctor who experienced the dangers of South Africa

13. Brown – = Historical Catastrophes: Floods

14. Brown – = Colin Powell (6) -- famous officer in the Perisian Gulf War

15. Butler – Abandon Ship R= 11; 17 of worst ship disasters in history

16. Bulwer-Lytton = 211; The Last Days of Pompeii*

17. Carson – Silent Spring (8) – ecology

18. Carson, Ben -- Gifted Hands -- renowned Afro-American surgeon whose specialty is separating Siamese twins; Think Big -- story of famous doctor's life=

19. Cartwright –= ; Autobiography (9) – story of frontier preacher

20. Cash – M= an in Black – story of Johnny Cash’s life

21. Colson -- Born= Again (8) -- ins= ider's view of Nixon White House; Life Sentence -- experiences in prison; <= u>Kingdoms in Conflict; Burden of Proof

22. Creasy – Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World* -- tells how seemingly unimportant circumstancs have changed the course of the world

23. Cruz – R= un, Baby, Run (7) – story of Nicky Cruz and his involvement with drugs/ga= ng warfare in New York City

24. D’Ambrosio – No Language But a Cry (7) – the story of an abused child’s restoration to normalcy

25. Davidson -- Fr= ederick Douglass Fights for Freedom (5) -- biography of man born as a slave who became one of the most famous freedom fighters

26. DeWaard -- History of NASA (9) -- America's voyage to the stars=

27. Dobson -- Life= on the Edge -- helps young adults make right choices so they can enjoy meaning= ful lives

28. Dooley -- Prom= ises To Keep (9) -- life of Dr. Thomas Dooley who gave medical aid to thousands of refugees from Northern V= ietnam

29. Dolan -- Janet= Guthrie (7) -- story of first woman driver at Indianapolis

30. Dravecky, Dave -- Comeback -- struggles of a San Francisco baseball pitcher who contracted cancer in his pitching arm

31. Eareckson – Joni:A Step Further – stor= y of paraplegic and how she has adjusted to her handicapby<= /span>; Choices Changes

32. Elliott, Elizabet= h -- A Chance To Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael -- story of Irish missionary in India<= /st1:country-region>

33. Evans – = Dearest Debbie (5); Angel Unaware (5); other books by Dale and Roy= Evans

34. Fowler -- Amer= ican Military Insignia (8) -- provides explanation of history and significan= ce of insignia

35. Frank – = Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl* (8) – hardships during Hitler’s occupation

36. Franklin – The Autobiography o= f Ben Franklin (8)

37. Glass – = Don’t Blame the Game; Get in the Game; Stand Tall and Straight – written by football player from Baylor

38. Graham -- Ange= ls (8) -- written by famous evangelist; Just As I Am

39. Grier, Rosey -- Winning -- story of professional foot= ball player

40. Griffin – Black Like Me – author changes color of skin in order to experience the Afro-American culture

41. Gunther – Death Be Not Proud (10) – boy who dies of leukemia

42. Gutman – Great Quarterbacks #1 (6); Great Quarterbacks #2 (6);= Great Running Backs #1 (6); Reggie White: Star Defensive Lineman (6); = Baseball's Record Breakers (7); Great Quarterbacks of NFL (7); Strange a= nd Amazing Baseball Stories (6); The History of NCAA Basketball (9)= ; Giants of Baseball (8)

43. Haskins -- Pelé: a Biography (6) -- story of brilliant soccer player

44. Hershiser, Orel -- Orel Hershiser -- famous pitcher with= the Los Angeles Dodgers

45. Heyerdahl –= Kon-Tiki* (8); Aku= Aku (8) – adventures of crossing ocea= n in a sailboat

46. Herriot – <= u>All Creatures Great and Small (6); All Things Bright and Beautiful (= 7); All Things Big and Beautiful (7); All Things Wise and Wonderful (8);= The Lord God Made Them All -- the life of a veterinarian; James Herriott's Dog Stories

47. Hersey -- Hiroshima (7) -- six survivors of atomic bombing of Hiroshima give first-hand accounts of the ordeal and aftermath

48. Hoehling -- Lost at Sea (9) -- the events surrounding eight ships that vanish= ed without a trace

49. Huston, Todd -- <= u>More Than Mountains -- ordeals of handicapped mountain cli= mber

50. Jenkins – <= u>Walk Across America; The Walk West; Across China (8)

51. Keller – The Story of My Life* (7) -- story of Helen Keller, blind and deaf

52. Kennedy – <= u>Profiles in Courage (11) – courageous experiences of John F. Kennedy during World War II

53. Kerrigan -- Am= erican Medals and Decorations (8) -- describes development of American war med= als

54. Killilea – Karen (5); With Love, from Karen (9) – small girl’s struggle with cerebral palsy

55. Klein – = Pro-Basketball’s Big Men

56. Lord – D= ay of Infamy (9)

57. Landry, Tom -- An Autobiography of Tom Landry -- life story of successful Dallas Cowboys coach

58.Lawson – 30 Seconds over Tok= yo

59. Liss – Strange But True Hockey Stories (6); Strange But True Bas= ketball Stories (6); Strange But True Football Stories (6)

60. Lombardi – = Run to Daylight (6) – Green Bay Packers’ Vince Lombardi tells h= is story

61. Macht -- Clarence Thomas: Supreme Court Justice (6)

62. Marshall, Logan, = ed. -- Sinking of the Titanic -- in= credible firsthand experiences of survivors of the Titanic

63. Marshall – = A Man Called Peter* (9); The Light and the Glory -- events leading= up to Civil War

64. McClard -- Harriet Tubman: Slavery and the Underground Railroad (5)

65. Miller, Basil -- = George Muller -- story of thief whose changed life led him to establish orphan= ages

66. Moody – = Little Britches (5) – real-= life stories from the frontier days of Ralph Moody

67. Morris -- Twice Pardoned (8) -- ex-con tells his story

68.North – Rascal (5) = 211; story of a racoon

69. Olson, Billy -- <= u>Reaching Higher -- pole vaulter at Abilene Christian University who went= to the 1984 Olympics

70. Oursler -- The Greatest Story Ever Told (10) -- story of life of Jesus =

71.Parkes -- History of Mex= ico (9)

72. Peck – T= he Battle of Midway<= /u> (10)

73 Petschull -- Night Crossing -- suspense-filled story of a family's escape from= East Germany

74. Petry – Harriet Tubman (= 7) – conductor of underground railroad

75. Poli – Sharks Are Caught at Night

76. Pollock, John -- = A Foreign Devil in China -- li= fe experiences of Billy Graham's father-in-law

77. Powell, Colin -- = Sacred Honor -- hero of Persia= n Gulf War

78. Quayle, Dan -- Standing Firm -- Vice-President of United States under George Bush--

e= xperiences in White House during Pe= rsian Gulf crisis

79. Ronan – = The Hindenburg Is Burning (7)

80. Rudolph – Wilma (7) – true = story of Wilma Rudolph, track star

81. Ryan, Nolan -- Miracle Man -- oldest pitcher ever to throw a no-hitter, played with Houston Astros and Texas Rangers

82. Saunders – = Honda: The Man and His Machines

83. Santrey -- Jim Thorpe: Young Athlete (6) -- traces early years of Indian farm boy who won Olympic gold medal and became professional baseball and football player

84. Sayers – I Am Third (9) – story= of Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo

85. Schlesinger -- Adolf Hitler (8)

86. Schweitzer –= ; Out of My Life and Thought* -- story of Albert Schweitzer who spent most of= his life in deepest part of Africa

87. Scott, Col. Rober= t L. -- God Is My Co-Pilot -- stirring tales of combat pilot during World War II

88. Sears – = The Battle of the Bulge – World War II story

89. Spink -- The M= iracle of Love (9) -- Mother Teresa's work among the poor of Calcutta

90. Staubach – First Down and a Lifetime To Go (7) -- famous Da= llas Cowboys quarterback; Time Enough To Win

91. Swift, Catherine = -- Eric Liddell -- Scottish hero of 1924 Paris Olympics whose story was portray= ed in film, Chariots of Fire

92. Teaff – I Believe – true story of Grant T= eaff’s life and career

93. ten Boom – The Hiding Place (6) – adventurous story of Nazi concentration camps

94. Trapp – = The Story of the Trapp Family Singers – story of family who had to fl= ee for their lives from the Nazis

95. Washington – Up from Slavery<= /u> (9.2)

96. Watson -- Disa= sters at Sea (7) -- complete record during early to mid-20th century of every disaster resulting in loss of ocean-going passenger ships

97. White, Reggie -- = In the Trenches -- fascinating story of Green Bay Packers superstar

98. Whitehead -- T= he FBI Story (8) -- traces the history of FBI through mid-= 1980's

99. Wilkerson –= The Cross and the Switchblade (7); 12 Angels from Hell; Beyond the Cross and the Switchblade -- life of a preacher who dared to go into the gangs in New York City

100.Wooden – They Call Me Coach – autobiography of John Wooden=

101.Yates -- Adam Fortune, Free Man (6) -- story of slave who achieved recogni= tion as a free man

102. Young -- The = War Game (10) -- ten great battles recreated from history

OUTSTANDING SERIES

T= he American Heritage Biographies Series (Random House shield on the spine), Leaders in Action series, and Harvard Classics make excellent reading choic= es. <= o:p>