as compiled by Valerie	A Blues I Can Whistle	AE Johnson	suicide
A Connecticutt Yankee in King Arthur's Court	Mark Twain
A Day No Pigs Would Die	Robert Peck	death, growing up
A Gathering of Old Men	Ernest Gaines	racism
A Girl Called Al	Constance C. Green	lonely girl finds friend
A Seperate Peace	John Knowles
A Single Light	Maia Wojciechowska	deaf & dumb girl, religion
A Swiftly Tilting Planet	Madeline L' Engle	fantasy (1 of 3)
A Wind in the Door	Madeline L' Engle	fantasy (1 of 3)
A Wizard of Earthsea	Ursula LeGuin	fantasy (1 of 3 in a series)
A Wrinkle in Time	Madeline L' Engle	fantasy (1 of 3)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The	Mark Twain
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The	Mark Twain
After the First Death	Robert Cormier	terrorists
After the Rain	Norma Fox Mazer	dying, learning to love
Alan and Naomi	Myron Levoy	friendship
All Creatures Great and Small	James Herriott	vet anecdotes
All Things Bright and Beautiful	James Herriott	vet anecdotes
All Things Wise and Wonderful	James Herriott	vet anecdotes
All Together Now	Sue Ellen Bridgers	mental retardation
Amazing... Diary of Eugene Dingman, The	Paul Zindel	love, parent issues
And Then There Were None	Agatha Christie	mystery, suspense
Animal Farm	George Orwell	political symbolism
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl	Anne Frank
Anne of Green Gables	LM Montgomery
Anything for a Friend	Russell Davis	love, decisons
Are You There God, It's Me Margaret	Judy Blume
Arm of the Starfish, The	Madeline L'Engle
Around the World in Eighty Days	Jules Verne	adventure
Arrow's Fall	Mercedes Lackey	fantasy
Arrow's Flight	Mercedes Lackey	fantasy
Arrow's of the Queen	Mercedes Lackey	fantasy
Ask Me Something Easy	Natalie Honeycutt	divorce
At the Edge	Micheal A. Behrens	divorce
Beginners Book of Dreams, The	Elizabeth Benedict	divorce
Beginning Place, The	Ursula LeGuin	sex, fantasy
Bless the Beasts and the Children	Glendon Swarthout	human goodness
Blood and Chocolate	Annette Curtis Klause	werewolves, love
Boy in the Moon, The	Ron Koertge	senior, sex
Boy Who Reversed Himself, The	William Sleator	science fiction
Breakaway	Paul Yee	Chinese-American teen
Bridge to Terebithia	Katherine Paterson	death, friendship
Bright Island	Mabel Robinson
Brown Cow	John Branfield	all-boys school, love, sexuality
Bumblebee Flies	Robert Cormier	death, thriller
Call of the Wild, The	Jack London	sled dogs
Cat Ate my Gymsuit, The	Paula Danzinger	identity
Catcher in the Rye	JD Salinger	hypocrites
Cay, The	Theodore Taylor	black/white friendship, death, survival
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Rolad Dahl	fantasy, candy!
Charlotte's Web	EB White	spider, pig, hope
Chinese Handcuffs	Chris Crutcher	suicide
Chocolate War, The	Robert Cormier
Chronicles of Narnia Series, The	CS Lewis	religious ties, fantasy
Clan of the Cave Bear	Jean Auel	prehistoric women
Color Purple, The	Alice Walker	slavery
Contender, The	Robert Lipsyte	boxing
Corcoran's the Name	Olaf Ruhen	Australia, love
Count Me Gone	Annabell and Edgar Johnson	identity
Crazy Horse Electric Game, The	Chris Crutcher	sports
Cricket in Times Square, The	George Seldon
Dangerous Minds	LouAnne Johnson	teacher w/ tough kids
Dark Side of Nowhere, The	Neal Shusterman	science fiction, fantasy
Daughters of Eve, The	Lois Duncan	who to trust?, suspense
David in Silence	Veronica Robinson	deafness
Death Be Not Proud	John Guinther	death
Death of a Salesman	Arthur Miller	family struggles, brothers
Deathwatch	Robb White	survival
Deep Search, The	Theodora Knobb	mental retardation
Dicey' s Song	Cynthia Voigt
Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack	ME Kerr
Dogsong	Gary Paulsen	dogssled
Don't Care High	Gordon Korman	funny
Dragon Song	Anne McAffrey	fantasy, dragons, music
Dragondrums	Anne McAffrey	fantasy, dragons, music
Dragonsinger	Anne McAffrey	fantasy, dragons, music
Durango Street	Frank Bonham	gangs
Eight Plus One	Robert Cormier	short stories of growing up
Enormous Egg, The	Oliver Butterworth	dinosaur
Eric	Doris Lund	leukemia
Eva	Peter Dickson	monkey/human
Everywhere That Mary Went	Lisa Scottoline mystery, suspense
Fade	Robert Cormier	horror
Fallen Angels	Walter Dean Myers	war
Farthest Shore, The	Ursula LeGuin	fantasy (3 of 3 in a series)
Fast Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff	Walter Dean Myers	inner city kids w/ hope
Fighting Ground, The	Avi	war
Finding Fever	Thomas Baird	mystery, boys friendship
Flight of Passage	Rinker Buck	planes, father/son relationship
Fly Free	Cs. Adler	Physical abuse
Football Dreams	David Guy	football
Forever	Judy Blume	sex
Funnybone	William Coles	overweight girl
Gentlehands	ME Kerr	love, relationships
Give and Take	Norma Klein	love and heartbreak
Giving Tree	Shel Silverstein	relationships, giving
Go Ask Alice	anonymous	drug abuse
Goats, The	Brock Cole	kids on island
Golden Compass, The	Phillip Pullman	fantasy (1 of 3 in a series)
Great Gatsby	F Scott Fitzgerald
Great Gilly Hopkins, The	Katherine Paterson	relationships
Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, The	Sue Townsend	sequel to Diary of Adrian Mole
Growing Up Guilty	Sheila Schwartz	overweight girl, camp
Gulliver's Travels	Jonathon Swift	adventure, fantasy
Harriet the Spy	Louise Fitzhugh
Hatchet	Gary Paulsen	survival
Heidi	Johanna Spyri
Hey, Dollface	Deborah Hautzig	death, homosexuality
Hobbit, The	JRR Tolkien	fantasy
Home Before Dark	Sue Ellen Bridgers
House of Stairs	William Sleator	futuristic science fiction
How to Eat Fried Worms	Thomas Rockwell
How to Meet a Gorgeous Girl	Marjorie Sharmat	funny
I am the Cheese	Robert Cormier
I Know What You Did Last Summer	Lois Duncan	suspense/ mystery
I Love you, Stupid!	Harry Mazer	love, puberty
If I Love You, Am I Trapped..?	ME Kerr	identity
I'll Live	Stephen Manes	suicide, decisions
I'll Love You When You're More Like Me	ME Kerr	identity
Island of the Blue Dolphins	Scott O'Dell	survival
It's Not the End of The World	Judy Blume	divorce
Jacob Have I Loved	Katherine Paterson	sibling rivalry
James and the Giant Peach	Roald Dahl	fantasy
Jane Eyre	Charlotte Bronte	adult relationships
Jazz Country	Nat Hentoff	jazz
Juggling	Robert Lehrman	Jewish boy, love, sports
Julie of the Wolves	Jean Craighead George	wolves, survival
Just Dial A Number	Edith Maxwell	death
Keeper of the Isis Light	Monica Hughes	fantasy
Killing Mr. Griffin	Lois Duncan	suspense
Kisses	Judith Caseley	violinist, social problems, boys
Last of the Mohicans, The	James Fenimore Cooper	indians
Let Me Tell You Everything	Barbara Bottner	senior girl, decisions
Lisa, Bright and Dark	John Neufield	identity
Little House series	Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little Women	Louisa May Alcott	sisters
Lord of the Flies	William Golding	deep symbolism, boys, survival
Lord of the Rings, The	JRR Tolkien	fantasy
Man Without a Face, The	Isabelle Holland	friendships, overcoming differences
Marion's Angels	KM Peyton
Motown and Didi: A Love Story	Walter Dean Myers	love, Harlem, drugs
Moves Make the Man, The	Bruce Brooks	basketball
My Darling, My Hamburger	Paul Zindel	senior year decisions
My Side of the Mountain	Jean Craighead George	survival
Naked in Winter	Jerome Brooks	love, boy identity
No Kidding	Bruce Brooks	future, decsions
No Promises in the Wind	Irene Hunt	Great Depression, brothers
Notes for Another Life	Sue Ellen Bridgers	mental illness, family relations
Of Mice and Men	John Steinbeck	mental retardation
One Fat Summer	Robert Lipsyte	overweight boy
One Way or Another	Peter Cameron	short stories of growing up
Ordinary People	Judith Guest	mental patient begins again
Outside Shot, The	Walter Dean Myers	sports
Outsiders, The	S.E. Hinton	gangs
Owl Service, The	Alan Garner	love, mystery
Phoebe	Paige Dixon	teenage pregnacy
Pigman, The	Paul Zindel	death
Planet of Junior Brown, The	Virginia Hamilton	overweight boy
Pray Love, Remember	Mary Stolz	identity
Premonitions	Frank Bonham	love
Pumpkin Shell, The	James Forman	love, indentity, family problems
Queen of October, The	Shelly Mickle	divorce
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm	Kate Douglas Wiggins
Red Badge of Courage, The	Stephen Crane	war
Remembering the Good times	Richard Peck	suicide, friendship
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry	Mildred Taylor	prejudice
Romeo and Juliet	William Shakespeare	love, fueding families
Ruby in the Smoke, The	Phillip Pullman	mystery
Rumblefish	SE Hinton	death, gangs
Run Softly, Go Fast	Barbara Wersba	death of father
Running Loose	Chris Crutcher	sports, death
Saving the Big Deal Baby	Louise Armstrong	teen marriage
Scarlet Letter, The	Nathaniel Hawthorne	adultery
Schernoff Discoveries, The	Gary Paulsen	boy friendships, funny
Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, The	Sue Townsend	funny, identity
Secret Garden, The	Frances Hodgson Burnett	friendship, hope, garden
Serpent Never Sleeps, The	Scott O'Dell
Seventeenth Summer	Maureen Daly	love
Sex Education	Jenny Davis	death, love
Shadow in the North	Phillip Pullman	mystery
Sign of the Beaver, The	Elizabeth Speare	survival
Singularity	William Sleator	science fiction
Slake's Limbo	Felice Holman	homeless boy
Slave Dancer, The	Paula Fox	racial prejudice, slaves
Snapshot	Linda Barnes	mystery
Soup & Me	Robert Newton Peck	boys friendship
Space Station Seventh Grade	Jerry Spinnelli	funny, identity
Stepping Stones	Ron Gold (editor)	anthology, teen problems
Sticks and Stones	Lynn Hall	boys friendship
Story of my Life	Helen Keller	deaf, blind
Stotan	Chris Crutcher	swimming guys
Stranger with my face	Lois Duncan	suspense
Strawberry Girl	Lois Lenski
Subtle Knife, The	Phillip Pullman	fantasy, sequel to The Golden Compass
Summer Crossing	Steve Tesich
Summer of my German Soldier	Bette Green	Jewish/German relationships
Summer of the Monkeys	Wilson Rawls	monkeys, earning money
Swimming with the Whales	Ella Thorp Ellis	whales, divorce, decisions
Tenderness	Robert Cormier	suspense, love
The Crossing	Gary Paulsen	crossing Mexcan border
The Dream Catcher	Monica Hughes	future, science fiction
The Grounding of Group Six	Julian Thompson	horror
Thirty-Six Exposures	Kevin Major	senior, sex
Throwing Season, The	Micheal French	sports
Time Machine, The	HG Wells	science fiction
To Kill a Mockingbird	Harper Lee	relationships
Tombs of Atuan, The	Ursula LeGuin	fantasy (2 of 3 in a series)
Too Bad About the Haines Girl	Zoa Sherburne	teen pregnancy
Tuck Everlasting	Natalie Babbitt	living forever
Tunnel Vision	Fran Arrick	suicide
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea	Jules Verne	adventure, science fiction
Undertaker's Gone Bananas, The	Paul Zindel
Unfinished Portrait of Jessica	Richard Peck	divorce
Wait Till Helen Comes	Mary Downing Hahn	ghosts, suspense
Westing Game, The	Ellen Raskin	mystery
What Girls Learn	Karen Cook	mother/daughter relationship
Where the Red Fern Grows	Wilson Rawls	death, dogs
White Fang	Jack London	wolves
Who Put That Hair in my Toothbrush?	Jerry Spinnelli	funny
Wild in the World	John Donovan	wolf-dog
Wolf Rider	Avi	suspense/mystery
Wonderful Me	Barbara Wersba	love, divorce
Words by Heart	Ouida Sebestyn	prejudice, forgiveness
Year of the Gopher	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	graduation decisions
Z for Zechariah	Robert O'Brien	nuclear war
Zed	Rosemary Harris	heavy, terrorist hostage account
1984	George Orwell	future, government control