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The Outsiders
By S.E. Hinton. A story of two rival groups in a high school, split by their interests and socioeconomic status, whose misunderstandings over girls cause major issues at their school and in their community.
To Kill A Mockingbird
By Harper Lee. The young daughter of a lawyer in a sleepy Southern town in the 1930s tells the story of a number of amazing events that occur to and around her and her brother, eventually leading to an intense confluence of stories. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1961).
Lord of the Flies
By William Golding. A plane crashes on a remote island, leaving a group of young boys as the only survivors. The boys begin well enough, but their general order quickly descends into chaos as acceptable norms of behavior disappear. Nobel Prize in Literature author (1983).
Catcher In The Rye
By J.D. Salinger. Teen rebel Holden Caulfield narrates the story of his own "breakdown" in retrospect; he leaves his prep school after being expelled and goes underground in New York City for two days, which he spends mostly drinking and being lonely. National Book Award Nominee for Fiction (1952).
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
By Betty Smith. Protagonist Francie Nolan deals with her family's struggles and her own individuality and growth over the first seventeen years of her life at the turn of the 20th century.
Little Women
By Louisa May Alcott. Little Women follows four very different sisters through their transitons from child to adult and explores their varying takes on domesticity, work, and true love.