Forever by Judy Blume

New Year, new beginnings, new love…for Katherine and Michael who meet for the first time on New Year’s Eve in the 1970s. Over the following months Katherine changes everything for Michael. Nothing matters but being with him. Then comes summer and separation…will their love last Forever?

Blume, Judy. Forever: A Novel. Scarsdale, N.Y: Bradbury Press, 1975. Print.

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

"Do I disturb the universe?"

Jerry learns that every action has its consequences, when he dares to defy the powers that control Trinity Prep. Searching for meaning in his life after his mother's death, Jerry must summon every ounce of courage to say "no" to Brother Lean and the Vigils when forced to sell Brother Leon’s chocolates and finds himself in the middle of a battle of The Chocolate War.

Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War: A Novel. New York: Pantheon Books, 1974. Print.

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

"I'll just tell you about this madman stuff that happened to me around last Christmas just before I got pretty run-down and had to come out here and take it easy." (p. 1)

So says Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye as he begins the tale of his descent into a nervous breakdown that goes almost completely unnoticed by the people around him who are supposed to care about the 16 year old boy dealing with the death of his younger brother in 1950s NYC. See if you would miss the signs of inevitable mental collapse as you read The Catcher in the Rye.

Salinger, J D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown, 1951. Print.

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Ponyboy is a 14 year old orphan from the wrong side of the tracks. He and his brothers are part of a gang called the Greasers who arch nemeses are a rival gang of rich kids called the Socs. One night Ponyboy and a friend have a run-in with the Socs and things go too far. Will Ponyboy be able to rectify things or will he forever be one of The Outsiders?

Hinton, S E. The Outsiders. New York: Viking Press, 1967. Print.

Weetzie Bat by Francesca L. Block

Weetzie Bat and Dirk are joined at the hip. But, Dirk and Weetzie Bat don’t want to be each other’s one and only. They each want their own “duck”. Find out what a “duck” is and how Weetzie Bat and Dirk find theirs in this engaging story of love and friendship.

Block, Francesca L. Weetzie Bat. New York: Harper & Row, 1989. Print.

Beowulf by Seamus Heaney

Like a myth out of legend comes Beowulf to avenge the kingdom out of King Hrothgar and save his men from the nightly ravages of a beast called Grendel. Many have tried and all have failed to bring this terrible creature to justice. Will Beowulf be the one to save King Hrothgar’s kingdom and triumph where do many have failed or will he lay down his life as so many brave men before him did. Read Beowulf and find out!

Heaney, Seamus. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000. Print.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Meg Murray, her brother Charles Wallace, and her friend Calvin O’Keefe are transported on an voyage through time and space to rescue her father, an atomic physicist, who is being held by an evil brain called IT on a planet far away. What is the one thing that Meg has that IT doesn’t have that will help her save her family? Find out in A Wrinkle in Time.

L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1962. Print.

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Esperanza lives in the poorest corner of her city and she dreams of escaping it. As Esperanza grows from childhood to young womanhood in her dangerous Latin-American neighborhood she learns about herself by learning about the members of her community, from Gil who runs the used junk store to Sally, Esperanza’s role model. Once she knows herself will she still want to escape The House on Mango Street?

Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. New York: Vintage Books, 1991. Print.

Rapunzel's Revenge by Hale, Hale, and Hale

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Rapunzel and her mother or at least the woman that she thought was her mother. The little girl and her mother lived in a beautiful house surrounded by a great wall. The only things that bothered the little girl were a dream that she had about another family that loved and missed her…and the wall.

Find out what happens when Rapunzel uses her hair as a lasso to get to the other side of the wall and see if she has to take Rapunzel’s Revenge.

Hale, Shannon, Dean Hale, and Nathan Hale. Rapunzel's Revenge. New York, N.Y: Bloomsbury, 2008. Print.