JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL RECOMMENDED READING LIST Return to RCS Library Media Center Home Page

Alcott, L. Little Women; Little Men; Eight Cousin; Jo’s Boys; Jack & Jill

Aldrich, B. A Lantern in Her Hand

Armstrong, L. Sounder

Barrett, Wm. The Lilies of the Field

Barrie, J. Peter Pan; The Little Minister

Borland, H. When the Legends Die

Bradbury, R. The Illustrated Man

Bulfinch, T. Book of Myths

Bunyan, J. Pilgrims Progress

Burrows, E. Tarzan Series

Carroll, L. Alice in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass

Christie, A. Sleeping Murder; And Then There Were None; other titles

Collodi, C. Pinocchio

Colum, P. Children of Odin; The Children’s Homer; The Golden Fleece

Cooper, J. The Last of the Mohicans

Crane, S. The Red Badge of Courage

Dickens, C. Oliver Twist

Dodge, M. Hans Brinker; The Silver Skates

Doyle, A. Hound of the Baskervilles

Dumas, A. The Three Musketeers

Grahame, K. The Wind of the Willows

Harte, B. The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Herriot, J. All Creatures Great and Small; All Things Bright and Beautiful; other titles

Hilton, J. Goodbye; Mr. Chips

Hugo, V. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Irving, Washington. Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Kipling, R. Captains Courageous; The Jungle Book; Just So Stories

Lawhead, S. Dream Thief; The Sword and the Flame; The Warlords of Nin

Lee, H. To Kill a Mockingbird*

Lewis, C.S. Chronicles of Narnia (series)

London, J. Call of the Wind; White Fang

MacDonald, G. The Fisherman’s Lady; The Baronet Song; The Shepherds Crossing

McFadden, J The Adventures of Robin Hood

du Maurier, D. Rebecca

Marshall, C. Christy

Montgomery, J. Anne Series (5 books)

O’Hara, M. My Friend Flicka

Orczy, B. The Scarlet Pimpernel

Parkman, F. The Oregon Trail

Pyle, H. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Rawlings, M. The Yearling

Rawls, L. Where the Red fern Grows

Richter, Conrad The Light in the Forest

Schaeffer, Jack. Shane

Sewell, A. Black Beauty

Spyri, J. Heidi

Steinbeck, J. The Red Pony; The Pearl*

Stevenson. R. Kidnapped; Treasure Island; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Terhune, A. Lad, a Dog

Tolkien, J. R. The Hobbit; Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King

Twain, M. The Adventures of Huckleberry; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, The Prince and the Pauper*

Verne, J. Journey to the Center of the World; Around the World in Eighty Days

Wells, H.E. The Time Machine; War of the Worlds; The Invisible Man

White, E.B. The Trumpet of the Swan

White, T.H. The Sword in the Stone

Wiggin, K. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Wyss, J. The Swiss Family Robinson

NOTE: The majority of these novels have been read and approved by RCS staff.  However, if you are uncomfortable with any content, please inform the classroom teacher.