• the cay
• Sarah plain and tall
• roll of thunder hear my cry
• anne of green gables
• witch of blackbird pond
• best/worst christmas pageant ever
• ralph s mouse
• trumpet of the swan
• summer of the swans
• Frindle
• bridge to terabithia
• the hobbit
• chronicles of narnia
• dragon boy, jane yolen
• face on the milk carton
• little women, little men
• The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle
• Heidi
• The Dark Is Rising series!!!
• the secret garden
• A little princess
• island of blue dolphins

or stuff read for school

• night, ellie wiesel
• flowers for algernon
• OK, just browse through the HS reading list at library
• or do the book club in a bag selections

historically accurate series, apparently

• Birchbark series, Louise Erdich, told from perspective of indigenous person

middle grade that might work for literature class assignments:

• the thing about jellyfish - ali benjamin