Classic Books For Teens
 The Catcher in the Rye – J. D. SalingerAfter being expelled from his prep school, 16-year-old Holden Caulfield can’t face seeing his family and spends three days wandering through New York City instead. |
 A Separate Peace – John KnowlesGene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome daredevil athlete. What happens between the two friends one summer during World War II banishes the innocence of these boys and their world forever. |
 Catch-22 – Joseph HellerThis satire about World War II shows the absurdity of war through the exploits of a cast of unforgettable characters. |
 The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton Following the death of their parents, three brothers struggle to stay together and to find their place in a world of “Socs” and “Greasers”. |
 To Kill a Mockingbird—Harper LeeA young girl growing up in an Alabama town in the 1930s learns of injustice and violence when her father, a widowed lawyer, defends a black man falsely accused of rape. |
 Pride and Prejudice — Jane AustenMrs. Bennet wishes to find rich husbands for her five daughters, but is marriage worth the money if your intended husband is so unbearably proud? |
 Lord of the Flies — William GoldingFollowing a world war, a group of school boys survives a plane crash on a deserted island and creates a hellish environment leading to savagery and murder. |
 The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar WildeWhen a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty, he remains forever unchanged, hedonistic, vain, and amoral, while a painting of him ages and grows increasingly more hideous. |
 The Bell Jar — Sylvia PlathEsther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but madness is slowly pulling her down — maybe for the last time. |
 The Great Gatsby — F. Scott FitzgeraldJay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, but lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. |
