125 Books We Love for Teens

19 Books Found

Filtered by 'Modern Classics'
  • Annie on My Mind

    Liza begins to doubt her feelings for Annie after someone finds out about their relationship, then realizes, after starting college, that her denial of love for Annie was a mistake.
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  • The Call of the Wild

    The adventures of an unusual dog, part Saint Bernard and part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.
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  • The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

    When the unconventional English teacher who helped her conquer many of her feelings of insecurity is fired, 13-year-old Marcy Lewis uses her newfound courage to campaign for the teacher's reinstatement.
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  • The Chocolate War

    A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fundraising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies.
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  • The Earthsea Cycle (series)

    A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.
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  • The Face on the Milk Carton

    A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for her real identity.
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  • Fahrenheit 451

    A totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners, Guy Montag, suddenly realizes their merit.
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  • Forever...

    Katherine and Michael, and their friends and acquaintances in suburban New Jersey, discover the possibilities and limitations of love and personal commitment.
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  • The Giver

    Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the Receiver of Memories—a position shared by only one other in his community—and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
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  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    After Earth is demolished to make way for a new hyperspatial expressway, Arthur Dent is forced to hitchhike through space with his friend Ford Prefect.
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  • The House on Mango Street

    A coming-of-age classic depicting a year in the life of Esperanza Cordero, a young Chicana girl whose family moves to Chicago hoping for a better life.
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  • Howl's Moving Castle

    The eldest of three sisters in a land where such a status is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl.
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  • I Know What You Did Last Summer

    Four teenagers who have desperately tried to conceal their responsibility for a hit-and-run accident are pursued by a mystery figure seeking revenge.
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  • Jacob Have I Loved

    Feeling deprived all her life of schooling, friends, mother, and even her name by her twin sister, Louise finally begins to find her identity.
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  • Lord of the Flies

    In this classic meditation on human nature, a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island descend gradually into violence.
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  • The Outsiders

    Rivalry between rich and poor gangs in 1960s Oklahoma leads to the deaths of three teenagers and intense soul-searching for one of the kids involved, a sensitive 14-year-old writer named Ponyboy.
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  • The Pigman

    Two high school sophomores from unhappy homes form a close friendship with a lonely old man who harbors a terrible secret.
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  • A Separate Peace

    A conflict of loyalties between Gene and his fearless friend, Phineas, leads to tragedy.
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  • Speak

    A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
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