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Children have read and enjoyed these books for several decades. They are known for their interesting stories, distinctive style, and memorable characterization, developed from a contemporary point of view. Click on the title to see if the book is available.
| Bond, Michael | A Bear Called Paddington. |
| Burnford, Sheila | The Incredible Journey. |
| Farley, Walter | The Black Stallion. |
| George, Jean Craighead | Julie of the Wolves. |
| Adams, Richard | Watership Down. |
| Aiken, Joan | The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. |
| Alexander, Lloyd | The Book of Three. |
| Babbitt, Natalie | Tuck Everlasting. |
| Bellairs, John | The House with a Clock in Its Walls. |
| Christopher, John | The White Mountains. |
| Cooper, Susan | The Grey King. |
| Dahl, Roald | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. |
| Howe, Deborah | Bunnicula. |
| Juster, Norton | The Phantom Tollbooth. |
| L'Engle, Madeleine | A Wrinkle in Time. |
| McCaffrey, Anne | Dragonsong. |
| O'Brien, Robert C. | Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. |
| Pearce, Philippa | Tom's Midnight Garden. |
| Sleator, William | Into the Dream. |
| Smith, Robert Kimmel | Chocolate Fever. |
| Armstrong, William | Sounder. |
| Collier, James | My Brother Sam is Dead. |
| Forbes, Esther | Johnny Tremain. |
| Fox, Paula | The Slave Dancer. |
| Greene, Bette | Summer of My German Soldier. |
| Hamilton, Virginia | The House of Dies Drear. |
| Hunt, Irene | Across Five Aprils. |
| Lasky, Kathryn | The Night Journey. |
| Levitin, Sonia | Journey to America. |
| Speare, Elizabeth George | The Witch of Blackbird Pond. |
| Taylor, Mildred | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. |
| Taylor, Theodore | The Cay. |
| Raskin, Ellen | The Westing Game. |
| Sobol, Donald | Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective. |
| Blume, Judy | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. |
| Byars, Betsy | The Summer of the Swans. |
| Cleary, Beverly | Ramona the Pest. |
| Fitzhugh, Louise | Harriet the Spy. |
| Gardiner, John | Stone Fox. |
| Greene, Constance | Beat the Turtle Drum. |
| Holman, Felice | Slake's Limbo. |
| Konigsburg, E.L. | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. |
| Nordstrom, Ursula | The Secret Language. |
| Paterson, Katherine | Bridge to Terabithia. |
| Paterson, Katherine | The Great Gilly Hopkins. |
| Peck, Robert N. | A Day No Pigs Would Die. |
| Rockwell, Thomas | How to Eat Fried Worms. |
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