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Books Read in Middle and High School

This is a list of books that I remember as the required reading in middle and high school during the early 80s.
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Snowbound (Harry Mazer)
Snowbound
1
Harry Mazer
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
2
John Steinbeck
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Elizabeth George Speare)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
3
Elizabeth George Speare
The Contender (Robert Lipsyte)
The Contender
4
Robert Lipsyte
Banner in the Sky (James Ullman)
Banner in the Sky
5
James Ullman
Shane (Jack Schaefer)
Shane
6
Jack Schaefer
That Was Then, This Is Now (S.E. Hinton)
That Was Then, This Is Now
7
S.E. Hinton
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
8
John Steinbeck
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
9
Geoffrey Chaucer
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
10
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
11
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
12
William Shakespeare
All My Sons (Arthur Miller)
All My Sons
13
Arthur Miller
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
14
Arthur Miller
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
15
Edith Wharton
This Place Has No Atmosphere (Paula Danziger)
This Place Has No Atmosphere
16
Paula Danziger
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
17
John Hersey
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
18
George Orwell
Spoon River Anthology
Spoon River Anthology
19
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds Paul Zindel
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds Paul Zindel
20
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
21
Charles Dickens
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
22
Sophocles
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
23
Homer
Edgar Allen Poe - Masque of the Red Death
Edgar Allen Poe - Masque of the Red Death
24
The Pit and the Pendulum (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Pit and the Pendulum
25
Edgar Allan Poe
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
26
Edgar Allan Poe
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
27
Forever (Judy Blume)
Forever
28
Judy Blume
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
29
Mark Twain
A Summer to Die (Judy Blume)
A Summer to Die
30
Judy Blume
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
31
Elie Wiesel
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
32
Chinua Achebe
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
33
Anne Frank
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
Island of the Blue Dolphins
34
Scott O'Dell
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
35
Charlotte Brontë
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
36
Mary Shelley
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
37
Kurt Vonnegut
Number the Stars (Lois Lowry)
Number the Stars
38
Lois Lowry
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
39
George Orwell
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
40
C.S. Lewis
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