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Goodreads Best School Assigned Books - Page 2

"I hated that I had to read it, but grateful that I read them when I did. They stick with you for years and it's fun to look back and see what public school thought every child should read." (Goodreads)
Are some of these books really assigned reading at school? Very 'progressive' if it's true.
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Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)
Tuck Everlasting
41
Natalie Babbitt
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak
42
Laurie Halse Anderson
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
43
Charles Dickens
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
44
Oscar Wilde
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
45
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
Where the Red Fern Grows
46
Wilson Rawls
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Shel Silverstein)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
47
Shel Silverstein
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
48
William Shakespeare
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
49
Richard Adams
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
50
Bram Stoker
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
51
John Steinbeck
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
52
Charles Dickens
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
53
Fyodor Dostoevsky
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (E.L. Konigsburg)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
54
E.L. Konigsburg
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
55
Ernest Hemingway
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
56
Sue Monk Kidd
The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin)
The Westing Game
57
Ellen Raskin
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
58
Orson Scott Card
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
59
Mark Twain
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
60
J.R.R. Tolkien
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
61
Ken Kesey
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
62
John Knowles
The Cat in the Hat (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat in the Hat
63
Dr. Seuss
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
64
Hermann Hesse
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
65
L.M. Montgomery
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
66
Daniel Keyes
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
67
Kurt Vonnegut
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
68
Joseph Heller
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
69
William Shakespeare
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
70
Charles Dickens
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
71
Betty Smith
The BFG (Roald Dahl)
The BFG
72
Roald Dahl
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Elizabeth George Speare)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
73
Elizabeth George Speare
The Iliad and the Odyssey (Homer)
The Iliad and the Odyssey
74
Homer
Beowulf (Tr. Seamus Heaney)
Beowulf
75
Tr. Seamus Heaney
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew
76
William Shakespeare
James and the Giant Peach (Roald Dahl)
James and the Giant Peach
77
Roald Dahl
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
78
William Shakespeare
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
79
Henry David Thoreau
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
80
Louisa May Alcott
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