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[|My child is an excellent reader and I want her to broaden her reading choices to include the classics. Do you have any suggestions?]

Here is a list of classics that I think are appropriate for 7th grade boys and girls. Depending on the individual student’s after class workload and homework, reading one or two of these books each marking period would be wonderful. Some of these can be used for regular class reading assignments.

Science Fiction
Dune, frank Herbert The Time Machine, H.G. wells The Martian chronicles, Ray Bradbury 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne

Mystery
The Secret Adversary, Agatha Christie Complete Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne

Fiction
Aesop’s Fables, Aesop Little Women, Louisa May Alcott Helen of Troy, Andrew Lang Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe Around the World in 80 Days, Jules Verne Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery The Call of the Wild, Jack London The Good Earth, Pearl buck Miracle on 34th Street, Valentine Davies Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers The Swiss Family Robinson, Johann Wyss