1. Animal Farm by George Orwell
A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus, the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned a razor-edged fairy tale
2. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
It tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States
3. Wonder by RJ Palacio
The main character in this novel deal with a condition that has made his face appear different, preventing him from attending school. August Pullman, or Auggie, wants desperately to be treated like everyone else. His classmates, however, have a difficult time accepting him. Told from multiple points of view, “Wonder” explores the importance of acceptance and friendship in the face of diversity.
4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow.
Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, for fifteen-year-old Christopher everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning. He lives on patterns, rules, and a diagram kept in his pocket. Then one day, a neighbor’s dog, Wellington, is killed and his carefully constructive universe is threatened.
5. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
A modern classic, is the superbly told, tragic story of a Cuban fisherman in the Gulf Stream and the giant Marlin he kills and loses.
6. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Lord of the Flies tells the story of a group of young boys who find themselves alone on a deserted island. They develop rules and a system of organization, but without any adults to serve as a ‘civilizing’ impulse, the children eventually become violent and brutal7
7. Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
Three horrid farmers – Boggis, Bunce and Bean – hate cunning Mr. Fox, who outwits them at every turn. But poor Mr. Fox and his friends don’t realize how determined the farmers are to get them.
8. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it. It revolves around a small family of three — Atticus Finch, an attorney, and his two children, Scout and Jem. As the novel proceeds certain characters are linked with the three main characters to form a dramatic story of events, attitudes, prejudices and values.
9. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island is an adventure novel telling a tale of “buccaneers and buried gold.” Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an “X”, schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders.
10. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
The novel tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur in her web in order to persuade the farmer to let him live.
11. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The House on Mango Street it tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a 12-year-old Chicana girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. The novel follows Esperanza over the span of one year in her life, as she enters adolescence and begins to face the difficult realities of life as a young woman in a poor and patriarchal community.
12. Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling’s
The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
