August 6, 2018
Reading Ladder for Classic Novels
Mr. J. H. Smith Selection Number: 2201
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SUGGESTED READING
LEVEL A
Treasure Island. Robert Louis Stevenson
The Secret Garden. Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Call of the Wild. Jack London
Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain
Black Boy. Richard Wright
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Mark Twain
Jane Eyre. Charlotte Bronte
Silas Marner. George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robinson Crusoe. Daniel Defoe
Animal Farm. George Orwell
Looking Backward. Edward Bellamy
LEVEL B
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain
Puddin Head Wilson. Mark Twain
The Pathfinder. James Fenimore Cooper
Alice in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll
Far from the Madding Crowd. Thomas Hardy
The Mayor of Casterbridge. Thomas Hardy
Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Thomas Hardy
Green Mansions. William Henry Hudson
The Jungle. Upton Sinclair
- George Orwell
