A Masterpiece Theatre of Tales
Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in 19th-century New England.
Austen, Jane. Emma
Emma is determined to impose her romantic ideals on all those around her.
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennett copes with the suit of a snobbish gentleman and the romantic entanglements of her four sisters.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451
Fireman Guy Montag loves to rush to a fire and watch books burn up, then he met a 17-year old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid.
Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles
A journey to a strange, breathtaking world where humanity does not belong.
Bronte, Emily. Wuthering heights
Heathcliff and Cathy believe they're destined to love each other forever, but when cruelty and snobbery separate them their untamed emotions literally consume them.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre
Jane, an unhappy orphan who later serves as governess at Thornfield, is filled with difficulty, including a shocking revelation on her wedding day.
Burnford, Sheila. The Incredible Journey
A doughty young Labrador retriever, a roguish bull terrier, and an indomitable Siamese cat set out through the Canadian wilderness to make their way home to the family they love.
Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Would you dare follow the white rabbit into wonderland?
Cooper, James. The Last of the Mohicans
Hawkeye and his companion Chingachgook weave through the wilderness of upstate New York, fighting to save the beautiful Munro sisters from the Huron renegade Magua.
Crane, Stephen. Red Badge of Courage
Henry Fleming's physical and mental journey during the Civil War.
Dafoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe
A man marooned on an uninhabited island for 24 years and his struggles to survive.
Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield
An orphan boy in 19th-century England successfully overcomes an unhappy childhood.
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.
Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist
Born and brought up in the workhouse, the orphaned Oliver, having run away, has his famously fateful encounter with the Artful Dodger in the teeming streets of London, and thus falls into the hands of Fagin's gang.
Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities
The story of the French Revolution brings to life a time of terror and treason, and a starving people rising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime.
Dumas, Alexandre. The Count of Monte Cristo
Sent to prison on a false accusation in 1815, Edmond Dantes escapes many years later and finds a treasure which he uses to exact his revenge.
Dumas, Alexandre. The Three Musketeers
Young D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades fight to foil the schemes of the brilliant, dangerous Cardinal Richelieu.
itzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby
The tragic love story of Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan.
George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a 13-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
George, Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains.
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies
Savagery and survival begins after a plane wreck deposits a group of English school boys, ages 6 to 12 on an isolated tropical island.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynne, a young Puritan woman, has violated the laws of Colonial Boston and as punishment she is ordered to wear the Scarlett Letter of an adulterer for the rest of her life.
Heller, Joseph. Catch-22
Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron on a small island off Italy, a bombadier named Yossarian is frantic and furious because thousands of people he hasn't even met keep trying to kill him.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea
The tragic and timeless story of one man's indomitable spirit and the enduring dignity of the common man.
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World
Enter a futuristic World where all emotion, love, art, and human individuality have been replaced by social stability.
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird
Scout Finchhas just started school; but her carefree days come to an end when a black man in town is accused of raping a white woman, and her father is the only man willing to defend him.
Kipling, Rudyard. Captain's Courageous
Hrvey Cheyne falls overboard from an ocean liner and is rescued by a Portuguese fisherman.
London, Jack. White Fang
The adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog that is part wolf and how he comes to make his peace with man.
Melville, Herman. Moby Dick
Captain Ahab's hunt for the great white whale.
Montgomery, L. M. Anne of Green Gables
Anne, an 11-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
O'Dell, Scott. Black Star, Bright Dawn
Bright Dawn must face the challenge of the Iditarod dog sled race alone when her father is injured.
O'Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins
Lft alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends 18 years, not only merely surviving, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
Orwell, George. Animal Farm
A satire of the Russian revolution where the Manor Farm is transformed into Animal Farm, a democracy proclaiming, "All animals are created equal but some animals are more equal than others."
Orwell, George. 1984
Wnston Smith, lives in a gray, totalitarian world dominated by Big Brother and its vast network of agents, a world in which news is manufactured according to the authorities' will and people live tepid lives.
Potok, C. The Chosen
The story of the friendship that develops between two Jewish boys in New York City.
Rawls, Wilson. Where the Red Fern Grows
The story of a young boy's love for two hunting dogs and his coming of age in Oklahoma in the 1930's.
Richter, Conrad. The Light in the Forest
15-year-old True Son, once called John Camera Butler, is ordered back to the white man.
Salinger, J. D. Catcher in the Rye
Holden, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early and spend three days in New York City.
Scott, Sir Walter. Ivanhoe
Saxon knight Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to a chaotic England and finds himself disowned and dishonored, & forced to fight for his name and the people he loves.
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein
A scientist brings a monster to life.
Spyri, Johanna. Heidi
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains.
Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men
In depression-era California, two migrant workers dream of better days on a spread of their own until an act of unintentional violence leads to tragic consequences.
Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath
An epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s where one Oklahoma farm homestead is forced to travel west to the promised land of California.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island
The mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Kidnapped
A 16-year-old orphan is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A boy and a runaway slave travel down the Mississippi River on a raft.
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the 19th century.
Verne, Jules. A Journey to the Center of the Earth
The most incredible journey ever imagined--from Icelands frozen tundra far down into fantastic underground prehistoric worlds and back up again through the fires of an erupting volcano.
Verne, Jules. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
A French professor and his two companions sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo.
Wells, H.G. War of the Worlds
As life on Mars becomes impossible, Martians and their terrifying machines invade the earth.
Wyss, Johann David. The Swiss Family Robinson
Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.
Updated January 2008
| 
