Can you suggest four CLASSIC books for a 14y old girl, 8th grader?

[Anonymous]

It makes my heart so happy to see The Witch of Blackbird Pond recommended so many times here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It makes my heart so happy to see The Witch of Blackbird Pond recommended so many times here.

I loved that book but think it is more of a 5th-6th grade read.

[Anonymous]

Some Already listed but I would recommend:
- Catcher in the Rye
- Jack London (anything but I loved Martin Eden)
- something Shakespeare
- a modern classic graphic novel like Maus or Persepolis

[Anonymous]

At your daughter’s age, I read “Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl.”

It made a huge impact on me as well as gave me a brief history lesson too.

[Anonymous]

Catcher in the Rye for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Going off of

Witch of Blackbird Pond (great pull)
I remember also reading

Julie of the Wolves
The Steppe
Island of the blue dolphins
The Keeping Days

Will try to think of others. They may be neweberry award winners and not classics

If she’s a strong reader these might be too easy for an eighth grader. My fifth grader read and enjoyed a few of these this year and last.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Black Beauty. Which would be easy reading for an 8th grader, but it is still a very good book that I would consider a classic.
Charlotte's Web. Which would also be easy reading for an 8th grader but is a very good book that I would consider a classic.

The Little House on the Prairie books.

I suppose the Harry Potter books would not be considered classic books because they were only published about 20 years ago. But they are well written and many kids that age love them.

They are not well written. The prose is horrific. The storyline is wonderful and that is what saves them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh I still love A Tree Grows in Brooklyn! What about Age of Innocence?

Yes to Age of Innocence and maybe House of Mirth though it is more depressing.

[Anonymous]

Lord of the Flies
Animal Farm
The Giver
To Kill a Mockingbird
Black Beauty
Little Women
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Jungle Book
White Fang
Call of the Wild
Robinson Crusoe

[Anonymous]

Cry, the Beloved Country about South Africa. That one has stuck with me.