Outstanding Books for the College Bound
Alphabetically compiled by the American Library Association, 1999.  This list is updated every five years.  Source; www.ala.org/yalsa   A very special thanks is extended to Michelle Pacheco for all of her assistance in helping me complete this project.

The titles in this list have been carefully chosen.  Not every title is right for every child.  Children mature at different rates.  They have different interest, reading abilities and life experiences.   As always you, the parents and caregivers, should know what your children are reading.   Examine the books they have chosen and provide clear guidelines for them.

Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To the Galaxy series

Agee, James. A Death in the Family

Allende, Isabel. The House of the Spirits

Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaiden’s Tale

Auel, Jean. The Cave of the Clan Bear

Beagle, Peter S. The Last Unicorn

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451

Bradford, Richard. Red Sky at Morning

Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood

Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game

Cisneros, Sandra. Woman Hollering Creek

Conroy, Pat. The Prince of Tides

Dorris, Michael. A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

Ellison, Ralph. The Invisible Man

Gaines, Ernest J. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Golding, William. The Lord of the Flies

Guest, Judith. Ordinary People

Heller, Joseph. Catch 22

Kingsolver, Barbara. The Bean Tree

Knowles, John. A Separate Peace

Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird

Mason, Bobbie Ann. In Country

McMurtry, Larry. Lonesome Dove

Morrison, Toni. Beloved

Portis, Charles. True Grit

Potok, Chaim. The Chosen

Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye

Spark, Muriel. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Swarthout, Glendon. Bless the Beast and the Children

Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club

Tyler, Anne. The Accidental Tourist

Vidal, Gore. Burr

Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. Slaughterhouse-Five

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple

White, T.H. The Once and Future King

Wouk, Herman. The Winds of War

Wright, Richard. Back Boy

The titles in this list have been carefully chosen.  Not every title is right for every child. Children mature at different rates.  They have different interest, reading abilities and life experiences.  As always you, the parents and caregivers, should know what your children are reading.  Examine the books they have chosen and provide clear guidelines for them.

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