4th Grade Required BookCharlotte's Web - E. B. White
In this endearing story, a little girl and Charlotte, a beautiful grey spider, struggle to save their friend Wilbur, an affectionate but bashful pig, from being butchered.
5th Grade Required BookMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - Robert C. O'Brien
When Timothy, youngest of a family of field mice, becomes ill, his mother, Mrs. Frisby, enlists the aid of the Rats of NIMH to move their home from the path of the farmer's plow.
6th Grade Required BookThe Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
In this wise and witty fantasy, a boy travels through time and space to the Lands Beyond.
7th Grade Required BookTuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt
Winnie Foster discovers a magic spring that has given the Tuck family eternal life. She is faced with the difficult decision of whether or not to drink from it, and whether to tell all when a stranger wants to know the secret in order to sell the water.
8th Grade Required BookTreasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
This classic presents a tale of piracy on the tropical seas, of treachery and greed combined with romance, treasure, and adventure.
9th Grade Required BookThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
A London physician leads a double life when he discovers a drug that alters his appearance and disposition.
10th Grade Required BookAnimal Farm - George Orwell
Politically minded farm animals undergo a revolution against their human master and establish a new government that fails because of a corrupt leader tempted by greed and power.
11th Grade Required BookThe Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
This classic tale is about Hester Prynne, her lover, their child, and Hester's husband, and the effect of sin on the mind and spirit of these characters.
12th Grade Required BookA Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
Life in Paris and London during the oppressive and turbulent years leading up to the French Revolution are revealed in Dickens's classic story.