Treasury · Merit

Deep Roots Grade

A grade-by-grade book list, with the grade each book is filed under kept alongside it.

117 books in the catalog stand on this list.

A reader aged

25 of these books cover age 17. The 22 that name no age at all are left off rather than guessed at — choose any age to bring them back.

• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, 1843 · ages 10–17 · Lexile 910L · AR 6.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Mensa Kids, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Early Recommended
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• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, 1885 · ages 12–17 · Lexile 980L · AR 6.6 · AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
  also on St. John's College, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, 1859 · ages 14–17 · Lexile 1130L · AR 9.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on TJEd Adult Recommended
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• Dangerous Journey: The Story of Pilgrim’s Progress by Oliver Hunkin, 1985 · ages 14–18 · AR 5.8 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
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• Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank, 1952 · ages 10–17 · Lexile 1020L · AR 6.5 · AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
  also on Mensa Kids, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing, 1959 · ages 16–18
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• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, 1860 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1090L · AR 9.2 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Mensa Kids, TJEd Adult Recommended
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• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, 1726 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1370L · AR 13.5 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Davidson Gifted, Mensa Kids, St. John's College, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, 1862 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1010L · AR 9.8 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Mensa Kids, TJEd Adult Recommended
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• Moby Dick by Herman Melville, 1851 · ages 15–18 · Lexile 1150L · AR 10.3
  also on Mensa Kids, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1838 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1230L · AR 11.3 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, 1678 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1030L · AR 10.4 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Harvard Classics, Mensa Kids
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• Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, 1813 · ages 12–17 · Lexile 1070L · AR 12.0
  also on Harvard Classics, Mensa Kids, St. John's College, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Adult Recommended
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• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DeFoe, 1719 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 920L · AR 5.8 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Mensa Kids, TJEd Adult Recommended, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Safely Home by Randy Alcorn, 2001 · ages 16–18
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• Silas Marner, The Weaver of Raveloe by George Eliot, 1861 · ages 15–18 · Lexile 1250L
  also on Mensa Kids
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• The Chosen by Chaim Potok, 1968 · ages 14–17 · Lexile 900L · AR 6.6 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Davidson Gifted, Mensa Kids, TJEd Adult Recommended
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• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, 1844 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1080L · AR 8.8 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Mensa Kids
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• The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day by Scott O'Dell, 1975 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 950L · AR 6.1 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• The King's Shadow by Elizabeth Alder, 1997 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 940L · AR 6.6 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Davidson Gifted
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• The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, 1942 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1170L · AR 8.8 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Adult Recommended
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• The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, 1844 · ages 14–18 · AR 11.3 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
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• The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 1938 · ages 13–17 · Lexile 860L · AR 5.0 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Mensa Kids
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• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, 1960 · ages 13–17 · Lexile 790L · AR 5.6 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Beautiful Feet, Davidson Gifted, Mensa Kids, Time Magazine 1923-2005
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• Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1050L · AR 9.3 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Beautiful Feet, Mensa Kids, TJEd Adult Recommended
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