Native Son

 

Native Son

Wright, Richard

Fiction W935n 1966

Traces the fall of a young black man in 1930s Chicago as his life loses all hope of redemption after he kills a white woman.

The Color Purple

 

The Color Purple

Walker, Alice

Fiction W1521c

Two African American sisters, one a missionary in Africa and the other a child-wife living in the South, support each other through their correspondence, beginning in the 1920s.

Slaughterhouse-Five

 

Slaughterhouse-Five

Vonnegut, Kurt

Fiction V89sl

A fourth-generation German-American now living in easy circumstances on Cape Cod (and smoking too much), who, as an American infantry scout hors de combat, as a prisoner of war, witnessed the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, "the Florence of the Elbe," a long time ago, and survived to tell the tale.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

 

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Twain, Mark

Fiction C59ad 1997

The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

 

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Twain, Mark

Fiction C59ah1997

The adventures of a boy and a runaway slave as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft.

Of Mice and Men

 

Of Mice and Men

Stienbeck, John

Fiction St346o 1937a

Tells a story about the strange relationship of two migrant workers, who are able to realize their dreams of an easy life until one of them succumbs to his weakness for soft, helpless creatures and strangles the farmer’s wife.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Rowling, J.K.

Fiction R797HP7

Burdened with the dark, dangerous, and seemingly impossible task of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes, Harry, feeling alone and uncertain about his future, struggles to find the inner strength he needs to follow the path set out before him.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

 

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Rowling, J.K.

Fiction R797HP6

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince brings us Harry Potter’s sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as Lord Voldemort becomes ever more powerful with his followers increasing day by day in this continuing battle between good and evil. Harry searches for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort, and thereby finds what may be his only vulnerability.

See also 

Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz (Fiction R797HP6:G)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

 

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Rowling, J.K.

Fiction R797HP5

When the government of the magic world and authorities at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry refuse to believe in the growing threat of a freshly revived Lord Voldemort, fifteen-year-old Harry Potter finds support from his loyal friends in facing the evil wizard and other new terrors.

See also

Harry Potter et l’ordre du phénix  (Fiction R797HP5:F)

Harry Potter und der Orden des Phónix (Fiction R797HP5:G)

Harry Potter : y la orden del Fénix (Fiction R797ho:SP2004)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

 

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Rowling, J.K.

Fiction R797HP4

Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger.

See also 

Harry Potter und der Feuerkelch  (Fiction R797HP4:G)

Harry Potter y el cáliz de fuego  (Fiction R797HP4:SP)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

 

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Rowling, J.K.

Fiction R797HP3

During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents’ deaths.

See also 

Harry Potter et le prisonnier D’Azkaban (Fiction R797HP3:F)

Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban (Fiction R797HP3:G2000)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

  

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Rowling, J.K.

Fiction R797HP2

When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogswart School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.

See also

Harry Potter et la chambre des secrets (Fiction R797HP2:F)

Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens (Fiction R797HP2:G)