Adolescence

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1. 1.

   Louisa M. Alcott

   recommended
   • Little Women, 1868
   • Good Wives, 1869
   • Little Men, 1871
   • Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, 1872
   • Jo's Boys, 1886
   • Eight Cousins, 1875
2. 2.

   J.M. Barrie

   • Peter Pan, 1911
3. 3.

   Harriet Beecher Stowe

   • Uncle Tom's Cabin
4. 4.

   Susan Coolidge

   recommended
   • What Katy Did, 1872
   • What Katy Did at School, 1873
   • What Katy Did Next, 1886
   • Clover, 1888
   • In the High Valley, 1890
5. 5.

   Daniel Defoe

   • Robinson Crusoe
6. 6.

   Michael Ende

   recommended
   • Momo, 1973
   • The Neverending Story, 1979
7. 7.

   Anne Frank

   • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
8. 8.

   Kenneth Grahame

   • The Wind in the Willows, 1908
9. 9.

   Edith Hamilton

   recommended
   • Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, 1942
10. 10.

    Lucy Maud Montgomery

    recommended
    • Anne of Green Gables, 1908
    • Anne of Avonlea, 1909
    • Anne of the Island, 1915
    • Anne of Windy Poplars, 1936
    • Anne's House of Dreams, 1917
    • Anne of Ingleside, 1939
11. 11.

    Edith Nesbit

    recommended
    • The Story of the Treasure-Seekers, 1899
    • The Would-be-goods, 1901
    • New Treasure Seekers, 1904
    • Five Children and It, 1902
    • The Phoenix and the Carpet, 1904
    • The Story of the Amulet, 1906
    • The Railway Children, 1906
    • The Enchanted Castle, 1907
12. 12.

    Mary Norton

    recommended
    • The Borrowers
13. 13.

    Howard Pyle

    • Robin Hood and othersIllustrated by Pyle
14. 14.

    I.M. Richardson

    recommended
    • Tales from the Odyssey: Voyage of OdysseusAdaptation
    • Prometheus and the Story of FireAdaptation
    • The Adventures of HerculesAdaptation
15. 15.

    Anna Sewell

    • Black Beauty
16. 16.

    Robert Louis Stevenson

    recommended
    • Treasure Island; Kidnapped, and othersIllustrated by N.C. Wyeth
    • Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales
17. 17.

    Noel Streatfield

    • Ballet Shoes, 1936
    • Thursday's Child, 1970
18. 18.

    Jonathan Swift

    • Gulliver's Travels
19. 19.

    J.R.R. Tolkien

    recommended
    • The Hobbit, 1937
    • The Lord of the Rings, 1954
20. 20.

    P.L. Travers

    • Mary Poppins, 1934
    • Mary Poppins Comes Back, 1935
    • Mary Poppins Opens the Door, 1943
    • Mary Poppins in the Park, 1952
    • The Gingerbread Shop, 1952
    • Mary Poppins from A to Z, 1962
    • Mr. Wigg's Birthday Party, 1962
    • Mary Poppins in the Kitchen, 1975
21. 21.

    Mark Twain

    • Tom Sawyer
    • Huckleberry Finn
    • The Prince and the Pauper
22. 22.

    Jean Webster

    • Daddy-Long-Legs, 1912
23. 23.

    Kate Douglas Wiggin

    recommended
    • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
24. 24.

    Laura Ingalls Wilder

    • Little House on the Prairie; and others

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