30 Books Every Kid Should Read Before Graduating High School

This list was inspired by a story about a high school teacher in Virginia who says that she doesn't have her students read "Catcher In The Rye" anymore, because she doesn't think it is relevant to their lives. I couldn't disagree more. It is the teacher's job to get the kids to relate to a great story. You don't have to have grown up on the Mississippi River to enjoy and learn from "Huck Finn," do you? Of course not. Here then, is a list of 30 classics that should be must-read for every American kid:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Alice In Wonderland
All Quiet On The Western Front
Black Like Me
Brave New World
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Catcher In The Rye
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Diary of Anne Frank
Fahrenheit 451
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
Gulliver’s Travels
The Hobbitt
Little Women
Lord Of The Flies
Lord Of The Rings
Moby Dick
Old Man & The Sea
Old Yeller
Oliver Twist
Pride & Prejudice
Robinson Crusoe
Romeo & Juliet
Roots
Tale Of Two Cities
To Kill A Mockingbird
Treasure Island
The Yearling