Books discussed: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain -- Annie on my mind / Nancy Garden -- Arizona kid / Ron Koertge -- Autobiography of Malcolm X : as told to Alex Haley / Malcolm X and Alex Haley -- Catcher in the rye / J.D. Salinger -- Chocolate war / Robert Cormier -- Christine / Stephen King -- Clan of the cave bear / Jean Auel -- Color purple / Alice Walker -- Day no pigs would die / Robert Newton Peck -- Fallen angels / Walter Dean Myers -- Flowers in the attic / V.C. Andrews -- Forever / Judy Blume -- Go ask Alice / Anonymous -- Great Santini / Pat Conroy -- Grendel / John Gardner -- Handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood -- I am the cheese / Robert Cormier -- I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou -- Lord of the flies / William Golding -- Of mice and men / John Steinbeck -- Outsiders / S.E. Hinton -- Running loose / Chris Crutcher -- Slaughterhouse-five, or, the children's crusade / Kurt Vonnegut -- What's happening to my body book for boys ; What's happening to my body book for girls / Linda Madaras with Dane Saavedra.