Treasure Island

Tom skips school, hunts for buried treasure and witnesses a crime in a Mississippi river town. This is the full novel, not the shortened school reader.

Mark Twain

Huck fakes his own death and rafts down the Mississippi with Jim, who is escaping slavery. A first-person narration that reshaped American fiction.

Mark Twain

An orphan is sent by mistake to a brother and sister who wanted a boy, and talks her way into staying. The book that made Prince Edward Island famous.

L. M. Montgomery

Four sisters grow up in a household short on money and long on ambition while their father is away at war. Jo March wants to write, and says so.

Louisa May Alcott

Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy spend a whole novel misreading each other. Sharp comedy about money, class and the cost of a first impression.

Jane Austen