Title: Peter Pan

Author: J. M. Barrie

Published: 1911

Intro: This book is filled with unforgettable characters: Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up: the fairy, Tinker Bell, the evil pirate, Captain Hook, and the three children-Wendy, John, and Michael-who fly off with Peter Pan to Neverland, where they meet Indians and pirates and a crocodile that ticks.

Title: Last of the Mohicans, The

Author: James Fenimore Cooper

Published: 1826

Intro: The Last of the Mohicans is an epic novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826. It was one of the most popular English-language novels of its time, and helped establish Cooper as one of the first world-famous American writers. Although stylistic and narrative flaws left it open to criticism since its publication, and its length and distinctive prose style have reduced its appeal to later readers, The Last of the Mohicans remains embedded in American literature courses. It is the most famous of the Leatherstocking Tales, and Cooper wrote his next Leatherstocking novel The Prairie in continuity with it.

Title: Invisible Man, The

Author: H.G. Wells

Published: 1897

Intro: The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells, addressing ideas of society and community, human nature and identity, playing God and Darwinism. The mythic figure of the chimera, a human/animal hybrid, is brought into the scientific age.

Title: Bridge to Terabithia

Author: Katherine Paterson

Published: 1977

Intro: Bridge to Terabithia is a work of children's literature about two lonely children who create a magical forest kingdom. The novel's content has been the frequent target of censors and appears at number nine on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books for the decade 1990–2000.

Title: Tarzan of the Apes

Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Published: 1914

Intro: ''Tarzan of the Apes'' is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published in the pulp magazine All-Story Magazine in October, 1912; the first book edition was published in 1914. So popular was the character that Burroughs continued the series into the 1940s with two dozen sequels.