I read these books in high school: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Chocolate War, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Of Mice and Men, The Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. I have also read All Quiet on the Western Front , which was mentioned in this thread. I thought they were all good books. I don't see why people have such a problem with books like these. Take I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings for example. The only thing I see that could be argued as bad is when she is raped. I don't see any other reason. Let the kids read these books, they're all great books.