The Professor's Excellent Stories for the Young

Top 10 The Professor's Excellent Stories for the Young : The Phantom Tollbooth, Harriet the Spy, The Bad Beginning, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, A Wrinkle in Time, How I Live Now, Lord of the Flies, The Sandman: Overture, Pride of Baghdad, Absolute All-Star Superman

The Phantom Tollbooth

Author	Norton Juster
ISBN	0394820371

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Hailed as “a classic. . . . humorous, full of warmth and real invention” (The New Yorker), this beloved story -first published more than fifty years ago- introduces readers to Milo and his adventures in the Lands...

Harriet the Spy

Author	Louise Fitzhugh
ISBN	0440416795

Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. She's staked out a spy route, and she writes down everything about everyone she sees - including her classmates and her best friends - in her notebook.
I bet the lady with the cross-eye looks in the mirror and feels just terrible.

Pinky Whitehead will never change....

The Bad Beginning

Author	Lemony Snicket
ISBN	0439206472

Dear Reader,

I'm sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. It tells an unhappy tale about three very unlucky children. Even though they are charming and clever, the Baudelaire siblings lead lives filled with misery and woe. From the very first page of this...

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Author	Judy Blume
ISBN	0689841582

Margaret Simon, almost twelve, likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are pink. She’s just moved from New York City to Farbook, New Jersey, and is anxious to fit in with her new friends—Nancy, Gretchen, and Janie. When they form a secret club to talk about private subjects like...

A Wrinkle in Time

Author	Madeleine L'Engle
ISBN	1250153271

It was a dark and stormy night.

Out of this wild night, a strange visitor comes to the Murry house and beckons Meg, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe on a most dangerous and extraordinary adventure - one that will threaten their lives and our universe.

Winner...

How I Live Now

Author	Meg Rosoff
ISBN	0553376055

"Every war has turning points and every person too."

Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she's never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London...

Lord of the Flies

Author	William Golding
ISBN	0140283331

At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate; this far from civilization the boys can do anything they want. Anything. They attempt to forge their own society, failing,...

The Sandman: Overture

Author	Neil Gaiman
ISBN	1401248969

Twenty-five years since The Sandman first changed the landscape of modern comics, Neil Gaiman’s legendary series is back in a deluxe hardcover edition!

The Sandman: Overture heralds New York Times best-selling writer Neil Gaiman’s return to the art form that made him famous, ably...

Pride of Baghdad

Author	Brian K. Vaughan
ISBN	1401203140

From one of America’s most critically acclaimed graphic novel writers – inspired by true events, a startlingly original look at life on the streets of Baghdad during the Iraq War. In his award-winning work on Y THE LAST MAN and EX MACHINA (one of Entertainment Weekly’s 2005 Ten Best Fiction titles),...

Absolute All-Star Superman

Author	Grant Morrison
ISBN	1401229174

This is a stunning achievement that fans and non-fans of Superman will enjoy. It’s restrained, subtle, nostalgic, and gorgeously illustrated.

I don't know what is and isn't considered a spoiler for this book, so I'll err on the side of caution. Superman is delivered some fateful...