In an attempt to find a list of books that wouldn't make students -- past and present -- roll their eyes and walk away from the screen grumbling, I found the Web site teenreads.com.

This is an organization with book reviews and previews, book clubs and even a list of movie adaptations to entice your favorite kids to read. And judging from their bios, they love nothing better than to introduce people to new books. My kind of people.

They've also compiled an "Ultimate Teen Reading List." Is it wrong that I now want to add many of these to my own "to be read" pile?

Of course, not everyone will be happy. They've got my dreaded Catcher in the Rye on here. Mary and Jenn will be happy to skip Cold Mountain and Brave New World, respectively. And although Dave has ridiculed The Great Gatsby, it lives on in this list.

But fear not, Claude! Billy Budd and Heart of Darkness are nowhere to be found!

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