Adding to the list w/what I remember from Middle School:
The Lord of the Rings
Edgar Allen Poe (various)
The Diary of Anne Frank (2nd time)
Pride & Prejudice
Midsummer's Night Dream

Adding to the list w/what I remember from Middle School:
The Lord of the Rings
Edgar Allen Poe (various)
The Diary of Anne Frank (2nd time)
Pride & Prejudice
Midsummer's Night Dream
Read "Everyone who is here is Gone" by Jonathan Blitzer.
Do it.