Classic-Contemporary Connections

Classics	Contemporary pairing
Lord of the Flies by William Golding	Nothing by Janne Teller or Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Don Quixote by Cervantes	Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad or Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe	Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens	Dodger by Terry Pratchett
The Crucible by Arthur Miller	Wicked Girls by Stephanie Hemphill
Hamlet by Shakespeare	The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski or Ophelia by Lisa Klein
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte	Jane by April Lindner or The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen	Bridgette Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
1984 by George Orwell	Little Brother by Cory Doctorow or Hunger Games by Collins, Feed by M.T. Anderson
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare	Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman or Warm Bodies by Marion
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman	Paper Towns by John Green or Dr. Bird’s Advice to Sad Poets by Evan Roskos
The Island of Dr. Moreau by HG Wells	The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens	Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Night by Ellie Wiesel	The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll	The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley	His Dark Endeavors by Kenneth Oppel
Moby Dick by Herman Melville	Railsea by China Mieville
Wuthering Heights	Looking for Alaska, by Green
To Kill a Mockingbird	Noughts & Crosses, by Blackman or A Lesson Before Dying by Gaines
The Bell Jar	Interrupted by Kaysen
Much Ado about Nothing	Jenna and Jonah's Fauxmance
A Midsummer Night’s Dream	Wondrous Strange
A Handmaid’s Tale	Birthmarked or Bumped by McCafferty
Fahrenheit 451	Matched by Condie
Dracula	Vampire Academy, by Mead
Great Gatsby	Paper Towns by Green
The Tempest by William Shakespeare	Of Poseidon by Anna Banks
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte	Inccorigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 1:  The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood
Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King	Once by Morris Gleitzman
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley	Rotters by Daniel Kraus
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith	Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle	Death Cloud by Andrew Lane
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens	Peculiar by Stefan Bachman
Hamlet by Shakespeare	Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Prince and The Pauper by Mark Twain	False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck	Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen	Irises by Francisa X Stork
Tales from the Arabian Nights	Amulet of Samarkard
Woman in White by Wilkie Collins	Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and other Stories by Mark Twain	Guys Read:  Funny Business by Jon Scieszka
Call of the Wild by Jack London	Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya	Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater/
Edgar Allan Poe's Annabel Lee	Ashes on the Waves by Mary Lindsey