Scott Fitzgerald. Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in It was only after the novel was finished that she learned it would be YA, and even then, the decision was debated.

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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The compelling story of two outsiders striving to find their place in an unforgiving world. What books are missing from our list? To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming of age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father—a crusading local lawyer—risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.