Harriet the Spy

I have such fond memories of devouring these books as a child! Unfortunately, I'm not sure how well Harriet has fared in the passing decades. She certainly speaks to some essential truths of American childhood, including the distance and unknowability of parents (those mysterious creatures!) and the “mean girls” phenomena. Still, I'm afraid the book will be too slow and Harriet too upper-class to be a current classic.