Oh yeah, I definitely feel this way A LOT. I'm so disappointed by what is considered appropriate in pop fiction today, for both middle schoolers and high schoolers. Authors today seem to think if they border on or add as much racey content as possible, it will make the book sell better.

So after reading some modern books, I always find myself going back and reading some of the classics, or historical fiction. I feel like both hold the morals I miss and still cling to.

I love Anne of Green Gables (as you can tell on the Anne post) and I also love Laura Ingalls Wilder as well!

Some really great classics are:

What Katy Did, What Katy Did at School, What Katy Did Next, & Clover by Susan Coolidge.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin

The Secret Garden and A Little Princess by Francis Hodgeson Burnett

And some of my favorite historical fiction:

Calico Bush by Rachel Field

The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Any of the Dear America series.

Wow, Air, nice job mentioning *the unmentionable* and ya OF COURSE WE R DA BIGGEST TAMORA PIERCE FANS EVAAAAAR!!! OK, I'm done ranting. But u all should read the series of Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter. And u should read the Brotherband Chronicles, and some good classics I can't think of. Tho' if u want a book that will change your life and make u think A LOT about life and its meaning for u, read The Little Prince and Cat's Cradle. They are very thought-provoking books and deserve a great slice of respect from all respectable readers. :D 

@ S.E.: I think you'll really enjoy What Katy Did! Tell me what you thought of it once you read it!

I totally agree with you. Some modern books just totally leave a disgusting taste in my mouth! I never read pop fiction anymore. Well, Rick Riordan's books, but nothing in the "teen" section. I feel that's all kind of...ugh.

I was so disappointed in Tamora Pierce's books! I so wanted to like the Alanna series, but I just couldn't stand it. I liked how the premise sounded all "strong female" and everything, but she just got too...I don't know. I never thought it a characteristic of a "strong female" to have a lot of boyfriends! And from what I've heard, all her other books go through that same thread of being a girl trying to be a boy but going through puberty and all those other uncomfortable things that I don't think she exactly deals with in a helpful, constructive way. I've read realistic fiction like that, but TP is writing fantasy! If she wants to explore all that kind of thing, she should at least let the reader know what she's getting into beforehand so that she doesn't have to waste her time reading it!

Sorry, rant over. :)

I love old books, and it's so awesome to know other people still do too! I love all the works by L.M. Montgomery, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Louisa May Alcott, the Brontës, Jane Austen--the list goes on.

After reading a lot of Harry Potter or Percy Jackson Iit's nice to read Little Women or Little Men; those are my old and awesome books, also Narnia Chronicles and Laura Ingalls Wilder books.