This reader is intended to support the classical curriculum of Founders Classical Academy and like-minded schools. It contains public-domain works used in the seventh-grade literature classroom: Cyrano de Bergerac, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Romeo and Juliet. Founders Classical Academy is an open-enrollment charter school that endeavors to provide a well-rounded education that is distinctively classical, that pursues knowledge, promotes virtue, and prepares students for prosperous lives in a free society. Founders is the first classical charter school in Texas created as a result of collaboration between Responsive Education Solutions and the Hillsdale College Barney Charter School Initiative. To learn more, visit http://foundersclassical.com. The Barney Charter School Initiative is a project of Hillsdale College, devoted to the education of young Americans. Through this initiative, Hillsdale supports the launch of K-12 charter schools. These schools will train the minds and improve the hearts of young people through a rigorous, classical education in the liberal arts and sciences, with instruction in the principles of moral character and civic virtue. Responsive Education Solutions (ResponsiveEd) is Texas' largest public charter school holder. ResponsiveEd schools are high quality, free public charter schools.