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4 t h grade Summer Reading Suggest ions Berkeley School L ibrar ies , 2016

Favorite Chapter Book Series (*levels O – P – Q)

Anna Hibuscus, by Atinuke ✪

Anna Wang series, by Andrea Chang ✪

Bad Kitty, by Nick Bruel ✪

Beast Quest, by Adam Blade ✪

Bowling Alley Bandit, by Laurie Keller ✪

Captain Awesome, by Stan Kirby ✪

Clementine, by Sara Pennypacker ✪

Dragonbreath, by Ursula Vernon ✪

Dyamonde Daniel, by Nikki Grimes ✪

Geronimo Stilton ✪

Jake Maddox Sports series ✪

Judy Moody, by Megan McDonald ✪

Mallory on the Move, by Laurie Friedman ✪

Ramona the Pest, by Beverly Cleary ✪

Zapato Power, by Jacqueline Jules ✪

✪ popular series

Adventure and Historical Fiction (levels Q – R – S)

Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko ✪

Dash, by Kirby Larson

I Survived series, by Lauren Tarshis ✪

A Night Divided, by Jennifer Nielsen

Paper Wishes, by Lois Sepahban

Some Kind of Courage, by Dan Gemeinhart

Storm Runners, by Roland Smith ✪

Turtle in Paradise, by Jennifer Holm

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Exciting Fantasy (levels Q – R – S)

Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire), by Tui Sutherland ✪

Forest of Wonders, by Linda Sue Park ✪

Harriet the Invincible, by Ursula Vernon ✪

The Mark of the Dragonfly, by Jaleigh Johnson ✪

Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin, by Liesl Shurtliff ✪

The Search for WondLa, by Tony Di Terlizzi ✪

Shadows of Sherwood, by Kekla Magoon

A Tale Dark and Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz ✪

* reading levels based on Fountas & Pinnell system

Funny Stories (levels R – S – T)

The 13-Story Treehouse, by Andy Griffiths ✪

Big Nate in a Class by Himself, by Lincoln Peirce ✪

The BFG, by Roald Dahl

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, by Liz Pichon ✪

Castle Hangnail, by Ursula Vernon

Life of Zarf, by Rob Harrell

The Terrible Two, by Mac Barnett and Jory John ✪

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, by Stephan Pastis ✪

✪ popular series

Stories that Touch Your Heart (levels R – S – T)

All the Answers, by Kate Messner

Bayou Magic, by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Booked, by Kwame Alexander

Counting By 7s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Dancing Home, by Alma Flor Ada

Drita, My Homegirl, by Jenny Lombard

Fish in a Tree, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary, by Laura Shovan

The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher, by Dana Alison Levy

P.S. Be Eleven, by Rita Williams-Garcia ✪

Raymie Nightingale, by Kate DiCamillo

Tiger Boy, by Mitali Perkins

Words with Wings, by Nikki Grimes

New Graphic Novels!

Babymouse Goes for the Gold! by Jennifer Holm ✪

Coral Reefs: Science Comics, by Maris Wicks ✪

Fable Comics, ed. by Chris Duffy

Firelight: Amulet #7, by Kazu Kibuishi ✪

The Great Pet Escape, by Victoria Jamieson

Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth, by Judd Winick

Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson

Secret Coders, by Gene Luen Yang ✪

The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Romeo & Juliet, by Ian Lendler

The Underground Abductor, by Nathan Hale ✪

✪ popular series

Find more recommendations atMary Ann Scheuer’s website greatkidbooks.blogspot.com

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Fascinating Nonfiction

Baseball: Then to WOW, by Sports Illustrated Kids

Baseball Legends in the Making, by Marty Gitlin

Can We Save the Tiger?, by Martin Jenkins

Dog Finds Lost Dolphins! (National Geographic Kids Chapters), by Elizabeth Carney

Funny Bones: Posada and his Day of the Dead Calaveras, by Duncan Tonatiuh

Neighborhood Sharks, by Katherine Roy

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation, by Duncan Tonatiuh

Trombone Shorty, by Troy Andrews