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TITLE AUTHOR

Level K Nate the Great (series) Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Franklin (series) Paulette Bourgeois Commander Toad (series) Jane Yolen High Rise Private Eyes (series) Cynthia Rylant Arthur (series) Marc Brown Strega Nona (series) Tomie dePaola Frances (series) Steven Kellogg Frog and Toad (series) Arnold Lobel Andy Shane (series) Jennifer Richard Jacobson Katie Woo (series) Fran Manushkin Frog and Freisnd (series) Eve Bunting Buster the Very Shy Dog (series) Lisze Bectold Ruby the Copycat Peggy Rathman The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant Koala Lou Mem Fox Sheila Rae the Brave Kevin Henkes

Level L George and Martha (series) James Marshall Cam Jansen (series) David Adler Marvin Redpost (series) Louis Sachar Horrible Harry (series) Suzy Kline Pinky and Rex (series) James Howe New Kids of Polk Street School (series) Patricia Reilly Giff Miss Malarkey (series) Judy Finchler Pee Wee Scouts (series) Judy Delton Ricky Ricotta (series) Dav Pilkey Miss Nelson (series) Henry Allard Amanda and Oliver Pig (series) Jean Van Leeuwen Amelia Bedelia (series) Peggy Parish My Weird School (series) Dan Gutman Bunnicula and Friends (series) James Howe The Pain and the Great One Judy Blume Tooter Pepperday Jerry Spinelli Fancy Nancy Jane O’Connor Whistle For Willie Ezra Jack Keats

Level M Puppy Place (series) Ellen Miles Magic Treehouse (series) Mary Pope Osbourne Bailey School Kids (series) Debbie Dadey Junie B. Jones (series) Barbara Park Jigsaw Jones (series) James Preller Nancy Drew Notebooks (series) Carolyn Keene Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo (series) Nancy Krulik Judy Moody (series) Megan McDonald Rainbow Magic (series) Daisy Meadows Black Lagoon Adventures (series) Mike Thaler Marc Brown Arthur Chapter Books (series) Marc Brown Stink (series) Megan McDonald Lola Levine (series) Monica Brown Ivy & Bean (series) Annie Barrows Owl Diaries (series) Rebecca Elliott I am Pusheen the Cat Claire Belton Molly’s Pilgrim Barbara Cohen Fish Face Patricia Reilly Giff

Level N Amber Brown (series) Paula Danziger Flat Stanley (series) Jeff Brown Julian’s Stories (series) Ann Cameron A to Z Mysteries (series) Ron Roy The Zack Files (series) Dan Greenburg Third Grade Detectives (series) George E. Stanley Capital Mysteries (series) Ron Roy Franny K. Stein (series) Jim Benton Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew (series) Carolyn Keene Gooney Bord (series) David Adler Andy Russell (series) David Adler The Enormous Crocodile Roald Dahl The Magic Finger Roald Dahl The Chalk Box Kid Clyde Robert Bulla The Chocolate Touch Patrick Skeene Catling 26 Fairmount Avenue Tomie dePaola Donovan’s Word Jar Monalisa DeGross My Name is Maria Isabel Alma Flor Ada Lily and Miss Liberty Carla Stevens Alien in the Classroom Carolyn Keene The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby Dav Pilkey

Level O The Secrets of Droon (series) Tony Abbott Notebook of Doom (series) Troy Cummings Ramona (series) Beverly Cleary Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Beverly Cleary Henry (series) Beverly Cleary Pony Pals (series) Jeanne Betancourt Jake Drake (series) (levels M-O) Andrew Clements The Boxcar Children (series) Chandler Gertrude Warner The Baby-Sitters Club Mysteries (series) Ann M. Martin The Dragon Slayer’s Academy (series) Kate McMullan My Weird School Daze (series) Dan Gutman *Cupcake Diaries (series) Coco Simon Here’s Hank (series) Henry Winkler Chocolate Fever Robert Kimmel Smith The Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes Class President Johanna Hurwitz Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes Louis Sachar The Kid in the Red Jacket Barbara Park Tornado Betsy Byars Sable Karen Hesse The Courage of Sarah Noble Alice Dalgliesh Level P *Geronimo Stilton (series) Geronimo Stilton (Scholastic) According to Humphrey (series) (levels P-Q) Betty B. Birney Encyclopedia Brown (series) Rose and Donald Sobel Time Warp Trio (series) Jon Scieszka *Bad Kitty Chapter Books (series) Nick Bruel Here’s Hank (series) Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver Magic School Bus (series) Joanna Cole & Bruce Degan Hank the Cowdog (series) John R. Erickson My America (series) Scholastic Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey *Canterwood Crest (series) Jessica Burkhart Gooseberry Park Cynthia Rylant Stone Fox John Reynolds Gardiner The Twits Roald Dahl Fantastic Mr. Fox Roald Dahl A Taste of Blackberries Doris Buchanan Smith The Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes Hundred Penny Box Sharon Bel Mathis Howliday Inn James Howe Felita Nicholasa Mohr Skinnybones Barbara Park Who Stole,”The Wizard of Oz?” Avi

Level Q Anastasia Krupnik (series) Lois Lowry Sam Krupnik (series) Lois Lowry The American Girls Collection Pleasant Co. Publishers Animal Ark (series) Ben M. Baglio Dolphin Diaries (series) Ben M. Baglio Little House (series) Laura Ingalls Wilder *The Genius Files (series) Dan Gutman *Chet Ghecko Mysteries (series) Bruce Hale Annie and the Old One Miska Miles Bunnicula James Howe James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary Just Juice Karen Hesse The “Fudge” Books Judy Blume Help, I’m a Prisoner in the Library Louis Sachar Mr. Popper’s Penguins Richard & Florence Atwater James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl Pie Sarah Weeks Oggie Cooder Sarah Weeks Pacy Lin Grace Lin Aliens Ate My Homework Bruce Coville Fourth Grade Rats Jerry Spinelli Level R The Spiderwick Chronicles (series) Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi Dunc (series) Gary Paulsen 39 Clues (series) Rick Riordan Hank Zipzer (series) Henry Winkler The Edge Chronicles (series) Stewart, Paul, & Riddell Chris Star Wars Jedi Academy (series) Jeffrey Brown Guinea Dog (series) Patrick Jennings The Magician Trilogy Jenny Nimmo Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman Zeely Virginia Hamilton Rules Cynthia Lord Misty of Chincoteague Marguerite Henry Spider Boy Ralph Fletcher Hatchet Gary Paulsen Brian’s Winter Gary Paulsen The Island Gary Paulsen Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor No More Magic Avi Charlotte’s Web E.B. White Miracles on Maple Hill Virginia Sorensen The Library Card Jerry Spinelli

Level S Out of My Mind Sharon Draper Warriors (series) Erin Hunter Deltora Quest & Dragons of Deltora (series) Emily Rodda Poppy (series) Avi My Teacher is an Alien (series) Bruce Coville Emily Windsnap (series) Liz Kessler Frank Einstein (series) Jon Scieszka The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson Sixth Grade Secrets Louis Sachar Matilda Roald Dahl On My Honor Marion Dane Bauer Journey Patricia MacLachlan Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliett The Cricket in Times Square George Selden The Star Fisher Lawrence Yep Granny Torelli Makes Soup Sharon Creech Lily’s Crossing Patricia Reilly Giff The Sea of Monsters Rick Riordan The Janitor’s Boy Andrew Clements Hot Hand Mike Lupica Honey Sarah Weeks Cheese Sarah Weeks The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate From the Mixed Up Files of E.L. Koningsburg

Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Level T Animorphs (series) K.A. Applegate Baseball Card Adventures (series) Dan Gutman Sammy Keyes Mysteries (series) Wendelin Van Draanen The Chronicles of Narnia (series) C.S. Lewis Deltora Shadowlands (series) Emily Rodda Rowan of Rin (series) Emily Rodda Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series) Jeff Kinney Timmy Failure (series) Stephan Pastis Joey Pigza (series) Jack Gantos *I Funny (series) James Patterson *House of Robots (series) James Patterson One Crazy Summer Rita Williams Garcia Abel’s Island William Steig The Strange case of the Origami Yoda Tom Angleberger Baby Patricia MacLachlan Danny, Champion of the World Roald Dahl The Tiger Rising Kate DiCamillo Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson The Tiger Rising Kate DiCamillo It Came From Beneath the Sink R.L. Stine

Level U Animorphs (series) K.A. Applegate Charlie Bone (series) Jenny Nimmo Books of Ember (series) Jeanne Du Prau Silverwing (series) Kenneth Oppel Flipped Wendelin Van Draanen My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George Flora and Ulysses Kate DiCamillo Wonder J.A. Palacio The BFG Roald Dahl The View From Saturday E.L. Koningsburg Number the Stars Lois Lowry The Summer of the Swans Betsy Byars Wringer Jerry Spinelli Woodsong Gary Paulsen Julie Jean Craighead George Julie of the Wolves Jean Craighead George Julie’s Wolf Pack Jean Craighead George Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine Midnight Magic Avi The Great Unexpected Sharon Creech The Magician’s Elephant kate DiCamillo Ginger Pye Eleanor Estes Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis The Tale of the Despereaux Kate DiCamillo Level V Harry Potter (series) J.K. Rowling Gregor the Overlander (series) Suzanne Collins A Series of Unfortunate Events (series) Lemony Snicket Eragon (series) Christopher Paolini Middle School (series) James Patterson & Chris Tebbetts Dear Dumb Diary (series) Jim Benton *The Grimm Series Adam Gidwitz Princess Academy Shannon Hale Dogsong Gary Paulsen Holes Louis Sachar Autumn Street Lois Lowry The Twenty-One Balloons William Dubois Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O’Dell Rain Reign Ann M. Martin Esperanza Rising Pam Munoz Ryan Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O’Brien Pictures of Hollis Woods Patricia Reilly Giff The Westing Game Ellen Raskin Crash Jerry Spinelli The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi Everything on a Waffle Polly Horvath

Level W 90 Miles to Havana Enrique Flores-Galbis Percy Jackson & the Olympians (series) Rick Riordan Everworld (series) K.A. Applegate Septimus Heap (series) Angie Sage The Heroes of Olympus (series) Rick Riordan A Long Walk to Water Linda Sue Park Al Capone Does My Homework Gennifer Choldenko Inside Out and Back Again Thanhha Lai Hoot Carl Hiaasen One Crazy Summer Rita Williams Garcia Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred Taylor Missing May Cynthia Rylant Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros Dragon’s Gate Lawrence Yep A Wrinkle in Time Madeline L’Engle Dragonwings Lawrence Yep The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare Starry River of the Sky Grace Lin Coraline Neil Gaiman Home of the Brave Katherine Applegate Once Upon a Marigold Jean Ferris Level X Counting by 7s Holly Goldberg Sloan The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill Fish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt Mortal Instruments (series) Cassandra Clare The School for Good and Evil (series) Soman Chainani A Girl Named Disaster Nancy Farmer Call it Courage Armstrong Sperry Let the Circle Be Unbroken Mildred Taylor The Road to Memphis Mildred Taylor The Yearling Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings The Little Prince A. De Saint-Exupery Out of the Dust Karen Hesse Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko Al Capone Shines My Shoes Gennifer Choldenko Feathers Jacqueline Woodson The Egypt Game Zilpha Keatley Snyder Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports James Patterson The Final Warning James Patterson The Angel Experiment James Patterson The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman Double Identity Margaret P. Haddix

Level Y Under the Egg Laura Marx Fitzgerald Because of Mr. Terupt Rob Buyea Hello, Universe Erin Estrada Artemis Fowl (series) Eoin Colfer Kane Chronicles (series) Rick Riordan Dead End in Norvelt Jack Gantos Anne Frank, the Diary Anne Frank The Devil’s Arithmetic Jane Yolen The Call of the Wild Jack London Jesse Gary Soto Living Up the Street Gary Soto My Brother Sam is Dead James & Christopher Collier The Pushcart War Jean Merrill The Giver Lois Lowry Where the Lilies Bloom Very and Bill Cleavers The Ear, the Eye and the Arm Nancy Farmer A Corner of the Universe Ann M. Martin The Boy Who Reversed Himself William Sleator Instead of Three Wishes: Magical Short Stories Megan Whalen Turner Echo Pam Munoz Ryan Level Z The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley The Hunger Games (Trilogy) Suzanne Collins Cirque Du Freak (series) Darren Shan Lord of the Rings (Trilogy) J.R.R. Tolkein A Summer Life Gary Soto The Contender Robert Lipsyte The Friends Rosa Guy Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt Black Beauty Anna Sewell The Golden Compass Philip Pullman City of Beasts Isabel Allende A Night to Remember Walter Lord The Queen of Katwe: One Girl’s Triumphant Tim Crothers Path to Becoming a Chess Champion

If you like sports… Amazing But True Sports Stories (Q) Phyllis Hollander

Winning Season Series (Q) Rich Wallace Top 10 Series (S-T) Various Authors The Desperado Who Stole Baseball (Q) John H. Ritter

The Real Slam Dunk (N) Charisse K. Richardson Junie B. Jones is Captain Field Day (M) Barbara Park The Golden Glove (O) Fred Bowen Baseball Fever (O) Johanne Hurwitz

Baseball Card Adventures (R-T) Dan Gutman The Million Dollar Kick (T) Dan Gutman The Million Dollar Shot (S) Dan Gutman

The Million Dollar Goal (T) Dan Gutman Comeback Kids Series (S-T) Mike Lupica XTreme Sports Series (R) Various Authors

Sports Fairies Series (Q-R) Daisy Meadows Players in Pigtails (M) Shana Corey

Authors who wrote sports stories: Mike Lupica (V) Matt Christopher (M+)

Jake Maddox (M+)

If you like fairies, princesses, & magic… Candy Faries Series (O) Helen Perelman

Trollz Series Jennifer Miller Sister Magic Anne Mazer Frog Princess (U) Ed Baker

Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine Perfectly Princess Series Alyssa Crowne B Magic Series Lexi Connor

Animal Magic Series Holly Webb Goddess Girls Series Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams

The Princess School Series (P) Jane Mason & Stephanie

Hines Stephens Series by Daisy Meadows: Rainbow Magic Fun Day Fairies Pet Fairies Music Fairies

Sports Fairies Petal Fairies Jewel Fairies Rainbow Fairies

Graphic Novels Star Wars: Jedi Academy (series) (R) Jeffrey Brown El Deafo Cece Bell Awkward (for grades 5 and up) Svetlana Chmakova Narwhal (series) (grades 1-4) Ben Clanton Squish (series) Jennifer & Matt Holm BabyMouse (series) Jennifer & Matt Holm Roller Girl (for grades 5 and up) Victoria Jamieson Amulet (series) Kazu Kibuishi Lunch Lady (series) Jarrett J. Krosoczka The Mutts Diaries (series) (R) Patrick McDonnell Big Nate (series) (R-S) Lincoln Pierce Dog Man (series) (P) Dav Pilkey Dork Diaries (series) (V) Rachel Renee Russell Bone (series) (W) Jeff Smith Smile (T) Raina Telgemeier Sisters Raina Telgemeier Ghosts Raina Telgemeier

Secret Coders Gene Luen Yang Sports Illustrated Kids: Graphic Novels

Graphic History Collection (S)

Inspirational Picture Books

We’re All Wonders by R.J. Palacio Malala Yousafzai: Warrior With Words by Karen Leggett Abouraya Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe Miss Mary Reporting by Sue Macy No Excuses! How What You Say Can Get In Your Way by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer Beekle by Dan Santat The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial by Susan E. Goodman The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Basketball Player Changed the Game by Nancy Churnin Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle

Environmental Protection Green Matters Series by various authors

Making Good Choices About: o Biodegradability o Conservation

o Renewable Resources o Recycling and Reuse

Orca Footprints Series by various authors (for 5th & 6th graders) Cornerstones of Freedom Series:Bringing History to Life

Hydrofracking: The Process That Has Changed America’s Energy Needs by

Ann O. Squire Environmental Protection by Wil Mara

Our Changing Climate Series by Various Authors:

Ecosystems

The Atmosphere The Oceans The Poles

Heroes of the Environment: True Stories of People Who Are Helping to Protect the Planet by Harriet Rohmer

A Warmer World by Caroline Arnold Just Grace Goes Green by Charise Mericle Harper

Books for a Better World (These books will help you feel empathy for others.)

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (for 5th & 6th graders) A Thirst for Home by Christine Ieronimo (picture book)

Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Lynn Williams (picture book) One Green Apple by Eve Bunting (picture book) Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai (Level U) Journey to Jo’Burg by Beverly Naidoo (level S)

El Deafo by Cece Bell (level X) Out of my Mind by Sharon Draper (Level S) Schooled by Gordon Korman (Level V)

Rules by Cynthia Lord (Level R) Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan (Level V) Wonder by R.J. Palacio (Level V)

Science, Technology, Engineering, &

Mathematics (S.T.E.M.)

How Computers Work Ben Hubbard Using Digital Technology Ben Hubbard How Coding Works Ben Hubbard

How to Code Max Wainwright Kitchen Science Lab for Kids Liz Lee Heinecke How Do Video Games Work? Lindsey E. Carmichael

Ada Twist, Scientist Andrea Beaty Our Great Big Backyard Laura Bush The Kids’ Book of Simple Machines Kelly Doudna Coding for Beginners: Using Scratch Jonathan Melmoth and Rosie Dickins

Maker Lab: 28 Super Cool Projects Jack Challoner Super Cool Tech Discovery Kids (DK) Strange But True! Discovery Kids (DK)

Secret Coders Gene Luen Yang Nick & Tesla (series) Steve Hockensmith and Bob Pflugfelder Franny K. Stein (series) Jim Benton

Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer Diane Stanley

Nonfiction Series

I Survived… by Lauren Tarshis Calling All Innovators (Scholastic) Face to Face (National Geographic) Who Was..? (Grosset & Dunlap) Ripley’s Believe it or Not! NFL Today! (Creative Paperbacks)

DK Readers (DK Publishing) Time For Kids (Harper Trophy) A True Book (Scholastic) Cornerstones of Freedom (Scholastic)

National Geographic Kids Getting to Know the World’s Greatest (National Geographic) Artists (Scholastic)

Science SuperGiants (Scholastic) Life in the Time of… (Heinemann) The Magic Schoolbus (Scholastic) Magic Tree House Research (Scholastic) You Wouldn’t Want To… (Scholastic) Speedy Facts (Scholastic) Sally Ride Science (Scholastic) Look What Came From… (Scholastic) Global Issues (National Geographic) Everyday Science (National Geographic) If You Lived at the Time of… (Scholastic) National Geographic Explorer

Nonfiction Authors That We Love!

Aliki Gail Gibbons Seymour Simon Bobbi Kalman Franklyn M. Branley Milton Meltzer

Charles Micucci Jerry Pallota Melvin Berger Jim Arnosky Dan Green Nic Bishop Jean Fritz Laurence Pringle Melissa Stewart

Magazines Zoobooks (Grades 3-8)

Ranger Rick (Grades 2-4) Cobblestone (Grades 5-7)

Dig (Grades 4-8) National Geographic for Kids

(Grades 1-3 or 4-6) Sports Illustrated for Kids (Grades 3-6)

Junior Scholastic (Grades 4-7) Highlights (Grades 3-5)

Arts & Science for Kids (Grades 3-5) Owl (Ages 9-13)

Boy’s Life (Ages 7-17) Boy’s Quest (Ages 6-12) Jack & Jill (ages 6-12)

American Girl (Ages 8-12) Young Rider (Ages 8-15)

Discovery Girls (preteens) Dogster & Catster

Websites for Nonfiction Digital Texts http://www.timeforkids.com

http://www.scholasticnews.com http://kids.discovery.com

http://pbskids.org

http://kids.usa.gov http://www/newsELA.com

http://www.wonderopolis.com

Poets We Love Paul Fleischman

Ralph Fletcher Douglas Florian Donald Graves

Eloise Greenfield Nikki Grimes Paul B. Janeczko Bobbi Katz

J. Patrick Lewis Walter Dean Myers

Jack Prelutsky

Bob Raczka Darren Sardelli Naomi Shihab Nye

Joyce Sidman Shel Silverstein Marilyn Singer Robert Louis Stevenson

Valerie Worth

Novels in Verse Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech Moo by Sharon Creech Heartbeat by Sharon Creech

Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson Words With Wings by Nikki Grimes Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

Have a wonderful, book-filled summer