Book Lists
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Grade 3
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Tornado by Betsy Byars
Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary
The Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Sadako Coerr,
Molly’s Pilgrim, by Barbara Cohen
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kids by Megan McDonald
Boxcar Children by Gertrude Warner
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Wilder
Grade 4
El Deafo by Cece Bell
The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain
Soccer Duel by Matt Christopher
Teacher’s Pet by Andrew Clements
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Sheep by Valerie Hobbs
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar
Grade 5
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts!: The First Experiment by Frances O’Roark Dowell
Blended by Sharon M. Draper
The Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman
Fish in A Tree by Lynda Hunt Mullaly
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks by Kate Klise
Titanic: Book One - Unsinkable by Gordon Korman
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
Rascal by Sterling North
The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park