"Lite" Reads
Books for readers seeking for something lighter! All books, no matter their length, are worth reading.
Adventure/Survival
Ninja: The First Mission - Chris Bradford
Escaping the Giant Wave - Peg Kehret
On the Run [series] - Gordon Korman
Shipwrecked - Jake Maddox
I Survived… [series] - Lauren Tarshis
Animal Fiction
A Bear Named Trouble - Marion Dane Bauer
8 Class Pets… - Vivian Vande Velde
The Fast and the Furriest - Andy Behrens
Gaby, Lost and Found - Angela Cervantes
Hazy Bloom and the Pet Project - Jennifer Hamburg
Just a Dog - Marion Dane Bauer
Poppy - Avi
Runt - Marion Dane Bauer
Sheep - Valerie Hobbs
Shiloh - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Worm Whisperer - Betty Hicks
Fantasy
The Dream Stealer - Sid Fleischman
Lionboy - Zizou Corder
Jake & the Giant Hand - Philippa Dowding
The Magical Ms. Plum - Bonny Becker
The Spiderwick Chronicles [series] - Tony DiTerlizzi
Spirit Animals [series] - Various Authors
The Wolf Princess - Cathryn Constable
Historical
I Survived… [series] - Lauren Tarshis
Titanic [series] - Gordon Korman
The Year of Miss Agnes - Kirkpatrick Hill
Horror & Spooky
Bunnicula - James Howe
Charlie Bumpers vs. the Squeaking Skull - Bill Harley
Coraline - Neil Gaiman
43 Old Cemetery Road [series] - Kate Klise
Get That Ghost to Go! - David MacPhail
Ghost Dog Secrets - Peg Kehret
The Ghost’s Grave - Peg Kehret
Granny - Anthony Horowitz
The Great Ghost Rescue - Eva Ibbotson
Nightmare at the Book Fair - Dan Gutman
The Shadow on the Stairs - Ann Halam
Stonewords: A Ghost Story - Pam Conrad
Humor
The Bad Guys - Aaron Blabley [741.5 BLA]
Bad Kitty Takes the Test - Nick Bruel
Ben Franklin’s in my Bathroom! - Candace Fleming
A Boy Named Queen - Sara Cassidy
Charlie Bumpers vs. the Teacher of the Year - Bill Harley
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to NOT Reading [series] - Tommy Greenwald
Dork Diaries [series] - Rachel Renee Russell
The Chicken Doesn’t Skate - Gordon Korman
Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package - Kate DiCamillo
Laugh Out Loud - James Patterson
The Legend of Spud Murphy - Eoin Colfer
Lucky Cap - Patrick Jennings
Lulu’s Mysterious Mission - Judith Viorst
Martin Bridge [series] - Jessica Scott Kerrin
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher - Dana Alison Levy
One Mixed-Up Night - Catherine Newman
The Pepins and their Problems - Polly Horvath
The SOS File - Betsy Byars
Timmy Failure [series] - Stephan Pastis
Multicultural
Africa is My Home: A Child of the Amistad - Monica Edinger
Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen - Debbi Michiko Florence
Mystery
Ballpark Mysteries: The Wrigley Riddle - David A. Kelly
The Black Tower - Betsy Byars
The Dead Man in Indian Creek - Mary Downing Hahn
Detective Gordon: The First Case - Ulf Nilsson
Foul Ball Frame-Up at Wrigley Field - David Aretha
Lulu’s Mysterious Mission - Judith Viorst
Mr. Karp’s Last Glass - Cary Fagan
Much Ado about Grubstake - Jean Ferris
There’s a Hamster in My Pocket! - Franzeska G. Ewart
Who Stole Halloween? - Martha Freeman
Novels in Verse
Realistic Fiction
Author - Andrew Clements
The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street - Sharon G. Flake
Calli Be Gold - Michele Weber Hurwitz
The Carver Chronicles: Trouble Next Door - Karen English
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to NOT Reading [series] - Tommy Greenwald
The Homework Machine - Dan Gutman
Piper Reed, Navy Brat [series] - Kimberly Willis Holt
Rosy Cole’s Memoir Explosion - Sheila Greenwald
The SOS File - Betsy Byars
Shai & Emmie Star in Break an Egg! - Quvenzhane Wallis
The 6th Grade Nickname Game - Gordon Korman
Stir It Up! - Ramin Ganeshram
The Year of the Book - Andrea Cheng
Science Fiction
Baseball Card Adventures [series] - Dan Gutman
Ben Franklin’s in my Bathroom! - Candace Fleming
Clone Codes - Patricia McKissack
Galaxy’s Most Wanted - John Kloepfer
My Teacher is an Alien - Bruce Coville
Star Wars: Jedi Academy [series] - Jeff Brown
Sports
Author - Matt Christopher
Author - Jake Maddox
Breakaway - Trevor Kew
The Chicken Doesn’t Skate - Gordon Korman
Foul Ball Frame-Up at Wrigley Field - David Aretha
Gym Shorts [series] - Betty Hicks
Heads Up! - Dawn Hunter