Name: ______________________
Level: V
What you should know about my level:
• Biographies go beyond simple narratives to provide significant amount of
historical information and focus on harsh themes and difficult periods of
history
• Science fiction presents sophisticated ideas and concepts
• Texts require readers to think critically
• Full appreciation of the texts requires noticing aspects of the writer’s craft
• Texts have print in a small font
• Novels may be two hundred to three hundred pages long
All-Star Examples: Chasing Redbird, Crash, Dragonsong, Rascal, Tom's
Midnight Garden, Yolanda's Genius, The Cay, Esperanza Rising, Island of Blue
Dolphins, Old Yeller, Pictures of Hollis Woods, Tuck Everlasting, The Westing
Game, Holes
Books titles at my level include:
TITLE
Skeleton Man
The Mysterious Benedict Society
The Westing Game
Things Hoped For
Bernie Magruder & the Bats in the Belfry
Lily's Ghosts
Jackie Robinson Breaks The Color Line
The California Gold Rush
An American Plague: The True And
Terrifying Story Of The Yellow Fever
Epidemic Of 1793
Bodies From The Ash: Life And Death In
Ancient Pompeii
A Long Way From Chicago
The End
The Ersatz Elevator
The Grim Grotto
The Hostile Hospital
The Penultimate Peril
The Slippery Slope
The Vile Village
A Year Down Under
Chasing Redbird
AUTHOR
Bruchac, Joseph
Stewart, Trenton Lee
Raskin, Ellen
Clements, Andrew
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Ruby, Laura
Santella, Andrew
Stein, R. Conrad
Murphy, Jim
Deem, James M.
Peck, Richard
Snicket, Lemony
Snicket, Lemony
Snicket, Lemony
Snicket, Lemony
Snicket, Lemony
Snicket, Lemony
Snicket, Lemony
Peck, Richard
Creech, Sharon
Lord Of The Shadows
Crash
Esperanza Rising
Everything On A Waffle
The Dark Stairs
Holes
Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of NIMH
Olive's Ocean
Pictures Of Hollis Woods
Rascal
The Fighting Ground
The Golden Goblet
The House Of Dies Drear
The Same Stuff As Stars
The Thief Lord
The Wanderer
Things Not Seen
Gregor And The Curse Of The
Warmbloods
Gregor And The Prophecy Of Bane
Gregor The Overlander
Becoming Naomi Leon
Birdwing
Dragon Rider
Getting Near To Baby
Habibi
Harris And Me
Island Of The Blue Dolphins
Kensuke's Kingdom
Locomotion
*Money Hungry
Pleasing The Ghost
Princess Academy
Ruby Holler
Scary Stories 3: More Tales To Chill Your
Bones
Silent To The Bone
Stargirl
The Eyes Of The Amaryllis
The Ghost Belonged To Me
The Girl Who Could Fly
The Maze
The Miserable Mill
The Music Of Dolphins
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Shan, Darren
Spinelli, Jerry
Ryan, Pam Munoz
Horvath, Polly
Byars, Betsy
Sachar, Louis
O'Brien, Robert C.
Henkes, Kevin
Giff, Patricia Reilly
North, Sterling
Avi
McGraw, Eloise Jarvis
Hamilton, Virginia
Paterson, Katherine
Funke, Cornelia
Creech, Sharon
Clements, Andrew
Collins, Suzanne
Collins, Suzanne
Collins, Suzanne
Ryan, Pam Munoz
Martin, Rafe
Funke, Cornelia
Couloumbis, Audrey
Nye, Naomi Shihab
Paulsen, Gary
O'Dell, Scott
Morpurgo, Michael
Woodson, Jacqueline
Flake, Sharon G.
Creech, Sharon
Hale, Shannon
Creech, Sharon
Schwartz, Alvin
Konigsburg, E.L.
Spinelli, Jerry
Babbitt, Natalie
Peck, Richard
Forester, Victoria
Hobbs, Will
Snicket, Lemony
Hesse, Karen
Stewart, Trenton
The Mysterious Benedict Society And The
Perilous Journey
The Reptile Room
The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle
The Westing Game
The Wide Window
The Young Merlin Trilogy: Passager,
Hobby, And Merlin
What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows
Who Put That Hair In My Toothbrush?
Williwaw!
Words Of Stone
The Search For Belle Prater
The White Mountains
Stewart, Trenton
Snicket, Lemony
Avi
Raskin, Ellen
Snicket, Lemony
Yolen, Jane
Baskin, Nora R.
Spinelli, Jerry
Bodett, Tom
Henkes, Kevin
White, Ruth
Christopher, John