CATEGORY 1: ADVENTURE
Among the Hidden. Margaret Peterson
Haddix. (FIC HAD)
Double Identity. Margaret Peterson Haddix.
(FIC HAD)
Bigger. Patricia Calvert. (FIC CAL)
Cardboard. Doug TenNapel. (741.5 TEN)
Earthquake Terror. Peg Kehret. (FIC KEH)
Everest. Gordon Korman. (FIC KOR)
Flight of the Phoenix. R.L.LaFevers. (FIC
LAF)
Floors. Patrick Carman. (FIC CAR)
The Gentleman Outlaw and Me - Eli: a
Story of the Old West. Mary Downing Hahn.
(FIC HAH)
Island. Gordon Korman. (FIC KOR)
Island of the Blue Dolphins. Scott O’Dell.
(FIC ODE)
The Key to Rondo. Emily Rodda. (FIC ROD)
The Last Musketeer. Stuart Gibbs. (FIC GIB)
Left Behind. Jerry B. Jenkins (FIC JEN)
The Matchlock Gun. Walter D. Edmonds.
(FIC EDM)
The Monsters of Morley Manor. Bruce
Coville (FIC COV)
Number the Stars. Lois Lowry. (FIC LOW)
Skeleton Key. Anthony Horowitz. (FIC HOR)
Storm Runners Trilogy. Roland Smith. (FIC
SMI)
Sword of the Samurai: Adventure Stories
from Japan. Eric Kimmel (SC KIM)
Take Me to the River. Will Hobbs. (FIC
HOB)
The Top of the World: Climbing Mount
Everest. Steve Jenkins. (796.52 JEN)
Tunnels. Roderick Gordon. (FIC GOR)
The Whipping Boy. Sid Fleischman. (FIC
FLE)
CATEGORY 2: MYSTERY
39 Clues. Rick Riordan, et al. (FIC RIO)
The Boxcar Children series. Gertrude
Chandler Warner. (FIC WAR)
Closed for the Season. Mary Downing Hahn.
(FIC HAH)
Coraline. Neil Gaiman (FIC GAI)
The Dollhouse Murders. Betty Ren Wright
(FIC WRI)
Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls
Mystery. Peter Abrahams (FIC ABR)
Encyclopedia Brown series. Donald Sobol.
(FIC SOB)
Ghost Fever: Mal de Fantasma. Joe Hayes
(FIC HAY)
The Ghost’s Revenge. M. Peschke. (FIC PES)
Goosebumps. R.L. Stine (FIC STI)
Half-Moon Investigations. Eoin Colfer (FIC
COL)
Hardy Boys series. Franklin Dixon. (FIC
DIX)
In the Land of the Lawn Weenies and Other
Warped and Creepy Tales. David Lubar. (SC
LUB)
Jigsaw Jones mystery series. James Preller.
(FIC PRE)
Nancy Drew series. Carolyn Keene. (FIC
KEE)
Ralph S. Mouse. Beverly Cleary. (FIC CLE)
Sammy Keyes. Wendelin Van Draanen (FIC
VAN)
Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer. John Grisham.
(FIC GRI)
Trixie Belden. Julie Campbell. (FIC CAM)
We the Children. Andrew Clements. (FIC
CLE)
Young James Bond. Charles Higson. (FIC
HIG)
CATEGORY 3: REALISTIC FICTION
11 Birthdays. Wendy Mass. (FIC MAS)
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume (FIC BLU)
Black-eyed Suzie. Susan Shaw (FIC SHA)
Blubber. Judy Blume (FIC BLU)
The Candymakers. Wendy Mass. (FIC MAS)
Define Normal. Julie Anne Peters. (FIC PET)
Esperanza Rising.Pam Munoz Ryan. (FIC
RYA)
Flipped. Wendelin Van Draanen (FIC VAN)
Frindle. Andrew Clements (FIC CLE)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler. E.L. Konigsburg (FIC KON)
5th and 6th grade
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Hatchet. Gary Paulsen (FIC PAU)
Holes. Louis Sachar (FIC SAC)
Jake and Lily. Jerry Spinelli. (FIC SPI)
Julep O’Toole. Trudi Strain Trueit (FIC
TRU)
Love that Dog. Sharon Creech. (FIC CRE)
Out of My Mind. Sharon Draper. (FIC DRA)
Runaway Twin. Peg Kehret. (FIC KEH)
Shiloh. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. (FIC NAY)
Sports novels. Matt Christopher. (FIC CHR)
Star In The Storm. Joan Harlow. (FIC HAR)
Stolen Children. Peg Kehret. (FIC KEH)
The View from Saturday. E. L. Konigsburg.
(FIC KON)
Walk Two Moons. Sharon Creech (FIC CRE)
The Whole Story of Half a Girl. Veera
Hiranandani. (FIC HIR)
Wonder. R.J.Palacio. (FIC PAL)
On the Bus with Joanna Cole. Joanna Cole.
(92 COL)
Sadako & the 1,000 Paper Cranes. Eleanor
Coerr. (92 SAD)
Sky Pioneer. Corinne Szabo. (92 EAR)
Small Steps: the Year I Got Polio. Peg
Kehret. (92 KEH)
Sparky: the Life and Art of Charles Schulz
(92 SCH)
Starry Messenger: a book depicting the life
of a famous scientist…Galileo Galilei.
Peter Sis. (92 GAL)
The Tarantula in My Purse. Jean Craighead
George. (639.9 GEO)
Through My Eyes. Ruby Bridges. (92 BRI)
Where Lincoln Walked. Raymond Bial. (92
LIN)
CATEGORY 5: SCIENCE & MATH
CATEGORY 4: BIOGRAPHY
26 Fairmount Avenue. Tomie dePaola. (92
DE)
Albert Einstein. Frieda Wishinsky. (92 EIN)
Coming Home: from the life of Langston
Hughes. (92 HUG)
Dear Benjamin Banneker. Andrea Davis
Pinkney. (92 BAN)
Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with
Louis Bleriot. (92 BLE)
The Herione of the Titanic: a tale both true
and otherwise of the life of Molly Brown.
Joan Bros. (92 BRO)
Home Run. Robert Burleigh. (796.35 BUR)
In My Family/En Mi Familia. Carmen
Lomas Garza. (306.85 LOM)
The Land I Lost. Quang Nhuong Huynh. (92
HUY)
Laura Ingalls Wilder. Jill Wheeler. (92
WIL)
Leonardo da Vinci. Diane Stanley. (92
LEO)
Lou Gehrig, the Luckiest Man. David Adler.
(92 GER)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Free at Last. David
Adler. (92 KIN)
Michael Phelps. Jeffrey Zuehlke. (92 PHE)
This category includes any non-fiction books
about subjects such as: arithmetic, planets,
weather, insects, animals, diseases,
inventions, machines, foods, etc.
CATEGORY 6: POETRY &
WORDPLAY
Advice for a Frog. Alice Shertle. (811 SCH)
Beast Feast. Douglas Florian. (811 FLO)
The Blood-Hungry Spleen and Other Poems
About Our Parts. Allan Wolf. (811 WOL)
The Dragons are Singing Tonight. Jack
Prelutsky. (811 PRE)
Earth Verses and Water Rhymes. Jack
Patrick Lewis. (811 LEW)
Falling Up. Shel Silverstein. (811 SIL)
F E G : ridiculous [stupid] poems for
intelligent children. Robin Hirsch. (811 HIR)
For Laughing Out Louder: More Poems to
Tickle Your Funny Bone. Jack Prelutsky.
(811 PRE)
If I Were In Charge the Rule Would be
Different. James Proimos. (811 PRO)
A Light in the Attic. Shel Silverstein. (811
SIL)
A Lucky Thing. Alcie Schertle. (811 SCH)
5th and 6th grade
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The New Kid on the Block. Jack Prelutsky.
(811 PRE)
Paul Revere’s Ride. Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow. (811 LON)
Poem Stew. William Cole. (811 POE)
Sing a Song of Popcorn. (808.81 SIN)
Sweet Corn. James Stevenson. (811 STE)
A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for
Innocent and Experienced Travelers. Nancy
Willard. (811 WIL)
Where the Sidewalk Ends. Shel Silverstein.
(811 SIL)
CATEGORY 7: FANTASY & SCIENCE
FICTION
The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story. Sid
Fleischman. (FIC FLE)
Aliens for Breakfast. Jonathan Etra &
Stephanie Spinner. (FIC ETR)
Artemis Fowl series. Eoin Colfer. (FIC COL)
The Aviary. Kathleen O’Dell. (FIC ODE)
The Borrowers. Mary Norton. (FIC NOR)
The Chronicles of Prydain. Lloyd
Alexander. (FIC ALE)
The City of Ember. Jeanne Du Prau. (FIC
DUP)
Coraline. Neil Gaiman. (FIC GAI)
The Dark is Rising. Susan Cooper. (FIC
COO)
The Doll People. Ann Martin and Laura
Godwin. (FIC MAR)
Edge Chronicles. Paul Stewart. (FIC STE)
Ella Enchanted. Gail Carson Levine. (FIC
LEV)
Fablehaven. Brandon Mull. (FIC MUL)
Fairy Realm. Emily Rodda. (FIC ROD)
Gregor the Overlander books. Suzanne
Collins. (FIC COL)
Grey Griffins. Derek Benz. (FIC BEN)
Guardians of Ga’Hoole. Kathryn Lasky.
(FIC LAS)
Harry Potter books. J.K. Rowling. (FIC
ROW)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. C.S.
Lewis. (FIC LEW)
The Magic Half. Annie Barrows. (FIC BAR)
Ordinary Magic. Caitlen Rubino-Bradway.
(FIC RUB)
Poppy. Avi. (FIC AVI)
Ranger’s Apprentice books. John Flanagan.
(FIC FLA)
Redwall series. Brian Jacques. (FIC JAC)
Rowan of Rin. Emily Rodda. (FIC ROD)
The Secret Zoo. Bryan Chick. (FIC CHI)
Septimus Heap books. Angie Sage. (FIC
SAG)
The Sisters Grimm books. Michael Buckley.
(FIC BUC)
The Sixty-Eight Rooms. Marianne Malone.
(FIC MAL)
Skulduggery Pleasant. Derek Landy. (FIC
LAN)
Spiderwick Chronicles. Tony DiTerlizzi. (FIC
DIT)
A Time for Andrew. Mary Downing Hahn.
(FIC HAH)
The Unwanteds. Lisa McMann. (FIC MCM)
CATEGORY 8: HUMOROUS STORIES
The Adventures of Nanny Piggins. R.A.Spratt
(FIC SPR)
Attaboy, Sam! Lois Lowry. (FIC LOW)
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days.
Stephen Manes. (FIC MAN)
Binky the Space Cat. Ashley Spires. (741.5
SPI)
Bunnicula books. James Howe. (FIC HOW)
Chet Gecko books. Bruce Hale. (FIC HAL)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Jeff Kinney.
(FIC KIN)
The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Roald Dahl. (FIC
DAH)
Frindle. Andrew Clements. (FIC CLE)
Fudge books. Judy Blume. (FIC BLU)
Geronimo Stilton books. Geronimo Stilton.
(FIC STI)
The Giggler Treatment. Roddy Doyle. (FIC
DOY)
Hank Zipzer series. Henry Winkler. (FIC
WIN)
How to Eat Fried Worms. Thomas Rockwell.
(FIC ROC)
I, Freddy. Dietlof Reiche (FIC REI)
5th and 6th grade
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Ramona the Pest. Beverly Cleary. (FIC
CLE)
Rats on the Roof and other stories. James
Marshall. (FIC MAR)
Rotten School. R.L. Stine. (FIC STI)
The Secrets of Dripping Fang. Dan
Greenburg. (FIC GRE)
A Series of Unfortunate Events. Lemony
Snicket. (FIC SNI)
Seriously Silly Stories. Laurence Anholt. (FIC
ANH)
Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub. Jamie Gilson
(FIC GIL)
Ungifted. Gordon Korman. (FIC KOR)
Wayside School. Louis Sachar. (FIC SAC)
CATEGORY 9: HOLIDAYS/SPECIAL
OCCASIONS
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Barbara
Robinson. (FIC ROB)
The Carp in the Bathtub. Barbara Cohen.
(FIC COH)
The First Thanksgiving. Jean Craighead
George. (394.2 GEO)
Halloween. Gail Gibbons. (394.2 GIB)
Mexican Independence Day and Cinco de
Mayo. Diane MacMillan. (394.26 MAC)
The Polar Express. Chris Van Allsburg. (E
VAN)
Seven Candles for Kwanzaa. Andrea Davis
Pinkney. (394.36 PIN)
The Steadfast Tin Soldier. Hans Christian
Anderson. (E ANA)
The Story of Christmas. Barbara Cooney.
(394.2 COO)
The Turkey’s Side Of It: Adam Joshua’s
Thanksgiving. Janice Smith. (FIC SMI)
Valentine’s Day. Gail Gibbons. (394.2 GIB)
CATEGORY 10: FAVORITES
This category includes any books that you
would like to count as your favorites.
CATEGORY 11: HISTORICAL
FICTION
Baby Island. Carol Ryrie Brink. (FIC BRI)
Blood on the River: James Town 1607
Elisa Carbone (FIC CAR)
Brooklyn Bridge. Karen Hesse. (FIC HES)
The Cay. Theodore Taylor (FIC TAY)
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo
Marines of World War Two.
Joseph Bruchac (FIC BRU)
Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam.
Cynthia Kadohata (FIC KAD)
Crispin. Avi (FIC AVI)
Dovey Coe. Frances Dowell (FIC DOW)
Dragonwings. Laurence Yep (FIC YEP)
Fever 1793. Laurie Anderson (FIC AND)
The Hundred Dresses. Eleanor Estes. (FIC
EST)
The Hundred Penny Box. Sharon Mathis.
(FIC MAT)
A Long Way from Chicago. Richard Peck
(FIC PEC)
My Name is America . . .Various Authors
Number the Stars. Lois Lowry (FIC LOW)
Sarah, Plain and Tall. Patricia MacLachlan.
(FIC MAC)
Search for the Shadowman, Joan Lowry
Nixon. (FIC NIX)
Stone Fox. John Gardiner. (FIC GAR)
The Sign of the Beaver. Elizabeth George
Speare (FIC SPE)
Soldier's Heart. Gary Paulsen (FIC PAU)
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.
Avi (FIC AVI)
CATEGORY 12: FAIRY TALES, FOLK
TALES, LEGENDS & MYTHS
The Adventures of Hershel of Ostropol. Eric
Kimmel. (398.2 KIM)
Atalanta’s Race: a Greek Myth. Shirley
Climo. (398.2 CLI)
Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave.
Marianna Mayer. (398.2 MAY)
Cyclops. Leonard Everett Fisher. (292 FIS)
Ella Enchanted. Gail Carson Levine. (FIC
LEV)
5th and 6th grade
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The Fairy Rebel. Lynne Reid Banks. (FIC
BAN)
Fanny’s Dream. Caralyn Buehner. (E BUE)
Hercules: the Man, the Myth, the Hero.
Kathryn Lasky. (292.2 LAS)
The Hired Hand. Robert San Souci. (398.2
SAN)
Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato. Tomie
DePaola. (398.2 DE)
John Henry. Julius Lester. (398.2 LES)
Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale. Steven
Kellogg. (92 APP)
The Legend of the Bluebonnet. Tomie
DePaola. (398.2 DE)
The Mightiest Heart. Lynn Cullen. (398.2
CUL)
The Mitten: a Ukrainian Folktale. Jan Brett.
(398.2 BRE)
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. John
Steptoe. (398.2 STE)
One Fine Day. Nonny Hogrogian. (E HOG)
The Persian Cinderella. Shirley Climo.
(398.2 CLI)
Rapunzel. Paul Zelinsky. (398.2 ZEL)
Saint George and the Dragon. Margaret
Hodges. (398.2 HOD)
Sirko and the Wolf: a Ukrainian Tale. Eric
Kimmel. (398.2 KIM)
A Story, A Story: an African Tale. Gail
Haley. (398.2 HAL)
The Talking Eggs: a Folktale from the
American South. Robert San Souci.
(398.2 SAN)
The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Marianna
Mayer. (398.2 MAY)
When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could
Sing. Virginia Hamilton. (398.2 HAM)
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears.
Verna Aardema. (398.2 AAR)
Young Guinevere. Robert San Souci. (398.2
SAN)
Caldecott winners, Coretta Scott King award
recipients, Texas Bluebonnet winners, etc.
Classics include anything that has withstood
the test of time. Examples of classics: Anne
of Green Gables, Nancy Drew, The Hardy
Boys, Little Women, Gulliver’s Travels, Little
House on the Prairie, etc.
CATEGORY : FREE CHOICE
Whatever you’d like to read can go here.
This is the easiest category to fill! 
CATEGORY: AWARD BOOKS/
CLASSICS
Titles in bold on this list are award books.
Examples of award books (that may not be
listed here) include Newbery winners,
5th and 6th grade
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