Grades K–2
Summer Reading List
Each student at the Dinoff School is required to read during the summer. In grades K-2 no specific books are
required. You may choose any of the books on the list. You may also choose books that are not on this list, but
you need to read at least 20 minutes every day. You must read at least 5 books and complete a simple
book report for each one.
Please fill out a reading log to document what you have read. You may either use the one from the website or
create one of your own. You will be required to turn in your log and book reports the first week of school.
Fiction
Biscuit and the Lost Teddy- Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Mr. Putter & Tabby Clear the Decks- Cynthia Rylant
Touchdown!- Alyson Heller
Tell Me the Day Backwards- Albert Lamb
You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Fables to Read Together-Mary Ann Hoberman
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site-Sherri Duskey Rinker
Starry, Starry Night- Wade Cooper
Cake Soup- Erica Farber
The Big Fat Cow that Goes Kapow- Andy Griffiths
Houndsley and Catina: Plink and Plunk- James Howe
Ducks Go Vroom- Jane Kohuth
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!- Grace Lin
Katie Woo: Where Are You?- Fran Manushkin
Just a Little Sick- Mercer Mayer
Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day- Kate McMullan
Fancy Nancy: My Family History- Jane O’Connor
Trucks Line Up- Jon Scieszka
Bad Kitty Meets the Baby- Nick Bruel
Prudence Wants a Pet- Cathleen Daly
Madeleine –Ludwig Bemelmans
Arthur (series)– Marc Brown
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle
The Grouchy Ladybug – Eric Carle
The Great Kapok Tree –Lynne Cherry
Hairs = Pelitos – Sandra Cisneros
Ramona (series)– Beverly Cleary
The Josefina Story Quilt – Eleanor Coerr
The Treasure Hunt –Bill Cosby
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type –Doreen Cronin
The Empty Pot – Demi
Amber Brown (series)–Paula Danziger
Planting a Rainbow – Lois Ehlert
The Doorbell Rang – Pat Hutchins
The Snowy Day – Ezra Jack Keats
Leo the Late Bloomer – Robert Kraus
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? – Bill Martin, Jr.
Junie B. Jones (series) – Barbara Park
The Stories Julian Tells (series) – Ann Cameron
The Keeping Quilt – Patricia Polacco
The Complete Adventures of Curious George – H.A. and Margret Rey
Tar Beach – Faith Ringgold
Henry and Mudge (series) – Cynthia Rylant
The Relatives Came –Cynthia Rylant
A Bad Case of Stripes – David Shannon
Hip Cat – Jonathan London
Sister Anne’s Hands – Marybeth Lorbiecki
God Bless the Child –Billie Holiday and Jerry Pinkney
The Giving Tree – Shel Silverstein
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – Judith Viorst
Frog and Toad– Arnold Lobel
The Berenstain Bears (series)– Stan and Jan Berenstain
Miss Birdie Chose A Shovel – Leslie Connor
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Judi Barrett
Luka’s Quilt – Georgia Guback
Chrysanthemum – Kevin Henkes
How My Parents Learned to Eat – Ina Friedman
Tuesday – David Wiesner
Uncle Jed’s Barbershop – Margaree King Mitchell
A Country Far Away – Nigel Gray
Miss Nelson is Missing! – Harry Allard
Goodnight, Moon – Margaret Brown
Pete the Cat: (series) -- Eric Litwin
Non-Fiction
Hello, Baby Beluga - Darrin Lunde,
Plants Grow! - Mary Dodson Wade
Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?- Susan A. Shea
Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man – David Adler
Corn is Maize – Aliki
Crinkleroot (series) – Jim Arnosky
Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for Kids – Gail Gibbons
Many Nations: An Alphabet of Native America – Joseph Bruchac
The Magic School Bus(series) – Joanna Cole
Animal Dads – Sneed B. Collard
The Story of Ruby Bridges – Robert Coles
Ten Black Dots – Donald Crews
Me on the Map – Joan Sweeney
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Doreen Rappaport
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman – Kathleen Krull
Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones (World of Nature Series) – Ruth Heller
Exactly the Opposite – Tana Hoban
Snowflake Bentley – Jacqueline Briggs Martin
The Dinosaur Alphabet Book – Jerry Palotta
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman – Alan Schroeder
Poetry
Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown
Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom – Bill Martin, Jr.
Honey I Love, and Other Poems – Eloise Greenfield
Where the Sidewalk Ends – Shel Silverstein
Insectlopedia – Douglas Florian
A Pizza the Size of the Sun – Jack Prelutsky
Dizzy Dinosaurs: Silly Dino Poems - Hopkins, Lee Bennett
Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems - Kristine O'Connell George
The Great Migration: Journey to the North - Eloise Greenfield
Folklore and Fantasy
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain – Verna Aardema
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale – Verna Aardema
The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale – Jan Brett
The Story of the Milky Way: A Cherokee Tale – Joseph Bruchac
Strega Nona – Tommie de Paola
Anansi and the Talking Melon – Eric A. Kimmel
The Story of Ferdinand – Munro Leaf
Catwings – Ursula Le Guin
Tikki Tikki Tembo – Arlene Mosel
The Ugly Duckling – Hans Christian Anderson and Jerry Pinkney
Abiyoyo – Pete Seeger
Where The Wild Things Are– Maurice Sendak
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters – John Steptoe
Tops and Bottoms – Janet Stevens
The Warrior and the Wise Man – David Wisniewski
Sleeping Ugly – Jane Yolen
Dinosaurs Before Dark – Mary Pope Osborne
My Father’s Dragon – Ruth Stiles Gannett
Graphic Fiction
Luke on the Loose - Harry Bliss
The Adventures of Polo- Régis Faller
Airplane Adventure – Cari Meister
Benny and Penny in the Big No-No!- Geoffrey Hayes
Binky to the Rescue- Ashley Spires
Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates -Kevin O'Malley and Patrick O'Brien
A Day at the Fire Station - Lori Mortensen
Hamster and Cheese - Colleen Venable
Johnny Boo: The Best Little Ghost in the World! - James Kochalka
Korgi: Book 1 - Christian Slade
Little Mouse Gets Ready - Jeff Smith
The Meeting - Brigitte Luciani
Otto's Orange Day -Jay Lynch
Owly: The Way Home & The Bittersweet Summer - Andy Runton
Patrick in a Teddy Bear's Picnic and Other Stories - Geoffrey Hayes
You Can't Take a Balloon into the Museum of Fine Arts - Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman
Rick & Rack and the Great Outdoors - Ethan Long
Silly Lilly and the Four Seasons - Agnès Rosenstiehl
Grades 3-4
Summer Reading List
Required reading: Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Additional requirements: Complete activities for the above listed books.
Fill out a reading log and complete a simple book report for each book you read
You must read a total of 5 books including the two required books listed above.
Fiction
Cam Jansen: the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds (series) - David A. Adler
Animal Ark Series - Ben Baglio
Lenny's Space – Kate Banks
Freckle Juice – Judy Blume
Superfudge (series) – Judy Blume
Tales of the Fourth-Grade Nothing – Judy Blume
A Bear Called Paddington (series) - Michael Bond
Shoeshine Girl - Clyde Bulla
The Midnight Fox – Betsy Byars
The Family Under the Bridge – Natalie Carlson
This is Me Clarice Bean (series) - Lauren Child
Baseball Pals (series) - Matt Christopher
Dear Mr. Henshaw – Beverly Cleary
Henry Huggins (series) - Beverly Cleary
The Mouse and the Motorcycle (series) - Beverly Cleary
Frindle – Andrew Clements
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
Because of Winn Dixie – Kate DiCamillo
The Tower Treasure (Hardy Boys series)
Stone Fox - John Reynolds Gardner
The Homework Machine – Dan Gutman
Misty of Chincoteague (series) - Marguerite Henry
Sable – Karen Hesse
The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Series) – Carolyn Keene
Tomas and the Library Lady – Pat Mora
Shiloh (series) - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Clementine - Sara Pennypacker
The Keeping Quilt – Patricia Polacco
The Case of the Marshmallow Monster (Jigsaw Jones series)
Safe at Home – Sharon Robinson
Holes – Louis Sachar
Grandfather's Journey - Allen Say
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events Series) - Lemony Snicket
Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective (Encylopedia Brown series) – Donald Sobol
The Boxcar Children (Boxcar Children Mystery Series)
Wishbone Mysteries (Dog solving mysteries)
Historical Fiction
American Girl Books (series)
Sam the Minuteman - Nathaniel Benchley
Caddie Woodlawn - Carol Ryrie Brink
The Courage of Sarah Noble – Alice Dalgliesh
The Matchlock Gun - Walter Edmonds
The Cabin Faced West – Jean Fritz
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II - Lita Judge
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison – Lois Lenski
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses: A True Story – Julius Lester
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad – Ellen Levine; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
Number the Stars - Lois Lowry (Newbery Medal; Historical Fiction)
Sarah Plain and Tall (series) – Patricia MacLachlan
Snow Treasure – Marie McSwigan
Pink and Say – Patricia Polacco
Riding Freedom - Pam Munoz Ryan
The Sign of the Beaver – Elizabeth Speare
Katie's Trunk- Ann Turner
Freedom Summer – Deborah Wiles
Non-Fiction
Finding the Titanic - Robert D. Ballard
Nic Bishop Frogs - Nic Bishop
Nic Bishop Spiders - Nic Bishop
Poetry
Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo - Linda Sue Park (Poems).
Where in the wild? : camouflaged creatures concealed-- and revealed : ear-tickling poems / by David
M. Schwartz and Yael Schy ; eye-tricking photos by Dwight Kuhn - David M.Schwartz
A Light in the Attic – Shel Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends – Shel Silverstein
Casey at the Bat – Earnest Thayer; illustrated by Christopher Bing
Folklore and Fantasy
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears- Verna Aardema
The Indian in the Cupboard (series) - Lynne Reid Banks
Peter Pan - J. M. Barrie
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum
Ferno the Fire Dragon(series) - Adam Blade
Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi
John Henry - Julius Lester (Folklore)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
Mrs.Frisby and the Rats of NIIMH - Robert C. O'Brien
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales – Jon Scieszka
Charlotte's Web - E.B. White
Trumpet of the Swan - E.B. White
Classics
The Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Incredible Journey – Shelia Burnford
The Wheel on the School – Meinder DeJong
The Twenty-One Balloons - William Pene DuBois
The Black Stallion (series) – Walter Farley
The Whipping Boy – Sid Fleischman
Old Yeller – Fred Gipson
The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - Rudyard Kipling
Lassie Come Home – Eric Knight
Rabbit Hill – Robert Lawson
Strawberry Girl - Lois Lenski
Pippi Longstocking - Astrid Lindgren
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle - Hugh Lofting
Where the Red Fern Grows - Wilson Rawls
Black Beauty – Anna Sewell
Heidi - Johanna Spyri
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House Series - Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Swiss Family Robinson, or Adventures on a Desert Island - Johann Wyss
Biographies
Young Pele: Soccer's First Star – Lisa Cline-Ransom
Daniel Boone - James Daugherty
Helen Keller - Margaret Davidson
Rosa - Nikki Giovanni
Snowflake Bentley - Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Mighty Jackie: The Strike-out Queen – Marissa Moss
Grades 5-6
Summer Reading List
Required reading: Ungifted by Gordon Korman
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (unabridged)
Additional requirements: Complete activities for the above listed books.
Fill out a reading log and complete a simple book report for each book you read
You must read a total of 5 books including the two required books listed above.
Fiction
Fight for Life - Laurie Halse Anderson
Sounder - William Armstrong
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle - Avi
Masterpiece - Elise Broach
A Week in the Woods - Andrew Clements
Sahara Special - Esme Raji Codell
Because of Winn Dixie – Kate DiCamillo
The Tower Treasure (Hardy Boys series) - Franklin W. Dixon
Out of My Mind – Sharon Draper
Francie – Karen English
My Side of the Mountain (series) - Jean Craighead George (Newbery Honor; Adventure; Survival)
Pictures of Hollis Woods - Patricia Reilly Giff (Newbery Honor)
The Road to Paris – Nikki Grimes (Fiction; Coretta Scott King Honor Book)
Jackie and Me: a Baseball Card Adventure (series) - Dan Gutman
Bird Lake Moon - Kevin Henkes (Grief; Divorce)
Earthquake Terror - Peg Kehret (Survival)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - E.L. Konigsburg
Island. Book One. Shipwreck (series) – Gordon Korman
Savvy - Ingrid Law
Rules – Cynthia Lord (Newbery Honor)
Touch Blue - Cynthia Lord
Heat – Mike Lupica (Little League Baseball)
Miracle on 49th Street – Mike Lupica (Basketball)
The Wild Girls – Pat Murphy
Bridge to Terebithia – Katherine Paterson (Newbery Medal)
Hatchet (Brian series) – Gary Paulsen (Newbery Honor; Survival)
The Young Man and the Sea – Rodman Philbrick (Adventure; Survival; Fishing)
Becoming Naomi Leon - Pam Munoz Ryan
The Dreamer - Pam Munoz Ryan
Paint the Wind- Pam Munoz Ryan (Horses; Ranch Life)
Holes – Louis Sachar (Newbery Medal)
The Good Master – Kate Seredy (Newbery Honor)
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events book one) - Lemony Snicket
Call It Courage – Armstrong Sperry (Newbery Medal)
Maniac Magee – Jerry Spinelli (Newbery Medal)
The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart (Adventure; Science Fiction; Best Books of the Year; Top Shelf
Fiction for Middle School Readers; Notable Children's Books)
The Cay – Theodore Taylor (Survival Fiction)
A Crooked Kind of Perfect – Linda Urban
Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man – Wendelin Van Draanen (Mystery; part of the Sammy Keyes series)
Alex Rider series - Anthony Horowitz
Wolf Brother - Michael Paver
Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Young James Bond series (starting with SilverFin - Charlie Higson
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
Maze Runner - James Dashner
Dangerous Days of Daniel X - James Patterson
Tentacles - Roland Smith
Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? - Eleanor Updale
Mister Monday (Keys to the Kingdom series) -Garth Nix
When You Reach Me - Rebecca Stead
Smile - Raina Telgemeier
Indigo Blue - Cathy Cassidy
Historical Fiction
Home of the Brave - Katherine Applegate (Non Fiction)
Ashes of Roses - Mary Jane Auch
Crispin: At the Edge of the World- Avi (Historical Fiction)
Crispin: The Cross of Lead - Avi (Historical Fiction)
Turn Homeward, Hannalee Patricia Beatty
Caddie Woodlawn - Carol Ryrie Brink
Bud, Not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis (Historical Fiction)
Elijah of Buxton (Historical Fiction)
The Door in the Wall – Marguerite de Angeli (Historical Fiction)
Dear America Series - Scholastic. (Historical Fiction)
The Twenty-One Balloons - William Pene DuBois (Classic; Historical Fiction)
Johnny Tremain - Esther Forbes (Historical Fiction)
Letters from Rifka - Karen Hesse (Historical fiction)
Journey to the River Sea – Eva Ibbotson (Adventure; Historical Fiction)
Weedflower – Cynthia Kadohata (Historical Fiction)
Number the Stars – Lois Lowry (Historical Fiction)
Dear Ellen Bee: A Civil War Scrapbook of Two Union Spies - Mary E. Lyons (Historical Fiction; Civil War)
A Friendship for Today – Patricia McKissack (Historical Fiction; Teachers Choices)
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips – Michael Morpurgo (Historical Fiction; World War II)
Island of the Blue Dolphins – Scott O'Dell
Keeping Score - Linda Sue Park (Baseball; Historical Fiction)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures – Brian Selznick (Caldecott Medal; Historical Fiction)
The Bronze Bow - Elizabeth George Speare (Newbery Medal; Historical Fiction)
The Sign of the Beaver - Elizabeth George Speare (Newbery Honor; Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction; Survival
Fiction; Frontier and Pioneer Life)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry – Mildred Taylor (Newbery Medal; Historical Fiction)
Inside Out & Back Again – Tasha Lai (Newbery Honor 2011; Novel in Verse; Historical Fiction)
The Impossible Journey – Gloria Whelan (Historical Fiction)
My Name is Sally Little Song – Brenda Woods (Historical Fiction; Slavery)
Breaking Stalin's Nose – Eugene Yelchin (Newbery Honor; Notable Children's Books; Children's Books of the Year;
Historical Fiction)
Al Capone Does My Shirts - Gennifer Choldenko
Blood on the River - Elisa Carbone
My Louisiana Sky - Kimberly Willis Holt
Non-Fiction
Home of the Brave - Katherine Applegate (Non Fiction)
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott - Russell Freedman (Non-fiction)
Marley: A Dog Like No Other - John Grogan (Nonfiction; Dogs)
The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam - Quang Nhuong Huynh (Autobiography; Nonfiction)
The Dangerous Book for Boys – Conn Iggulden (Nonfiction)
The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle, and Other Surprising Stories About Inventions - Don L. Wulffson
(Nonfiction) Reaching for Sun – Tracie Zimmer (Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People; Schneider
Family Book Award; Teachers Choices)
Folklore and Fantasy
Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt
The Indian in the Cupboard-(series) - Lynne Reid Banks
Peter Pan - J. M. Barrie
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon – Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Fantasy Trilogy)
Peter and the Shadow Thieves – Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Fantasy Trilogy)
Peter and the Starcatchers– Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Fantasy)
Gregor the Overlander - Suzanne Collins (Fantasy; First book in the Underland Chronicles)
Once Upon a Marigold – Jean Ferris (Humorous stories; Fairy tales)
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children Series) - Margaret Peterson Haddix
Princess Academy - Shannon Hale (Newbery Honor Book; Fairy tales)
Redwall (series) - Brian Jacques (Fantasy)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIIMH - Robert C. O'Brien (Newbery Medal; Fantasy)
Airborn – Kenneth Oppel (Fantasy; Action)
Eldest – Christopher Paolini (Fantasy; Second Book in the Inheritance Trilogy)
Eragon – Christopher Paolini - (Fantasy; First Book in the Inheritance Trilogy)
The Rescuers – Margery Sharp
Lightning Thief series - Rick Riordan
Pendragon series - D.J. MacHale
White Giraffe - Lauren St. John
Wicked series - Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié
Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld
Artemis Fowl series - Eoin Colfer
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flame - Michael Scott
Uglies series - Scott Westerfeld
Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett
The Fellowship of the Ring (1st in the Lord of the Rings trilogy - J. R. R. Tolkien
Evermore (the Immortals series) - Alyson Noel
Classics
A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett (Classic)
The Incredible Journey – Shelia Burnford (Classic)
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates - Mary Mapes Dodge (Classic)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle (Classic; Mystery)
The Black Stallion (series) – Walter Farley (Classic)
Old Yeller – Fred Gipson (Classic)
The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame (Fantasy; Classic)
King of the Wind – Marguerite Henry (Newbery Medal; Classic; Horses)
Just So Stories – Rudyard Kipling (Classic; Animals)
Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling (Classic; Animals)
Kjelgaard, Jim. Big Red – Jim Kjelgaard (Classic; Dogs)
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch - Jean Lee Latham (Classic; Historical Fiction; Fictionalized Biography)
Call of the Wild - Jack London (Classic; Animals)
White Fang- Jack London (Classic; Dogs)
Gentle Ben – Walt Morey (Classic)
Rascal – Sterling North
My Friend Flicka – Mary O'Hara (Horses; Ranch Life; Classic)
The Yearling – Marjorie Rawlings (Classic; Animal Story)
Where the Red Fern Grows – Wilson Rawls (Classic; Animal Story)
Black Beauty – Anna Sewell
Miracles on Maple Hill - Virginia Sorensen (Newbery Medal; Classic)
Heidi – Johanna Spyri (Classic)
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien (Fantasy; Classic)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain (Classic)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain (Classic)
Around the World in Eighty Days – Jules Verne (Classic; Adventure; Historical Fiction)
The Swiss Family Robinson, or Adventures on a Desert Island – Johann Wyss (Survival; Classic)
Biographies
George Washington Carver - Tonya Bolden
The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H. A. Rey – Louise Borden
(Biography)
On the Court with Michael Jordan - Matt Christopher (Biography)
On the Field with Mia Hamm - Matt Christopher (Biography)
Helen's Eyes: A Photobiography of Annie Sulllivan, Helen Keller's Teacher - Murfe Ferguson Delano (Biography)
Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson – Barry Denenberg (Biography)
Houdini: the Handcuff King - Jason Lutes and Nick Bertozzi (Biography; Magicians; Graphic Book)
Guts: the True Stories Behind the Hatchet and the Brian Books – Gary Paulsen (Nonfiction; Autobiography)
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain – Peter Sis (Caldecott Honor; Autobiography; Nonfiction)
Freedom Train – Dorothy Sterling (History; Biography) .
Amos Fortune, Free Man – Elizabeth Yates (Newbery Medal; Biography; History)
Grades 7-8
Summer Reading List
Required reading: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (unabridged)
Additional requirements: Complete activities for the above listed books.
Fill out a reading log and complete a simple book report for each book you read.
You must read a total of 5 books including the two required books listed above.
Fiction
Hope Was Here – Joan Bauer
Lupita Manana – Patricia Beatty
Tangerine – Edward Bloor
Masterpiece – Elise Broach
Code Orange - Caroline B. Cooney
If the Witness Lied - Caroline B. Cooney
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer – John Grisham
The Great Wide Sea - M.E. Herlong
The Big Wander - Will Hobbs
Schooled – Gordon Korman
Blood is Thicker – Paul Langan
Miracle on 49th Street – Mike Lupica
The Wild Girls - Pat Murphy
A Long Walk to Water - Linda Sue Park
The Young Man and the Sea - Rodman Philbrick
Esperanza Rising - Pam Munoz Ryan
Historical Fiction
A Lantern in Her Hand - Bess Streeter Aldrich
Chains - Laurie Halse Anderson
Ashes of Roses - Mary Jane Auch
The Boy Who Dared – Susan Bartoletti
Code Talker – Joseph Bruchac
Ask Me No Questions – Marina Budhos
My Brother Sam is Dead - James and Christopher Collier
Red Badge of Courage – Stephen Crane
Under a War-Torn Sky – Laura Elliot
Slave Dancer – Paula Fox
Lily's Crossing - Patricia Reilly Giff
Summer of my German Soldier – Bette Greene
I Am David – Ann Holm
Across Five Aprils – Irene Hunt
Up the Road Slowly - Irene Hunt
Journey to the River Sea - Eva Ibbotson
Rifles for Watie – Harold Keith
Hattie Big Sky – Kirby Larson
Blizzard's Wake - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Sing Down the Moon – Scott O'Dell
A Single Shard - Linda Sue Park
Numbering All the Bones - Ann Rinaldi.
Red Moon at Sharpsburg - Rosemary Wells
New Found Land: A Novel – Allan Wolf
Fantasy, Folklore, Science Fiction
Watership Down – Richard Adams
The Black Cauldron (Prydain Chronicles Series) – Lloyd Alexander
Things Not Seen – Andrew Clements
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
The Last Dragon – Silvana De Mari
The City of Ember – Jeanne DuPrau
The People of Sparks - Jeanne DuPrau
A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L'Engle
Gathering Blue (The Giver Series) Lois Lowry
Airborn – Kenneth Oppel
Skybreaker – Kenneth Oppel
Eragon (First Book in the Inheritance Trilogy) - Christopher Paolini
Song of the Sparrow - Lisa Ann Sandell
Non Fiction
Mr. Lincoln's High-Tech War: How the North Used the Telegraph, Railroads, Surveillance Balloons, Ironclads, HighPowered Weapons, and More to Win the Civil War - Thomas B. Allen
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood – Ibtisam Barakat
Flags of our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima – James Bradley; adapted for young people by Michael French
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide – Sean Covey
Healing Our World: Inside Doctors Without Borders – David Morley
Boys Without Names - Kashmira Sheth
Classics
Little Women – Louisa M. Alcott
National Velvet – Enid Bagnold
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates - Mary Mapes Dodge
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
The Black Stallion – Walter Farley
Julie of the Wolves - Jean Craighead George
Cheaper by the Dozen - Frank B. and Ernestine Gilbreth
Captain’s Corageous – Rudyard Kipling
Call of the Wild – Jack London.
White Fang– Jack London.
Men of Iron - Howard Pyle
Richter, Conrad. The Light in the Forest - Conrad Richter
Call It Courage – Armstrong Sperry
The Pearl – John Steinbeck
The Red Pony – John Steinbeck
Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
A Girl of the Limberlost - Gene Stratton-Porter
Lord of the Rings Trilogy - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Prince and the Pauper - Mark Twain.
Journey to the Center of the Earth – Jules Verne
The Time Machine – H. G. Wells
War of the Worlds - – H. G. Wells
Biographies
Born Free – Joy Adamson.
The World at Her Fingertips: The Story of Helen Keller – Joan Dash
Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson – Barry Denenberg
Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini – Sid Fleischman
5,000 miles to freedom: Ellen and William Craft's flight from slavery - Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin
The Diary of a Young Girl – Ann Frank
The Life You Imagine: Life Lessons for Achieving Your Dreams – Derek Jeter
Tree Shaker: The Story of Nelson Mandela – Bill Keller
The Story of My Life – Helen Keller
Keller, Bill. Tree Shaker: The Story of Nelson Mandela. 2008. (Biography; Nonfiction)
The Greatest: Muhammed Ali - Walter Dean Myers
Guts: the True Stories Behind the Hatchet and the Brian Books – Gary Paulsen
Charles Schulz: Cartoonist and Creator of Peanuts - Michael Schuman
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain - Peter Sis
Students on Strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown, and Me - John A. Stokes
The Hiding Place – Corrie ten Boom