2013-2014
Joyce Kilmer Recommended Summer Reading
2013-2014
Joyce Kilmer Recommended Summer Reading
* Ms. Canetti’s personal favorites
Author's Name
Adler, David
Adler, David
Berger, Melvin
Ciencin, Scott
Falken, Linda
Friedman, Mel
Griffiths, Andy
Guest, Elissa Haden
Jeanne Walker Harvey
Labatt, Mary
Miller, Sara Swan
Mills, Claudia
Montgomery, Lewis
Oxlade, Chris
Pilkey, Dav
Rylant, Cynthia
Shea, George
Tagliaferro, Linda
Tang, Greg
Yolen, Jane
Amato, Mary
Bader, Bonnie
Barrows, Annie
Bergen, Lara
Carson, Mary Kay
Catt, Thessaly
Fleischman, Paul
Fleischman, Sid
Gutman, Dan
* Lowry, Lois
Mahaney, Ian
Mason, Paul
McDonald, Megan
McDonald, Megan
McDonald, Megan
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
*Pennypacker, Sara
Rosenberg, Pam
Rosenberg, Pam
Salisbury, Graham
Spires, Ashley
Stanley, George Edward
Vande Velde, Vivian
Title
Guided Reading Level I-L
Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery (L)
Young Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery (J)
Chomp!: a Book about Sharks (nonfiction) (L)
End Zone Thunder (graphic novel series) (K)
Can You Find It? America (nonfiction) (K)
Antarctica (nonfiction) (L)
The Cat on the Mat is Flat (humorous fiction) (I)
Iris & Walter (realistic fiction) (J)
Astro, the Steller Sea Lion (nonfiction) (L)
Dracula Madness, A Sam & Friends Mystery (L)
Eyes (nonfiction) (I)
How Oliver Olson Changed the World (realistic fiction) (L)
The Case of the Missing Moose (mystery) (L)
Changing Materials (nonfiction) (K)
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot (humorous science fiction series) (L)
Poppleton (fantasy series) (J)
First Flight: the Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers (nonfiction) (K)
Who Lands Planes on a Ship?: Working on an Aircraft Carrier (nonfiction) (K)
The Best of Times: Math Strategies that Multiply (nonfiction) (K)
Commander Toad and the Voyage Home (science fiction) (K)
Guided Reading Level M-O
Snarf Attack, Underfoodle, and the Secret of Life: the Riot
Brothers Tell All (humorous series) (O)
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.? (nonfiction) (M)
Ivy + Bean (fantasy fiction) (M)
Sophie the Awesome (realistic fiction) (M)
Far-out Guide to Mars (nonfiction) (M)
Migrating with the Humpback Whale (nonfiction) (N)
The Dunderheads(O)
The Dream Stealer (fantasy fiction) (N)
Mrs. Roopy is Loopy (humorous My Weird School series) (M-O)
Gooney Bird Greene (humorous realistic fiction series) (N)
The Math of Baseball (nonfiction) (M)
Wackiest Machines Ever (nonfiction) (M)
Judy Moody, Girl Detective (realistic fiction series) (M)
The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt (realistic fiction series) (M)
Stink: the Incredible Shrinking Kid (realistic fiction series) (M)
Anyone Can Eat Squid! (realistic fiction series) (M)
Clementine (realistic fiction series) (O)
Cave Crawlers (nonfiction) (O)
Volcano Explorers (nonfiction) (O)
Calvin Coconut: Dog Heaven (realistic fiction series) (O)
Binky the Space Cat (graphic novel) (N)
Ghost Horse (fantasy) (M)
8 Class Pets + 1 Squirrel Divided by 1 Dog = Chaos (N)
Guided Reading Level P-R
World According to Humphrey (animal fiction) (Q)
Pioneers to the West (nonfiction) (Q)
Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls (realistic fiction series) (Q)
No Talking (humorous realistic fiction) (R)
Northeast Indians (nonfiction) (Q)
The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School (humorous fiction) (Q)
Life in the Boreal Forest (nonfiction) (R)
The Homework Machine (humorous fiction) (R)
The Big Nap: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko (mystery series) (R)
Owen & Mzee: the true story of a remarkable friendship (nonfiction) (R)
Misty of Chincoteague (animal story) (R)
Guinea Dog (animal story) (P)
Amulet: Stonekeeper #1 (fantasy graphic novel) (Q)
Exploring Exoplanets (nonfiction) (R)
Exploring Space Robots (nonfiction) (Q)
Year of the Dog (realistic fiction) (Q)
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (realistic fiction) (Q)
Bless this Mouse (animal story) (Q)
Crocodiles (nonfiction) (P)
Have a Hot Time, Hades! (fantasy series) (P)
Odysseus and the Cyclops: a retelling (nonfiction) (P)
Big Nate: in a Class by Himself (humorous realistic fiction) (R)
No One Saw: Ordinary Things Through the Eyes of an Artist (nonfiction) (P)
The Best School Year Ever (humorous realistic fiction) (P)
Leatherback Turtles, Giant Squids, and Other Mysterious Animals of the
Deepest Seas (nonfiction) (Q)
Ryan, Pam Munoz
Riding Freedom (historical fiction) (P)
Sachar, Louis
Wayside School Stories (humorous series) (P)
Scieszka, Jon
Summer Reading is Killing Me ( humorous historical fiction series) (P)
Scieszka, Jon
Spaceheadz (humorous science fiction) (Q)
Silverman, Buffy
Exploring Dangers in Space: Asteroids, Space Junk, and More (nonfiction) (Q)
Troupe, Thomas Kingsley Your Life as a Settler in Colonial America (nonfiction) (P)
*Voigt, Cynthia
Young Fredle (animal story) (R)
Wallace, Bill
No Dogs Allowed! (animal story) (P)
*Weeks, Sarah
Pie (humorous fiction) (Q)
Birney, Betty G.
Bliss, John
Cabot, Meg
*Clements, Andrew
Ditchfield, Christin
*Fleming, Candace
Guiberson, Brenda
Gutman, Dan
Hale, Bruce
*Hatkoff, Isabella
Henry, Marguerite
Jennings, Patrick
Kibuishi, Kazu
Kops, Deborah
Kops, Deborah
Lin, Grace
Look, Lenore
Lowry, Lois
Markle, Sandra
McMullan, Kate
Meister, Cari
Peirce, Lincoln
Raczka, Bob
Robinson, Barbara
Rodriguez, Ana Maria
Anderson, M. T.
*Angleberger, Tom
Angleberger, Tom
Avi
*Balliett, Blue
*Birdsall, Jeanne
Clements, Andrew
Coley, Mary McIntyre
Cowell, Cressida
Coville, Bruce
Creech, Sharon
Davies, Jacqueline
Draper, Sharon M.
*Eager, Edward
Gaiman, Neil
*Gantos, Jack
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Guided Reading Level S-T
Whales on Stilts (humorous science fiction) (S)
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (humorous realistic fiction) (T)
Fake Mustache, or, How Jodie O'Rodeo and her Wonder Horse (and Some
Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election from a Mad Genius
Criminal Mastermind (humorous fiction) (S)
Poppy (fantasy adventure series) (S)
Chasing Vermeer (mystery) (T)
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (realistic fiction) (T)
We the Children (mystery series) (S)
Environmentalism: How You Can Make a Difference (nonfiction) (S)
How to Train Your Dragon (fantasy series) (T)
Bruce Coville's Alien Adventures (science fiction series) (S)
Hate that Cat (realistic fiction) (T)
The Lemonade War (realistic fiction series) (S)
Out of My Mind (realistic fiction ) (S)
Half Magic (fantasy series) (T)
Odd and the Frost Giants (fantasy) (T)
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (humorous series) (T)
Lily’s Crossing (historical fiction) (S)
Hahn, Mary Downing
*Hannigan, Katherine
Jonell, Lynne
Kelly, Katy
Klise, Kate
Korman, Gordon
*Lewis, C.S.
*Lin, Grace
Lupica, Mike
*Martin, Ann M.
* Martin, Ann M.
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Nykko
O’Connor, Barbara
O'Connor, Barbara
O'Dell, Kathleen
O’Keefe, Susan Heyboer
Paulsen, Gary
Ray, Deborah Kogan
Rodda, Emily
Selfors, Suzanne
Selznick, Brian
Tashjian, Janet
Telgemeier, Raina
Temple, Bob
Tolan, Stephanie S.
Van Draanen, Wendelin
Weil, Ann
Guided Reading Level S-T (Continued)
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story (S)
Ida B--and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and
(Possibly) Save the World (realistic fiction) (T)
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat (humorous fantasy fiction) (T)
Melonhead (humorous fiction) (S)
Deliver Us from Normal (realistic fiction) (T)
Titanic Trilogy (Unsinkable, Collision Course, S.O.S.) (historical fiction) (T)
The Chronicles of Narnia (fantasy series of seven books) (T)
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (fantasy) (T)
Safe at Home (sports story) (S)
A Dog's Life: the Autobiography of a Stray (animal story) (S)
Everything for a Dog (animal story) (T)
The Grand Escape (animal story) (S)
The Elsewhere Chronicles (fantasy graphic novel series) (S)
How to Steal a Dog: a Novel (realistic fiction) (T)
The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis (realistic fiction) (S)
Agnes Parker... Girl in Progress (realistic fiction) (T)
Death by Eggplant (humorous fiction) (T)
Mudshark (humorous fiction) (T)
Dinosaur Mountain: Dgging into the Jurassic Age (nonfiction) (S)
Deltora Quest (fantasy series) (T)
Smells Like Treasure (mystery) (S)
The Houdini Box (mystery historical fiction) (S)
My Life as a Book (realistic fiction) (S)
Smile (realistic fiction graphic novel) (S)
The Golden Age of Pirates : an Interactive History Adventure (nonfiction) (S)
Surviving the Applewhites (realistic fiction) (T)
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (mystery series) (T)
The World's Most Amazing Lost Cities (nonfiction) (S)
Guided Reading Level U-W
The Name of this Book is Secret (mystery series) (U)
Masterpiece (mystery) (U)
Skeleton Man (scary) (V)
NERDS : National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society
(humorous science fiction) (V)
Clements, Andrew
Extra Credit (realistic fiction) (U)
Cole, Henry
A Nest for Celeste : a Story about Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home
(animal story) (U)
*Creech, Sharon
Walk Two Moons (realistic fiction) (W)
DeFelice, Cynthia C.
The Ghost of Fossil Glen (ghost story) (U)
DiCamillo, Kate
The Magician’s Elephant (adventure fiction) (U)
*DuPrau, Jeanne
The City of Ember (science fiction series) (W)
Elliot, David
Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-haired Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle
(humorous adventure fiction) (U)
Erskine, Kathryn
Mockingbird: (Mok'ing-burd) (realistic fiction) (W)
*Funke, Cornelia Caroline Inkheart (fantasy) (W)
Gliori, Debi
Pure Dead Magic (fantasy series) (W)
*Hiaason, Carl
Chomp (mystery adventure) (W)
Horvath, Polly
Everything on a Waffle (humorous fiction) (V)
Hunter, Erin
Warriors (fantasy adventure series) (U)
*Klise, Kate
Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars & Leaks (mystery series) (U)
*L’Engle, Madeleine
A Wrinkle in Time (science fiction) (W)
Lassieur, Allison
Colonial America: an Interactive History Adventure (nonfiction) (U)
*Law, Ingrid
Savvy (fantasy) (U)
Mass, Wendy
The Candymakers (realistic fiction) (U)
Bosch, Pseudonymous
Broach, Elise
Bruchac, Joseph
Buckley, Michael
Murphy, Jim
Myracle, Lauren
*Park, Linda Sue
*Riordan, Rick
*Riordan, Rick
Rylant, Cynthia
Spinelli, Jerry
*Spinelli, Jerry
*Spinelli, Jerry
Stead, Rebecca
Stewart, Trenton Lee
Urban, Linda
Guided Reading Level U-W (Continued)
The Great Fire (nonfiction) (W)
Luv Ya Bunches (realistic fiction) (U)
A Single Shard (historical fiction) (U)
Kane Chronicles (fantasy series) (W)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (fantasy series) (W)
Missing May (realistic fiction) (W)
Crash (realistic fiction) (V)
Loser (realistic fiction) (U)
Maniac Magee (Newbery winner) (W)
When You Reach Me (Newbery winner - fantasy) (W)
The Mysterious Benedict Society (adventure series) (V)
A Crooked Kind of Perfect (realistic fiction) (U)
*Appelt, Kathi
Avi
*Barry, Dave
Baskin, Nora
Burgan, Michael
Choldenko, Gennifer.
Colfer, Eoin
Corriveau, Art
*Dowd, Siobhan
Gaiman, Neil
Giblin, James
Gordon, Amy
Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Horowitz, Anthony
Horvath, Polly
Kehret, Peg
Kelly, Jacqueline
La Fevers, R. L.
Lawson, Julie
Mass, Wendy
Philbrick, W. R.
Rubin, Susan Goldman
*Schmidt, Gary D.
Sis, Peter
Guided Reading Level X-Z
The Underneath (animal story) (Y)
The Seer of Shadows (ghosts fiction) (X)
Peter and the Starcatchers (fantasy series) (X)
Anything but Typical (realistic fiction) (X)
Life as a Gladiator: an Interactive History Adventure (nonfiction) (Y)
Al Capone Does My Shirts (historical fiction) (X)
Artemis Fowl (fantasy series) (Y)
13 Hangmen (fantasy) (X)
The London Eye Mystery (X)
The Graveyard Book (ghosts fiction) (X)
The Many Rides of Paul Revere (nonfiction) (Z)
The Shadow Collector's Apprentice (fantasy) (X)
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children-science fiction series) (Z)
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Adventure series) (Z)
My One Hundred Adventures (realistic fiction) (X)
Earthquake Terror (adventure fiction) (X)
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (historical fiction) (Y)
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (fantasy series) (X)
Ghosts of the Titanic (ghosts fiction) (Z)
13 Gifts (supernatural fiction) (X)
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg (historical fiction) (X)
The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming of Age in Terezin (nonfiction) (Z)
Okay for Now (realistic fiction) (Y)
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (nonfiction) (Y)
*Assorted Authors
Assorted Authors
Adler, David A.
Allen, Thomas B.
*Applegate, Katherine
Avi
Berlin, Eric
Byng, Georgia
Colfer, Eoin
Cronin, Doreen
DeFelice, Cynthia C.
*DiTerlizzi, Tony
Donovan, Gail
Not Leveled -- Use these levels as a guide:
Int Lvl = Interest Level; Rd Lvl = Approximate Reading Level
Infinity Ring (science fiction/time travel series)
Can you survive ...? : an interactive survival adventure (nonfiction-various subjects)
B. Franklin Printer (nonfiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 6.7
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the
British and Won the Revolutionary War (nonfiction) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 7.3
The One and Only Ivan (animal story) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.0
Murder at Midnight (historical fiction mystery) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 4.7
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen (mystery) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.2
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism (fantasy series) / Int Lvl: 3-6;
Rd Lvl: 5.5
Legend of Spud Murphy (humor series) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.4
The Trouble with Chickens (humorous fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.8
The Missing Manatee (mystery)/ Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.1
The Search for WondLa (science fiction) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 5.2
In Memory of Gorfman T. Frog (humorous fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl:4.4
Not Leveled (Continued)
Born to Fly (nonfiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.3
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings (poetry) /
Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.1
Gaiman, Neil
Fortunately, the Milk (humorous science fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.2
Gephart, Donna
How to Survive Middle School (realistic fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.9
Gidwitz, Adam
A Tale Dark and Grimm (fantasy) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 4.8
*Gifford, Peggy Elizabeth Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank-you Notes (humorous series) /
Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.1
Gleitzman, Morris
Toad Rage (humorous series) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.5
Grabenstein, Chris
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.2
Greenwald, Tom
Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading (humorous realistic fiction) /
Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 5.4
Gutman, Dan
Mission Unstoppable (adventure series) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.8
*Haddix, Margaret Peterson Missing (science fiction series) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 5.0
Harlow, Joan Hiatt
Joshua’s Song (historical fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.3
Hoeye, Michael
Time Stops for No Mouse: A Hermux Tantamoq Adventure (mystery) /
Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 5.5
Holm, Jennifer L.
Squish. No. 1,Super Amoeba (graphic novel series) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 2.2
Horowitz, Anthony
The Falcon's Malteser: A Diamond Brothers Mystery (mystery series) /
Int Lvl: 3-6;Rd Lvl: 7.1
Ibbotson, Eva
The Secret of Platform 13 (fantasy) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 7.5
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody Ice Story: Shackleton's Lost Expedition (nonfiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 7.6
King, Daren
Mouse Noses on Toast (mystery) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.7
*Korman, Gordon
No More Dead Dogs (humorous realistic fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.9
Korman, Gordon
Swindle (adventure fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.9
MacLean, Christine Kole Mary Margaret and the Perfect Pet Plan (realistic fiction) /
Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.9
Martin, Ann M.
Better to Wish: the First Generation (historical fiction series) /
Int Lvl:3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.7
Mass, Wendy
11 Birthdays (fantasy) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.1
Mazer, Harry
A Boy at War: a Novel of Pearl Harbor (historical fiction) / Int Lvl:5-8; Rd Lvl: 4.3
Mazer, Norma Fox
Ten Ways to Make My Sister Disappear (realistic fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.7
McCaughrean, Geraldine Peter Pan in Scarlet (fantasy) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.9
*McMann, Lisa
The Unwanteds (fantasy series) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.9
*Mebus, Scott
Gods of Manhattan (fantasy series) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 5.0
McMullan, Kate
School! : Adventures at the Harvey N. Trouble Elementary School (humorous
fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.9
Montgomery, Sy
The Tarantula Scientist (nonfiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.8
*Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Faith, Hope and Ivy June (realistic fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.8
Oliver, Lauren
Liesl & Po (fantasy) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 6.0
*Orlev, Uri
Run, Boy, Run: a Novel (historical fiction)
*Palacio, R.J.
Wonder (realistic fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.8
Patsis, Stephan
Mistakes were made (humorous mystery) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.8
Panchyk, Richard
World War II for Kids: a History with 21 Activities (nonfiction) /;
Int Lvl: 5-8Rd Lvl: 7.8
Paterson, Katherine & John The Flint Heart: a Fairy Story (fantasy) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 6.4
Paulsen, Gary
The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True and Fictional Account of
the Most Valiant Marshal in the West (historical fiction) / Int Lvl: 5-8;
Rd Lvl: 5.8
*Paver, Michelle
Wolf Brother (fantasy/historical fiction series) / Int Lvl:5-8; Rd Lvl: 4.4
Peck, Richard
A Season of Gifts (historical fiction) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 4.9
Prior, Natalie Jane
Lily Quench and the Dragon of Ashby (fantasy series) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 6.4
Pullman, Philip
I Was a Rat! (humorous fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.4
Reisman, Michael
Simon Bloom, the Gravity Keeper (science fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.9
Rodda, Emily
Fairy Realm (fantasy series) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.4
*Selznick, Brian
Wonderstruck: a novel in words and pictures / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 5.0
Ferrari, Michael
Florian, Douglas
Silverstein, Shel
Silverstein, Shel
Silverstein, Shel
Skye, Obert
Sobol, Donald J.
Stead, Rebecca
Stephens, John
Tarshis, Lauren
Tunnell, Michael
Vernon, Ursula
Wallace, Rich
*Weeks, Sarah
Wells, Ken
Weston, Robert Paul
Wilson, N. D.
Yee, Lisa
Not Leveled (Continued)
A Light in the Attic (poetry) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.0
Runny Babbit : a Billy Sook (poetry) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.0
Where the Sidewalk Ends (poetry) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.9
Wonkenstein (humorous fiction) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 6
Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case (mystery series) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.8
Liar & Spy (realistic fiction) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 3.8
The Emerald Atlas (fantasy series) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 4.9
(I Survived) Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (historical fiction series) / Int Lvl: 3-6;
Rd Lvl: 4.4
Candy Bomber: the Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate
Pilot" (nonfiction) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 7.2
Dragonbreath (humorous fantasy series) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.3
Sports Camp (realistic fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.2
So B. It (realistic fiction) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 5.2
Rascal: a Dog and His Boy (adventure fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.4
Zorgamazoo (science fiction) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 5.1
100 Cupboards (fantasy series) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.2
Bobby the Brave…sometimes (realistic fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.3
* Ms. Canetti’s personal favorites
(NOTE: These are suggested titles, with a mix of genres. For other summer reading activities or
suggestions, check out the websites on the following page.)
SPECIAL SUMMER READING LIST
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR ERIC WIGHT
WILL BE VISITING JOYCE KILMER NEXT NOVEMBER
Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom (Written by Eric Wight) / Rd Lvl 3.5
Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace (Written by Eric Wight) / Rd Lvl 3.4
Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000 (Written by Eric Wight) / Rd Lvl 3.7
The Incredible Twisting Arm (Written by Kate Egan; Illustrated by Eric Wight) / Rd Lvl 3.4
The Vanishing Coin (Written by Kate Egan; Illustrated by Eric Wight) / Rd Lvl 4.4
Jinxed! – book 1 (Written by Kurtis Scaletta; Illustrated by Eric Wight) / Rd Lvl 3.6
Steal that Base! – book 2 (Written by Kurtis Scaletta; Illustrated by Eric Wight) / Rd Lvl 3.4
Zip It! – book 3 (Written by Kurtis Scaletta; Illustrated by Eric Wight) / Rd Lvl 3.5
The 823rd Hit – book 4 (Written by Kurtis Scaletta; Illustrated by Eric Wight) / Rd Lvl 3.5
SUGGESTED WEBSITES
http://www.abookandahug.com/ - A Book and a Hug
http://readkiddoread.com/ - James Patterson’s Read Kiddo Read
http://www.guysread.com/ Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read - Find a Book
http://www.rif.org/us/literacy-resources/booklists.htm - Reading Is Fundamental
http://www.bookhive.org/ - The BookHive - Find a Book
http://www.scholastic.com/summerreading/ Scholastic Summer Reading Buzz
KEYBOARDING - We recommend that
students continue to practice keyboarding this
summer, and the website will be available for
all students through the end of August. Log in
at http://mahwah.typinginstructorkids.com/.