Summer Reading List for 2015

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Author's Name Title

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

Pinkwater, Daniel

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)

Mrs. Noodlekugel (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)

Rylant, Cynthia

Shea, George

Tagliaferro, Linda

Tang, Greg

Yolen, Jane

Abbott, Tony

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

Guided Reading Level M-O

The crazy case of missing Thunder (M)

Snarf Attack, Underfoodle, and the Secret of Life: the Riot

Brothers (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)

McDonald, Megan Stink: the Incredible Shrinking Kid (realistic fiction series) (M)

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Anyone Can Eat Squid! (realistic fiction series) (M)

Nytra, David

*Pennypacker, Sara

Rodda, Emily

Rosenberg, Pam

Rosenberg, Pam

The Secret of the Stone Frog (fantasy graphic novel) (N)

Clementine (realistic fiction series) (O)

Fairy Realm (fantasy series) (O, P)

Cave Crawlers (nonfiction) (O)

Volcano Explorers (nonfiction) (O)

Salisbury, Graham

Spires, Ashley

Guided Reading Level M-O (Continued)

Calvin Coconut: Dog Heaven (realistic fiction series) (O)

Binky the Space Cat (graphic novel) (N)

Stanley, George Edward Ghost Horse (fantasy) (M)

Vande Velde, Vivian 8 Class Pets + 1 Squirrel Divided by 1 Dog = Chaos (N)

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

Look, Lenore

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)

Alvin Ho: Allergic to the Great Wall, the Forbidden Palace, and Other Tourist

Lowry, Lois

Markle, Sandra

McMullan, Kate

Meister, Cari

Attractions (realistic fiction) (P)

Bless this Mouse (animal story) (Q)

Crocodiles (nonfiction) (P)

Have a Hot Time, Hades! (fantasy series) (P)

Peirce, Lincoln

Raczka, Bob

Robinson, Barbara

Rodriguez, Ana Maria

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)

Ryan, Pam Munoz

Sachar, Louis

Scieszka, Jon

Scieszka, Jon

Silverman, Buffy

Tarshis, Lauren

Leatherback Turtles, Giant Squids, and Other Mysterious Animals of the

Deepest Seas (nonfiction) (Q)

Riding Freedom (historical fiction) (P)

Wayside School Stories (humorous series) (P)

Summer Reading is Killing Me (humorous historical fiction series) (P)

Spaceheadz (humorous science fiction) (Q)

Exploring Dangers in Space: Asteroids, Space Junk, and More (nonfiction) (Q)

I Survived….. (historical fiction series) (Q, R)

Troupe, Thomas Kingsley Your Life as a Settler in Colonial America (nonfiction) (P)

*Voigt, Cynthia Young Fredle (animal story) (R)

Wallace, Bill

*Weeks, Sarah

No Dogs Allowed! (animal story) (P)

Pie (humorous fiction) (Q)

Anderson, M. T.

*Angleberger, Tom

Angleberger, Tom

Avi

*Balliett, Blue

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)

*Birdsall, Jeanne

Clements, Andrew

Coley, Mary McIntyre

Cowell, Cressida

Coville, Bruce

Guided Reading Level S-T (Continued)

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)

Creech, Sharon

Davies, Jacqueline

Draper, Sharon M.

*Eager, Edward

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)

Gaiman, Neil

*Gantos, Jack

Giff, Patricia Reilly

Grabenstein, Chris

Hahn, Mary Downing

*Hannigan, Katherine

Jonell, Lynne

Kelly, Katy

Klise, Kate

Korman, Gordon

Korman, Gordon

*Lewis, C.S.

*Lin, Grace

Lupica, Mike

*Martin, Ann M.

* Martin, Ann M.

Mass, Wendy

Odd and the Frost Giants (fantasy) (T)

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (humorous series) (T)

Lily’s Crossing (historical fiction) (S)

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (mystery) (T)

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)

Swindle (adventure fiction) (S)

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)

11 Birthdays (fantasy) (S)

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds The Grand Escape (animal story) (S)

Nykko

O’Connor, Barbara

The Elsewhere Chronicles (fantasy graphic novel series) (S)

How to Steal a Dog: a Novel (realistic fiction) (T)

O'Connor, Barbara The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis (realistic fiction) (S)

O'Dell, Kathleen Agnes Parker... Girl in Progress (realistic fiction) (T)

O’Keefe, Susan Heyboer

Death by Eggplant (humorous fiction) (T)

Paulsen, Gary

Ray, Deborah Kogan

Rodda, Emily

*Selfors, Suzanne

Selznick, Brian

Tashjian, Janet

Telgemeier, Raina

Temple, Bob

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)

Tolan, Stephanie S. Surviving the Applewhites (realistic fiction) (T)

Van Draanen, Wendelin Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (mystery series) (T)

Weil, Ann The World's Most Amazing Lost Cities (nonfiction) (S)

Guided Reading Level U-W

Adler, David A.

Avi

Bosch, Pseudonymous

Broach, Elise

Bruchac, Joseph

Buckley, Michael

Clements, Andrew

B. Franklin Printer (nonfiction) (W)

Murder at Midnight (historical fiction mystery) (U)

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)

Extra Credit (realistic fiction) (U)

Cole, Henry

Guided Reading Level U-W (Continued)

A Nest for Celeste: a Story about Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home

(animal story) (U)

Walk Two Moons (realistic fiction) (W) *Creech, Sharon

DeFelice, Cynthia C.

DiCamillo, Kate

The Ghost of Fossil Glen (ghost story) (U)

Flora & Ulysses: the illuminated adventures (fantasy fiction) (U)

The Magician’s Elephant (adventure fiction) (U) DiCamillo, Kate

*DuPrau, Jeanne

Elliot, David

The City of Ember (science fiction series) (W)

Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-haired Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle

Erskine, Kathryn

(humorous adventure fiction) (U)

Mockingbird: (Mok'ing-burd) (realistic fiction) (W)

*Funke, Cornelia Caroline Inkheart (fantasy) (W)

Gliori, Debi

Hagen, George

*Hiaason, Carl

Horvath, Polly

Pure Dead Magic (fantasy series) (W)

Gabriel Finley & the Raven's Riddle (fantasy) (V)

Chomp (mystery adventure) (W)

Everything on a Waffle (humorous fiction) (V)

Hunter, Erin

*Klise, Kate

*L’Engle, Madeleine

Lassieur, Allison

*Law, Ingrid

Mass, Wendy

Montgomery, Sy

Murphy, Jim

Warriors (fantasy adventure series) (U)

Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars & Leaks (mystery series) (U)

A Wrinkle in Time (science fiction) (W)

Colonial America: an Interactive History Adventure (nonfiction) (U)

Savvy (fantasy) (U)

The Candymakers (realistic fiction) (U)

The Tarantula Scientist (nonfiction) (W)

The Great Fire (nonfiction) (W)

Myracle, Lauren Luv Ya Bunches (realistic fiction) (U)

*Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Faith, Hope and Ivy June (realistic fiction) (U)

*Park, Linda Sue A Single Shard (historical fiction) (U)

Paterson, Katherine & John The Flint Heart: a Fairy Story (fantasy) (U)

*Riordan, Rick

*Riordan, Rick

Rylant, Cynthia

*Selznick, Brian

Kane Chronicles (fantasy series) (W)

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (fantasy series) (W)

Missing May (realistic fiction) (W)

Wonderstruck: a novel in words and pictures (W)

Spinelli, Jerry

*Spinelli, Jerry

*Spinelli, Jerry

Stead, Rebecca

Stead, Rebecca

*Stewart, Trenton Lee

Urban, Linda

Crash (realistic fiction) (V)

Loser (realistic fiction) (U)

Maniac Magee (Newbery winner) (W)

Liar & Spy (realistic fiction) (V)

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

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)

Choldenko, Gennifer.

Colfer, Eoin

Corriveau, Art

*Dowd, Siobhan

Al Capone Does My Shirts (historical fiction) (X)

Artemis Fowl (fantasy series) (Y)

13 Hangmen (fantasy) (X)

The London Eye Mystery (X)

Gaiman, Neil

Giblin, James

The Graveyard Book (ghosts fiction) (X)

The Many Rides of Paul Revere (nonfiction) (Z)

Gordon, Amy The Shadow Collector's Apprentice (fantasy) (X)

Haddix, Margaret Peterson Among the Hidden (Shadow Children-science fiction series) (Z)

Holm, Jennifer L The Fourteenth Goldfish (science fiction) (Z)

Horowitz, Anthony

Horvath, Polly

Kehret, Peg

Kelly, Jacqueline

La Fevers, R. L.

Guided Reading Level X-Z (Continued)

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)

Mass, Wendy

Philbrick, W. R.

13 Gifts (supernatural fiction) (X)

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg (historical fiction) (X)

Rubin, Susan Goldman The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming of Age in Terezin (nonfiction) (Z)

*Schmidt, Gary D. Okay for Now (realistic fiction) (Y)

Sis, Peter

Yousafzai, Malala

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (nonfiction) (Y)

I am Malala : how one girl stood up for education and changed the world

(autobiography) (Z)

*Assorted Authors

Assorted Authors

Allen, Thomas B.

Appelt, Kathi

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)

George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the

British and Won the Revolutionary War (nonfiction) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 7.3

The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp (humorous fiction)

*Applegate, Katherine

Bell, Cece

Berlin, Eric

*Blackwood, Sage

Byng, Georgia

/ Int Lvl : 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.0

The One and Only Ivan (animal story) /

El Deafo (graphic novel biography) /

Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.0

Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.3

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen (mystery) /

Jinx (fantasy) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.6

Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism (fantasy series)

Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.2

*Carter, Roy

Castellucci, Cecil

Colfer, Eoin

Cronin, Doreen

DeFelice, Cynthia C.

*DiTerlizzi, Tony

Donovan, Gail

/ Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.5

The Blood Guard (fantasy) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 4.1

Odd Duck (friendship fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.0

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

Dowell, Frances O'Roark Anybody Shining (historical fiction) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 5.6

Ferrari, Michael

Florian, Douglas

Gaiman, Neil

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

Fortunately, the Milk (humorous science fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.2

Gephart, Donna

Gidwitz, Adam

How to Survive Middle School (realistic fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.9

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

Greenwald, Tom

Toad Rage (humorous series) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.5

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading (humorous realistic fiction)

Gutman, Dan

Hoeye, Michael

/ Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 5.4

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

Time Stops for No Mouse: A Hermux Tantamoq Adventure (mystery)

/ Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 5.5

Holm, Jennifer L.

Horowitz, Anthony

Squish. No. 1,Super Amoeba (graphic novel series) /

The Falcon's Malteser: A Diamond Brothers Mystery (mystery series) /

Int Lvl: 3-6;Rd Lvl:7.1

Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 2.2

Not Leveled (Continued)

Ibbotson, Eva

Jennings, Patrick

The Secret of Platform 13 (fantasy) / Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl:7.5

Odd, Weird, & Little (friendship fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl:3.4

Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody Ice Story: Shackleton's Lost Expedition (nonfiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 7.6

King, Daren

*Korman, Gordon

Mouse Noses on Toast (mystery) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.7

No More Dead Dogs (humorous realistic 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

Martin, Ann M.

Mazer, Harry

Mazer, Norma Fox

*McMann, Lisa

*Mebus, Scott

McMullan, Kate

Oliver, Lauren

Oppel, Kenneth

*Orlev, Uri

*Palacio, R.J.

Patsis, Stephan

Panchyk, Richard

Paulsen, Gary

Rain Reign (realistic fiction) /

A Boy at War: a Novel of Pearl Harbor (historical fiction) /

Ten Ways to Make My Sister Disappear (realistic fiction) /

The Unwanteds (fantasy series) /

Gods of Manhattan (fantasy series)

School! : Adventures at the Harvey N. Trouble Elementary School

(humorous fiction) /

Liesl & Po (fantasy) /

Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.5

Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.9

/ Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 5.0

Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.9

Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 6.0

The Boundless (historical fiction) /

Wonder (realistic fiction)

Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl:5.1

Run, Boy, Run: a Novel (historical fiction)

/ Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.8

Mistakes were Made (humorous mystery)

Int Lvl:5-8; Rd Lvl: 4.3

Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.7

/ Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.8

World War II for Kids: a History with 21 Activities (nonfiction)

/ Int Lvl: 5-8Rd Lvl: 7.8

The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True and Fictional Account of the Most Valiant Marshal in the West (historical fiction)

*Paver, Michelle

Peck, Richard

Pflugfelder, Bob

Reisman, Michael

/ Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 5.8

Wolf Brother (fantasy/historical fiction series) /

A Season of Gifts (historical fiction) /

Int Lvl:5-8; Rd Lvl: 4.4

Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 4.9

Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab (mystery) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.6

*Rodda, Emily

Roth, Susan L.

Simon Bloom, the Gravity Keeper (science fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.9

Three Doors Trilogy (fantasy series) / Int Lvl:3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.5

Parrots Over Puerto Rico (nonfiction) / Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 5.4

Schanen, Adriana Brad Quinny & Hopper (humorous fiction) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.0

Scieszka, Jon Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor (humorous science fiction)

Silverstein, Shel

Silverstein, Shel

Silverstein, Shel

/ Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 2.8

A Light in the Attic (poetry)

Runny Babbit: a Billy Sook (poetry)

Where the Sidewalk Ends (poetry) /

/ Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 5.0

/ Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.0

Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.9

Sobol, Donald J.

Telgemeier, Raina

Tunnell, Michael

Vernon, Ursula

Wallace, Rich

*Weeks, Sarah

Wells, Ken

Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case (mystery series) /

Sisters (graphic novel) / Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 3.5

Pilot" (nonfiction) /

Candy Bomber: the Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate

Int Lvl: 5-8; Rd Lvl: 7.2

Int Lvl: 3-6; Rd Lvl: 4.8

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

Weston, Robert Paul

Wilson, N. D.

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 Yee, Lisa

* 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 DAN GUTMAN

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/ .

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