High Lexile Book List
Historical fiction:
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Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt (Civil War period) for grades 4-8; 1100L
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery 1020L (sequel to Anne of Green Gables 990L)
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman, 1800s CA mining camp 1030L
The Black Canary by Jane Louise Curry 1020L, set in 1600s London
Call me Francis Tucket by Gary Paulsen 1050L, set in the Wild West
Cezanne Pinto by Mary Stolz, Civil War, 1020L (Middle Grades)
Dawson's Down (Tales of the RAF) by Don Patterson, WWII, 990L
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis 1070L, Newbery Honor Book, a Canadian town
in the 1840s settled by escaped American slaves
Fighter Escort (Tales of the RAF) by Don Patterson, WWII, 990L
Frenchtown Summer by Robert Cormier 1380L (Young Adult)
Incident at Hawk's Hill by Allan W. Eckert 1200L
King of Shadows by Susan Cooper 1010L
Lady Grace mysteries (time of Queen Elizabeth I) by Grace Cavendish (books in series
include: Assassin 910L, Betrayal 910L, Conspiracy 980L, Feud 960L)
Listening for the Crack of Dawn by Donald D. Davis (North Carolina, 50s) 1060L
The Midwife's Apprentice by K. Cushman 1240L
Montmorency : Thief, Liar, Gentleman? by Eleanor Update 1100L
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain, Middle Ages 1170L
Return to Hawk's Hill by Allan W. Eckert 1230L
Royal Diaries: Anacaona, Golden Flower: Haiti 1940 by Edwidge Danticat 1080L
Royal Diaries: Elisabeth, The Princess Bride by Barry Denenberg 1150L
Royal Diaries: Lady of Palenque, Flower of Bacal by Anna Kirwan by 1070L
Royal Diaries: Weetamoo, Heart of the Poassets by Patricia Clark Smith
Scramble by Don Patterson, WWII in England 1040L
The Shining Company by Rosemary Sutcliff - Middle Ages 1240L
Soldier's Heart: a story of the Civil War by Gary Paulsen 1000L (Young Adult)
Sword Song by Rosemary Sutcliff (Vikings) 1210L (Young Adult gr 7 and up)
Tropical Secrets : Holocaust refugees in Cuba by Margarita Engle 1170L
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield 1000L
Victory by Susan Cooper 1010L
The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed by Heather Vogel Frederick 1020L
War Horse by 1010L
The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis 1000L
Where the Broken Heart Still Beats by Carolyn Meyer 1000L
Wicked Will 990L (Shakespearean England - 16th century)
Fantasy/Adventure:
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The Boggart by Susan Cooper 1030L
The Boggart and the Monster by Susan Cooper 1020L
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini 1050L
Capt. Hook : the adventures of a notorious youth by J. V. Hart 1020L
Cats of the Clans by Erin Hunter 1120L
Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley 1230L
Fly Trap by Frances Hardinge 1000L
Golden & Grey : an unremarkable boy and a rather remarkable ghost by Louise Arnold 1000L
Hatching magic by Ann Downer 1080L
Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley 1120L
The H.I.V.E. series by Mark Walden
o Higher Institute of Villainous Education 1040L
o The Overlord Protocol 1010L
The Heroic misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III series by Cresside Cowell
o How to be a pirate 990L
o How to cheat a dragon's curse 1040L
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o How to speak dragonese 980L
o How to train your dragon 990L
o How to twist a dragon's tale 1070L
Hugo Pepper by Paul Stewart 1110L
Incredible Journey by Carl Burger 1320L
Larklight, or, The revenge of the white spiders! by Philip Reeve 1170L
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography - 1270L
Little Cricket by Jackie Brown 1010L
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic by Betty MacDonald 1070L
Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood, Book 1 of Incorrigible children of Ashton Place 1000L
Orphan of Awkward Falls by Keith Grave 950L
Pure Dead series by Debi Gliori
o Pure Dead Batty 1090L
o Pure Dead Brilliant 1110L
o Pure Dead Magic 920L
o Pure Dead Trouble 1110L
o Pure Dead Wicked 1020L
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley 1210L (Young Adults, gr. 6 to 10)
Savvy by Ingrid Law 1070L
Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (books range from 1010 to 1370)
Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage
o Flyte 950L
o Physik 1030L
o Queste 940L
o Syren 960L
Sword Song by Rosemary Sutcliff 1240L (Young Adult)
Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling 1290L (short story collection)
Thirteenth Child: Frontier Magic, Book 1 by Patricia C. Wrede 1010L (Young Adult)
Tunnels by Roderick Gordon 990L
Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric Kelly 1200
The Rifle by Gary Paulsen 1480L (Young Adult)
Unlikely Exploits: The Fall of Fergal by Philip Ardagh 1090L
Unlikely Exploits: Heir of Mystery, or, Four legs good by Philip Ardagh 1060L
Wizardology : the book of the secrets of Merlin by Dugald A. Steer, 1180L
Science Fiction:
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Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Addams 1080L (Young Adult)
Podkayne of Mars by Robert Heinlein 1050L (Young Adult)
The Seems: Glitch in Sleep by John Hulme and Michael Wexler 1060L
The Seems: Split Second by John Hulme and Michael Wexler 1030L (on order)
Mystery:
The Enola Holmes series by Nancy Springer, about Sherlock Holmes’ younger sister:
 The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets by Nancy Springer 1080L
 The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer 1020L
 The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer 1020L
 The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan by Nancy Springer 1100L
Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator series by Jennifer Allison, grades 4-7
 Gilda Joyce: the Dead Drop 960L
 Gilda Joyce: the Bones of the Holy 880L
 Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator 1000L
 Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake 1000L
 Gilda Joyce: the Ghost Sonata 990L
Realistic/Contemporary fiction:
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39 Clues: Black Book of Buried Secrets by Mallory Cass 1010L
100 Days and 99 Nights by Alan Madison 970L (Lower Grades)
All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall 1000L [Fantasy]
Abigail Iris : The One and Only by Lisa Glatt and Suzanne Greenberg 1040L
The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson 1020L
Brian's Hunt by Gary Paulsen 1180L (Young Adult)
Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen 1140L
Clarice Bean Spells Trouble by Lauren Child 1040L
Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now by Lauren Child 1120L
The Crossing by Gary Paulsen (Young Adult) 1150L
Dancing Carl by Gary Paulsen 1150L
Dear Dumb Diary series of books by Jaimie Kelly 940L to 1120L
Do the Math: the writing on the wall by Wendy Lichtman 1050L (Young Adult)
Do the Math: secrets, lies, and algebra by Wendy Lichtman 1050L (Young Adult)
Downsiders by Neal Shusterman 1110L (Young Adult)
The Foxman by Gary Paulsen 1090L
Harris and me : a summer remembered by Gary Paulsen 1060L
The Island by Gary Paulsen 1050L (Young Adult)
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 1020L
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron 1010L
A Horse of her Own by Annie Wedekind 1040L
Milo : sticky notes and brain freeze written and illustrated by Alan Silberberg 1180L
Nicholas by Rene Goscinny 1070L
Mr. Wellington by Robert Andrew Parker 1010L
The Night the White Deer Died by Gary Paulsen 1250L
Nim's Island by Wendy Orr 1000L
Pieces of Georgia by Jen Bryant 1160L (Young Adult)
The Pirates of Turtle Rock by Richard W. Jennings 1210L (Young Adult)
Saving Shiloh by Reynolds 1030L
The Secret Twin by Denise Gosliner Orenstein 1050L (Young Adult)
Tracker by Gary Paulsen 1010L
The Trap by John Smelcer 1100L (Young Adult)
Treasures of Weatherby by Zilpha Keatley Snyder 1060L
Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt 1130L (Newbery Medal winner)
The Vacation by Polly Horvath 1040L
The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen 1170L
Woodsong by Gary Paulsen 1090L
Classic Children's Literature:
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Birds' Christmas Carol by K. Wiggin 1200L
Just So Stories (Books 1 & 2) - R. Kipling 1060L
Hans Brinker, or, The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge 1020L
Call of the Wild by Jack London 1120L
Hitty by R. Field 1180L
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 1300L (also from Alcott: Little Men 1260; Jo's Boys 1210;
Eight Cousins 1260; An Old Fashioned Girl 1290)
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain 1170L
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by K. Wiggin 1190L
Swiss Family Robinson by J. Wyss 1260L
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 1070L
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by J. Verne 1030L
Wind In the Willows by K. Grahame 1140L
1984 by George Orwell 1090L
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 1100L (Young Adult)
Mutiny on the Bounty 1080L (Young Adult)
Biographies:
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Abraham Lincoln and the second American Revolution by James M. McPherson 1430L
Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy, biography of Robert Louis Stevenson,
1180L
All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot, autobiography, 1070L
Every Living Thing by James Herriot, autobiography, 1000L
A girl named Faithful Plum : the true story of a dancer from China and how she achieved her
dream by Richard Bernstein Biography, 1080L
Lincoln, in his Own Words edited by Milton Meltzer 1140L
Lives of the Musicians : Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought) by
Kathleen Krull 1010L (Grades 3-6)
Lives of the Writers : Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen
Krull 1070L (Grades 3-6)
Longitude : the True Story of a Lone Genius who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his
Time by Dava Sobel 1360L (Upper Grades)
Make Way for Sam Houston, 1010L
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president of the United States, 1060L
A Young Patriot : the American Revolution as Experienced by one Boy by Jim Murphy 1140L
(grades 5 to 8)
Zora : The Life of Zora Neale Hurston by Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin
1110L (grade 4-8)
Other Non-Fiction Books (book-length):
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1776 by David McCullough 1300L (Upper Grades)
Black Indians : a Hidden Heritage by William Loren Katz 1130L (Grades 6 and up)
The Cat Who Came For Christmas Cleveland Amory 1230L
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun by Rhoda Blumberg 1070L
Four Days to Glory : Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland by Mark Kreidler
1180L (Upper Grades)
Ghost liners : exploring the world's greatest lost ships by Robert D. Ballard, 1100L
Guinea Pig Scientists : Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine by Leslie
Dendy 1100L
The Endurance : Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander 1180L
(Upper Grades)
I'll Pass for your Comrade : Women Soldiers in the Civil War by Anita Silvey 1130L
Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis by Peter Nelson
1260L (Upper Grades)
Lincoln's Flying Spies : Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War Balloon Corps by Gail Jarrow, 1060L
Moonbird : A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose, 1150L
My Dog Skip by Willie Morris 1380L (Upper Grades)
Of Wolves and Men by Barry Lopez 1280L (Upper Grades)
People Who Care by Michael Pollard 1040L
The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party by Marian Calabro. 1020L
Ship by David Macaulay 1250L
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World : the Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the
Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong 1090L (Young Adult)
A Short Walk around the Pyramids & Through the World of Art 1110L (Grades 5-8)
T. Rex and the Crater of Doom by Walter Alvarez 1380L (Upper Grades)
Trapped : how the world rescued 33 miners from 2,000 feet below the Chilean desert by Marc
Aronson 1070L
The Witchcraft of Salem Village by Shirley Jackson 1150L