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Historical Fiction: Old Hickory: Andrew Jackson and the American
People by Albert Marrin, Shackleton’s Stowaway by Victoria McKernan, The Totally Made-Up Civil War Diary of Amanda MacLeish by Claudia Mills, Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis*, The Watsons Go to Birmingham –1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis *, Eleanor Roosevelt :A Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman, Number the Stars by Lois Lowry @, Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder *%, Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan, Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare, Behind the Mask: Queen Elizabeth I by Jane Resh Thomas, Journey to America by Sonia Levitin, Pollyanna by Jean Stratton Porter
Realistic Fiction: Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about
Brain Science by John Fleischman, The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: by Jeff Kinney %, Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lundgren*%, The View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg *, Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary *%, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume *%, How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell, Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh, Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery @, Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne, Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers%*
Science Fiction/ Fantasy: The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, The Runaway Dolls by Ann M. Martin, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson *, Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, The BFG by Roald Dahl *%, The Borrowers by Mary Norton *, Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Justin *, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle *, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt *, The Indian In the Cupboard by Lynn Reid Banks. *, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett *, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien*@, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Mystery/Secret Agent Fiction: Alex Rider Adventures series by Anthony Horowitz, The Calder Game by Blue Balliett, Starcross – A Stirring Adventure of Spies, Time Travel and Curious Hats by Philip Reeve, Akiko series by Mark Crilley , From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E.L. Konigsburg, The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright, Five Children and It by E. Nesbit, Ronia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lundgren@, The Westing Game by Ellen Rasking@
Sports Fiction: The Boy Who Saved Baseballby John H. Ritter *, Gold Dust by Chris Lynch, The Trading Game by Alfred Slot, Hoops by Robert Burleigh, The ScreechOwn Series by Roy MacGregor
Misc. Fiction: The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo*, Holes by Louis Sachar*, Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech*, Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls *@, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White *%, Freaky Friday by Mary Rogers, Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford, Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli, Stuart Little by E. B. White%
Non-fiction: An Extraordinary Life: The Story of the Monarch Butterfly by Laurence Pringle, And Then There Was One: The Mysteries of Extinction by Margery Facklam, Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet, Inside the Whale: And Other Animals by Steve Parker, Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (And What the Neighbors Thought by Kathleen Krull
