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Ages 7-8
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Cam Jansen and the Birthday Mystery
by David A. Adler
Average
Freckle Juice
by Judy Blume
Average
Fudge-A-Mania
by Judy Blume
Average
How I Spent My Summer Vacation Easy Reading
 
Fantasy
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Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
by Eoin Colfer
Challenging
Carnival at Candlelight
by Mary Pope Osborne
Easy Reading
Catwings
by Ursula LeGuin
Easy Reading
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by Rowling, J. K.
Challenging
The Hat
by Jan Brett
Average
The Mitten
by Jan Brett
Average
Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
Challenging
 
Fiction
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Harriet the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh
Average
Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
Challenging
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
Average
Loser
by Jerry Spinelli
Challenging
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
by Robert C. Obrien
Average
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
by Beverly Cleary
Average
Sarah, Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLachlan
Average
Stone Soup
by Ann McGovern
Easy Reading
Stuart Little
by E.B. White
Challenging
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
by William Steig
Easy Reading
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
by Judy Bloom
Average
 
Maud Hart Lovelace Contest '08
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Ruby Holler
by Creech, Sharon
Challenging
 
Newbery Award Winners
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Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
Challenging
Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
Challenging
 
Realistic Fiction
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
by Beverly Cleary
Average
Frindle
by Andrew Clements
Challenging
Junie B. Jones
by Barbara Park
Easy Reading
 
Caldecott Award Winners
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Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
by Leo and Diane Dillon
Challenging
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
Easy Reading
 
Fantasy Fiction
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A Series of Unfortunate Events
by Lemony Snicket
Challenging
My Father's Dragon
by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Average
The Witches
by Roald Dahl
Challenging
 
Historical Fiction
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Heroes Don't Run
by Harry Mazer
Challenging
 
Books we have read in class
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Easy Reading
Jumanji
by Chris Van Allsburg
Easy Reading
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
by Louis Sachar
Average
The Kissing Hand
by Audrey Penn
Easy Reading
The Little Red Hen Easy Reading
The Mixed Up Chameleon
by Eric Carle
Easy Reading
The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
Average
 
Humor
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Horrible Harry and the Goog
by Suzy Kline
Easy Reading
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
by Laura Numeroff
Easy Reading
Judy Moody Declares Independence
by Megan McDonald
Easy Reading
Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha!
by Barbara Park
Easy Reading
 
Realistic Fiction
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Because of Winn Dixie
by Kate DeCamillo
Average
Little House on the Prairie
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Average
 
Animal Stories
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Shiloh
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Challenging
White Star: A Dog on the Titanic
by Marty Crisp
Average
 
Folktales, Fairy Tales & Multicultural
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters Average
The Stinky Cheese Man
by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith
Average
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Easy Reading
 
Books Made Into Movies
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Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
Challenging
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
Challenging
Harry Potter
by J.K. Rowling
Challenging
Holes
by Louis Sachar
Challenging
The Spiderwick Chronicles
by Tony DiTerlizzi
Challenging
 
Family Stories
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Missing May
by Clynthia Rylant
Average
Surviving the Applewhites
by Stephanie Tolan
Challenging
 
Historical Fiction
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The Watsons Go To Birmingham, 1963
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Challenging
 
Mystery
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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog
by Donald Sobol
Average
Horrible Harry and the locked Closet
by Suzy Kline
Easy Reading
 
Picture Books
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Brown Bear Brown Bear
by Eric Carle
Easy Reading
Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type
by Doreen Cronin
Average
Corduroy
by Don Freeman
Easy Reading
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Easy Reading
Frankilin Goes to School
by Constance W. McGeorge
Easy Reading
Frog and Toad are Friends
by Arnold Lobel
Easy Reading
Mr. Peabody's Apples
by Madonna
Average
The English Roses
by Madonna
Average
Today is Monday
by Eric Carle
Easy Reading
 
Poetry
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
by Shel Silverstein
Average
 


Mrs. Chastain's 2nd Grade
St. Barnabas
8300 Rahke Road
Indianapolis, IN 46217