Read Across America is a literary tour of the United States of America. 50 states, 50 books! After a student reads a book, he or she will fill in this FORM . I will honor the student on this page. We can do it! I will work on making these books a part of my classroom library. The first number beside each book is the grade level of the book. The number in parenthesis is the interest level.
Alabama
I Am Rosa Parks by Rosa Parks 3.4 (3-5)
Forever Amber Brown by Paula Danzinger 4.2 (2-4)
Helen Keller: From Tragedy to Triumph by Katharine E. Wilkie 4.3 (3-5)
The Forty Acre Swindle by Dave Jackson 5.0
Run Away Home by Patricia McKissack 5.9 (3-5)
Alaska
Kiana's Iditarod by Shelley Gill 4.0
Child of the Wolves by Elizabeth Hall 4.8 (3-5)
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George 5.6 (4-6)
Arizona
Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles 3.2 (3-5)
As the Crow Flies by Elizabeth Winthrop 3.4
Tarantula Shoes by Tom Birdseye 4.3 (3-5)
Saguaro Cactus by Paul Berquist 4.9 (3-5)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry 5.8 (3-5)
Arkansas
Cracking the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine by Eileen Lucas 3.5 (3-5)
Only the Names Remain: The Cherokee and the Trail of Tears by Alex W. Bealer 4.9 (3-5)
Buckaroo by Betty Traylor 5.5
Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuven 6.1 (3-5)
California
Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret 4.2 (3-5)
Colorado
In Search of the Grand Canyon by Mary Anne Fraser 5.9 (3-5)
The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr 4.8 (4-7)
PrairieSchool by Lois Lenski 4.5
Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Arizona by Caroline Arnold 6.3 (3-5)
Connecticut
Windcatcher by Avi 5.3 (3-5)
26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola 3.8 (3-5)
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh 4.4 (3-5)
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg 6.8 (3-7)
McBroom Tells the Truth by Sid Fleishman 3.9 (3-5)
Delaware
Red Bird by Barbara Mitchell 3.5 (3-5)
District of Columbia
Saving Grace by Patricia Cummings 5.2 (3-5)
Nightwalkers by Judy K. Morris 4.8 (3-5)
Florida
Panther Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner 3.4 (3-5)
Stealing Home by Mary Stolz 5.5 (3-5)
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo 4.1 (4-6)
The Missing ‘Gator of Gumbo Limbo by Jean Craighead George 5.7 (3-5)
Georgia
Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain by Robert Burch 5.9 (3-5)
Only the Names Remain: the Cherokee and the Trail of Tears by Alex W. Bealer 4.9 (3-5)
Hook Moon Night: Spooky Tales From the GeorgiaMountains by Faye Gibbons 4.0 (3-5)
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor is Burning: A Story of WW II by Kathleen Kudlinkski 4.8 (3-5)
The Broccoli Tapes by Jan Slepian 6.7 (4-6)
The USS Arizona by Conrad Stein 5.8 (3-5)
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech 6.0 (4-7)
The Case of the Missing Cutthroats: An Eco Mystery by Jean Craighead George 3.5 (3-5)
The Eagle and the River by Charles Craighead 4.0
Jenny of the Tetons by Kristiana Gregory 5.3 (4-7)
Illinois
Lincoln, a Photo Biography by Russell Freedman 6.5
The Great Fire by Jim Murphy 6.9 (4-7)
Michael Jordan: Star Guard by Ron Knapp 4.0
Indiana
Julie Meyer by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler 4.0
The Floating House by Scott R. Sanders
A Place Called Freedom by Scott Russell Sanders 4.8 (3-5)
Iowa
McBroom Tells The Truth by Sid Fleischmann 3.9 (3-5)
Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend by Robert D, San Souci 5.9 (3-5)
Kate Shelley and The Midnight Express by Wetterer 3.3 (3-5)
Ghost of Lizard Light by Elvira, Woodruff & Elaine Clayton 5.1 (3-5)
Mystery of Pony Hollow by Lynn Hall 4.6 (3-5)
Kansas
Going West by Nancy Van Leeuwen 4.5
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.3 (3-5)
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia Maclachian 4.2 (4-6)
Kentucky
Daniel Boone by James Daugherty 7.5
Daniel Boone: Pioneer Trailblazer by Jim Hargrove 5.0
Tarantula Shoes by Tom Birdseye 4.3 (3-5)
Louisiana
BlackwaterSwamp by Bill Wallace 4.9 (3-5)
The Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman 4.8 (4-7)
Maine
Fudge-A-Mania by Judy Blume 4.4 (3-5)
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare 5.7 (3-5)
Maryland
By Dawn's Early Light by Steven Kroll 3.7 (3-5)
Count Me In by Cal Ripken 4.0
Jacob Have I Learned by Katherine Paterson 5.0
Anna All Year Around by Mary Downing Hahn 4.1 (3-5)
A String of Chances by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 5.0
The Fox Hunt Mystery: Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
Massachusetts
Night Raiders Along the Cape by John Waters
She’s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head by Kathryn Lasky 4.8 (3-5)
The First Thanksgiving by Jean Craighead George 5.9 (3-5)
Who’s That Stepping On Plymouth Rock? by Jean Fritz 4.2 (1-6)
Michigan
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Curtis 5.2 (5-7)
Yolanda’s Genius by Carol Fenner 4.3
Keeper of the Light by Patricia Pfitsch 4.8 (3-5)
My Ol’ Man by Patricia Polacco 3.5 (3-5)
Minnesota
Tracker by Gary Paulsen 6.5 (3-5)
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder 5.2 (3-5)
Betsy-Tacy by Maud Lovelace 4.2 (3-5)
Kirsten: An American Girl Books by Janet Shaw 4.0
Mississippi
Vicksburg Veteran by F. N. Monjo
MississippiBridge by Mildred D. Taylor 5.9 (3-5)
The Well: David’s Story by Mildred Taylor
The Friendship by Mildred D. Taylor 5.1 (3-5)
The Haunted Cabin Mystery: Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner 3.8 (3-5)
Missouri
George Washington Carver by Lois Nicholson
On My Way Home by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Story of Sacajawea: Guide to Lewis and Clark by Della Rowland 5.2 (3-5)
The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr 4.8 (4-7)
Montana
It Is a Good Day to Die by Herman Viola
Nebraska
Native American Doctor by Jeri Ferris 5.9 (3-5)
Dandelions by Eve Bunting 3.1 (3-5)
Gratefully Yours by Jane Buchanan 5.5 (3-5)
Prairie Songs by Pam Conrad 5.2 (3-5)
My Daniel by Pam Conrad 6.1 (3-5)
Nevada
Sarah Winnemucca by Mary Frances Morrow
Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan 4.8 (3-6)
Cowboy Country by Ann Herbert Scott 4.9 (3-5)
Alice Rose and Sam by Kathryn Lasky 4.9 (3-5)
Chico and Dan by Harold Keith 4.0
New Hampshire
Bear That Heard Crying by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock 4.2 (3-5)
Miss Hickory by Carolyn Bailey 5.2 (3-5)
New Jersey
Battle of Trenton by Martin McPhillips
Thank You, Jackie Robinson by Barbara Cohen 6.5 (3-5)
The Battlefield Ghost by Margery Cuyler 3.7 (3-5)
Henry Reed, Inc. by Keith Robertson 5.7 (3-5)
Henry Reed’s Baby-Sitting Service by Keith Robertson 5.5 (3-5)
Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid by Walter Dean Myers 3.5 (3-5)
Fighting Ground by Avi 6.4 (3-5)
George Washington's Socks by Elvira Wooddruff 5.9 (4-7)
New Mexico
Cowboys by Joan Anderson 5.9 (4-6)
Watch Out for Clever Women/Cuidado Con Las Mujeres Astutas: Hispanic Folktales by Joe Hayes 5.0
Carlsbad Caverns by Lewann Sotnak
Sing Down the Moon by Scott O’Dell 5.3
Josefina: an American Girl by Valerie Tripp 4.7 (3-5)
New York
How Pizza Came to Queens by Dayal Khalsa 4.0
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigburg 6.8 (3-7)
Hessian's Secret Diary by Lisa Banim 4.1 (3-5)
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume 4.9 (4-6)
Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein by Johanna Hurwitz 4.1 (3-5)
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden 5.9 (4-6)
When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest 3.5 (3-5)
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds 5.7 (3-5)
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.3 (3-5)
Hattie and the Wild Waves by Barbara Cooney 4.4 (3-5)
North Carolina
The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane by Russell Freedman 6.9 (4-12)
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston 3.8 (3-5)
Meet Addy: an American Girl by Connie Porter 5.1 (3-5)
Michael Jordan: Star Guard by Ron Knapp
Back Home by Gloria Jean Pinkney 5.4 (3-5)
North Dakota
Edge of Nowhere by Lucy Sypher
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder 5.5 (4-6)
Sitting Bull by Herman Viola
Black-Eyed Susan by Jennifer Armstrong 5.6 (3-5)
Ohio
John Glenn by Paul Westman
Wild Willie and King Kyle Detectives by Barbara M. Joose 3.3 (3-5)
Lentil by Robert McClosky 3.8 (3-5)
The House of Dies Drear by Eros Keith, VirginiaHamilton 5.9 (3-5)
Oklahoma
Where the Red Fern Grows by Winston Rawls 6.4 (4-6)
Red-Dirt Jessie by Anna Myers 5.7 (3-5)
Oregon
Summer Discovery by Drew Carson 4.0
Trouble for Lucy by Carla Stevens 4.5 (3-5)
The Barn by Avi 5.8 (4-7)
Wagon Train 911 by Jamie Gilson 4.2 (3-5)
Pennsylvania
Autumn Street by Lois Lowry 5.6 (4-7)
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 5.4 (4-8)
Knots in My Yo-Yo String by Jerry Spinelli 5.4 (3-5)
The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz 4.8 (3-5)
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz 4.6 (4-6)
The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous 3.5 (3-5)
Rhode Island
Something Upstairs by Avi 5.1 (4-7)
Chicken Run by Ellen Weiss
South Carolina
The Hurricane Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner 3.6 (3-5)
The Secret of Gumbo Grove by Eleanora E. Tate 5.2 (3-5)
The Keeping Room by Anna Myers 5.9 (3-5)
South Dakota
The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder 5.3 (3-5)
Grasshopper Summer by Ann Turner 5.2 (3-5)
A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull by Joseph Bruchac 4.3 (K-5)
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.4 (3-5)
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.9 (3-5)
Tennessee
The Cuckoo’s Child by Suzanne Freeman
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs 5.3 (3-5)
Tennessee Trailblazers by Patricia and Frederick McKissack 5.7 (3-5)
Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull 4.8 (3-5)
Texas
Hank, the Cow Dog by John Erickson 3.5 (3-5)
The White Stallion by Elizabeth Shub 3.1 (3-5)
Utah
The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald 4.8 (3-5)
The Great Brain at the Academy by John D. Fitzgerald 5.2 (3-5)
Vermont
Soup by Robert Newton Peck 5.9 (3-5)
The Night the Bells Rang by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock 5.6 (3-5)
Soup and Me by Robert Newton Peck 5.1 (3-5)
Soup for President by Robert Newton Peck 5.5 (3-5)
Soup’s Hoop by Robert Newton Peck 5.9 (3-5)
The Canada Geese Quilt by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock 4.7 (3-5)
Virginia
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 6.1 (4-7)
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry 5.8 (3-5)
George Washington’s Breakfast by Jean Fritz 4.2 (3-5)
Felicity: an American Girl by Valerie Tripp 5.2 (3-5)
Washington
Turtle People by Brenda Guiberson 4.0
Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mt.St. Helens by Patricia Lauber 4.5 (3-5)
West Virginia
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 5.7 (3-5)
Hound Heaven by Linda Oatman High 4.7 (3-5)
Wisconsin
Protecting Marie by Kevin Henkes 5.1 (3-5)
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura I. Wilder 4.2 (3-7)
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Brink 5.3 (3-5)
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright 4.9 (3-5)
Wyoming
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner 3.2 (4-5)
Red Dog by Bill Wallace 5.2 (4-7)
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