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Star RATING system: Five stars=OUTSTANDING! One star=POOR

This rating system is based on Mrs. Rice's opinion only. For student recommendations, check out NWLMS READS, our new wiki from NWLMS students, for NWLMS students!

If you'd like to find out the titles of other great reads, go to Reading Rants or Bookwink.

Humor
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters by Lesley M. M. Blume		Easy Reading
Out of Patience by Brian Meehl		Average
School Plot by Colin Thompson		Easy Reading
Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli		Easy Reading
Sneaking Suspicions by Coman, Carolyn.		Easy Reading
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron		Easy Reading
Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick		Easy Reading

Historical Fiction
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz		Average
Bound by Donna Jo Napoli		Average
Breath by Donna Jo Napoli		Average
Don't You Know There's a War On? by Avi		Average
Fallout by Trudy Krisher		Average
Fire in the Hills by Donna Jo Napoli		Average
Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris		Challenging
Incantation by Alice Hoffman		Average
Lost in the Labyrinth by Patrice Kindl		Challenging
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm		Average
Stones in Water by Donna Jo Napoli		Average
The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle		Average
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick		Easy Reading

Action/Adventure
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Steel Trapp: The Challenge by Ridley Pearson		Average
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter		Average
The Unnameables by Ellen Boordem		Average

Science Fiction
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix		Average
Harmony by Rita Murphy		Average
Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson		Average
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer		Average
The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep by John Hulme and Michael Wexler		Average
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex		Average
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer		Average
The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride #1) by James Patterson		Average
School's Out--Forever (Maximum Ride #2) by James Patterson		Average
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer		Challenging

Mystery
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan		Easy Reading
The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret		Easy Reading

Fantasy
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin		Average
Flyte by Angie Sage		Easy Reading
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling		Challenging
Henry Fickle and the Secret Laboratory by Michele Mack		Easy Reading
Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson		Average
Magyk by Angie Sage		Easy Reading
Mister Monday by Garth Nix		Challenging
Physik by Angie Sage		Easy Reading
Queste by Angie Sage		Easy Reading
Slaves of the Mastery by William Nicholson		Average
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones		Challenging
The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley		Average
The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley		Average
The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer		Average
The Magic Circle by Donna Jo Napoli		Easy Reading
The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne duPrau		Average
Tree Girl by T. A. Barron		Average
Trickster's Queen by Tamora Pierce		Challenging
Truckers by Terry Pratchett		Easy Reading

Sports Fiction
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
The Outside Groove by Erik E. Esckilsen		Average

Romance
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale		Average
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer		Challenging
The Host by Stephenie Meyer		Challenging
What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones		Easy Reading

Nonfiction
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Tsunami: The True Story of an April Fool's Day Disaster by Gail Langer Karwoski		Average

Horror
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delaney		Easy Reading
Night of the Soul Stealer by Joseph Delaney		Easy Reading
Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney		Easy Reading
Well Witched by Frances Hardinge		Average

Animal Fiction
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Into the Wild by Erin Hunter		Average
Secrets of the Clans by Hunter, Erin.		Easy Reading
The Bravest Thing by Donna Jo Napoli		Easy Reading
The Cat Master by Bonnie Pemberton		Average

Suspense
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Three Days by Donna Jo Napoli		Easy Reading

Realistic Fiction
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Step from Heaven by An Na		Easy Reading
Beauty Shop for Rent...Fully Equipped, Inquire Within by Laura Bowers		Average
Because of Anya by Magaret Peterson Haddix		Easy Reading
Bindi Babes by Narinder Dhami		Average
Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Henkes		Easy Reading
Bollywood Babes by Narinder Dhami		Average
Eggs by Jerry Spinelli		Easy Reading
Everything is fine by Ann Dee Ellis		Easy Reading
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass		Average
Just for You to Know by Cheryl Harness		Average
Mountain Pose by Nancy Wilson		Average
North by Donna Jo Napoli		Average
Saving Grace by Katherine Spencer		Average
So B. It by Sarah Weeks		Easy Reading
Stand Tall by Joan Bauer		Average
Store Bought Baby by Sandra Belton		Easy Reading
The Lucky Place by Vincent, Zu.		Average
Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls		Easy Reading
Where I'd Like to Be by Frances O'Roark Dowell		Average

Older Readers
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean		Challenging
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr		Challenging
Wrecked by E. R. Frank		Average

For Adults
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini		Average
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik		Easy Reading
Lady Luck's Map of Vegas by Barbara Samuel		Average
Red Leaves by Thomas H. Cook		Average
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards		Average
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin		Average
White Oleander by Janet Fitch		Average

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