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Entering
3rd Grade |
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Nim's Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . Wendy Orr |
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Nim
at Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . Wendy Orr |
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Stone Fox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . John Reynolds Gardiner |
| Sarah,
Plain and Tall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. Patricia MacLachlan |
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Entering
4th Grade |
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The Lemonade War
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jacqueline Davis |
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The
Story of Doctor Dolittle . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . Hugh Lofting |
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7 Professors of the Far North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . John Fardell |
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*sequel
Flight of the Silver Turtle |
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The Extraordinary Adventures of
Ordinary Boy: The Hero Revealed
. . . . William Boniface |
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*sequel
The Return of Meteor Boy? |
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Entering
5th Grade |
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Mrs.
Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
. . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert
C. O'Brien |
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Chasing the Falconers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Korman |
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*On the Run Series |
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Beasts of
Clawstone Castle
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eva Ibbotson |
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The
Willoughbys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . Lois Lowry |
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Entering
6th Grade |
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The
Time Travelers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Linda Buckley-Archer |
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*sequels The Time Thief and
The Tar Man |
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Things
Not Seen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . Andrew Clements |
| *sequel
Things Hoped For |
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Peter
and the Star Catchers
. . . . . . Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson |
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*sequels Peter and the Shadow
Thieves and
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon |
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Silverwing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . Kenneth Oppel |
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* sequels Sunwing
and Firewing |
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Entering
7th Grade |
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Sea of Trolls. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy Farmer |
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Hope
Was Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . .Joan Bauer |
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Black Duck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . Janet Taylor Lisle
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Mister
Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . Garth Nix
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Entering
8th Grade |
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The Alchemyst . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Scott |
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The
Hounds of Baskerville . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Rules
of the Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. . . . . . Joan Bauer
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*sequel Best Foot Forward |
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Airborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . Kenneth Oppel
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*sequel Skybreaker |
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Twilight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . Stephanie Meyer |