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InterestLevels:Y=5th8thYA=7th&up

Adventure/Survival

Dumas,Alexandre. TheCountofMonteCristo.

Dumas,Alexandre. TheThreeMusketeers.

Golding,William.
LordoftheFlies.

Hemingway,Ernest. TheOldManandtheSea.

Homer.

Iliad.

Homer.

Odyssey.

Martel,Yann.
LifeofPi.

Mowat,Farley.
NeverCryWolf.

Paulsen,Gary.
Hatchet.

Stevenson,RobertLouis.TreasureIsland.

Twain,Mark.
TheAdventuresofTomSawyer.

Animals

Adams,Richard.
WatershipDown.

Dickinson,Peter.
Eva.

Gipson,Fred.
OldYeller.

Herriot,James.
AllCreaturesGreatandSmall.

Hiaasen,Carl.
Flush.

London,Jack.
CalloftheWild.

London,Jack.
WhiteFang.

Sewell,Anna.
BlackBeauty.

Biography

Albom,Mitch.
TuesdayswithMorrie.

Asgedom,Mawi.
OfBeetlesandAngels.

Beals,Melba.
WarriorsDontCry.

Douglass,Frederick. NarrativeoftheLifeofFrederickDouglas.
Freedman,Russell.
Any
Freedman,Russell.
Lincoln:APhotobiography.

Hickam,Homer.
OctoberSky.

FarewelltoManzanar.

Houston,JeanneW.
Beah,Ishmael.
ALongWayGone.

Jian,JiLi.

RedScarfGirl.

Mah,AdelineYen.
ChineseCinderella.

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YA
YA
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Y
Y
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A
YA

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A
YA
A
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YA

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Fantasy/Supernatural

Adams,Douglas.
TheHitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxy.
Alexander,Lloyd.
TheBookofThree.(ChroniclesofPrydain)
Carroll,Lewis.
Alice'sAdventuresinWonderland.

Carroll,Lewis.
ThroughtheLookingGlass.

Chabon,Michael.
Summerland.

Colfer,Eoin.
ArtemisFowl.(series)

Dickens,Charles.
AChristmasCarol.

Gaiman,Neil.
Coraline.

Gaiman,Neil.
TheGraveyardBook.

Goldman,William.
ThePrincessBride.

James,Henry.
TheTurnoftheScrew.

LEngle,Madeline.
AWrinkleinTime.

Lewis,C.S.

TheLion,theWitchandtheWardrobe.

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Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
YA
Y
YA
YA
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Y

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770
940
890
950
600
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740
820
870
1140
740
940

McCaughrean,Geraldine.TheStonesareHatching.

Y
Ness,Patrick.
KnifeofNeverLettingGo.(ChaosWalkingseries) YA
Nix,Garth.

TheFall.(SeventhTowerseries)

Y
Paolini,Christopher. Eragon.(Inheritanceseries)

YA

Y
Pierce,Tamora.
TrickstersChoice.(Tricksterseries)
Pullman,Philip.
TheGoldenCompass.(HisDarkMaterialstrilogy) Y
Riordan,Rick.
LightningThief.(PercyJacksonandtheOlympians) Y
Rowling,J.K.
HarryPotterandtheSorcerersStone.(series) Y
Tolkien,J.R.R.
TheHobbit:or,ThereandBackAgain.
YA
Tolkien,J.R.R.
TheFellowshipoftheRing.(LordoftheRings)
YA
Westerfeld,Scott.
Peeps.

YA
Westerfeld,Scott.
Uglies.(series)

YA
Wilde,Oscar.
TheCantervilleGhost.

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770

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HistoricalFiction

Auch,MaryJane.
OneHandedCatch.

Bruchac,Joseph.
CodeTalkers.

Burnett,FrancesH.
TheSecretGarden.

Cather,Willa.
MyAntonia.

Chotjewitz,David.
DanielHalfHumanandtheGoodNazi.
Curtis,ChristopherPaul.TheWatsonsGotoBirmingham,1963.
Dickens,Charles.
ATaleofTwoCities.

Hawthorne,Nathaniel. ScarletLetter.

Kidd,SueMonk.
SecretLifeofBees.

Heaney,Seamus.
Beowulf.

Montgomery,L.M.
AnneofGreenGables.(series)
Richter,Conrad.
TheLightintheForest.

Richter,Conrad.
TheTrees.(AwakeningLandseries)
Smith,Betty.
ATreeGrowsinBrooklyn.

Taylor,Theodore.
TheBomb.

Uchida,Yoshiko.
JourneytoTopaz.

Zusak,Marcus.
TheBookThief.

Nonfiction

Blanco,Jodee.
PleaseStopLaughingatMe.
Calloway,ColinG.
TheScratchofaPen:1763andthe

TransformationofNorthAmerica.
Gladwell,Malcolm. Blink.

Gladwell,Malcolm. Outliers.

Gladwell,Malcolm. TippingPoint.

Hersey,John.
Hiroshima.

Kotlowitz,Alex.
ThereAreNoChildrenHere.

Levitt,StevenD.
Freakonomics.

Schlosser,Eric.
ChewonThis.

Schlosser,Eric.
FastFoodNation.

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Lexile Parentok

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Y
Y
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YA
Y
YA
YA
A
YA
Y
Y
A
YA
Y
Y
YA

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910
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1340
840
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A
A
A
A
A
A
YA
A

750
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1110
1240

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Plays

Shakespeare,William. Hamlet.

Shakespeare,William. JuliusCaesar.

Shakespeare,William. Macbeth.

Shakespeare,William. AMidsummerNightsDream.

Shakespeare,William. RomeoandJuliet.

Wilde,Oscar.
TheImportanceofBeingEarnest.

RealisticFiction

Albom,Mitch.
TheFivePeopleYouMeetinHeaven.
Albom,Mitch.
ForOneMoreDay.

Alcott,LouisaMay. LittleWomen.

Austen,Jane.
Any.
Austen,Jane.
PrideandPrejudice.

Anderson,LaurieHalse.Speak.

Bronte,Charlotte.
JaneEyre.

Bronte,Emily.
WutheringHeights.

Cisneros,Sandra.
HouseonMangoStreet.

Cormier,Robert.
TheChocolateWar.

Cormier,Robert.
IamtheCheese.

Creech,Sharon.
LoveThatDog.

Creech,Sharon.
WalkTwoMoons.

Cummings,Priscilla. RedKayak.

Dickens,Charles.
GreatExpectations.

Dickens,Charles.
OliverTwist.

Fitzgerald,F.Scott.
TheGreatGatsby.

Forman,Gayle.
IfIStay.

Lord,BetteBao.
IntheYearoftheBoarandJackieRobinson.
Hinton,S.E.
TheOutsiders.

Lupica,Mike.
Heat.orany

Mikaelsen,Ben.
Petey.

OBrien,Tim.
TheThingsTheyCarried.

Sherman,Alexie.
AbsolutelyTrueStoryofaPartTimeIndian.
Sonnenblick,Jordan. Drums,Girls,andDangerousPie.

Sonnenblick,Jordan. NotesFromtheMidnightDriver.

Sonnenblick,Jordan. ZenandtheArtofFakingIt.

Spinelli,Jerry.
Stargirl.

Tan,Amy.

JoyLuckClub.

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Lexile Parentok

YA
YA
YA
YA
YA
YA

1390
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1350
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A
Y

780
na
790

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YA
YA
YA
A
YA
YA
Y
Y
Y
YA
A
A
YA
Y
YA
Y
Y
A
YA
Y
YA
Y
Y
YA

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Interest

ScienceFiction

Boulle,Pierre.
PlanetoftheApes.

Bradbury,Ray.
Fahrenheit451.

YA

Bradbury,Ray.
TheIllustratedMan.

YA

Bradbury,Ray.
TheMartianChronicles.

YA

Card,OrsonScott.
EndersGame.

YA

Christopher,John.
TheWhiteMountains.(Tripodstrilogy)
Y

YA

Collins,Suzanne.
TheHungerGames.(series)
Clarke,ArthurC.
ChildhoodsEnd.

YA

Crichton,Michael.
TheAndromedaStrain.

YA

Crichton,Michael.
JurassicPark.

YA

Dashner,James.
TheMazeRunner.(MazeRunnertrilogy)
YA

Haddix,MargaretPeterson.Found.(TheMissingseries)

Huxley,Aldous.
BraveNewWorld.

YA

Lowry,Lois.
TheGiver.

Orwell,George.
1984.

YA

Vonnegut,Kurt.
SlaughterhouseFive.

Pfeffer,SusanBeth. LifeAsWeKnewIt.

YA

Wells,H.G.

TheTimeMachine.

YA

Wells,H.G.

TheWaroftheWorlds.

YA

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Lexiles

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