Title

Author

Classic:

The Secret Garden (GT)

Francis Burnett

Where the Red Fern Grows

Wilson Rawls

Biography:

Anne Hustchinson: Religious Leader (GT) Social Studies (Colonization)

Elizabeth Ilgenfritz

Historical Fiction:

A Lion to Guard Us

Social Studies (Colonization)

Clyde Robert Bulla

Number the Stars

Social Studies (WWII)

Lois Lowry

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry

Social Studies (Civil Rights)

Mildred Taylor

Shades of Grey

Social Studies (Civil War

Carolyn Reeder

My Brother Sam is Dead

Social Studies (Rev. War)

James Collier

Sign Down the Moon

Social Studies (Expansion)

Scott O’Dell

Sign of the Beaver

Social Studies (Colonization)

Elizabeth Speare

Shh….We’re Writing the Constitution

Social Studies (Government)

Jean Fritz

Samuel Eaton’s Day

Social Studies (Colonization)

Kate Waters

Sarah Morton’s Day

Social Studies (Colonization)

Kate Waters

Tapenum’s Day

Social Studies (Colonization)

Kate Waters

Nonfiction:

The Day We Walked on the Moon

Science

George Sullivan

Exploring the Titanic

Science

Dr. Robert Ballard

Ghost Liners Exploring the World’s Greatest Lost Ships

Science

Dr. Robert Ballard

Title

Author

Factual:

Earthquakes

Science

Seymour Simon

Through the Microscope The Body

Science

Lionel Bender

Volcano The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens

Science

Patricia Lauber

Fiction:

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Scott O’Dell

Harry Potter and the Sorceress Stone

J. K. Rowling

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Robert O’Brien

From the Mixed Up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Myster)

E.L. Konigsburg

The Zucchini Warriors

Gordon Korman

Shiloh

Phyllis Renoolds Naylor

Sir Cumference and the First Round Table A Math Adventure (Math)

Cindy Neuschwander

Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland A Math Adventure (Math)

Cindy Neuschwander

Phantom Tollbooth (GT)

Norton Jester

Catherine Called Birdy (GT)

Karen Cushman

Dear Mr. Henshaw

Beverly Cleary

Tall Tale:

John Henry

Julius Lester

Myth:

The Wise Old woman

Yoshiko Uchida