Title
Author
On The Devil's Court
Carl Deuker
Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan
The Absolutely True
Diary of a Part Time Indian
Sherman Alexie
Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson
The Warrior Heir
Cinda Williams Chima
Uglies
Scott Westerfield
Samurai Shortstop
Alan Gratz
Sunrise Over
Fallujah
Walter Dean Myers
Cheaper By the
Dozen
Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr.
Required Selections
Messenger (Language Arts)
Lois Lowry
Fever 1793 (Social
Studies)
Laurie Halse Anderson
Title
Author
Coraline
Neil Gaiman
The Boy Who Saved Baseball
John H. Ritter
Tithe: A
Modern Faerie Tale
Holly Black
A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn
Betty Smith
Maximum Ride:
The Angel Experiment
James Patterson
The Skin I'm In
Sharon G. Flake
The Third Eye
Lois Duncan
Hero
Mike Lupica
Warriors:
Into the Wild
Erin Hunter
Ella Enchanted
Gail Carson Levine
Required Selections
Maniac Magee
(Language Arts)
Jerry Spinelli
The Wadjet Eye
(Social Studies)
Jill Rubalcaba
Title
Author
The Dog that Stole Home
Matt Christopher
Math Curse
Jon Scieszka
I and You and Don't
Forget Who: What is a Pronoun?
Brian P. Cleary
Dexter the Tough
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Babe the Gallant Pig
Dick King-Smith
Loser
Jerry Spinelli
Homer Price
Robert McCloskey
The Pain and the Great One
Judy Blume
Ramona the Brave
Beverly Cleary
Cinderella (As if You Didn't Already Know the Story)
Barbara Ensor
Roxie and the Hooligans
Phyllis Naylor
Boo's Dinosaur
Betsy Byars
Mercy Watson to the Rescue
Kate DiCamillo
Chocolate Fever
Robert Kimmel Smith
Marvin Redpost: Kidnapped at Birth?
Louis Sachar
Dear Max
Sally Grindley
Title
Author
What the Dicken's: The Story of the Rouge Toothe Fairy
Gregory Maguire
The Prince of Mist
Carlos Ruiz Zafron
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
Shiloh
Phyllis Naylor
Jackie and Me
Dan Gutman
Flipped
Wendelin Van Draanen
Shoeless Joe and Me
Dan Gutman
Letters From Rifka
Karen Hesse
A
Gift of Magic
Lois Duncan
Joy Pigza Swallowed the Key
Jack Gantos
Required Selections
Esperanza Rising
Pam Munoz Ryan
Title
Author
I am the Ice Worm
Maryann Easley
Peak
Roland Smith
The Top Ten Ways to
Ruin the First Day of Fifth Grade
Kenneth Derby
The Homework Machine
Dan Gutman
Knights of the Kitchen Table
Jon Scieszka
The Liberation of Gabriel King
K.L. Going
Monster of the Year
Bruce Coville
Danny, Champion of the World
Roald Dahl
Jason's Gold
Will Hobbs
Hatchet
Gary Paulsen
Required Selections
George Washington's Socks
Elvira Woodruff
Title
Author
Mudshark
Gary Paulsen
The Wish Giver
Bill Brittain
The Report Card
Andrew Clements
Summer Reading is Killing Me
Jon Scieszka
The Earth Dragon Awakes
Laurence Yep
Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: Moving Day (Book 1)
Meg Cabot
The Family Under the Bridge
Natalie Savage Carlson
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo
The School Story
Andrew Clements
There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom
Louis Sachar
The BFG
Roald Dahl
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Shel Silverstein
Soccer Scoop
Matt Christopher
Runt
Marion Dane Bauer
Million Dollar Throw
Mike Lupica
Bunnicula
Deborah and James Howe
| Title | Author |
| Stellaluna | Janell Cannon |
| Inch by Inch | Leo Lionni |
| I live in Tokyo | Mari Takabayashi |
| Fiesta Fireworks | George Ancona |
| Apples | Gail Gibbons |
| Dogs on the Bed | Elizabeth Bluemle |
| Kiss the Cow | Phyllis Root |
| My Dog Buddy | David Milgrim |
| Louder Lili | Gennifer Choldenko |
| Sid and Sam | Nola Buck |
| Eggs | Marilyn Singer |
| Boss for a Day | Tomie DePaola |
| Fly Guy! | Tedd Arnold |
| Click Clack Moo | Doreen Cronin |
| Bubble Trouble | Margaret Mahy |
| Flossie and the Fox | Patricia C. McKissack |
Title
Author
Stanley, Flat Again
Jeff Brown
Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown
Paula Danziger
Henry and Mudge in
the Green Time
Cynthia Rylant
Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea
Cynthia Rylant
The Story of Ruby Bridges
Robert Coles
Miss Nelson is Missing!
Harry Allard
Nate the Great, San Francisco Detective
Marjorie Sharmat
The Winning Stroke
Matt Christopher
Satchel Paige
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Violet the Pilot
Steve Breen
Space Cat
Doug Cushman
Dragon Pizzeria
Mary Morgan
Baa-Choo
Sarah Weeks
My Teacher for President
Kay Winters
Norman the Doorman
Don Freeman
What Ever Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs?
Carol Carrick