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Suggested titles are for young readers (2nd and 3rd grade) reading above their grade level. These titles
have 4th and 5th grade readability levels, which were determined using the Accelerated Reader leveling
system. Parents, however, are always the best judge for content and appropriateness.
Magic Half, Annie Barrows
Peter and the Starcatchers, Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Penderwicks,: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy, Jeanne Birdsall
World According to Humphrey, Betty G. Birney
Mouse and the Motorcycle, Beverly Cleary
Frindle, Andrew Clements
James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo
Half Magic, Edward Eager
Harriet the Spy, Louise Fitzhugh
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, Jack Gantos
Bunnicula, James Howe
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E.L. Konigsburg
Attaboy Sam, Lois Lowry
Willoughbys, Lois Lowry
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, Betty MacDonald
Being Teddy Roosevelt, Claudia Mills
Owls in the Family, Farley Mowat
Sideways Stores from Wayside School, Louis Sachar
Little House in the Big Woods, Laure Ingalls Wilder
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