Dark Pink 3.5-3.9
Legend/Folk Tale/Fairy Tale/Fable
The Story of Jumping Mouse: a Native American Legend retold and illustrated by
John Steptoe
Adopted by the eagles: a Plains Indian story of friendship and treachery told and
illustrated by Paul Goble
Chinye : a West African Folk Tale retold by Obi Onyefulu
Lon Po Po retold by Ed Young
Cendrillon retold by Robert D. San Souci
The Mud Pony retold by Caron Lee Cohen
Mythology
Greek Myths retold by Geraldine McCaughrean
The Great Race of the Birds and Animals Story and illustrations by Paul Goble
Athena by Adele Richardson
Mystery
Curse of the Ruins by Gary Paulsen
From Russia with Lunch: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko Private Eye by
Bruce Hale
What's a Daring Detective Like Me Doing in the Doghouse? by Linda Bailey
Punished! by David Lubar
Biography
Anne Frank by Kem Knapp Sawyer
Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Track star by Lee Engfer ; illustrated by Cynthia Martin
and Anne Timmons
Barack Obama by Jane Sutcliffe
Juan Ponce de León by Jane Sutcliffe
Amelia Earhart by Jane Sutcliffe
Any non-fiction text approved by your teacher
Fantasy
Skellig by David Almond
Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand by Gail Carson Levine
Philippa Fisher and the Dream-maker's Daughter by Liz Kessler
The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
The Monster's Ring by Bruce Coville
Adventure
The Adventures of Laura & Jack by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an even
smaller ant) by Avi
Informational
Storms by Seymour Simon
Deserts: Thirsty Wonderlands by Laura Purdie Salas
Clothing in American history by Dana Meachen Rau
Sharks keep losing their teeth by Claire Llewellyn
Ethiopia by Muriel L. Dubois
Black out! : Animals that live in the dark by Ginjer L. Clarke
Any non-fiction book approved by your teacher
Science Fiction
Chilling with the Great Ones by Dan Greenburg
Countdown to the year 1000 by Kate McMullan
How I Fixed the Year 1000 Problem by Dan Greenburg
Realistic Fiction
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
The Girl with 500 Middle Names by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes by Louis Sachar
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Any Small Goodness by Tony Johnston
Doing Time Online by Jan Siebold
Alphabet City Ballet by Erika Tamar
Historical Fiction
Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues by Harriette Gillem Robinet
Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Good night, Maman by Norma Fox Mazer
A Boy No More by Harry Mazer
A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Harry Mazer
The Key is Lost by Ida Vos
Orange 4.0-4.4
Legend/Fairytale/Fable
The Legend of the Bluebonnet: An Old Tale of Texas retold and illustrated by
Tomie dePaola
How the stars fell into the sky : a Navajo legend by Jerrie Oughton
Quillworker : a Cheyenne legend written and adapted by Terri Cohlene
Clamshell Boy : a Makah legend written and adapted by Terri Cohlene
Ka-ha-si and the loon : an Eskimo legend written and adapted by Terri Cohlene
The return of the Buffaloes: a Plains Indian Story About and Renewal of the Earth
Re told and illustrated by Paul Goble
Fables written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel
The McElderry Book of Aesop's fables by Michael Morpurgo
Rumpelstiltskin retold & illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
Mythology
D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Parin D'Aulaires
Athena or Venus by Hoena, B. A.
Hades or Hercules or Zeus by Adele Richardson
Theseus and the Minotaur by Warwick Hutton
The Trojan Horse by Warwick Hutton Leonard Everett Fisher
Mystery
The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordian
Half-moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer
The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright
The Last Treasure by Janet S. Anderson
Clues in the shadows : a Molly mystery by Kathleen Ernst
The Door to Time by Pierdomenico Baccalario
The Mystery at Disney World by Carole Marsh
Biography
Who was Elvis Presley? by Geoff Edgers
Sammy Sosa by Jeff Savage
Jane Goodall : animal scientist by Kristen Woronoff
Elizabeth Blackwell : Girl Doctor by Joanne Landers Henry
Who was Sacagawea? by Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin
George Washington Carver : ingenious inventor by Nathan Olson
Fantasy
Honus and Me by Dan Gutman
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
Missing Magic by Emma Laybourn
Philippa Fisher and the fairy's promise by Liz Kessler
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
Adventure
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
The Wreckers by Iain Lawrence
Bandit's Moon by Sid Fleischman
The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz
The Great White Sea by M. H. Herlong
Informational
Manfish : a story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne
Afghanistan by Kieran Walsh
Alaskan malamutes by Lynn M. Stone
South Africa by Cath Senker
Who lives in an alligator hole? by Anne Rockwell
Civil War: America at War by Scott Marquette
Revolutionary War by Scott Marquette
Millions to measure by David M. Schwartz
Any non-fiction book approved by your teacher
Science Fiction
The Magic Half by Annie Barrows
Moon Magic by Tony Abbott
100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson
11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
Realistic Fiction
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
My Dog, My Hero by Betsy Byars
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Defiance by Valerie Hobbs
Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach
The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs
The Thing About Georgie: A Novel by Lisa Graff
Historical Fiction
The Fighting Ground by Avi
The Friendship by Mildred Taylor
Thunder from the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Jackie & Me by Dan Gutman
Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
The book without words : A fable of medieval magic by Avi
A Friendship for Today by Patricia C. McKissack
White 4.5-4.9
Legend/Fairytale/Fable
The legend of Sleeping Bear by Kathy-jo Wargin
Little Firefly: an Algonquian Legend written and adapted by Terri Cohlene
Her Stories: African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales told by
Virginia Hamilton
Chanticleer and the Fox adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
The Diane Goode book of American folk tales & songs collected by Ann Durell
Goha, the Wise Fool retold by Denys Johnson-Davies
The Dancing Drum adapted by Terri Cohlene
The Golden Sandal adapted by Rebecca Hickox
A Weave of Words by Robert D. San Souci
The Dragon Prince by Laurence Yelp
Mythology
The first Olympic Games : A Gruesome Greek myth with a happy ending retold by
Jean Richards
The One-Eyed Giant by Mary Pope Osborne
The Land of the Dead by Mary Pope Osborne
Mystery
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen
The mystery in the Rocky Mountains by Carole Marsh
Missing Grace: a Kit Mystery by Elizabeth McDavid Jones
Into the Gauntlet by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Fire Bug Connection : an ecological mystery by Jean Craighead George
The Snow Spider by Jenny Nimmo
The book of Story Beginnings by Kristin Kladstrup
Biography
DollyJesse Owens : fastest man alive
Carole Boston Weatherford Madison: Famous First Lady by Mary R. Davidson
Coming home : from the life of Langston Hughes by Floyd Cooper
A river of words : the story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant
Who was Ben Franklin? by Dennis Brindell Fradin
Always remember me : how one family survived World War II by Marisabina Russo
Did you invent the phone alone, Alexander Graham Bell? by Melvin and Gilda Berger
Neil Armstrong by Shannon Zemlicka
Fantasy
Poppy by Avi
The Lightning Thief or The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
Warriors: The Sight by Erin Hunter
Hero by Mike Lupica
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Runt by Marion Dane Bauer
Adventure
Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret
The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O'Connor
First Light by Rebecca Stead
Jaguar by Roland Smith
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins
Informational
Any non-fiction book approved by your teacher
Science Fiction
Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo
Running out of Time or Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Lunchbox and the Aliens by Bryan W. Fields
Realistic Fiction
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Chasing the Falconers or Swindle by Gordon Korman
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Hachiko Waits by Leslea Newman
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
Historical Fiction
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Worth by A. LaFaye
When My Name was Keoko by Linda Sue Park
Fair Weather by Richard Peck
The Squire's Tale by Gerald Morris
Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Dark Green 5.0-5.4
Legend/Fairytale/Fable/Folk Tale
The Legend of Scarface : a Blackfeet Indian Tale adapted by Robert San Souci
The legend of Mackinac Island by Kathy-jo Wargin
Dragonfly's Tale retold and illustrated by Kristina Rodanas
In the Moonlight Mist: a Korean tale retold by Daniel San Souci
Puss in boots by Charles Perrault
Beauty and the Beast retold by Marianna Mayer
Sugarlane by Patricia Storale
Mythology
The robber Baby: stories from the Greek myths by Anne Rockwell
The Gray-eyed Goddess by Mary Pope Osborne
Tales from the Odyssey by Mary Pope Osborne
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
Sirens and sea monsters by Mary Pope Osborne
Greek Myths retold by Geraldine McCaughren
Return to Ithaca by Mary Pope Osborne
Mystery
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Kidnapped: The Abduction by Gordon Korman
The Mystery of Blackbeard the Pirate by Carole Marsh
Traitor in Williamsburg: a Felicity Mystery by Elizabeth McDavid Jones
The Ghost of Lizard Light by Elvira Woodruff
We the Children by Andrew Clements
Biography
Hana's Suitcase: A True Story by Karen Levine
A Strong Right Arm by Michelle Y. Green
Pride of Puerto Rico : the life of Roberto Clemente by Paul Robert Walker
John Hancock by Candice Ransom
Lafayette : French freedom fighter by JoAnn A. Grote
Geronimo : young warrior by George Edward Stanley
Patriots in Petticoats : Heroines of the American Revolution by Shirley Raye
Redmond
Dale Earnhardt by Paul Mantell
J.K. Rowling by Bryan Pezzi
Fantasy
Matilda by Roald Dahl
The Conch Bearer by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Ghost Soldier by Elaine Marie Alphin
Silverwing or Sunwing by Kenneth Oppel
The Journey by Kathryn Lasky
The Fourth Apprentice by Erin Hunter
Adventure
Everest: Book One by Gordon Korman
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
The Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Wild Man Island or Ghost Canoe by Will Hobbs
The Legend of Jimmy Spoon by Kristiana Gregory
Tucket's Home by Gary Paulsen
The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
Informational
Any non-fiction book approved by your teacher
Science Fiction
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Time Hackers by Gary Paulsen
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale
Eager by Helen Fox
Realistic Fiction
The Mozart Question by Michael Morpurgo
The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer
No Talking or Frindle by Andrew Clements
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
Bloomability or Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
The Million Dollar Throw or Heat by Mike Lupica
The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
Flight #116 is Down by Caroline Cooney
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Historical Fiction
Sounder by William H. Armstrong
Elephant Run by Roland Smith
Bud, not Buddy by Curtis, Christopher Paul
The Misadventures of Maude March, or Trouble Rides a Fast Horse
The Ravenmaster's Secret by Elvira Woodruff
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle
Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Dark Purple 5.5-5.9
Legend/Fairytale/Fable
Saint George and the Dragon : A Golden Legend adapted by Margaret Hodges from
Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene
Classic American folk tales retold by Steven Zorn
Pecos Bill retold by Steven Kellogg
Paul Bunyan retold by Steven Kellogg
Mythology
Wings by David Clement-Davies
Mystery
The Name of this Book is a Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch
The Calder Game by Blue Balliett
The Mystery at the Roman Colosseum by Carole Marsh
Ghost Light on Graveyard Shoal by Elizabeth McDavid Jones
Ghost Canoe by Will Hobbs
Shakespeare's Spy by Gary Blackwood
Biography
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
King George III : English Monarch by Ann Graham Gaines
Oh, the places he went : a story about Dr. Seuss-- Theodore Seuss Geisel by
Maryann N. Weidt
Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus? By Jean Fritz
Chocolate by Hershey: A Story About Milton S. Hershey by Betty Burford
Humanitarians by Carlotta Hacker
Fantasy
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
Wings by Jason Lethcoe
Mister Monday by Garth Nix
Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse by Kaleb Nation
The Akhenaten Adventure by P.B. Kerr
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
Adventure
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Williwaw! by Tom Bodett
The Akhenaten Adventure by P.B. Kerr
Stuart Little by E. B. White
The mostly true adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
The 7 Professors of the Far North by John Fardell
Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt
Informational
Any non-fiction book approved by your teacher
Science Fiction
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Among the Free by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Search for Snout by Bruce Coville
Realistic Fiction
Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters by Lesley M.M.
Blume
Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt
The Schernoff Discoveries by Gary Paulsen
A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements
Safe at Home by Mike Lupica
Dive Book One: The Discovery by Gordon Korman
Historical Fiction
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Foster's War by Carolyn Reeder
Storm Warriors by Elisa Carbone
Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs
AR Label 6.0 and up
Legend/Fairytale/Fable/Folk Tale
American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne
More true lies: 18 Tales for You to Judge told by George Shannon
Sleeping Beauty retold by Mahlon F. Craft
Mythology
The illustrated book of Myths: Tales & Legends of the World retold by Neil Philip
Roman Myths retold by Geraldine McCaughrean
Favorite Greek Myths retold by Mary Pope Osborne
Black Ships Before Troy: the Story of the Illiad by Rosemary Sutcliff
Mystery
Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise
The Chessmen of Doom by John Bellairs
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Biography
Surviving Hitler by Andrea Warren
Steven Jobs & Stephen Wozniak : creating the Apple computer by Keith Elliot
Greenberg
Rosa Parks by Marc Tyler Nobleman
The Revolutionary John Adams written and illustrated by Cheryl Harness
B. Franklin, Printer by David A. Adler
Promises to keep : how Jackie Robinson changed America by Sharon Robinson
Sojourner Truth : Ain't I a Woman? By Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick
McKissack
Harriet Tubman, secret agent : how daring slaves and free Blacks spied for the
Union during the Civil War by Thomas B. Allen
Great African Americans in jazz by Carlotta Hacker
Home run heroes : Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa by Mark Stewart and Mike
Kennedy
The Wright brothers : how they invented the airplane by Russell Freedman
Fantasy
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
City of Fire by Laurence Yep
The Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carman
Magyk, Flyte, or Physik by Angie Sage
Midnight by Erin Hunter
The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Adventure
Nick of Time by Ted Bell
The Palace of Laughter by Jon Berkeley
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
White Fang by Jack London
Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John
Informational
Oh, Rats!: The Story of Rats and People by Albert Marrin
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong
Orphan Train Rider by Andrea Warren
Any non-fiction text approved by your teacher
Science Fiction
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer
The Flight of the Silver Turtle by John Fardell
Realistic Fiction
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
Historical Fiction
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Crispin by Avi
Iron Thunder by Avi
Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Survival in the storm : the Dust Bowl diary of Grace Edwards by Katelan Janke
To Touch the Stars: a story of World War II by Karen Zeinert
Before the Creeks Ran Red by Carolyn Reeder
Torn Thread by Anne Isaacs
Stowaway by Karen Hesse