Recommended Summer Reading
for
Students Entering
GRADE FOUR
Agell, Charlotte
That’s Life
The Accidental
Adventures of India
McCallister
Barnett, Mac
The Terrible Two*
Becker, Suzy
Kate the Great, Except
When She’s Not
Birdsall, Jeanne
The Penderwicks*
Blume, Judy
Tales of a Fourth Grade
Nothing*
FICTION
Bryant, Annie
Beacon Street Girls*
*Titles in a series
It’s a Mystery
Cheng, Andrea
The Year of the Book*
Davies, Jacqueline Nothing But Trouble
Milton Academy
Lower School Library
2017
Berlin, Eric
The Puzzling World of
Winston Breen*
DeVillers, Julia
Liberty Porter, First
Daughter*
Buckley, Michael
Fairy Tale Detectives*
Draper, Sharon
Curtis, ChristopherMr. Chickee’s Funny
Money*
Sassy: The Birthday
Storm*
English, Karen
Trouble Next Door*
Feldman, Jody
The Gollywhopper
Games*
Hannigan, Kate
Cupcake Cousins*
Gibbs, Stuart
Space Case*
Humphrey, Anna Ruby Goldberg’s Bright
Idea
Grabenstein, Chris Escape from Mr.
Lemoncello’s Library*
Hurwitz, Michele Calli Be Gold
Korman, Gordon
Slacker
Hannigan, Kate
The Detective’s
Assistant
Lin, Grace
The Year of the
Dog*
Hiaasen, Carl
Hoot
McDonald, Megan Sisters Club*
Krosoczka, Jarrett Platypus Police Squad*
Selznick, Brian
The Invention of Hugo
Cabret
Spencer, Octavia
The Case of the TimeCapsule Bandit*
Finders Keepers
Tougas, Shelley
Mills, Claudia
Cody Harmon, King of
Pets*
Richardson, C.
Real Slam Dunk*
Sheeva, Emma
Dara Palmer’s Major
Drama
Standiford, Natalie The Only Girl in School
Sternberg, Julie
Friendship Over
Magic
Auxier, Jonathan
Barrows, Annie
Brady, Dustin
Brallier, Max
Buckley, Michael
and
More
Peter Nimble and His
Fantastic Eyes*
Magic in the Mix*
Trapped in a Video
Game*
The Last Kids on Earth*
The Fairy Tale
Detectives*
Cirrone, Dorian
The Last First Day
Deprau, Jeanne
The City of Ember*
Eager, Edward
Half Magic*
Epstein, Adam Jay The Familiars*
Forester, Victoria The Girl Who Could
Fly*
Graff, Keir
Matchstick Castle
Graff, Lisa
A Tangle of Knots*
Kessler, Liz
Emily Windsnap*
Law, Ingrid
Savvy*
Levine, Gail C.
The Tale of Two
Castles*
Lin, Grace
Where the Mountain
Meets the Moon*
Marsh, Katherine Door By the Staircase
Mass, Wendy
Twice Upon a Time*
Randall, Alice
The Diary of BB Bright,
Possible Princess
Segal, Jason
Nightmares!*
Snickett, Lemony The Bad Beginning*
Stewart, Trenton The Mysterious
Benedict Society*
Stiefvater, Maggie Pip Bartlett’s Guide to
Magical Creatures*
Stone, Jeff
The Five Ancestors*
Walliams, David Grandpa’s Great Escape
Wrede, Patricia C. Dealing with Dragons*
Yep, Laurence
A Dragon’s Guide to the
Care & Feeding of
Humans
Zahler, Diane
Baker’s Magic
By
and
About Animals
AviPoppy*
Busby, Cylin
The Nine Lives of
Jacob Tibbs
Coe, Victoria
Fenway and Hattie
Cole, Henry
Brambleheart
Howe, Peter
Waggit’s Tale*
King-Smith, Dick Babe: The Gallant Pig
Klimo, Kate Dog Diaries*
Martin, Lisa
Anton and Cecil*
Patterson, James Word of Mouse
Peck, Richard
The Mouse with the
Question Mark Tail
Priebe, Gigi
The Adventures of
Henry Whiskers
Quinn, Spencer
Woof*
Salamon, Julie Mutt’s Promise
A Long Time Ago
Avi
Dorris, Michael
Fleischman, Sid
Harlow, Joan H.
The Secret School
Morning Girl
Bandit’s Moon
Thunder from the
Sea
Hill, Kirkpatrick Miss Agnes and the
Ginger Tom*
Lord, Bette Bao
In the Year of the
Boar and Jackie
Robinson
MacLachlan, P.
Arthur for the Very
First Time
Robinson, Sharon The Hero Two Doors
Down
Tarshis, Lauren
I Survived...*
Taylor, Sydney
All-of-a-Kind
Family*
Wilder, Laura I.
Little House in the
Big Woods*
Yep, Laurence
The Dragon’s Child
Dastardly Villains!
Creech, Sharon
Grant, Holly
Legrand, Claire
McDonald, Betty
Smith, Dodie
Wallace, Barbara
Ruby Holler
The League of Beastly
Dreadfuls*
Cavendish Home for
Boys and Girls
Nancy and Plum
101 Dalmations
Peppermints in the
Parlor
Graphic
Chantler, Scott
Colossal, Jeff
Coverly, Dave
Duffy, Chris
Giarrusso, Chris
novels
Tower of Treasure*
Rutabaga the
Adventure Chef*
Speedbump and
Slingshot*
Fairy Tale Comics
G-Man: Learning to
Fly*
Griffiths, Andy
13-Story Treehouse*
Hatke, Ben
Mighty Jack*
Holm, Jennifer
Baby Mouse*
Holm, Jennifer
Comic Squad*
Kochalka, James The Glorkian Warrior
Delivers a Pizza*
McDonnell, Patrick Mutt’s Diaries*
Pilkey, Dav
Dog Man*
Shiga, Jason
Meanwhile: Pick Any
Path; 3,856 Story
Possibilities
Stone, Jeff
Bone*
Wight, Eric
Frankie Pickle and the
Closet of Doom*
Camper, Cathy
Lowriders in Space*
This list is available online at:
http://www.milton.edu/k8/lower-school/summer-reading/
NON-FICTION:
Barretta, Gene
Timeless Thomas:
How Thomas Edison
Changed Our Lives
Beattie, Rob
Invent It! Turn Your
Small Idea Into the
World’s Next Great
Invention
Burnham, CathleenThe Tortuga Squad: Kids
Saving Sea Turtles in
Costa Rica*
Cate, Annette L. Look Up: Bird Watching
in Your Own Backyard
Dahl, Roald
Wonderful, Wicked, and
Whizzpopping: The
Stories, Characters and
Inventions of Roald
Dahl
Galio, Gary
Jimi: Sounds Like a
Rainbow
Gandhi, Arum
Grandfather Gandhi
Markle, Sandra
The Search for
Olinguito: Discovering
a New Species
Root, Phyllis
Plant a Pocket of Prairie
Roth, Ruby
Sanabria, José
Sweet, Melissa
Tavares, Matt
Tocher, Timothy
Van Vleet, C.
The Help Yourself
Cookbook for Kids
As Time Went By
Some Writer! The Story
of E.B. White
Growing Up Pedro
Odd Ball: Hilarious,
Unusual, & Bizarre
Baseball Moments
To The Stars: The First
American Woman to
Walk in Space