Book Lists
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Grade 4 & 5
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 | Barrett, Tracey | | The 100 Year Old Secret | When Xena and Xander move to London, they discover that they’re related to Sherlock Holmes and heirs to his unsolved casebook.
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|  | Birdsall, Jeanne | | The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy | While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy.
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|  | Collins, Suzanne | | Gregor the Overlander | Gregor and his baby sister Boots fall through a grate in the laundry room and find themselves in a world at war, where there missing father may have been stranded all this time.
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|  | Couloumbis, Audrey | | The Misadventures of Maude March | Sallie loves to read dime novels, and she and her sister decide to escape their horrible new guardians for the prairie. After ladylike Maude appears on a wanted poster, the two must flee for their lives!
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|  | Greenwald, Tommy | | Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to NOT Reading | Charlie Joe has never read a book in his life, but now that his best friend won’t cover for him anymore, he’s finding it hard to keep his perfect record intact.
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|  | Haddix, Margaret Peterson | | Among the Hidden | Luke has been hidden his entire life, because in his society families can have only two children. One day he meets another third-born child, and she has a plan that could change their lives-- or destroy everything.
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|  | Hale, Shannon | | Princess Academy | Because of her small size Miri has been kept from working with her family in the quarry. But when she is given the chance to marry a prince she finds the opportunity to prove her worth.
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|  | Kibuishi, Kazu | | Amulet: The Stonekeeper | Em, Navin and their mother move into their grandfather’s old house after the tragic death of their father. Em must use an amulet to find her mother, who is kidnapped and taken to another world.
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|  | L’Engle, Madeleine | | A Wrinkle in Time | Meg, Charles, and Calvin search for Meg’s father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
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|  | Lin, Grace | | Where the Mountain Meets the Moon | Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and begins a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of changing her family’s fortune.
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|  | Lowry, Lois | | The Willoughbys | The Willoughbys are an old-fashioned, proper storybook family, until the children discover their parents are trying to get rid of them. Never fear! Barnaby A, Barnaby B, and their sister Jane have a plan.
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|  | O’Connor, Barbara | | The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jesters | Owen’s family moves in with his grandfather and discovers a wonderful secret: a two-person submarine has fallen off a train, and Owen and his two best friends are going to keep it as long as possible.
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|  | Ryan, Pam Munoz | | Becoming Naomi Leon | When Naomi’s absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.
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|  | Stead, Rebecca | | When You Reach Me | Miranda begins receiving mysterious notes at the same time strange things begin happening in her New York neighborhood, and she must solve a puzzle to prevent a tragedy before it’s too late.
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