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Recommended Reading Lists by Grade Level
All titles on the recommended reading lists are available in the school library.
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5th Grade Reading List
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham - Curtis, Christopher Paul
- Bud, Not Buddy - Curtis, Christopher Paul
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Dahl, Roald
- Seedfolks - Fleishman, Paul
- Joey Pigza Loses Control - Gantos, Jack
- Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez - Krull, Kathleen
- Librarian Who Measured the Earth - Lasky, Kathryn
- Number the Stars - Lowry, Lois
- Gold Cadillac - Taylor, Mildred
- The Friendship - Taylor, Mildred
- Mississippi Bridge - Taylor, Mildred
- Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key - Gantos, Jack
- Nightjohn - Paulsen, Gary
- Maniac Magee - Spinelli, Jerry
6th Grade Reading List
- Hatchet - Paulsen, Gary
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - O’Brien, Robert C.
- Bridge to Terabithia - Patterson, Katherine
- Dragonwings - Yep, Laurence
- Nothing but the Truth: A Documentary Novel - Avi
- Wizard of Oz, The - Baum, Frank L.
- Lupita Manana - Beatty, Patricia
- Walk Two Moons - Creech, Sharon
- Wanderer, The - Creech, Sharon
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - Konigsburg, E.L.
- Bluish - Hamilton, Virginia
- Zeely - Hamilton, Virginia
- In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson - Lord, Bette Bao
- Monster - Myers, Walter Dean
- Blues Journey - Myers, Walter Dean
- Land, The - Taylor, Mildred
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Taylor, Mildred
- The Forgotten Door - Key, Alexander
- Loser, Spinelli, Jerry
7th Grade Reading List
- The Cay - Taylor, Theodore
- Muhammad - Demi
- Lady of Guadalupe, The - dePaola, Tomie
- Skin I'm In, The - Flake, Sharon
- Jazmin's Notebook - Grimes, Nikki
- Outsiders, The - Hinton, S.E.
- Flowers for Algernon - Keyes, Daniel
- Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The - Lewis, CS
- Bad Boy: A Memoir - Myers, Walter Dean
- Black Pearl, The - O’Dell, Scott
- Cuba 15: A Novel - Osa, Nancy
- Esperanza Rising - Ryan, Pam Munoz
- Slam! - Myers, Walter Dean
8th Grade Reading List
Highly Recommended Book for 8th Grade
A Hope in the Unseen
Ron Suskind
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Lee, Harper
- Diary of a Young Girl, The - Frank, Anne
- In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer - Armstrong, Jennifer
- When My Name Was Keoko - Park, Linda Sue
- Stargirl - Spinelli, Jerry
- Leon’s Story - Tillage, Leon
- The Catcher in the Rye - Salinger, J.D.
- The Bluest Eye - Morrison, Toni
- Farewell to Manzanar - Houston, Jeanne W.
- House of the Scorpion, The - Farmer, Nancy
- Tituba - Miller, William
- Legend of Buddy Bush - Moses, Shelia
- At Her Majesty’s Request - Myers, Walter Dean
- Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes - Crutcher, Chris
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Lee, Harper
- Before We Were Free - Alvarez, Julia
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Angelou, Maya
- Autobiography of Frederick Douglass - Douglass, Frederick
- Autobiography of Malcolm X - Haley, Alex
- The Boy Who Saved Baseball - Ritter, John H.