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Home to Medicine Mountain

Written by Chiori Santiago and Illustrated by Judith Lowry
Two American Indian boys escape after being taken from their home and forced to go to boarding...
1st - 5th

A Wrinkle in Time

Written by Madeleine L'Engle
When Meg Murray and Charles Wallace’s father is taken by evil forces to another planet, it is up to...
5th - 9th

The Hunger Games

Written by Suzanne Collins
The story centers on Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the dystopian nation of Panem. Katniss is from...
5th - 11th

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Written by E.L. Konigsburg
The story of how Claudia and Jamie Kincaid run away from home and hide in the Metropolitan Museum of...
3rd - 7th

Holes

Written by Louis Sachar
Stanley Yelnats has terrible luck because of a curse traced back to his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig...
4th - 8th

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Written and Illustrated by Dav Pilkey
An adventure series featuring George Beard and Harold Hutchins, two fourth-graders from Piqua, Ohio...
2nd - 5th

The Book of Three

Written by Lloyd Alexander
The first of five fantasy books about Taran, an assistant pig-keeper raised Dallben, and his...
3rd - 7th

The Borrowers

Written by Mary Norton and Illustrated by Beth Krush
The story of the Clock family, little people who live in the walls of an English house and borrow...
2nd - 5th

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Written by Roald Dahl
Charlie Bucket lives in poverty with his parents and grandparents, but things start to change when...
3rd - 7th

The Graveyard Book

Written by Neil Gaiman and Illustrated by Dave McKean
After a toddler’s parents were murdered, he is adopted by the ghosts of the graveyard. Mr. and Mrs...
5th - 9th

Coraline

Written by Neil Gaiman and Illustrated by Dave McKean
Coraline Jones and her parents move into a big, old house that has several apartments in it. It also...
3rd - 7th

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

Written by Lewis Carroll
In this sequel to Alice in Wonderland, Alice enters a fantasy world by climbing through a looking...
2nd - 12th

Operation Typhoon Shore

Written by Joshua Mowll and Illustrated by Niroot Puttapipat
After being lashed by a typhoon on their uncle's ship, THE EXPEDIENT, intrepid siblings Becca and...
4th - 8th

Crispin: At the Edge of the World

Written by Avi
“Asta’s son” is all he’s ever been called. It's appropriate because he and his mother are poor...
4th - 8th

Neversink

Written by Barry Wolverton and Illustrated by Sam Nielson
Along the Arctic circle lies a small island called Neversink, home to a colony of odd-looking sea...
3rd - 7th

The Vanishing Island

Written by Barry Wolverton and Illustrated by Dave Stevenson
An engrossing fantasy, a high-seas adventure, an alternate history epic—this is the richly imagined...
3rd - 7th

Finding Serendipity

Written by Angelica Banks and Illustrated by Stevie Lewis
Tuesday McGillycuddy and her dog, Baxterr, are on a quest to find Tuesday's mother, Serendipity...
4th - 6th

Brian's Hunt

Written by Gary Paulsen
This story takes place two years after Brian had been stranded in the Canadian wilderness. When...
4th - 9th

Brian's Winter

Written by Gary Paulsen
In this unique retelling of a young boy's struggle to survive in the Canadian wilderness, Paulsen...
2nd - 5th

Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space

Written by David Pilkey
When George and Harold's latest prank causes the school's cranky cafeteria ladies to quit, Mr. Krupp...
3rd - 7th

Chocolate Fever

Written by Robert Kimmel Smith and Illustrated by ‎Gioia Fiammenghi
Henry Green loved chocolate probably more than anybody in the world. So much so, that he made...
3rd - 7th

Freak the Mighty

Written by Rodman Philbrick
The story of the friendship between two boys who don't fit in. Maxwell Kane is very tall but slow...
5th - 7th

I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916

Written by Lauren Tarshis and Illustrated by Scott Dawson
Another book in the "I Survived" series, this one focuses on the shark attacks of 1916. During that...
3rd - 7th

Max the Mighty

Written by Rodman Philbrick
In this sequel to Freak the Mighty, Max takes center stage and helps his new friend, Rachel...
4th - 7th

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