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Great Reads for Grades 3-5

Fiction

The Secret School
Avi

Tiger's Fall
Bang, Molly

Harry the Poisonous Centipede
Banks, Lynne Reid

Tree Girl
Barron, T. A.

Tracks in the Snow
Bledsoe, Lucy J.

Masterthief
Burnie, Richard

Love That Dog
Creech, Sharon

The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs
DeFelice, Cynthia

Cody Unplugged
Duffey, Betsy

The Broken Blade
Durbin, William

Missing in the Mountains
Fields, Terri

Chasing Bears: A Canoe Country Adventure
Fleck, Earl

Bo & Mzzz Mad
Fleischman, Sid

Piper
Ghent, Natale

All the Way Home
Giff, Patricia

Bug in a Rug
Gilson, Jamie

The Edison Mystery
(Qwerty Stevens Back in Time series)
Dan Gutman

The Million Dollar Kick
Gutman, Dan

The Ghost Sitter
Griffin, Peni R.

The Girl with 500 Middle Names
Haddix, Margaret Peterson

Star in the Storm
Harlow, Joan H.

Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs
Hearne, Betsy G.

Harvey Angell
Hendry, Diana

Stick and Whittle
Hite, Sid

The Mouse and His Child
Hoban, Russell

Following Fake Man
Holmes, Barbara Ware

Dial-a- Ghost
Ibbotson, Eva

Redwall
Jacques, Brian

Dear Mrs. Ryan, You're Ruining My Life
Jones, Jennifer B.

Horror at the Haunted House
Kehert, Peg

Secret Journey
Kehert, Peg

Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor
Lasky, Kathryn

Rufus and Magic Run Amok
Levinson, Marilyn

No More Nice
MacDonald, Amy

Judy Moody
McDonald, Megan

Judy Moody Gets Famous
McDonald, Megan

Do the Hokey Pokey
McDonough, Alison

Third Grade Stinks
McKenna, Colleen O'Shaughnessy

Dragonfly
McLerran, Alice

The Boy Trap
Matson, Nancy

The Boys Return
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

Pirate Diary
Platt, Richard

The Jaguar's Jewel
(A to Z Mysteries series)
Roy Ron

The Lucky Lottery
(A to Z Mysteries series)
Roy, Ron

It's All Greek to Me
(Time Warp Trio series)
Scieszka, Jon

Summer Reading Is Killing Me
(Time Warp Trio series)
Scieszka, Jon

Rewind
Sleator, William

Be First in the Universe
Spinner, Stephanie

Some Kind of Pride
Testa, Maria

Skinny Melon and Me
Ure, Jean

Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary
Van Draanen, Wendelin

Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man
Van Draanen, Wendelin

Hannah of Fairfield
Van Leeuwen, Jean

Hannah's Helping Hands
Van Leeuwen, Jean

The Autobiography of Meatball Finkelstein
Venokur, Ross

101 Ways To Bug Your Parents
Wardlaw, Lee

Spider Storch's Desperate Deal
Willner-Pardo, Gina

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Non-fiction

Eye-Popping Optical Illusions
DiSpezio, Michael A.
J 152.148 Di

Crime-Solving Science Projects
Rainis, Kenneth G.
J 363.24 Ra

True Lies: 18 Tales for You to Judge
Shannon, George
J 398.2 Sh

More True Lies: 18 Tales for You to Judge
Shannon, George
J 398.2 Sh

Secrets in Stone: All About Maya Hieroglyphs
Coulter, Laurie
J 497.415 Co

Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientist's Microscope
Kramer, Stephen P.
J 570.282 Ka

A Dragon in the Sky: The Story of a Green Darner Dragonfly
Pringle, Laurence P.
J 595.773 Pr

Monsters: The World's Most Incredible Animals
Fontanel, Beatrice
J 596 Fo

It's a Frog's Life! By Frog, with the Help of Steve Parker
Parker, Steve
J 597.89 Pa

Wolves
Markle, Sandra
J 599.773 Ma

Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
Kehret, Peg
J 614.549 Ke

Lowriders
Parr, Danny
J 629.2872 Pa

Totally Fun Things to Do with Your Dog
Rock, Maxine
J 636.7 Ro

How to Talk to Your Cat
George, Jean Craighead
J 636.8 Ge

Bake the Best-Ever Cookies!
(Quick Starts For Kids! Series)
Williamson, Sarah
J 641.8654 Wi

Treasure Hunts! Treasure Hunts! Treasure Hunts!
Hort, Lenny
J 796.14 Ho

The Paper Doorway
Koontz, Dean
J 811 Ko

To Be a Princess
Brewster, Hugh
J 920 Br

Nellie Bly: Daredevil Reporter
Fredeen, Charles
J 921 Bly

Houdini: Master of Illusion
Cox, Clinton
J 921 Ho

The Diary of Joseph Plumb Martin
Martin, Joseph
J 921 Ma

Bulls-eye: A Photobiography of Annie Oakley
Macy, Sue
J 921 Oakley

Basher Five-Two
O'Grady, Scott
J 949.702 O'G

Shipwrecked: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy
Blumberg, Rhoda
J 952 Bl

In the Days of the Vaqueros
Freedman, Russel
J 978 Fr


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