Tewksbury Township School District Township School District ... K The Little Engine That Could ... Bulla Realistic Fiction Language Arts 3.2 3-5 WC

Tewksbury Township School District Kindergarten – Grade 8 Reading List 2011-2012

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Read Aloud RA

Guided GR

Lit Circle LC

Independent I

K The Little Engine

That Could

Watty Piper Myself and others/

Self-confidence,

perseverance,

Language Arts

2.0 K-3 WC/RA

K Chicka Chicka Boom

Boom

Bill Martin, Jr.

& John

Arahambault

Alphabet,

Language Arts

1.9 K-3 WC/RA

K The Gingerbread Man Brenda Parkes

& Judith Smith

Story elements /

setting, characters,

ending, Language

Arts

Not Listed Not

Listed

WC/RA

K The Mitten Jan Brett

Winter / story

sequence,

Language Arts

2.2 K-3 WC/RA

K The Farm Concert Joy Cowley Farm, Science Not Listed Not

Listed

WC/RA

K Mrs. Wishy Washy

and the Farm Concert

Joy Cowley Farm, Science 1.7 K-3 WC/RA

K A variety of little

books leveled for

guided reading

various Not Listed Not

Listed


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1 Mr. Popper’s

Penguins

Atwater Science 6.3 3-6 WC/RA

1 Hundreds of Guided

Reading Books

Various Various Not

Spec-

ific

Not

Spec-

ific

GR

1 Families are Different Social Studies 4.2 K-3 WC

1 Mem Fox Books Mem Fox Social Studies 1.8-4.2 K-3 WC/RA

1 Patricia Pollaco

Books

Patricia Pollaco Social Studies Not

Spec-

ific

Not

Spec-

ific

WC/RA

1 Folktales Various Authors Social Studies Not

Spec-

Ific

Not

Spec-

ific

WC/RA


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1 Eric Carle Books Eric Carle Character Ed .9-6.5 K-3 WC/RA/GR/I

1 Dr. Seuss Books Dr. Seuss Character Ed Not

Spec-

ific

K-3 WC/RA/GR/I

1 Hundreds of Big

Books

Various Reading Fluency Not

Spec-

ific

1

WC

1 Biographies Adler Social Studies Not

Spec-

ific

1

WC/RA

1 Charlotte’s Web E.B. White Character Ed. 4.9 K-5 RA

2 Flat Stanley Jeff Brown Basis for World

Geography Unit;

creative writing

2.2 K-3 RA

2 Trumpet of the Swan E.B. White Spring, Habitats,

Life Cycles

5.4 3-6 RA

2 Frog and Toad Series Arnold Lobel Friendship,

Character Traits

2.1 or

2.3

K-3 RA, GR Reader’s

Theater, Reading

Response


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2 Owl at Home Arnold Lobel Rich Literature

Character

Development

2.5 K-3 GR, Reading Response

2 Legend of the

Poinsettia

Tomie De Paola Christmas, Life in

Mexico, Giving


2 Josefina and the Story

Quilt

Eleanor Coerr Westward

Movement,

Colonial Times,

Life Long Ago,

Quilts


2 Toad for Tuesday Erickson Animals,

Relationships &

Families

(Friends),

Character/Virtues

(Courage &

Survival, Loyalty)

3.9 3-5 RA

2 Isabel’s House of

Butterflies

Tony Johnston Ages

4-8

RA, Reading Response

Disclaimer: The above books are used with the whole class by every grade. In second grade we use hundreds of trade books, both fiction

and non-fiction from our grade level book set collection as well as library finds and our own classroom libraries. The use of excellent

literature is paramount to our teaching of comprehension strategies and writers’ craft. Books are read daily as read-alouds, kept in individual

“just right” book boxes for independent reading , read in small group guided reading sessions and read with partners and study buddies.

3 The Indian in the

Cupboard

Lynn Reid

Banks

Fiction

Social Studies

5.9 3-5 RA


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Independent I

3 The Chocolate Touch Patrick Kene

Patrick Catling

Fiction

Language Arts

4.5 3-5 Any

3 Frindle Andrew

Clements

Fiction

Language Arts

4.8 3-5 Any

3 Stone Fox John Reynolds

Gardiner

Historical Fiction

Language Arts

3.2 3-5 Any

Used in 3rd

grade as

Guided Reading in LA

3 The Classroom at the

End of the Hall

Douglas Evans Fiction

Language Arts

5.5 3-5 RA

3 Bunnicula James Howe Fiction

Language Arts

4.9 3-5 RA,GR,LC

3 Freckle Juice Judy Blume Fiction

Language Arts

3.6 K-3 GR

3 The Chalk Box Kid Clyde Robert

Bulla

Realistic Fiction

Language Arts

3.2 3-5 WC

3 Ramona Quimby,

Age 8

Beverly Cleary Fiction

Language Arts

3.5 3-5 Any

3 The Tale of

Despereaux

Kate DiCamillo Folk & Fairy

Tales/Myths &

Legends

4.8 3-5 RA


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Language Arts

3 Stink Megan

McDonald

Fiction

Language Arts

2.9 2-4 GR

3 The Paint Brush Kid

Clyde Robert

Bulla

Realistic Fiction

Language Arts

2.8 3-5 GR

3 Cam Jansen (series) David A. Adler Fiction

Mystery &

Suspense, Series

Language Arts

2.5-3.5 2-3 GR

3 Clementine (series) Pennypacker Fiction

Language Arts

3.9-4.5 3-5 GR

3 Marvin Redpost

(series)

Louis Sachar Fiction

Language Arts

2.2-3.5 2-4 GR

3 The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman Historical Fiction

Language Arts

4.0 3-5 GR

3 The Adventures of

Ali Baba Bernstein

Joanna Hurwitz Fiction

Language Arts

4.1 3-5 GR


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3 Chocolate Fever Robert Kimmel

Smith

Fiction

Language Arts

4.8 3-5 GR

3 Judy Moody (series) Megan

McDonald

Realistic Fiction

Language Arts

2.5-3.4 2-4 GR

3 Amber Brown

(series)

Paula Danziger Realistic Fiction

Language Arts

3.2 2-4 GR

3 Million Dollar Shot Dan Gutman Fiction

Language Arts

4.8 3-5 GR

3 How to Eat Fried

Worms

Thomas

Rockwell

Fiction

Language Arts

3.5 3-5 GR

3 James and the Giant

Peach

Roald Dahl Fiction

Language Arts

6.7 3-5 GR

3 J.T. Jane Wagner Realistic Fiction

Language Arts

2.8 3-5 GR

3 Be a Perfect Person in

Just Three Days

Stephen Manes Fiction

Language Arts

4.5 3-5 GR

3 Donavan’s Word Jar Monalisa

Degross

Realistic Fiction

Language Arts

2.6 3-4 GR


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3 The School Story Andrew

Clements

Realistic Fiction

Language Arts

4.7 3-5 GR

3 The Report Card Andrew

Clements

Realistic Fiction

Language Arts

5.1 3-5 GR

3 Winners Take All Bowen Realistic Fiction

Language Arts

4.2 3-5 GR

3 In the Year of the

Boar and Jackie

Robinson

Bette Bao Lord Realistic Fiction

Language Arts

3.8 3-5 GR

3 Invisible in the Third

Grade

Margery Cuyler Fiction

Language Arts

3.5 3-4 GR

3 The Flunking of

Joshua T. Bates

Susan Shreve Realistic Fiction

Language Arts

3.2 3-5 GR

3 The Candy Corn

Contest

Patricia Reilly

Giff

Fiction

Language Arts

3.2 3-5 GR

3 Otherwise Known as

Sheila the Great

Judy Blume Realistic Fiction

Language Arts

4.2 3-6 GR

3 Double Fudge Judy Blume Fiction

Language Arts

4.5 3-6 GR


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3 Superfudge Judy Blume Fiction

Language Arts

4.2 3-6 GR

3 Mrs Frisbee and the

Rats of NIMH

Robert C.

O’Brian

Fiction

Language Arts

5.8 3-5 GR

Disclaimer: The list of third grade books is used by the third grade in various ways. In third grade, we use hundreds of other trade books,

both fiction, and non-fiction from our grade level set collection, as well as library finds and our own classroom libraries. We share books that

we might have, that our teammates might not have. The use of excellent literature is paramount to our teaching of comprehension strategies

and writers’ craft.

4 A Taste of

Blackberries

Doris Smith Death/Families/

Friendship

Realistic Fiction

3.2 3-5 WC, LC, GR

4 A Cricket in Times

Square

George Selden

Fiction

5.9 3-5 WC, I

4 Arthur for the Very

First Time

Patricia

MacLachlan

Realistic Fiction 5.3 3-5 GR, LC, I

4 Because of Winn-

Dixie

Kate DiCamillo Realistic Fiction 4.1 3-5 GR, RA, WC

4 Birdies Lighthouse Deborah

Hopkinson

Fiction 4.8 3-5 GR, I

4 The Castle in the

Attic

Elizabeth

Winthrop

Fiction,

Action/Adventure

Fantasy

5.9 3-5 GR,I


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Guided GR

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4 Charlie and the

Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl Fiction, Classics 5.9 3-5 GR, WC, I

4 Chocolate Fever Robert Kimmel

Smith


4 Chocolate Touch Patrick Skene

Catling

Fiction 4.5 3-5 GR, RA

4 Crash Jerry Spinelli Realistic Fiction 4.8 6-8 RA, GR, LC

4 Dangerous Crossing Carole G. Vogel Non-Fiction 7.9 6-8 GR, I

4 Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary Fiction 4.7 3-5 GR, WC

4 Ella Enchanted Gail Carson

Levine


4 Everyone Else’s

Parents Said Yes

Paula Danzinger Realistic Fiction 5.3 3-5 GR, RA

4 Family Under the

Bridge

Natalie Carlson Realistic Fiction

Homeless children

in Paris

5.1 3-5 WC, LC, GR


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4 The Fighting Ground Avi Action/Adventure

Historical Fiction

Revolutionary

War

6.4 3-5 WC, LC, GR

4 Frindle Andrew

Clements

Fiction 4.8 3-5 GR, LC, I

4 Ghost, The White

house, and ME

Judith George Realistic Fiction 4.6 3-5 GR, WC

4 Granny Torrelli

Makes Soup

Shannon Creech Realistic Fiction 4.5 3-5 GR, WC

4 We are Patriots-Hope

Revolutionary War

Diary

Kristiana

Gregory

Historical Fiction 3.9 3-5 GR, WC, RA

4 In the Year of the

Boar and Jackie

Robinson

Bette Bao Lord Realistic Fiction 3.8 3-5 GR, RA

4 Island of the Blue

Dolphins

Scott O’Dell Fiction

Action/Adventure

Classics

5.5 6-8 GR, I

4 Joey Pigza

Swallowed the Key

Jack Gantos Realistic Fiction 5.2 3-5 GR, RA

4 Kid in the Red Jacket Barbara Park Realistic Fiction 4.5 3-5 GR, WC, I


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Read Aloud RA

Guided GR

Lit Circle LC

Independent I

4 Lion, the Witch, and

the Wardrobe, The

C.S. Lewis Fiction, Classics 6.1 6-8 GR, I

4 Lunch Money Andrew

Clements

Realistic Fiction 5.0 3-5 WC, LC, I

4 Matilda Roald Dahl Fiction

Satire

5.2 3-5 WC, LC, GR, RA

4 Million Dollar Shot Dan Gutman Fiction 4.8 3-5 RA, LC,GR

4 Mr. Popper’s

Penguins

Rich Atwater Fiction 4.9 3-5 RA, I

4 My Side of the

Mountain

Jean Craighead

George

Realistic Fiction 6.7 3-5 GR

4 Pioneer Summer Deborah

Hopkinson

Historical Fiction 3.2 3-5 GR, LC

4 Report Card, The Andrew

Clements

Realistic Fiction 5.1 3-5 RA,WC,GR,LC

4 Riding Freedom Pam Munoz

Ryan

Historical Fiction

The Northeast, the

West, Woman’s

Rights

4.8 3-5 WC, LC, GR


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Guided GR

Lit Circle LC

Independent I

4 Sadako and The

Thousand Paper

Cranes

Eleanor Coerr Biography,

Historical Fiction

5.2 3-5 GR,LC,WC,I

4 Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia

Maclachlan

Classics,

Historical Fiction

4.2 3-5 WC,GR,LC

4 Shiloh Phyllis

Reynolds

Naylor

Realistic Fiction 5.7 3-5 GR

4 Seven Spiders

Spinning

George Maguire Fiction 5.9 3-5 WC,LC,GR

4 Sign of the Beaver,

The

Elizabeth Speare Historical Fiction

Northeast Region

5.7 3-5 WC, LC, GR

4 Snow Treasure Marie

McSwigan

Historical Fiction

Holocaust

4.9 6-8 WC, LC, GR

4 Stuart Little E.B. White Fiction, Classics 3.9 3-5 LC,GR,I

4 Stone Fox John Reynolds

Gardiner

Historical Fiction

Dog race

3.2 3-5 WC, LC, GR

Used in 4th grade as

Whole Class for Social

Studies

4 Tales of a 4th Grade

Nothing

Judy Blume Fiction 4.9 3-5 GR,LC,WC,I


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4 Tracker Gary Paulsen Realistic Fiction 6.5 3-5 I,LC

4 Trouble River Betsy Byars Realistic Fiction 5.8 3-5 I,LC

4 War with Grandpa,

The

Robert Kimmel

Smith

Family

Relationships

4.5 3-5 WC, LC, GR

4 Wish Giver, The Bill Brittain Fiction 4.7 3-5 RA

Disclaimer: The list of fourth grade books is used by the fourth grade in various ways. In fourth grade, we use hundreds of other trade books, both fiction,

and non-fiction from our grade level book set collection, as well as library finds and our own classroom libraries. We share books that we might have, that

our team-mates might not have. The use of excellent literature is paramount to our teaching of comprehensive strategies and writers’ craft.

5 The BFG Roald Dahl Character, Unit 1

Fantasy

5.5 3-6 RA

5 Loser Jerry Spinelli Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

5.5 3-5 RA

5 Crash Jerry Spinelli Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

4.8 6-8 WC


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5 Be a Perfect Person in

Just Three Days

Stephan Manes Character, Unit 1

Humorous Fiction

4.5 3-5 IR

5 Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul

Curtis

Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

5.2 3-5 IR

5 The Magnificent

Mummy Maker

Elvira Woodruff Character, Unit 1

Fiction

5.4 3-5 IR

5 Rules Cynthia Lord Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

4.5 6-8 IR

5 There’s a Boy in the

Girls Bathroom

Louis Sachar Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

5.5 3-5 IR

5 The Whipping Boy Sid Fleishman Plot Analysis,

Unit 2

Historical Fiction

4.0 3-5 RA


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5 Al Capone Does My

Shirts

Gennifer

Chaldenko

Plot Analysis,

Unit 2

Historical Fiction

4.7 6-8 WC

5 The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan Plot Analysis,

Unit 2

Fiction

Folk & Fairy

Tales/Myths &

Legends

4.7 6-8 IR

5 Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt Plot Analysis,

Unit 2

Fantasy

5.9 3-5 IR

5 Trumpet of the Swan E.B. White Plot Analysis,

Unit 2

Fiction

Action/Adventure

5.1 3-5 IR

5 Beowulf Robert Nye Plot Analysis,

Unit 2 - Fiction

Folk & Fairy

Tales/Myths &

Legends

5.5 6-8 IR


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5 Family Under the

Bridge

Natalie Savage

Carlson

Plot Analysis,

Unit 2

Realistic Fiction

5.1 3-5 IR

5 Crispin – The Cross

of Lead

Avi Plot Analysis,

Unit 2

Action/Adventure

Historical Fiction

6.1 6-8 IR

5 The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke Plot Analysis,

Unit 2

Fiction Action/Adventure,

Mystery & Suspense

4.9 6-8 IR

5 Truesight David Stahler,

Jr.

Setting, Unit 3

Science Fiction

5.2 6-8 RA/IR

5 City of Ember Jeanne DuPrau Setting, Unit 3

Fiction- Fantasy,

Mystery &

Suspense

5.1 6-8 RA/IR

5 Poppy Avi Setting, Unit 3

Fiction

Action/Adventure

4.8 3-6 WC


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5 Coraline Neil Gaiman Setting, Unit 3

Fiction

Fantasy, Horror

5.2 6-8 IR

5 Something Upstairs Avi Setting, Unit 3

Fiction- Mystery

& Suspense

5.1 3-5 IR

5 Castle in the Attic Elizabeth

Winthrop

Setting, Unit 3

Fiction Action/Adventure,

Fantasy

5.9 3-5 IR

5 Inkheart Cornelia Funke Setting, Unit 3

Fiction

Fantasy

4.9 6-8 IR

5 Secret Garden Frances

Hodgson

Burnett

Setting, Unit 3

Fiction

6.8 6-8 IR

5 Chasing Redbird Sharon Creech Theme, Unit 4

Realistic Fiction

5.2 6-8 RA

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5 Number the Stars Lois Lowry Theme, Unit 4

Historical Fiction

WWII; Holocaust

5.2 5-8 RA/WC

5 James and the Giant

Peach

Roald Dahl Theme, Unit 4

Fiction

6.7 3-5 WC/IR

5 Heartbeat Sharon Creech Theme, Unit 4

Realistic Fiction,

Poetry & Rhymes

5.1 6-8 IR

5 Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul

Curtis

Theme, Unit 4

Realistic Fiction

5.2 3-5 IR

5 Absolutely Normal

Chaos

Sharon Creech Theme, Unit 4

Diaries &

Journals, Realistic

Fiction

6.9 6-8 IR

5 King Arthur Jane E. Mason

Sarah Stephens

Theme, Unit 4

Fiction

Folk & Fairy

Tales

3.9 3-5 IR

5 The Lion, The Witch,

and The Wardrobe

C.S. Lewis Theme, Unit 4

Fiction, Classics

6.1 6-8 IR


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6 Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

5.4 6-8 RA

6 Holes Louis Sachar Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

5.2 6-8 WC

6 When Zachary

Beaver Came to

Town

Kimberly Willis

Holt

Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

5.8 6-8 IR

6 Freak the Mighty Rodman

Philbrick

Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

6.3 6-8 IR

6 The View From the

Cherry Tree

Willo Davis

Roberts

Character, Unit 1

Fiction

Mystery &

Suspense

4.1 6-8 IR

6 Hatchet Gary Paulsen Plot, Unit 2

Action/Adventure,

Realistic Fiction

6.3 6-8 RA

6 The Cay Theodore Taylor Plot, Unit 2

Fiction

Action/Adventure

6.3 5-8 WC

6 Call it Courage Armstrong

Sperry

Plot, Unit 2

Fiction

Folk & Fairy

5.8 6-8 IR


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Tales/Myths &

Legends

6 My Side of the

Mountain

Jean Craighead

George

Plot, Unit 2

Realistic Fiction

6.7 3-5 IR

6 Island of the Blue

Dolphins

Scott O’Dell Plot, Unit 2

Fiction

Action/Adventure

Classics

5.5 6-8 IR

6 Far North Will Hobbs Plot, Unit 2

Fiction

Action/Adventure

6.8 6-8 IR

6 Climb or Die Edward Myers Plot, Unit 2

Fiction

Action/Adventure

5.5 6-8 IR

6 The Sniper Theodore Taylor Plot, Unit 2

Action/Adventure

Mystery &

Suspense,

Realistic Fiction

6.5 HS IR


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6 Pictures of Hollis

Woods

Patricia Reilly

Giff

Setting, Unit 3

Realistic Fiction

4.5 6-8 RA

6 Where the Red Fern

Grows

Wilson Rawls Setting, Unit 3

Fiction

Action/Adventure

Classics

6.4 6-8 RA

6 The Girl Who Owned

a City

O.T. Nelson Setting, Unit 3

Action/Adventure

Science Fiction

5.1 6-8 WC

6 Sixth Grade Secrets Louis Sachar Setting, Unit 3

Humorous Fiction

4.7 6-8 IR

6 The Accident Diane Hoh Setting, Unit 3

Fiction, Horror

5.5 HS IR

6 The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper Setting, Unit 3

Action/Adventure

Fantasy, Series

7.1 6-8 IR

6 The Phantom

Tollbooth

Norton Juster Setting, Unit 3

Fiction

5.4 3-5 IR

6 The Devil’s

Arithmetic

Jane Yolen Theme, Unit 4

Historical Fiction,

Informational

5.1 6-8 RA


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6 Devil on My Heels Joyce

McDonald

Theme, Unit 4

Historical Fiction

4.4 6-8 WC

6 The Breadwinner Deborah Ellis Theme, Unit 4

Realistic Fiction

5.5 6-8 IR

6 Milkweed Jerry Spinelli Theme, Unit 4

Historical Fiction

5.2 6-8 IR

7 The Language of

Goldfish

Zibby O’Neil Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

5.9 6-8 RA

7 The Giver Lois Lowry Character, Unit 1

Classics, Science

Fiction

5.9 6-8 WC


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7 Call of the Wild Jack London Character, Unit 1

Fiction

Action/Adventure

Classics

7.3 6-8 IR

7 Esperanza Rising Pam Munzo

Ryan

Character, Unit 1

Historical Fiction

5.5 6-8 IR

7 Fever 1793 Laurie Halse

Anderson

Character, Unit 1

Survival

7.6 6-8 IR

7 Horse and His Boy C.S. Lewis Character, Unit 1

Historical Fiction

7.6 6-8 IR


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7 The House on Mango

Street

Sandra Cisneros Character, Unit 1

Classics, Realistic

Fiction

5.6 6-8 IR

7 The Pigman Paul Zindel Character, Unit 1

Classics, Realistic

Fiction

5.9 6-8 IR

7 Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech Setting, Unit 2

Realistic Fiction

6.6 6-8 RA

7 Something Wicked

This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury Setting, Unit 2

Fiction

Classics, Fantasy,

Horror

8.1 9-12 WC


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7 Break with Charity Ann Rinaldi Setting, Unit 2

Historical Fiction

6.9 9-12 IR

7 Roll of Thunder, Hear

My Cry

Mildred Taylor Setting, Unit 2

Historical Fiction

6.9 6-8 IR

7 Looking for Alaska John Green Setting, Unit 2

Realistic Fiction

6.7 9-12 IR

7 The Wave Todd Strasser Plot, Unit 3

Realistic Fiction

5.7 9-12 RA


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7

Soldier X Don Wulffson Plot, Unit 3

Historical Fiction

6.3 9-12 WC

7 Animal Farm George Orwell Plot, Unit 3

Fiction, Classics

9.0 9-12 IR

7 The Boy in the

Striped Pajamas

John Boyne Plot, Unit 3

Historical Fiction

8.3 9-12 IR

7 Night Elie Wisle Plot, Unit 3

Non-Fiction

Autobiography

8.7 9-12 IR


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7 Running Out of Time Margaret

Peterson Haddix

Plot, Unit 3

Fiction,

Mystery &

Suspense

6.4 6-8 IR

7 Milkweed Jerri Spinelli Plot, Unit 3

Historical Fiction

5.2 6-8 IR

8 Star Girl Jerry Spinelli Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

6.1 9-12 RA

8 Bambi Felix Salten Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

6.5 6-8 RA


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8 The Outsiders S.E. Hinton Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

5.1 6-8 WC

8 A Tree Grows in

Brooklyn

Betty Smith Character, Unit 1

Fiction, Classics

7.6 9-12 IR

8 Flipped Wendelin Van

Draanen

Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

5.5 6-8 IR

8 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes Character, Unit 1

Fiction

5.9 9-12 IR

8 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury Character, Unit 1

Classics, Science

Fiction

10.0 9-12 IR

8 Tangerine Edward Bloor Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

5.4 6-8 IR


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8 That Was Then, This

is Now

Hinton Character, Unit 1

Realistic Fiction

6.2 6-8 IR

8 Bambi Felix Salten Plot, Unit 2

Realistic Fiction

6.5 6-8 RA

8 Star Girl Jerry Spinelli Plot, Unit 2

Realistic Fiction

6.1 9-12 RA

8 Christmas Carol Charles Dickens Plot, Unit 2

Classics, Fiction

8.6 6-8 WC


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8 Tangerine Edward Bloor Plot, Unit 2

Realistic Fiction

5.4 6-8 WC

8 Petey Ben Mikaelsen Plot, Unit 2

Realistic Fiction

6.1 6-8 WC

8 Swallowing Stones Joyce

McDonald

Plot, Unit 2

Realistic Fiction

5.1 9-12 IR

8 A Tree Grows in

Brooklyn

Betty Smith Plot, Unit 2

Classics, Realistic

Fiction

7.6 9-12 IR

8 Flipped Wendelin Van

Draanen

Plot, Unit 2

Realistic Fiction

5.5 6-8 IR

8 When the Legends

Die

Hal Borland Plot, Unit 2

Realistic Fiction

5.5 6-8 GR


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8 Wish You Well David Baldacci

Plot, Unit 2

Realistic Fiction

7.1 9-12 IR

8 Homecoming Cynthia Voigt Plot, Unit 2

Realistic Fiction

5.5 9-12 IR

8 That Was Then, This

is Now

S.E.Hinton Plot, Unit 2

Realistic Fiction

6.2 6-8 IR

8 Dr. Jekyll and Mr.

Hyde

Robert Louis

Stevenson

Setting, Unit 3

Fiction, Horror

7.1 6-8 RA

8 And Then There

Were None

Agatha Christie Setting, Unit 3

Fiction, Mystery

& Suspense

7.1 9-12 WC

8 The Hound of the

Baskervilles

Arthur Conan

Doyle

Setting, Unit 3

Fiction, Mystery

& Suspense

7.5 9-12 IR

8 Murder on the Orient

Express

Agatha Christie

Setting, Unit 3

Fiction, Mystery

& Suspense

7.4 9-12 IR


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8 The House of the

Scorpion

Nancy Farmer Setting, Unit 3

Science Fiction

6.1 6-8 IR

8 Rue Morgue Edgar Allen Poe Setting, Unit 3

Fiction, Mystery

& Suspense

10 9-12 IR

8 The Murder of Roger

Ackroyd


Fiction, Mystery

& Suspense

8.3 9-12 IR

8 Murder on the Orient

Express


Fiction, Mystery

& Suspense

7.4 9-12 IR

8 While My Pretty One

Sleeps

Mary Higgins

Clark

Setting, Unit 3

Fiction, Mystery

& Suspense

8.5 9-12 IR

8 Monster Walter Dean

Myers

Theme, Unit 4

Realistic Fiction

7.1 9-12 RA

8 To Kill a

Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Theme, Unit 4

Realistic Fiction,

Classics

8.1 9-12 WC


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8 Stuck in Neutral Terry Trueman Theme, Unit 4

Realistic Fiction

6.1 6-8 IR

8 Anne Frank: The

Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank Theme, Unit 4

Non-Fiction

5.9 6-8 IR

8 Swallowing Stones Joyce

McDonald

Theme, Unit 4

Realistic Fiction

5.1 9-12 IR

8 The Hunger Games Suzanne

Collins

Theme, Unit 4

Fiction

5.3 6-8 IR

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