By Jerry Spinelli
Grades 6-8; Genre - Fiction; GRL V; AR pts: 6.0
There's a new girl in tenth grade and says her name is Stargirl. The entire school's not sure what to think of her and the kind things she does. Leo realizes that he's in love with her, but has a difficult time accepting that she's not like everybody else. Continue reading
By Esther Forbes
Grades 5-8; Genre - Fiction; GRL Z; AR pts: 13.0
Johnny is a fourteen year old apprentice as a silversmith living in Boston before the Revolutionary War. He burns his hand and is not able to be a silversmith any more. So he starts delivering the newspaper and gets caught up in taking sides with the rebels and the events leading up to the Revolutionary War. Continue reading
By Andrew Clements
Grades 4-7; Genre - Fiction; GRL R; AR pts: 2.0
Nick is in the fifth grade and comes up with a new word. This begins a battle with his language arts teacher as he tries to get everyone in his school to say it. Continue reading
Created by Jeff Brown & Written by Sara Pennypacker
Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL Q; AR pts: 1.0
Stanley’s family is on a ski vacation in Canada on the way to a wedding. Stanley meets a new friend and they literally get carried over the mountains to where the Inuit live. The boys learn to be a team and what it really means to be a good friend. Continue reading
By John Reynolds Gardiner
Grades 4-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL P; AR pts: 1.0
Grandfather is sick and ten year old Little Willie is left to care for the farm and find a way to pay the taxes. His only hope to keep the farm is to win a dog sled race, but the legendary dog sled racer, Stone Fox, has also entered the race. Continue reading
By Louisa May Alcott
Grades 2-4; Genre - Fiction; AR pts: 3.0
Four sisters learn they can be happy even when times are hard. Continue reading
By Betty MacDonald and Anne MacDonald Canham
Grades 2-6; Genre - Fantasy; AR pts: 5.0
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's birthday is here and the children help make plans and get ready for it. But during the preparations, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is at it again helping parents teach their children and curing their bad habits in all sorts of clever ways. Continue reading
By Gertrude Chandler Warner
Grades 3-4; Genre - Fiction; GRL O; AR pts: 3.0
The Alden children are helping out at the local animal shelter for the summer. Some mean men have come into town and threatened an older woman out of her home. The children hurry to beat the clock to protect the woman and her land. Continue reading
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Grades 6-8; Genre - Fiction; GRL O; AR pts 2.0
New neighbors move in next to the Aldens. Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny help the new young boys build a tree house and work together as they solve the mystery about a hidden room in the big house. Continue reading
By Pam Munoz Ryan
Grades 6-8; Genre - Fiction; GRL V; AR pts: 6.0
Living life like a princess, Esperanza is a young girl in Mexico. She's forced to leave her country with her mother and everything she's known and tries to figure out life and how to survive as an immigrant in American society. Continue reading