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
By Mary Pope Osborne
Grades 3-5; Genre - Historical Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL N; AR pts: 2.0
Jack and Annie go to India to find a jewel called the emerald rose. They give the Great Mogul their stories filled with their tree house adventures and beautiful pictures. Continue reading
By Adam Blade
Grades 2-5; Genre - Fantasy; GRL S; AR pts: 2.0
Tom and Elenna are on their last quest to save the remaining amulet piece and help Taladon, Tom’s father, be freed from the evil Malvel. They’re faced with a ghost panther who scratches people and makes them turn evil. Continue reading
By Judy Blume
Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL Q; AR pts: 3.0
Peter Hatcher is nine years old and is in the fourth grade. He's forced to deal with his three year old brother, Fudge, and all of his quirks and bad manners. It seems to Peter that Fudge gets all the attention and that he amounts to a fourth grade nothing. 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 Mary Pope Osborne
Grades 3-5; Genre - Historical Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL N; AR pts: 2.0
Jack and Annie travel to New Orleans to help Louis Armstrong see the importance of sharing his musical gifts with the world. Continue reading
By Mary Pope Osborne
Grades 2-4; Genre - Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL N; AR pts: 2.0
Jack and Annie visit Antarctica looking for the fourth secret of happiness to help Merlin feel better. They get to meet some magical penguins and one even volunteers to go back to Merlin with Jack and Annie. 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