TCIS Recommended Reading List Grades 3-5

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1 TCIS Recommended Reading List Grades 3-5 The ultimate top secret guide to taking over the world Call #: J NES Nesbitt, Kenn. Published 2011 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: 3-6 Freedom riders : John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement Call #: J 323 BAU Bausum, Ann. Published 2006 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 7.8 / 3.0 pts. Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation Call #: J TON Tonatiuh, Duncan. Published 2014 Reading Level: 3.2 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.1 / 0.5 pts. Locomotive Call #: J 385 FLO Floca, Brian. Published 2013 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.7 / 0.5 pts. Babushka's Mother Goose (folklore) Call #: J POL Polacco, Patricia. Published 1995 Reading Level: 2.1 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.1 / 0.5 pts. Looking for life in the universe : the search for extraterrestrial intelligence Call #: J 522 JAC Jackson, Ellen B., Series: Scientists in the field Published 2002 Reading Level: 6.7 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.9 / 1.0 pts. TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5 1

2 The mysterious universe : supernovae, dark energy, and black holes Call #: J JAC Jackson, Ellen B., Series: Scientists in the field Published 2008 Reading Level: 7.5 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 7.5 / 2.0 pts. The day-glo brothers : the true story of Bob and Joe Switzer's bright ideas and brand-new colors Call #: J 535 BAR Barton, Chris. Published 2009 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.0 / 0.5 pts. Volcano : the eruption and healing of Mount St. Helens Call #: J LAU Lauber, Patricia. Published 1986 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.2 / 1.0 pts. Eye to eye : how animals see the world Call #: J JEN Jenkins, Steve, Published 2014 Reading Level: 7.5 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.7 / 0.5 pts. Nic Bishop spiders. Call #: J BIS Bishop, Nic, Published 2007 Reading Level: 3.3 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.8 / 0.5 pts. The tarantula scientist Call #: J MON Montgomery, Sy. Series: Scientists in the field Published 2004 Reading Level: 6.4 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.8 / 2.0 pts. 2 TCI TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

3 Neighborhood sharks : hunting with the great whites of California's Farallon Islands Call #: J ROY Roy, Katherine. Published 2014 Reading Level: 7.9 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.6 / 0.5 pts. Chameleon, chameleon Call #: J COW Cowley, Joy. Published 2005 Reading Level: 2.9 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.0 / 0.5 pts. Look up! : bird-watching in your own backyard Call #: J 598 CAT Cate, Annette. Published 2013 Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: 3-6 Quest for the tree kangaroo : an expedition to the cloud forest of New Guinea Call #: J MON Montgomery, Sy. Series: Scientists in the field Published 2006 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.3 / 2.0 pts. Saving the ghost of the mountain : an expedition among snow leopards in Mongolia Call #: J MON Montgomery, Sy. Series: Scientists in the field Published 2009 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.5 / 3.0 pts. Moonshot : the flight of Apollo 11 Call #: J FLO Floca, Brian. Published 2009 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.8 / 0.5 pts. Sugaring time Call #: J LAS Lasky, Kathryn. Published 1983 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.8 / 1.0 pts. TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5 3

4 Kakapo rescue : saving the world's strangest parrot Call #: J MON Montgomery, Sy. Series: Scientists in the field Published 2010 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.4 / 3.0 pts. El Deafo (graphic novel) Call #: J BEL Bell, Cece. Published 2014 Reading Level: 3.3 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 2.7 / 2.0 pts. To dance : a memoir (graphic novel) Call #: J SIE Siegel, Siena Cherson. Published 2006 Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.8 / 0.5 pts. Joyful noise : poems for two voices (poetry) Call #: J 811 FLE Fleischman, Paul. Published 1988 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: 5-8 For laughing out loud : poems to tickle your funnybone (poetry) Call #: J 811 FOR selected by Jack Prelutsky ; illustrated by Marjorie Priceman. Published 1991 Reading Level: 6.1 Interest Level: 3-6 Carver : a life in poems (poetry) Call #: J 811 NEL Nelson, Marilyn. Published 2001 The aliens have landed at our school! : poems (poetry) Call #: J 811 NES Nesbitt, Kenn. Published 2001 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: TCI TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

5 My hippo has the hiccups : and other poems I totally made up (poetry) Call #: J 811 NES Nesbitt, Kenn. Published 2009 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: 3-6 Revenge of the lunch ladies : the hilarious book of school poetry (poetry) Call #: J 811 NES Nesbitt, Kenn. Published 2007 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: 3-6 The tighty whitey spider : and more wacky animal poems I totally made up (poetry) Call #: J 811 NES Nesbitt, Kenn. Published 2010 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: 3-6 When the teacher isn't looking : and other funny school poems (poetry) Call #: J 811 NES Nesbitt, Kenn. Published 2005 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: 3-6 The new kid on the block : poems (poetry) Call #: J 811 PRE Prelutsky, Jack. Published 1984 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: 3-6 A pizza the size of the sun : poems (poetry) Call #: J 811 PRE Prelutsky, Jack. Published 1996 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: 3-6 TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5 5

6 The swamps of Sleethe : poems from beyond the solar system (poetry) Call #: J 811 PRE Prelutsky, Jack. Published 2009 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.6 / 0.5 pts. Dark emperor & other poems of the night (poetry) Call #: J 811 SID Sidman, Joyce. Published 2010 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.1 / 0.5 pts. Casey at the bat : a ballad of the Republic, sung in the year 1888 (poetry) Call #: J 811 THA Thayer, Ernest Lawrence, Published 1997 Reading Level: 6.9 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.3 / 0.5 pts. A visit to William Blake's inn : poems for innocent and experienced travelers (poetry) Call #: J 811 WIL Willard, Nancy. Published 1981 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.5 / 0.5 pts. The armpit of doom : Funny poems for kids Call #: J NES Nesbitt, Kenn. Published 2012 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: 3-6 Good masters! sweet ladies! : voices from a medieval village Call #: J SCH Schlitz, Laura Amy. Published 2007 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.6 / 2.0 pts. 6 TCI TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

7 Titanic : voices from the disaster Call #: J HOP Hopkinson, Deborah. Published 2012 Reading Level: 7.6 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 7.4 / 7.0 pts. The Wright brothers : how they invented the airplane Call #: J 920 FRE Freedman, Russell. Published 1991 Reading Level: 6.9 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 7.7 / 4.0 pts. Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream Call #: J 920 STO Stone, Tanya Lee. Published 2009 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 7.1 / 4.0 pts. The voice that challenged a nation : Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights (biography) Call #: J 921 AND Freedman, Russell. Published 2004 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 8.2 / 3.0 pts. Josephine the dazzling life of Josephine Baker Call #: J 921 BAK Powell, Patricia Hruby, Published 2014 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.6 / 1.0 pts. Lexile: 790 El Deafo Call #: J 921 BEL Bell, Cece. Published 2014 Reading Level: 3.3 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 2.7 / 2.0 pts. Lexile: 420 TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5 7

8 Gandhi (biography) Call #: J 921 GAN Demi. Published 2001 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.5 / 0.5 pts. Gandhi, peaceful warrior (biography) Call #: J 921 GAN Bains, Rae. Published 1990 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: 3-6 The boy who harnessed the wind (biography) Call #: J 921 KAM Kamkwamba, William, Published 2012 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.3 / 0.5 pts. The road from home : the story of an Armenian girl (biography) Call #: J 921 KHE Kherdian, David. Published 1979 Reading Level: 7.5 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.7 / 9.0 pts. Kubla Khan : the emperor of everything (biography) Call #: J 921 KUB Krull, Kathleen. Published 2010 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.7 / 0.5 pts. Lincoln : a photobiography (biography) Call #: J 921 LIN Freedman, Russell. Published 1987 Reading Level: 7.4 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 7.7 / 5.0 pts. 8 TCI TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

9 The mad potter : George E. Ohr, eccentric genius (biography) Call #: J 921 OHR Greenberg, Jan, Published 2013 Reading Level: 6.7 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.9 / 1.0 pts. Sequoyah : the Cherokee man who gave his people writing (biography) Call #: J 921 SEQ Rumford, James, Published 2004 Reading Level: 2.9 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.7 / 0.5 pts. Trial by ice : a photobiography of Sir Ernest Shackleton (biography) Call #: J 921 SHA Kostyal, K. M., Published 1999 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.2 / 1.0 pts. The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain (biography) Call #: J 921 SIS Sís, Peter, Published 2007 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.2 / 1.0 pts. Walt Whitman : words for America (biography) Call #: J 921 WHI Kerley, Barbara. Published 2004 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.4 / 0.5 pts. Hitler Youth : growing up in Hitler's shadow Call #: J 943 BAR Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Published 2005 Reading Level: 7.2 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 7.8 / 6.0 pts. TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5 9

10 Commodore Perry in the land of the Shogun Call #: J 952 BLU Blumberg, Rhoda. Published 1985 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 7.9 / 3.0 pts. A black hole is not a hole Call #: J EB DEC DeCristofano, Carolyn Cinami. Published 2012 Reading Level: 6.1 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.1 / 2.0 pts. Lexile: 900 The true blue scouts of Sugar Man Swamp Call #: JAB APP Appelt, Kathi, Published 2013 Interest Level: 3-6 Hold fast Call #: JAB BAL Balliett, Blue, Published 2013 Interest Level: 3-6 Crazy lady! Call #: JAB CON Conly, Jane Leslie. Published 1999 Interest Level: 3-6 Bud, not Buddy Call #: JAB CUR Curtis, Christopher Paul. Published 2000 Interest Level: 5-8 Because of Winn-Dixie Call #: JAB DIC DiCamillo, Kate. Published 2001 Interest Level: TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

11 Everything on a waffle Call #: JAB HOR Horvath, Polly. Published 2002 Interest Level: 3-6 Ella enchanted Call #: JAB LEV Levine, Gail Carson. Published 1998 Interest Level: 3-6 Ella enchanted Call #: JAB LEV Levine, Gail Carson. Published 1998 Island of the Blue Dolphins Call #: JAB ODE O'Dell, Scott, Published 1997 Interest Level: 5-8 A single shard Call #: JAB PAR Park, Linda Sue. Published 2002 Interest Level: 3-6 The higher power of Lucky Call #: JAB PAT Patron, Susan. Published 2007 Interest Level: 3-6 A year down yonder Call #: JAB PEC Peck, Richard, Published 2000 Interest Level: 3-6 TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES

12 Maniac Magee Call #: JAB SPI Spinelli, Jerry. Published 2005 Interest Level: 3-6 Belle Prater's boy Call #: JAB WHI White, Ruth, Published 1997 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: 5-8 Little house on the prairie Call #: JAB WIL Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Published 2003 Interest Level: 3-6 (Bookroom) Blizzard! : the storm that changed America Call #: JBR MUR Murphy, Jim, Published 2006 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 7.6 / 4.0 pts. (Bookroom) Our only May Amelia Call #: JBR HOL Holm, Jennifer L. Published 2000 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.8 / 7.0 pts. (Bookroom) Ella enchanted [level U] Call #: JBR LEV Levine, Gail Carson. Published 1997 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.6 / 8.0 pts. Babushka's doll Call #: JCB POL Polacco, Patricia. Published 1990 Reading Level: 2.3 Interest Level: K-3 12 TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

13 Appelemando's dreams Call #: JE POL Polacco, Patricia. Published 1991 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.8 / 0.5 pts. The art of Miss Chew Call #: JE POL Polacco, Patricia. Published 2012 Reading Level: 2.8 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.6 / 0.5 pts. Aunt Chip and the great Triple Creek dam affair Call #: JE POL Polacco, Patricia. Published 1996 Reading Level: 3.5 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.2 / 0.5 pts. Babushka Baba Yaga Call #: JE POL Polacco, Patricia. Published 1999 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.4 / 0.5 pts. Babushka's doll Call #: JE POL Polacco, Patricia. Published 1990 Reading Level: 2.3 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 2.4 / 0.5 pts. The bee tree Call #: JE POL Polacco, Patricia. Published 1993 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.9 / 0.5 pts. TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES

14 Betty Doll Call #: JE POL Polacco, Patricia. Published 2001 Reading Level: 3.6 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.3 / 0.5 pts. Boat ride with Lillian Two Blossom Call #: JE POL Polacco, Patricia. Published 1988 Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 2.9 / 0.5 pts. Bully Call #: JE POL Polacco, Patricia. Published 2012 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.1 / 0.5 pts. Bun Bun Button Call #: JE POL Polacco, Patricia. Published 2011 Reading Level: 4.1 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.2 / 0.5 pts. The butterfly Call #: JE POL Polacco, Patricia. Published 2000 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.8 / 0.5 pts. Just in time, Abraham Lincoln Call #: JE POL Polacco, Patricia. Published 2011 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.2 / 0.5 pts. 14 TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

15 Maya and the turtle Call #: JE STI Stickler, Soma Han. Published 2012 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.8 / 0.5 pts. Show way Call #: JE WOO Woodson, Jacqueline. Published 2005 Reading Level: 2.4 Interest Level: K-3 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.8 / 0.5 pts. The one and only Ivan (animal fiction) Call #: JF APP Applegate, Katherine. Published 2012 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.6 / 4.0 pts. The true blue scouts of Sugar Man Swamp (animal story) Call #: JF APP Appelt, Kathi, Published 2014 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.4 / 8.0 pts. The underneath (animal story) Call #: JF APP Appelt, Kathi, Published 2008 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.2 / 9.0 pts. Whittington (animal story) Call #: JF ARM Armstrong, Alan W., Published 2005 Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.9 / 5.0 pts. TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES

16 Crispin : the cross of lead #1 (historical fiction) Call #: JF AVI Avi, Published 2004 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.0 / 7.0 pts. Nothing but the truth : a documentary novel (realistic fiction) Call #: JF AVI Avi, Published 2003 Reading Level: 6.9 Interest Level: Young Adult Accelerated Reader Level: 3.6 / 4.0 pts. Hold fast (mystery) Call #: JF BAL Balliett, Blue, Published 2013 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.2 / 9.0 pts. Hope was here (realistic fiction) Call #: JF BAU Bauer, Joan, Published 2000 Interest Level: Young Adult Accelerated Reader Level: 5.1 / 6.0 pts. Little dog, lost (realistic fiction) Call #: JF BAU Bauer, Marion Dane. Published 2013 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.4 / 2.0 pts. On my honor (realistic fiction) Call #: JF BAU Bauer, Marion Dane. Series: Yearling Newbery Published 1986 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.7 / 2.0 pts. 16 TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

17 The Wizard of Oz (classics) Call #: JF BAU Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), Series: Scholastic junior classics Published 2001 Reading Level: 7.4 Interest Level: 3-6 A gathering of days : a New England girl's journal, : a novel (historical fiction) Call #: JF BLO Blos, Joan W. Published 1979 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.7 / 5.0 pts. The wish giver : three tales of Coven Tree (fantasy) Call #: JF BRI Brittain, Bill. Published 1986 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.4 / 4.0 pts. The moves make the man : a novel (realistic fiction) Call #: JF BRO Brooks, Bruce. Published 1984 Reading Level: 7.4 Interest Level: 7-10 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.4 / 11.0 pts. Al Capone does my shirts (historical fiction) Call #: JF CHO Choldenko, Gennifer, Published 2004 Reading Level: 6.5 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.5 / 7.0 pts. Secret of the Andes (realistic fiction) Call #: JF CLA Clark, Ann Nolan, Published 1976 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.7 / 5.0 pts. TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES

18 Dear Mr. Henshaw (realistic fiction) Call #: JF CLE Cleary, Beverly. Published 2000 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.9 / 3.0 pts. Ramona Quimby, age 8 (realistic fiction) Call #: JF CLE Cleary, Beverly. Published 2001 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.6 / 3.0 pts. What Jamie saw (realistic fiction) Call #: JF COM Coman, Carolyn. Published 1997 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.4 / 3.0 pts. Crazy lady! (realistic fiction) Call #: JF CON Conly, Jane Leslie. Published 1993 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.8 / 5.0 pts. The great unexpected (realistic fiction) Call #: JF CRE Creech, Sharon. Published 2012 Reading Level: 4.1 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.3 / 6.0 pts. Walk two moons (realistic fiction) Call #: JF CRE Creech, Sharon. Published 2003 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.9 / 9.0 pts. 18 TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

19 The Wanderer (realistic fiction) Call #: JF CRE Creech, Sharon. Published 2000 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.2 / 6.0 pts. Bud, not Buddy (historical fiction) Call #: JF CUR Curtis, Christopher Paul. Published 1999 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.0 / 8.0 pts. Elijah of Buxton (historical fiction) Call #: JF CUR Curtis, Christopher Paul. Published 2007 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.4 / 12.0 pts. The Watsons go to Birmingham : a novel (historical fiction) Call #: JF CUR Curtis, Christopher Paul. Series: Yearling Newbery Published 1997 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.0 / 8.0 pts. Catherine, called Birdy (historical fiction) Call #: JF CUS Cushman, Karen. Published 1995 Reading Level: 7.4 Interest Level: 7-10 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.4 / 8.0 pts. The midwife's apprentice (historical fiction) Call #: JF CUS Cushman, Karen. Published 1995 Interest Level: 7-10 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.0 / 3.0 pts. Because of Winn-Dixie (animal story) Call #: JF DIC DiCamillo, Kate. Published 2001 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.9 / 3.0 pts. TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES

20 Flora & Ulysses : the illuminated adventures (fantasy) Call #: JF DIC DiCamillo, Kate. Published 2013 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.3 / 5.0 pts. The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread (adventure) Call #: JF DIC DiCamillo, Kate. Series: Thorndike Press large print The literacy bridge Published 2004 Reading Level: 4.1 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.7 / 5.0 pts. The snake scientist Call #: JF EB MON Montgomery, Sy. Series: Scientists in the field Published 1999 Reading Level: 6.7 Interest Level: 3-6 Yolonda's genius (realistic fiction) Call #: JF FEN Fenner, Carol. Published 1997 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.8 / 6.0 pts. Graven images : 3 stories (fantasy) Call #: JF FLE Fleischman, Paul. Published 1982 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: 5-8 The whipping boy (adventure) Call #: JF FLE Fleischman, Sid, Published 1987 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.9 / 2.0 pts. 20 TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

21 One-eyed cat : a novel (animal story) Call #: JF FOX Fox, Paula. Published 1984 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.4 / 7.0 pts. Homesick : my own story (historical fiction) Call #: JF FRI Fritz, Jean. Published 1984 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.1 / 6.0 pts. Dead end in Norvelt (historical fiction) Call #: JF GAN Gantos, Jack. Published 2011 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.7 / 12.0 pts. Joey Pigza loses control (realistic fiction) Call #: JF GAN Gantos, Jack. Published 2000 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.9 / 7.0 pts. Julie of the wolves (adventure) Call #: JF GEO George, Jean Craighead, Published 1972 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.8 / 6.0 pts. Lily's crossing (historical fiction) Call #: JF GIF Giff, Patricia Reilly. Published 1997 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.6 / 5.0 pts. TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES

22 Pictures of Hollis Woods (realistic fiction) Call #: JF GIF Giff, Patricia Reilly. Published 2002 Reading Level: 6.4 Interest Level: Young Adult Accelerated Reader Level: 4.4 / 5.0 pts. A tangle of knots (fantasy) Call #: JF GRA Graff, Lisa (Lisa Colleen), Published 2014 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.4 / 5.0 pts. Princess Academy (fantasy) Call #: JF HAL Hale, Shannon. Published 2005 Reading Level: 6.2 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.0 / 10.0 pts. Sweet whispers, Brother Rush (ghost story) Call #: JF HAM Hamilton, Virginia. Published 1982 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.8 / 8.0 pts. Olive's ocean (realistic fiction) Call #: JF HEN Henkes, Kevin. Published 2003 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.7 / 4.0 pts. The year of Billy Miller (realistic fiction) Call #: JF HEN Henkes, Kevin. Published 2013 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.2 / 3.0 pts. 22 TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

23 Out of the dust (historical fiction) Call #: JF HES Hesse, Karen. Published 1997 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.3 / 3.0 pts. Hoot (mystery) Call #: JF HIA Hiaasen, Carl. Published 2002 Interest Level: Young Adult Accelerated Reader Level: 5.2 / 9.0 pts. The fourteenth goldfish (science fiction) Call #: JF HOL Holm, Jennifer L. Published 2014 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.1 / 4.0 pts. Penny from heaven (realistic fiction) Call #: JF HOL Holm, Jennifer L. Published 2006 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.0 / 7.0 pts. Turtle in paradise (adventure) Call #: JF HOL Holm, Jennifer L. Published 2010 Reading Level: 4.1 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.7 / 4.0 pts. Everything on a waffle (realistic fiction) Call #: JF HOR Horvath, Polly. Published 2004 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.8 / 5.0 pts. TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES

24 Mr. and Mrs. Bunny-- detectives extraordinaire! (mystery) Call #: JF HOR Horvath, Polly. Published 2012 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.8 / 6.0 pts. Like Jake and me (realistic fiction) Call #: JF JUK Jukes, Mavis. Published 2005 Reading Level: 3.4 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 2.9 / 0.5 pts. Kira-kira (realistic fiction) Call #: JF KAD Kadohata, Cynthia. Published 2004 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.7 / 7.0 pts. The evolution of Calpurnia Tate (historical fiction) Call #: JF KEL Kelly, Jacqueline. Published 2009 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.3 / 12.0 pts. The view from Saturday (realistic fiction) Call #: JF KON Konigsburg, E. L. Published 1996 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.9 / 7.0 pts. Inside out & back again (historical fiction) Call #: JF LAI Lai, Thanhha. Published 2011 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.8 / 2.0 pts. 24 TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

25 The fledgling (fantasy) Call #: JF LAN Langton, Jane. Published 1980 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.0 / 6.0 pts. Hattie Big Sky (historical fiction) Call #: JF LAR Larson, Kirby. Published 2006 Interest Level: Young Adult Accelerated Reader Level: 4.4 / 10.0 pts. Elvis and the underdogs (animal story) Call #: JF LEE Lee, Jenny, Published 2014 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.7 / 9.0 pts. A ring of endless light (realistic fiction) Call #: JF LEN L'Engle, Madeleine. Series: Laurel-leaf books Published 1995 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.2 / 11.0 pts. Ella enchanted (fantasy) Call #: JF LEV Levine, Gail Carson. Published 1998 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.6 / 8.0 pts. Starry River of the Sky (fantasy) Call #: JF LIN Lin, Grace. Published 2014 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.4 / 7.0 pts. TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES

26 Where the mountain meets the moon (fantasy) Call #: JF LIN Lin, Grace. Published 2009 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.5 / 7.0 pts. Afternoon of the elves (realistic fiction) Call #: JF LIS Lisle, Janet Taylor. Published 1991 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.0 / 4.0 pts. Rules (realistic fiction) Call #: JF LOR Lord, Cynthia. Published 2006 Reading Level: 3.5 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.9 / 4.0 pts. The giver (science fiction) Call #: JF LOW Lowry, Lois. Series: Laurel-leaf books Published 1994 Interest Level: Young Adult Accelerated Reader Level: 5.7 / 7.0 pts. Number the stars (historical fiction) Call #: JF LOW Lowry, Lois. Published 2010 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.5 / 4.0 pts. Kindred souls (realistic fiction) Call #: JF MAC MacLachlan, Patricia. Published 2013 Reading Level: 3.0 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.0 / 1.0 pts. 26 TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

27 Sarah, plain and tall (historical fiction) Call #: JF MAC MacLachlan, Patricia. Published 2004 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.4 / 1.0 pts. The candymakers (realistic fiction) Call #: JF MAS Mass, Wendy, Published 2011 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.0 / 15.0 pts. After the rain (realistic fiction) Call #: JF MAZ Mazer, Norma Fox, Published 1987 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Young Adult Accelerated Reader Level: 3.7 / 8.0 pts. Accelerated Reader Level: 5.4 / 9.0 pts. The blue sword (fantasy) Call #: JF MCK McKinley, Robin. Published 1987 Reading Level: 8.9 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.8 / 17.0 pts. The hero and the crown (fantasy) Call #: JF MCK McKinley, Robin. Published 1984 Reading Level: 6.9 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 7.0 / 15.0 pts. Shackleton's stowaway (adventure) Call #: JF MCK McKernan, Victoria. Published 2005 Reading Level: 2.9 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.8 / 12.0 pts. TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES

28 The Unwanteds #1 (fantasy) Call #: JF MCM McMann, Lisa. Published 2012 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.7 / 11.0 pts. Scorpions (realistci fiction) Call #: JF MYE Myers, Walter Dean, Published 1988 Reading Level: 7.1 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.7 / 6.0 pts. Shiloh (animal fiction) Call #: JF NAY Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Published 2000 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: 3-6 Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh (fantasy) Call #: JF OBR O'Brien, Robert C. Published 1986 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.1 / 8.0 pts. Wonder (realistic fiction) Call #: JF PAL Palacio, R. J. Published 2012 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.8 / 11.0 pts. A single shard (historical fiction) Call #: JF PAR Park, Linda Sue. Published 2001 Reading Level: 6.7 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.6 / 6.0 pts. 28 TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

29 The great Gilly Hopkins (realistic fiction) Call #: JF PAT Paterson, Katherine. Published 1987 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.6 / 5.0 pts. The higher power of Lucky (realistic fiction) Call #: JF PAT Patron, Susan. Published 2006 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.9 / 5.0 pts. Jacob have I loved (realistic fiction) Call #: JF PAT Paterson, Katherine. Published 1990 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.7 / 8.0 pts. Dogsong (adventure) Call #: JF PAU Paulsen, Gary. Published 1995 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Young Adult Accelerated Reader Level: 5.2 / 5.0 pts. Hatchet (adventure) Call #: JF PAU Paulsen, Gary. Published 1996 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.7 / 7.0 pts. The winter room (adventure) Call #: JF PAU Paulsen, Gary. Series: Laurel-leaf books Published 1998 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.0 / 3.0 pts. TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES

30 A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories (historical fiction) Call #: JF PEC Peck, Richard, Published 1998 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.0 / 5.0 pts. A year down yonder (realistic fiction) Call #: JF PEC Peck, Richard, Published 2000 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.5 / 4.0 pts. Criss cross (realistic fiction) Call #: JF PER Perkins, Lynne Rae. Published 2005 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.5 / 7.0 pts. The mostly true adventures of Homer P. Figg (historical fiction) Call #: JF PHI Philbrick, W. R. (W. Rodman) Published 2009 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.6 / 7.0 pts. An orange for Frankie Call #: JF POL Polacco, Patricia. Published 2004 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.6 / 1.0 pts. The Westing game (mystery) Call #: JF RAS Raskin, Ellen. Published 1992 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.3 / 8.0 pts. 30 TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

31 Ninth Ward (adventure) Call #: JF RHO Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Published 2012 Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.3 / 4.0 pts. A fine white dust (realistic fiction) Call #: JF RYL Rylant, Cynthia. Published 1987 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.2 / 3.0 pts. Missing May (realistic fiction) Call #: JF RYL Rylant, Cynthia. Published 1992 Reading Level: 6.7 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.3 / 3.0 pts. Holes (adventure) Call #: JF SAC Sachar, Louis, Series: Yearling Newbery Published 2000 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.6 / 7.0 pts. Small steps (realistic fiction) Call #: JF SAC Sachar, Louis, Published 2006 Reading Level: 6.1 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.2 / 7.0 pts. Splendors and glooms (adventure)/ Call #: JF SCH Schlitz, Laura Amy. Published 2012 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.1 / 15.0 pts. TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES

32 The Wednesday wars (realistic fiction) Call #: JF SCH Schmidt, Gary D. Published 2007 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.9 / 12.0 pts. Aliens on vacation (science fiction) Call #: JF SMI Smith, Clete Barrett. Series: Intergalactic bed & breakfast Published 2012 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.1 / 9.0 pts. The sign of the beaver (adventure) Call #: JF SPE Speare, Elizabeth George. Published 1984 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.9 / 5.0 pts. Maniac Magee : a novel (realistic fiction) Call #: JF SPI Spinelli, Jerry. Published 1993 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.7 / 5.0 pts. Wringer (realistic fiction) Call #: JF SPI Spinelli, Jerry. Published 1997 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.5 / 5.0 pts. Surviving the Applewhites (realistic fiction) Call #: JF TOL Tolan, Stephanie S. Published 2005 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

33 The thief (adventure) Call #: JF TUR Turner, Megan Whalen. Published 1998 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 6.0 / 11.0 pts. Three times lucky (mystery)/ Call #: JF TUR Turnage, Sheila. Published 2012 Reading Level: 3.9 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 3.9 / 9.0 pts. Moon over Manifest (historical fiction) Call #: JF VAN Vanderpool, Clare. Published 2010 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.3 / 12.0 pts. Dicey's song ((realistic fiction) Call #: JF VOI Voigt, Cynthia. Published 1982 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.0 / 11.0 pts. A solitary blue ((realistic fiction) Call #: JF VOI Voigt, Cynthia. Published 1983 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.3 / 11.0 pts. Belle Prater's boy (realistic fiction) Call #: JF WHI White, Ruth, Published 1996 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.4 / 5.0 pts. TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES

34 By the shores of Silver Lake (historical fiction) Call #: JF WIL Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Series: Little house books ; 5 Published 2004 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.3 / 9.0 pts. Farmer boy (historical fiction) Call #: JF WIL Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Series: Little house Published 1971 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.2 / 9.0 pts. The first four years (historical fiction) Call #: JF WIL Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Series: Little house Published 1972 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.8 / 4.0 pts. Little house in the big woods (historical fiction) Call #: JF WIL Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Series: Little house Published 1994 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.3 / 5.0 pts. Little house on the prairie (historical fiction) Call #: JF WIL Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Series: Little house books ; 3 Published 2004 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.9 / 8.0 pts. The long winter (historical fiction) Call #: JF WIL Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Published 1953 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.3 / 10.0 pts. 34 TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5

35 On the banks of Plum Creek (historical fiction) Call #: JF WIL Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Series: Little house Published 1971 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.6 / 8.0 pts. One crazy summer (historical fiction) Call #: JF WIL Williams-Garcia, Rita. Published 2010 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.6 / 7.0 pts. These happy golden years (historical fiction) Call #: JF WIL Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Series: Little House Published 1994 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Young Adult Accelerated Reader Level: 5.6 / 10.0 pts. Feathers (realistic fiction) Call #: JF WOO Woodson, Jacqueline. Published 2007 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.4 / 4.0 pts. Breaking Stalin's nose (historical fiction) Call #: JF YEL Yelchin, Eugene. Published 2011 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: 5-8 Accelerated Reader Level: 4.6 / 2.0 pts. Dragon's gate (historical fiction) Call #: JF YEP Yep, Laurence. Published 1993 Interest Level: 7-10 Accelerated Reader Level: 5.3 / 10.0 pts. TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES

36 The year of Billy Miller Henkes, Kevin. Published 2013 Interest Level: TCIS RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR GRADES 3-5