NCSD Recommended Book List 1 Nye County School District
NCSD Recommended Book List 1 Nye County School District
Dr. “Rob’s” Ranger Readers Book Club
Kindergarten Recommended Summer Book List
Picture Books
1. o • Am I Big or Little? by Margaret P. Bridges. 2001, Seastar Books.
2. o • All by Myself by Aliki. 2000, HarperCollins.
3. o • Arthur’s Teacher Moves In by Marc Brown. 2001, Little Brown.
4. o • Bark, George by Jules Feiffer. 1998, HarperCollins.
5. o • Benny, An Adventure Story by Bob Graham. 1998, Candlewick Press.
6. o • Berenstain Bears and Baby Makes Five by Stan and Jan Berenstain. 2000,
7. o Random House.
8. o • The Birds, the Bees, and the Berenstain Bears by Stan and Jan Berenstain.
9. o 2000, Random House.
10. o • A Carnival of Animals by Sid Fleischman. 2000, Greenwillow Books.
11. o • Case of the Puzzling Possum by Lisa W. Peters. 2001, Greenwillow Books.
12. o • Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck by Lisa W. Peters. 2001, Greenwillow
13. o Books.
14. o • Come Along, Daisy by Jane Simmons. 1998, Little Brown.
15. o • Dear Juno by Soyung Pak. 1998, Viking.
16. o • Don’t Need Friends by Carolyn Crimi. 1998, Dragonfly.
17. o • Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert. 1994, Harcourt Brace.
18. o • Eggday by Joyce Dunbar. 1999, Holiday House.
19. o • Froggy Eats Out by Jonathon London. 2001, Viking.
20. o • Get Set for Kindergarten! by Rosemary Wells. 2001, Viking.
21. o • Gregory’s Shadow by Don Freeman, 2001, Viking.
22. o • Horace and Morris But Mostly Dolores by James Howe. 1998, Atheneum
23. o Books for Young Readers.
24. o • I Had a Hippopotamus by Hector Viveros Lee. 1996, Lee & Low Books.
25. o • I Love Trains by Philemon Sturges. 2001, Dutton Books.
26. o • Jamela’s Dress by Nikki Day. 1998, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
27. o • John Willy and Freddy McGee by Holly Meade. 1998, Marshall
28. o Cavendish.
29. o • Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback. 1998, Scholastic.
30. o • Jubal’s Wish by Audrey Wood. 2001, Blue Sky.
31. o • Jungle Baseball Game by Tom Paxton. 1998, Morrow Junior.
32. o • Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philemon Sturges. 1998, Dutton Books.
33. o • Missing Mitten Mystery by Steven Kellogg. 2001, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
34. o • The Mouse That Snored by Bernard Waber. 2000, Houghton Mifflin.
35. o • My Dad by Anthony Brown. 2001, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
36. o • New Cat by Yangsook Choi. 1998, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
37. o • Night Worker by Kate Banks. 2000, Foster Books.
38. o • No, David! by David Shannon. 1998, Blue Sky.
39. o • Now I’m Six by Margaret Miller. 1996, Greenwillow Books.
40. o • Off To School, Baby Duck by Amy Hest. 1998, Candlewick Press.
41. o • Rain by Manya Stojic. 2000, Crown Publishers.
42. o • The Rain Came Down by David Shannon. 2000, Blue Sky.
43. o • Sheila Rae’s Peppermint Stick by Kevin Henkes. 2001, Greenwillow
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1. o Books.
2. o • The Sleepy Little Mouse by Eugenie Fernandes. 2001, Kids Can Press.
3. o • Story Time for Little Porcupine by Joseph Slate. 2001, Marshall
4. o Cavendish.
5. o • The Sun Is My Favorite Star by Frank Asch. 2001, Gulliver Books.
6. o • Sunday by Cynthia James. 1996, Whitman Publishers.
7. o • Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis. 1996,
8. o HarperCollins.
9. o • Three Cheers for Catherine the Great by Cari Best. 1998, DK Publishing.
10. o • Timothy Goes to School by Rosemary Wells. 2000, Viking.
11. o • Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman. 1998, HarperCollins.
12. o • Trucks Trucks Trucks by Peter Sis. 1998, Greenwillow Books.
13. o • The Very Clumsy Beetle by Eric Carle. 1998, Philomel Books.
14. o • Very Small by Joyce Dunbar. 2001, Harcourt Brace.
15. o • Waiting for Christmas by Monica Greenfield. 1996, Scholastic.
16. o • Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes. 2001, Greenwillow Books.
17. o • What Grandmas Do Best/What Grandpas Do Best by Laura Numeroff.
18. o 2001, Simon & Schuster.
19. o • What Shall We Do with the Boo-Hoo Baby? by Cressida Cowell. 2001,
20. o Scholastic.
21. o • Whose Hat? by Margaret Miller. 1997, Mulbery Books.
Nonfiction
1. o • Animals Nobody Loves by Seymour Simon. 2001, Seastar Books.
2. o • Away We Go! by Rebecca Kai Dotlich. 2001, HarperCollins.
3. o • Bats by Gail Gibbons. 1998, Holiday House. √
4. o • Bat Loves the Night by Nicola Davies. 2001, Candlewick Press.
5. o • Colors by Carol Diggory Shields. 2001, Handprint Books.
6. o • Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, and Spheres by Tana Hoban. 2001, Greenwillow
7. o Books.
8. o • Fall Leaves Fall! by Zoe Hall. 2001, Scholastic.
9. o • Farm Friends Clean Up by Cynthia Garelli. 2001, Crown Publishers.
10. o • Growing Frogs by Vivian French. 2000, Candlewick Press.
11. o • In November by Cynthia Rylant. 2001, Harcourt Brace.
12. o • Look-Alikes Jr.: Find More Than 700 Hidden Everyday Objects by Joan
13. o Steiner. 1998, Little Brown.
14. o • Magic School Bus Explores the Senses by Joanna Cole. 1999, Scholastic.
15. o • Master Man: A Tall Tale of Nigeria by Aaron Shepard. 2001,
16. o HarperCollins.
17. o • MathStarts Series by Stuart Murphy. 1999, HarperCollins.
18. o Jump, Kangaroo, Jump
19. o Spunky Monkey on Parade
20. o Rabbit’s Pajama Party
21. o Room for Ripley
22. o Super Sand Castle Saturday
23. o • Megatooth by Patrick O’Brien. 2001, Henry Holt.
24. o • One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies. 2001, Candlewick Press.
25. o • Sharks! Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle. 2001, Boyds Mills.
26. o • Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children by Sandra L. Pinkney.
27. o 2000, Scholastic.
28. o • Tadpoles by Betsy James. 1998, Houghton Mifflin.
29. o • A Triangle for Adaora: An African Book of Shapes by Ifeoma Onyefulu.
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1. o 2001, Dutton Books.
2. o • Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out! by April Pulley Sayre. 2000, Orchard Books.
3. o • Twilight by Holly Young Hobbie. 2001, Little Brown.
4. o • Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert. 2001, Harcourt Brace.
5. o • What is a Triangle? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich. 2001, HarperCollins.
6. o • What’s Opposite? by Stephen R. Swinburne. 2001, Boyds Mills.
7. o • The Wonderful Happens by Cynthia Rylant. 2001, Simon & Schuster.
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1st Grade Recommended Book List
Picture Books
1. o • Albert by Donna Jo Napoli. 2001, Harcourt Brace.
2. o • Alligator Ate My Brother by Mary Olson. 1998, Boyds Mills.
3. o • Anansi and the Magic Stick by Eric A. Kimmel. 2001, Holiday House.
4. o • Dragon Takes a Wife by Walter Dean Myers. 1997, Scholastic.
5. o • New Room for William by Sally Grindley. 2000, Candlewick Press.
6. o • Baby Beebee Bird by Diane Redfield Massie. 2000, HarperCollins.
7. o • Bernard’s Bath by Joan E. Goodman. 1996, Boyds Mills.
8. o • Big Jabe by Jerdine Nolen. 2000, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books.
9. o • Black Cat by Christopher Myers. 1999, Scholastic.
10. o • Butterfly Boy by Virginia L Kroll. 1998, Boyds Mills.
11. o • Buzz, Buzz, Buzz by Byron Barton. 1995, Aladdin Paperbacks.
12. o • Chato and the Party Animals by Gary Soto. 2000, Putnam.
13. o • Comes a Wind by Linda Arms White. 2000, DK Publishing.
14. o • Crossings by Phillip Booth. 2001, Candlewick Press.
15. o • Daisy and the Beastie by Jane Simmons. 1999, Little Brown.
16. o • Do You Know What I’ll Do? by Charlotte Zolotow. 2001, HarperCollins.
17. o • Dreaming of America by Eve Bunting. 2000, Troll Communications.
18. o • Eat Your Peas, Louise! by Pegeen Snow. 1985, Children’s Press.√
19. o • Fanny’s Dream by Carolyn Buehner. 1996, Dial Books for Young
20. o Readers.
21. o • Faraway Drawer by Harriett Diller. 1998, Boyds Mills.
22. o • Fishing in the Air by Sharon Creech. 2000, HarperCollins.
23. o • Flora the Frog by Shirley Isherwood. 2000, Peachtree Publishers.
24. o • The Girl Who Lost Her Smile by Karim Alrawi. 2000, Winslow Press.
25. o • Going Home by Eve Bunting. 1996, HarperCollins.
26. o • Good Night, Good Knight by Shelley Moore Thomas. 2000, Dutton
27. o Books.
28. o • Guest by Michael Dorris. 1994, Hyperion Books for Young Readers.
29. o • The Hickory Chair by Lisa Rowe Fraustino. 2001, A.A. Levine.
30. o • If I Had a Snowplow by Jean L. S. Patrick. 2000, Boyds Mills.
31. o • Joke’s on George by Michael O. Tunnell. 2001, Boyds Mills.
32. o • Jubal’s Wish by Audrey Wood. 2000, Scholastic/Blue Sky.
33. o • Just Right Stew by Karen English. 1998, Boyds Mills.
34. o • “Let’s Get a Pup!” said Kate by Bob Graham. 2001, Candlewick Press.
35. o Little Cliff’s First Day of School by Clifton L. Taulbert. 2001, Dial
36. o Books for Young Readers.
37. o • Madlenka by Peter Sis. 2000, Foster Books.
38. o • Man Who Wore All His Clothes by Allan Ahlberg. 2001, Candlewick
39. o Press.
40. o • Max by Bob Graham. 2001, Candlewick Press.
41. o • Mrs. Goodstory by Joy Cowley. 2001, Boyds Mills.
42. o • My Friend John by Charlotte Zolotow. 2000, Dragonfly.
43. o • The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi. 2001, Knopf.
44. o • New Hope by Henri Sorensen. 1992, Lothrop.
45. o • Night Worker by Kate Banks. 2000, Foster Books.
46. o • No, David! by David Shannon. 1998, Blue Sky.
47. o • Olivia by Ian Falconer. 2000, Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
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1. o • Open Wide: Tooth School Inside by Laurie Keller. 2000, Henry Holt.
2. o • The Rocking Horse Angel by Mercer Mayer. 2000, Marshall Cavendish.
3. o • Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy E. Shaw. 1986, Houghton Mifflin. √
4. o • Stomp, Stomp! by Bob Kolar. 1997, North-South Books.
5. o • Story Time for Little Porcupine by Joseph Slate. 2000, Marshall
6. o Cavendish.
7. o • The Summer My Father Was Ten by Pat Brissom. 1998, Boyds Mills.
8. o • Uptown by Bryan Collier. 1999, Henry Holt.
9. o • We’re Going on a Lion Hunt by David Axtell. 2000, Henry Holt.
10. o • When Cows Come Home by David Lee Harrison. 1994, Boyds Mills.
11. o • When Papa Snores by Melinda Long. 2000, Simon & Schuster.
12. o • Where Are My Glasses? by Janie Spaht Gill. 1999, ARO Publisher.
13. o • Zoom City by Thacher Hurd. 1998, HarperCollins.
Nonfiction
1. o • Animals Nobody Loves by Seymour Simon. 2001, Seastar Books.
2. o • Autumn Leaves by Gail Saunders-Smith. 1998, Pebble Books.
3. o • Bats! Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle. 1999, Boyds Mills.
4. o • Big and Little on the Farm by Dorothy Donohue. 1999, Golden Books.
5. o • Circles and Squares Everywhere! by Max Grover. 1996, Browndeer.
6. o • A Cold Day by Lola M. Schaefer. 2000, Pebble Books.
7. o • Footprints in the Sand by Cynthia Benjamin. 1999, Scholastic.
8. o • Growing Frogs by Vivian French. 2000, Candlewick Press.
9. o • Harvest Year by Cris Peterson. 2000, Boyds Mills.
10. o • A High, Low, Near, Far, Loud, Quiet Story by Nina Crew. 1999,
11. o Greenwillow Books.
12. o • How to Talk to Your Cat by Jean Craighead George. 1999, Candlewick
13. o Press.
14. o • How to Talk to Your Dog by Jean Craighead George. 1999, Candlewick
15. o Press.
16. o • I’m a Seed by Jean Marzollo. 1996, Scholastic.
17. o • L is for Lincoln: An Illinois Alphabet by Kathy-jo Wargin. 2000, Sleeping
18. o Bear Press.
19. o • Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes by Stephen R. Swinburne. 2000, Boyds
20. o Mills.
21. o • Megatooth by Patrick O’Brien. 2000, Holt.
22. o • Over, Under and Through and Other Spatial Concepts by Tana Hoban.
23. o 1973, Simon & Schuster.
24. o • A Polar Bear Can Swim: What Animals Can and Cannot Do by Harriet
25. o Ziefert. 2000, Puffin.
26. o • Pop! A Book about Bubbles by Kimberly Bradley. 2001, HarperCollins.
27. o • Rain by Robert Kalan. 1991, Greenwillow Books.
28. o • Rainforest Colors by Susan Canizares. 1998, Scholastic.
29. o • Sunny Day by Lola M. Schaefer. 2000, Pebble Books.
30. o • This Is the Ocean by Kersten Hamilton. 2000, Boyds Mills.
31. o • Touching by Helen Frost. 2000, Pebble Books.
32. o • Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert. 2001, Harcourt Brace.
33. o • Wind by Susan Canizares. 1998, Scholastic.
34. o • Wheels by Annie Cobb. 1996, Random House.
35. o • Who Lives in the Arctic? by Susan Canizares. 1998, Scholastic.
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2nd Grade Recommended Book List
Picture Books
1. o • Aaron’s Hair by Robert Munson. 2000, Cartwheel Books.
2. o • Africa Calling: Nighttime Falling by David Aderman. 1996, Whispering
3. o Coyote Press.
4. o • Allie’s Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber. 1996, Lee & Low Books.
5. o • An Angel Just Like Me by Mary Hoffman. 1997, Dial Books for Young
6. o Readers.
7. o • A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers by Deborah
8. o Hopkinson. 1998, Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
9. o • The Bears’ Vacation by Stan Berenstain. 1968, Random House.
10. o • Buzz by Janet S. Wong. 2000, Harcourt Brace.
11. o • Bye, Mis’ Lela by Dorothy Carter. 1997, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
12. o • Christopher, Please Clean Up Your Room by Itah Sadu. 1998, Firefly
13. o Books.
14. o • Comes a Wind by Linda Arms White. 1999, DK Publishing.
15. o • Don’t Need Friends by Carolyn Crimi. 2001, Dragonfly.
16. o • Hallelujah! A Christmas Celebration by W. Nikola-Lisa. 2000, Atheneum
17. o Books for Young Readers.
18. o • Here Comes Kate by Kay Chorao. 2000, Dutton Books.
19. o • I, Crocodile by Fred Marcellino. 1998, HarperCollins.
20. o • In the Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson. 1998, Hyperion Books
21. o for Children.
22. o • JoJo’s Flying Side Kick by Brian J. Pinkney. 1998, Aladdin Paperbacks.
23. o • Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback. 1999, Viking.
24. o • Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket by Barbara Park. 2000, Random
25. o House. √
26. o • Lilly’s Purple Purse by Kevin Henkes. 1997, Greenwillow Books.
27. o • Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philemon Sturges. 1999, Dutton Books.
28. o • Lucky Lizard by Ellen A. Kelley. 2000, Dutton Books.
29. o • Magic Fish-Bone by Charles Dickens. 2000, Simon & Schuster.
30. o • Market Wedding by Cary Fagan. 2000, Tundra.
31. o • My Life With the Wave by Catherine Cowan. 1998, Lothrop, Lee &
32. o Shepard.
33. o • Ouch! A Tale From Grimm by Natalie Babbitt. 1999, HarperCollins.
34. o • Owen Foote, Money Man by Stephanie Greene. 2000, Clarion Books.
35. o • Painted Dreams by Karen Lynn Williams. 1998, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
36. o • Raft by Jim LaMarche. 1999, HarperCollins.
37. o • Ring! Yo? by Chris Raschka. 1999, DK Publishing.
38. o • Sleepy Little Mouse by Eugenie Fernandes. 2001, Kids Can Press.
39. o • Snowdrops for Cousin Ruth by Susan Katz. 1998, Simon & Schuster.
40. o Speak English for Us, Marisol! by Karen English. 2000, Whitman.
41. o • Strega Nona Takes a Vacation by Tomie dePaola. 2000, Putnam.
42. o • Story Time for Little Porcupine by Joseph Slate. 2001, Marshall
43. o Cavendish.
44. o • Sunday by Cynthia James. 1996, Whitman Publishers.
45. o • Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis. 1996,
46. o HarperCollins.
47. o • Three Cheers for Catherine the Great by Cari Best. 1998, DK Publishing.
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1. o • Tough Cookie by David Wisniewski. 1998, Lothrop.
2. o • Wemberly Worried by Kelvin Henkes. 2001, Greenwillow Books.
3. o • What Grandmas Do Best/What Grandpas Do Best by Laura Numeroff.
4. o 2001, Simon & Schuster.
5. o • Why the Frog Has Big Eyes by Betsy Franco. 2000, Green Light Readers.
6. o • Wings by Christopher Myers. 2000, Scholastic.
7. o • Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum. 2000, Random House.
8. o • Zoom City by Thacher Hurd. 1998, Harper.
Nonfiction
1. o • Away We Go! by Rebecca Kai Dotlich. 2001, HarperCollins.
2. o • Bats by Gail Gibbons. 1998, Holiday House.
3. o • Best Book of Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals by Chris Pellant. 2000,
4. o Kingfisher.
5. o • The Cheetah by Nathan Aaseng. 2000, Lucent.
6. o • Colors by Carol Diggory Shields. 2001, Handprint Books.
7. o • Fall Leaves Fall! by Zoe Hall. 2001, Scholastic.
8. o • Farm Friends Clean Up by Cristina Garelli. 2001, Crown Publishers.
9. o • Homes Keep Us Warm by Lee Sullivan Hill. 2000, Carolrhoda Books.
10. o • In November by Cynthia Rylant. 2001, Harcourt.
11. o • Look-Alikes Jr.: Find More Than 700 Hidden Everyday Objects by Joan
12. o Steiner. 1998, Little Brown.
13. o • Magic School Bus Explores the Senses by Joanna Cole. 1999, Scholastic.
14. o • Outside and Inside Dinosaurs by Sandra Markle. 2000, Atheneum Books
15. o for Young Readers.
16. o • Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children by Sandra L. Pinkney.
17. o 2001, Scholastic.
18. o • Tadpoles by Betsy James. 1998, Houghton Miffin.
19. o • The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons. 1998, Holiday House.
20. o • The Sun Is My Favorite Star by Frank Asch. 2001, Gulliver Books.
21. o • Triangle for Adaora: An African Book of Shapes by Ifeoma Onyefulu.
22. o 2001, Dutton Books.
23. o • Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out! by April Pulley Sayre. 2000, Orchard Books.
24. o • Twilight by Holly Young Hobbie. 2001, Little Brown.
25. o • Water by Roy A. Gallant. 2000, Benchmark Books.
26. o • What Is a Triangle? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich. 2001, HarperCollins.
27. o • What’s Opposite? by Stephen R. Swinburne. 2001, Boyds Mills.
28. o • The Wonderful Happens by Cynthia Rylant. 2001, Simon and Schuster.
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3rd Grade Recommended Book List
Folk Tales, Fairy Tales
1. o • Aesop’s Fables retold by Jerry Pinkney. 2000, Seastar Books.
2. o • Anansi and the Magic Stick by Eric Kimmel. 2001, Holiday House.
3. o • The Black Bull of Norroway: A Scottish Tale by Charlotte Huck. 2001,
4. o Greenwillow Books.
5. o • The Crane Wife by Odds Bodkin. 1998, Harcourt Brace.
6. o • The Gift of the Crocodile by Judy Sierra. 2000, Simon & Schuster.
7. o • Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth. 1998, Scholastic.
8. o • The Green Frogs adapted by Yumi Heo. 1996, Houghton Mifflin.
9. o • The Hare and the Tortoise retold by Helen Ward. 1999, Millbrook Press.
10. o • The Hunterman and the Crocodile by Baba Diakite. 1997, Scholastic.
11. o • The Iguana Brothers by Tony Johnston. 1995, Blue Sky.
12. o • In the Rainfield: Who is the Greatest? by Isaac Olaleye. 2000, Blue Sky.
13. o • Jabuti, the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon by Gerald
14. o McDermott. 2001, Harcourt Brace.
15. o • Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Osborne. 2000, Atheneum Books for
16. o Young Readers.
17. o • King Midas by John Stewig. 1999, Holiday House.
18. o • Little Gold Star: A Spanish American Cinderella Tale by Robert D. San
19. o Souci. 2000, HarperCollins.
20. o • Little Red Cowboy Hat by Susan Lowell. 1997, Henry Holt.
21. o • Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philemon Sturges. 1999, Dutton Books.
22. o • Master Man: A Tall Tale of Nigeria by Aaron Shepard. 2001,
23. o HarperCollins.
24. o • Only One Cowry: A Dahomean Tale by Phyllis Gershator. 2000, Orchard
25. o Books.
26. o • Raven by Gerald McDermott. 1993, Harcourt Brace.
27. o • The Runaway Tortilla by Eric A. Kimmel. 2000, Winslow Press.
28. o • Sam and the Tigers: A New Telling of Little Black Sambo by Julius Lester.
29. o 1996, Dial Books for Young Readers.
30. o • The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell. 1992, Northland.
31. o • The Ugly Duckling illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. 1999, Morrow Junior.
32. o • Wiley and the Hairy Man retold by Judy Sierra. 1996, Lodestar Books.
33. o • Zzzng! Zzzng! Zzzng! A Yoruba Tale by Phillis Gershator. 1998, Orchard
34. o Books.
Nonfiction
1. o • Bats! Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle. 2000, Boyds Mills.
2. o • Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin’ Cowboy by Andrea D.Pinkney. 1997, Harcourt
3. o Brace.
4. o • Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea D.
5. o Pinkney. 1998, Hyperion Books for Children.
6. o • Exploding Ants: Amazing Facts about How Animals Adapt by Joanne
7. o Settel. 1999, Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
8. o • Gorillas by Seymour Simon. 2000, HarperCollins.
9. o • Growing Frogs by Vivian French. 2000, Candlewick Press.
10. o • How Do Birds Find Their Way? by Rona Gans. 1997, HarperCollins.
11. o • How to Talk to Your Cat by Jean Craighead George. 2000, HarperCollins.
12. o • How to Talk to Your Dog by Jean Craighead George. 2000, HarperCollins.
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1. o • Look-Alikes Jr.: Find More Than 700 Hidden Everyday Objects by Joan
2. o Steiner. 1999, Little Brown.
3. o • A Look to the North by Jean Craighead George. 1997, HarperCollins.
4. o • The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses by Joanna Cole and Bruce
5. o Degan. 1999, Scholastic.
6. o • MathStart Series by Stuart J. Murphy. 1999, HarperCollins.
7. o • Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy. 1998, Henry Holt.
8. o • One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies. 2001, Candlewick Press.
9. o • Open Wide: Tooth School Inside by Laurie Keller. 2000, Henry Holt.
10. o • Sharks! Strange and Wonderful by Laurence P. Pringle. 2001, Caroline
11. o House/Boyds Mills.
12. o • Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur. 2001, Clarion Books.
13. o • Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs by Alan Katz.
14. o 2001, M.K. McElderry.
15. o • What You Never Knew About Fingers, Forks, and Chopsticks by Patricia
16. o Lauber. 1999, Simon & Schuster.
17. o • Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest
18. o Woman by Kathleen Krull. 1996, Harcourt Brace.
19. o • You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together by
20. o Mary Ann Hoberman. 2001, Little Brown.
Fiction
1. o • The Adventures of Sparrowboy by Brian Pinkney. 1997, Simon &
2. o Schuster.
3. o • Albert by Donna Jo Napoli. 2001, Harcourt Brace.
4. o • And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Janet Stevens. 2001, Harcourt
5. o Brace.
6. o The Bat Boy & His Violin by Gavin Curtis. 1998, Simon & Schuster.
7. o • Benny: An Adventure Story by Bob Graham. 1999, Candlewick Press.
8. o • Big Jabe by Jerdine Nolen. 2000, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
9. o • Clarice Bean, Guess Who’s Babysitting? by Lauren Child. 2001,
10. o Candlewick Press.
11. o • Farolitos for Abuelo by Rudolfo A. Anaya. 1998, Hyperion Press.
12. o • Gloria’s Way by Ann Cameron. 2000, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
13. o • Goin’ Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack. 2001, Atheneum Books
14. o for Young Readers.
15. o • Henry and Mudge and the Sneaky Crackers by Cynthia Rylant. 1998,
16. o Simon & Schuster.
17. o • The Hickory Chair by Lisa Rowe Fraustino. 2001, A.A. Levine.
18. o • In the Time of the Drums by Kim Siegelson. 1999, Jump at the
19. o Sun/Hyperion Books for Children.
20. o • Irving and Mantuk: Two Bad Bears by Daniel Pinkwater. 2001, Houghton
21. o Mifflin.
22. o • Judy Moody by Megan McDonald. 2000, Candlewick Press.
23. o • Junie B. Jones Series by Barbara Parks. 1992/2000, Random House.
24. o • Ma Jiang and the Orange Ants by Barbara Porte. 2000, Orchard Books.
25. o • Marvin Redpost Series by Louis Sachar. 1993/2000, Random House.
26. o • Mr. Putter and Tabby Series by Cynthia Rylant. 1994/2001, Harcourt
27. o Brace.
28. o • My Dog, Cat by Marty Crisp. 2000, Holiday House.
29. o • The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi. 2001, Knopf.
30. o • The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson. 2001, Putnam.
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1. o • Raising Sweetness by Diane Stanley. 1999, Putnam.
2. o • Ramona’s World by Beverly Cleary. 1999, Morrow Junior.
3. o • Salsa by Lillian Colon. 1998, Piñata Books.
4. o • Stories Huey Tells by Ann Cameron. 1999, Knopf.
5. o • Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco. 1998, Philomel Books.
6. o • Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto. 1996, Putnam.
7. o • The Three Pigs by David Wiesner. 2001, Clarion Books.
8. o • Uptown by Bryan Collier. 2000, Henry Holt.
9. o • With Love, Little Red Hen by Alma Flor Ada. 2001,
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4th Grade Recommended Book List
Folk Tales, Fairy Tales
1. o • Cendrillon by Robert D. San Souci. 1998, Simon & Schuster.
2. o • Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam by Sherry Garland.
3. o 2001, Harcourt Brace.
4. o • The Cow of No Color: Riddle Stories and Justice Tales from Around the
5. o World by Nina Jaffe and Steve Zeitlin. 1998, Henry Holt.
6. o • Cut From the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend and Tall
7. o Tale by Robert D. San Souci. 1993, Philomel Books.
8. o • The Diamond Tree: Jewish Tales from Around the World retold by Howard
9. o Schwartz and Barbara Rush. 1991, HarperCollins.
10. o • The Faithful Friend by Robert D. San Souci. 1995, Simon & Schuster.
11. o • Fiesta Femenina: Celebrating Women in Mexican Folktale retold by
12. o Mary-Joan Gerson. 2001, Barefoot Books.
13. o • The Girl Who Spun Gold by Virginia Hamilton. 2000, Scholastic.
14. o • Gluskabe and the Four Wishes by Joseph Bruchac. 1995, Cobblehill.
15. o • In a Circle Long Ago: A Treasury of Native Lore from North America by
16. o Nancy Van Laan. 1995, Apple Soup Books.
17. o • King Midas by John Stewig. 1999, Holiday House.
18. o • Little Gold Star: A Spanish American Cinderella Tale by Robert D. San
19. o Souci. 2000, HarperCollins.
20. o • The Lost Horse: A Chinese Folktale by Ed Young. 1998, Silver Whistle.
21. o • Magical Tales From Many Lands by Margaret Mayo. 1993, Dutton Books.
22. o • Mysterious Tales of Japan by Rafe Martin. 1996, Putnam.
23. o • The People With Five Fingers by John Bierhorst. 2000, Marshall
24. o Cavendish.
25. o • The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin. 1998, Paper Star.
26. o • When Birds Could Talk & Bats Could Sing: The Adventures of Bruh
27. o Sparrow, Sis Wren, and Their Friends by Virginia Hamilton. 1996, Blue
28. o Sky.
29. o • Three Golden Oranges by Alma Flor Ada. 1999, Atheneum Books for
30. o Young Readers.
31. o • The Witch’s Face by Eric Kimmel. 1993, Holiday House.
32. o • With a Whoop and a Holler: A Bushel of Lore from Way Down South by
33. o Nancy Van Laan. 1998, Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
34. o • Yoshi’s Feast by Kimiko Kajikawa. 2000, Orchard Books.
Nonfiction
1. o • Animals Nobody Loves by Seymour Simon. 2001, Seastar Books.
2. o • Berry Smudges and Leaf Prints: Finding and Making Colors from Nature
3. o by Ellen B. Senisi. 2001, Dutton Books.
4. o • Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin’ Cowboy by Andrea D. Pinkney. 1997, Harcourt
5. o Brace.
6. o • Black Cowboy, Wild Horses by Julius Lester. 1998, Dial Books for Young
7. o Readers.
8. o • The Blues Singers: Ten Who Rocked the World by Julius Lester. 2001,
9. o Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children.
10. o • Dance by Elisha Cooper. 2001, Greenwillow Books.
11. o • How Do Birds Find Their Way? by Rona Gans. 1997, HarperCollins.
12. o • How to Talk to Your Cat by Jean Craighead George. 2000, HarperCollins.
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1. o • How to Talk to Your Dog by Jean Craighead George. 2000, HarperCollins.
2. o • I See the Rhythm by Toyomi Ignus. 1998, Children’s Press.
3. o • Illinois from A to Z by Betty Carlson Kay. 2000, University of Illinois
4. o Press.
5. o • In the Time of Knights by Shelly Tanaka. 2000, Hyperion Books for
6. o Children.
7. o • L is for Lincoln: An Illinois Alphabet by Kathy-jo Wargin. 2000, Sleeping
8. o Bear Press.
9. o • Making Animal Babies by Sneed B. Collard. 2000, Houghton Mifflin.
10. o • Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King by Doreen
11. o Rappaport. 2001, Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children.
12. o • Minty: A Story of Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder. 1996, Puffin.
13. o • Only Passing Through by Anne Rockwell. 2000, Knopf.
14. o • The Pony Express by Steven Kroll. 1997, Scholastic.
15. o • Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley. 1999, Scholastic.
16. o • Satchel Paige by Lesa Cline-Ransome. 2000, Simon & Schuster.
17. o • So You Want to Be President? by Judith George. 2000, Philomel Books.
18. o • Starry Messenger: Galileo by Peter Sis. 1997, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
19. o • Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges. 1999, Scholastic.
20. o • The Truth About Great White Sharks by Mary Cerullo. 2000, Chronicle
21. o Books.
22. o • Walter Wick’s Optical Tricks by Walter Wick. 1998, Scholastic.
23. o Fiction
24. o • A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers by Deborah
25. o Hopkinson. 1999, Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
26. o • Beany and the Dreaded Wedding by Susan Wojciechowski. 2000,
27. o Candlewick Press.
28. o • Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. 2000, Candlewick Press.
29. o • Big Jabe by Jerdine Nolen. 2000, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
30. o • Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. 1999, Delacorte.
31. o • Captain Underpants Series by Dav Pilkey. 1997/2001, Blue Sky.
32. o • Dreaming of America by Eve Bunting. 2000, Bridge Water Books.
33. o • The Day Gogo Went to Vote by Elinor Sisulu. 1996, Little Brown.
34. o • The Doll People by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin. 2000, Hyperion
35. o Books for Children.
36. o • A Fairy Called Hilary by Linda Strauss. 1999, Holiday House.
37. o • Frindle by Andrew Clements. 1996, Harcourt Brace.
38. o • I, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger. 1999, Putnam.
39. o • I Have Heard of a Land by Joyce Carol Thomas. 1998, HarperCollins.
40. o • Judy Moody Gets Famous! by Megan McDonald. 2001, Candlewick Press.
41. o • Julian, Dream Doctor by Ann Cameron. 1990, Random House.
42. o • King Long Shanks by Jane Yolen. 1998, Harcourt Brace.
43. o • The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Parks. 2000, Clarion Books.
44. o • Marvin Redpost Series by Louis Sachar. 1993/2000, Random House.
45. o • Me Tarzan by Betsy Byars. 2000, HarperCollins.
46. o • Owen Foote, Moneyman by Stephanie Greene. 2000, Clarion Books.
47. o • Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco. 1994, Putnam.
48. o • Poppy by Avi. 1995, Orchard Books.
49. o • Ramona’s World by Beverly Cleary. 1999, Junior Morrow.
50. o • Richard Wright and the Library Card by William Miller. 1997, Lee & Low
51. o Books.
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1. o • The Runaways by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. 1999, Delacorte.
2. o • Salsa Stories by Lulu Delacre. 2000, Scholastic.
3. o • Saving Shiloh by Phyllis Naylor. 1997, Atheneum Books for Young
4. o Readers.
5. o • Sector 7 by David Wiesner. 1999, Houghton Mifflin.
6. o • See You Around, Sam by Lois Lowery. 1998, Houghton Mifflin.
7. o • Shiloh Season by Phyllis Naylor. 1996, Atheneum Books for Young
8. o Readers.
9. o • Tornado by Betsy Byars. 1996, HarperCollins.
10. o • Tough Cookie by David Wisniewski. 1999, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
11. o • The Trolls by Polly Hovath. 1999, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
12. o • Tut, Tut: The Time Wrap Trio by Jon Scieszka. 1998, Viking.
13. o • Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill. 2000, M.K. McElderry.
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5th Grade Recommended Book List
Folk Tales, Fairy Tales
1. o • Aesop’s Fables retold by Jerry Pinkney. 2000, SeaStar Books.
2. o • More True Lies by George Shannon. 2001, Greenwillow Books.
3. o • Earth Care: World Folktales to Talk About by Margaret Read MacDonald.
4. o 1999, Linnet Books.
5. o • The Faithful Friend by Robert D. San Souci. 1995, Simon & Schuster.
6. o • The Gift of the Crocodile by Judy Sierra. 2000, Simon & Schuster.
7. o • The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese: And Other Tales of the Far North by
8. o Howard Norman. 1997, Harcourt Brace.
9. o • The Girl Who Spun Gold by Virginia Hamilton. 2000, Scholastic.
10. o • Huckabuck Family and How They Raised Popcorn in Nebraska and Quit
11. o and Came Back by Carl Sandburg. 1999, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
12. o • King Midas: A Golden Tale by John Warren Stewig. 1999, Holiday House.
13. o • Lost Flower Children by Janet Taylor Lisle. 1999, Puffin Paperbacks.
14. o • The Black Bull of Norroway: A Scottish Tale retold by Charlotte Huck.
15. o 2001, Greenwillow Books.
16. o • Fiesta Femenina: Celebrating Women in Mexican Folklore retold by
17. o Mary-Joan Gerson. 2001, Barefoot Books.
18. o • Rapunzel by Paul Zelinsky. 1997, Dutton Books.
19. o • Still More Stories to Solve by George Shannon. 1996, William Morrow.
20. o • When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing by Virginia Hamilton. 1996,
21. o Scholastic.
22. o • White Tiger, Blue Serpent by Grace Tseng. 1999, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
23. o • Yoshi’s Feast by Kimiko Kajikawa. 2000, DK Publishing.
Nonfiction
1. o • Amazing Math Magic by Oliver Ho. 2001, Sterling Publishing Co.
2. o • Beastly Tales: Yeti, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster by Malcolm
3. o Yorke. 1998, DK Publishing.
4. o • Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley and Brian Selznik.
5. o 2001, Scholastic.
6. o • Dogs Have the Strangest Friends by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. 2000,
7. o Dutton Books.
8. o • Don’t Step on the Foul Line by George Sullivan. 2000, Millbrook Press.
9. o • Everything I Know About Pirates by Tom Lichtenheld. 2000, Simon &
10. o Schuster.
11. o • Ghost Liners: Exploring the World’s Greatest Lost Ships by Robert D.
12. o Ballard. 1998, Little Brown.
13. o • Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women by
14. o Catherine Thimmesh. 2000, Houghton Mifflin.
15. o • Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brain Books by Gary
16. o Paulsen. 2001, Delacorte.
17. o • How to Find Lost Treasures in All 50 States and Canada, Too by Joan
18. o Holub. 2000, Aladdin Paperbacks.
19. o • How to Talk to Your Cat by Jean Craighead George. 2000, HarperCollins.
20. o • How to Talk to Your Dog by Jean Craighead George. 2000, HarperCollins.
21. o • Illinois from A to Z by Betty Carlson Kay. 2000, University of Illinois
22. o Press.
23. o • Odd Jobs by Ellen Weiss. 2000, Simon & Schuster.
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1. o • Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Lynn Curlee. 2002, Atheneum
2. o Books for Young Readers.
3. o • So You Want to Be President? by Judith George. 2000, Philomel Books.
4. o • Spellbinder: The Life of Harry Houdini by Tom Lalicki. 2000, Holiday
5. o House.
6. o • Strange Mysteries From Around the World by Seymour Simon. 1997,
7. o Morrow.
8. o • The Scrambled States by Laurie Keller. 1998, Henry Holt.
9. o • The True or False Book of Horses by Patricia Lauber. 2000, HarperCollins.
10. o • The Way Things Never Were: The Truth About the “Good Old Days” by
11. o Norman H. Finkelstein. 1999, Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
12. o • Walt Disney Pictures Presents Dinosaurs: The Essential Guide. 2000, DK
13. o Publishing.
14. o • Walter Wick’s Optical Tricks by Walter Wick. 1998, Scholastic.
15. o Fiction
16. o • Adventures of Captain Underpants Series by Dav Pilkey. 1997/2000,
17. o Scholastic.
18. o • Bad Dreams by Anne Fine. 2000, Delacorte.
19. o • Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. 2000, Candlewick Press.
20. o • Belle Teal by Ann M. Martin. 2001, Scholastic.
21. o • Big Jabe by Jerdine Nolen. 2000, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
22. o • Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. 2000, Delacorte.
23. o • Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul by Mark Victor Hansen. 2000, Health
24. o Communications.
25. o • Darby by Jonathan Scott Fuqua. 2001, Candlewick Press.
26. o The Demon in the Teahouse by Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler.
27. o 2001, Philomel Books.
28. o • Doll People by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin. 2000, Hyperion Press.
29. o • The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler.
30. o 1999, Philomel Books.
31. o • Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling. 1999/2000, Scholastic.
32. o • Heaven by Angela Johnson. 1998, Simon & Schuster.
33. o • House of Wisdom by Florence Parry Heide. 1999, DK Publishing.
34. o • How Tia Lola Came to Stay by Julia Alvarez. 2001, Knopf.
35. o • Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos. 2000, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
36. o • Judy Moody Gets Famous by Megan McDonald. 2001, Candlewick Press.
37. o • The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park. 2000, Clarion Books.
38. o • The Landry News by Andrew Clements. 1999, Simon & Schuster.
39. o • Love That Dog by Sharon Creech. 2001, HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler
40. o Books.
41. o • Me Tarzan by Betsy Byars. 2000, HarperCollins.
42. o • My Dog, Cat by Marty Crisp. 2000, Holiday House.
43. o • Owen Foote, Money Man by Stephanie Greene. 2000, Clarion Books.
44. o • Salsa Stories by Lulu Delacre. 2000, Scholastic.
45. o • Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi. 2000, Scholastic.
46. o • Shoeless Joe and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman. 2001,
47. o HarperCollins.
48. o • Sammy Keyes Series by Wendelin Van Draanen. 1998/1999, Knopf.
49. o • Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles. 2001, Harcourt Brace.
50. o • See You Later, Gladiator by Jon Scieszka. 2000, Viking.
51. o • Space Race by Sylvia Waugh. 2000, Delacorte.
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1. o • Troll by Polly Horvath. 1999, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
2. o • The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods by Ann Cameron. 1998, Farrar,
3. o Straus & Giroux.
4. o • Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues by Robinet Harriette. 2000, Atheneum
5. o Books for Young Readers.
6. o • Yang the Eldest and His Odd Jobs by Lensey Namioka. 2000, Little
7. o Brown.
8. o • Yolanda’s Genius by Carol Fenner. 1995, M.K. McElderry.
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6th Grade Recommended Book List
Folk Tales, Fairy Tales
1. o • Aesop’s Fables retold by Jerry Pinkney. 2000, SeaStar Books.
2. o • The Ballad of Belle Dorcas by William H. Hooks. 1990, Knopf.
3. o • Earth Care: World Folktales to Talk About by Margaret Read MacDonald.
4. o 1999, Linnet Books.
5. o • The Gift of the Crocodile by Judy Sierra. 2000, Simon & Schuster.
6. o • The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese: And Other Tales of the Far North by
7. o Howard Norman. 1997, Harcourt Brace.
8. o • The Girl Who Spun Gold by Virginia Hamilton. 2000, Scholastic.
9. o • Huckabuck Family and How They Raised Popcorn in Nebraska and Quit
10. o and Came Back by Carl Sandburg. 1999, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
11. o • Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne. 2000, Atheneum Books
12. o for Young Readers.
13. o • King Midas: A Golden Tale by John Warren Stewig. 1999, Holiday
14. o House.
15. o • Lost Flower Children by Janet Taylor Lisle. 1999, Puffin.
16. o • Love Letter by Arnold Adoff. 1997, Scholastic.
17. o • Only One Cowry: A Dahomean Tale by Phillis Gershator. 2000, Orchard
18. o Books.
19. o • Rapunzel by Paul Zelinsky. 1997, Dutton Books.
20. o • Ramona’s World by Beverly Cleary. 1999, Morrow.
21. o • When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing by Virginia Hamilton. 1996,
22. o Scholastic.
23. o • White Tiger, Blue Serpent by Grace Tseng. 1999, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
24. o • Yoshi’s Feast by Kimiko Kajikawa. 2000, DK Publishing.
Nonfiction
1. o • Beastly Tales: Yeti, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster by Malcolm
2. o Yorke. 1998, DK Publishing.
3. o • Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia
4. o McKissack. 1994, Scholastic.
5. o • Dogs Have the Strangest Friends by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. 2000,
6. o Dutton Books.
7. o • Don’t Step on the Foul Line by George Sullivan. 2000, Millbrook Press.
8. o • Everything I Know About Pirates by Tom Lichtenheld. 2000, Simon &
9. o Schuster.
10. o • Ghost Liners: Exploring the World’s Greatest Lost Ships by Robert D.
11. o Ballard. 1998, Little Brown.
12. o • Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women by
13. o Catherine Thimmesh. 2000, Houghton Mifflin.
14. o • How to Find Lost Treasures in All 50 States and Canada, Too by Joan
15. o Holub. 2000, Aladdin Paperbacks.
16. o • How to Talk to Your Cat by Jean Craighead George. 2000, HarperCollins.
17. o • How to Talk to Your Dog by Jean Craighead George. 2000, HarperCollins.
18. o • The Iceman by Don Lessem. 1994, Crown Publishers.
19. o • Illinois from A to Z by Betty Carlson Kay. 2000, University of Illinois
20. o Press.
21. o • Odd Job by Ellen Weiss. 2000, Simon & Schuster.
22. o • The Scrambled States by Laurie Keller. 1998, Henry Holt.
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1. o • Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. 1998, Houghton Mifflin.
2. o • So You Want to Be President? by Judith George. 2000, Philomel Books.
3. o • Spellbinder: The Life of Harry Houdini by Tom Lalicki. 2000, Holiday
4. o House.
5. o • Strange Mysteries From Around the World by Seymour Simon. 1997,
6. o Morrow.
7. o • The True or False Book of Horses by Patricia Lauber. 2000, HarperCollins.
8. o • Walter Wick’s Optical Tricks by Walter Wick. 1998, Scholastic.
Fiction
1. o • Bad Dreams by Anne Fine. 2000, Delacorte.
2. o • Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. 2000, Candlewick Press.
3. o • Big Jabe by Jerdine Nolen. 2000, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
4. o • Bloomability by Sharon Creech. 1998, HarperCollins.
5. o • Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. 2000, Delacorte.
6. o • Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul by Mark Victor Hansen. 2000, Health
7. o Communication.
8. o • Doll People by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin. 2000, Hyperion Books
9. o for Children.
10. o • Eliza’s Dog by Betsy Hearne. 1996, M.K. McElderry.
11. o • Fairy Called Hilary by Linda Strauss. 1999, Holiday House.
12. o • Francie by Karen English. 1999, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
13. o • Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. 2000, Houghton Mifflin.
14. o • The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler.
15. o 1999, Philomel Books.
16. o • Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling. 1999/2000, Scholastic.
17. o • Heaven by Angela Johnson. 1998, Simon & Schuster.
18. o • Holes by Louis Sachar. 1999, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
19. o • House of Wisdom by Florence Parry Heide. 1999, DK Publishing.
20. o • Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos. 2000, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
21. o • Judy Moody by Megan McDonald. 2000, Candlewick Press.
22. o • Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck. 1998, Puffin.
23. o • McKendree by Sandra Belton. 2000, Greenwillow Books.
24. o • Me Tarzan by Betsy Byars. 2000, HarperCollins.
25. o • Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse. 1997, Scholastic.
26. o • Poppy by Avi. 1995, Orchard Books.
27. o • Salsa Stories by Lulu Delacre. 2000, Scholastic.
28. o • Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi. 2000, Scholastic.
29. o • Sammy Keyes Series by Wendelin Van Draanen. 1998/1999, Knopf.
30. o • Saving Shiloh by Phyllis Naylor. 1997, Atheneum Books for Young
31. o Readers.
32. o • See You Later, Gladiator by Jon Scieszka. 2000, Viking.
33. o • Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg. 2000, Atheneum Books for Young
34. o Readers.
35. o • Space Race by Sylvia Waugh. 2000, Delacorte.
36. o • The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park. 2000, Clarion Books.
37. o • Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson. 1993, Orchard Books.
38. o • Troll by Polly Horvath. 1999, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
39. o • Tut, Tut by Jon Scieszka. 1996, Viking.
40. o • Wanderer by Sharon Creech. 2000, HarperCollins.
41. o • Yang the Eldest and His Odd Jobs by Lensey Namioka. 2000, Little
42. o Brown.
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1. o • Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck. 2000, Dial Book for Young Readers.
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7th Grade Recommended Book List
Folk Tales, Fairy Tales
1. o • Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam by Sherry Garland.
2. o 2001, Harcourt Brace.
3. o • Crazy Horse by Donna Jo Napoli. 1999, Delacorte.
4. o • Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix. 1999, Simon & Schuster.
5. o • The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block. 2000, HarperCollins.
6. o • The Rumpelstiltskin Problem by Vivian Vande Velde. 2000, Houghton
7. o Mifflin.
Nonfiction
1. o • Alzheimer’s Disease by Susan Dudley Gold. 2000, Enslow.
2. o • America’s Greatest Game: The Real Story of Football and the NFL by
3. o James Buckley, Jr. 1998, Hyperion Books for Children.
4. o • Andrew Carnegie: Steel King and Friend to Libraries by Zachary Kent.
5. o 1999, Enslow.
6. o • Animal Defenses: How Animals Protect Themselves by Etta Kaner. 1999,
7. o Kids Can Press.
8. o • Arthur Ashe by Caroline Evensen Lazo. 1998, Lerner.
9. o • Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion by Russell
10. o Freedman. 1999, Clarion Books.
11. o • Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement by James
12. o Haskins. 1997, Hyperion Books for Children.
13. o • Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of the African American
14. o Burial Ground by Joyce Hansen. 1998, Henry Holt.
15. o • Children of the Midnight Sun: Young Native Voices of Alaska by Tricia
16. o Brown. 1998, Alaska Northwest Books.
17. o • Earl Warren: Chief Justice for Social Change by D.J. Herda. 1995,
18. o Enslow.
19. o • The 50 Coolest Jobs in Sports by David Fischer. 1997, Macmillan.
20. o • The Head Bone’s Connected to the Neck Bone: The Weird, Wacky, and
21. o Wonderful X-Ray by Carla Killough McClafferty. 2001, Farrar, Straus &
22. o Giroux.
23. o • Helen Keller: Rebellious Spirit by Laurie Lawlor. 2001, Holiday House.
24. o • Hidden Under The Ground: The World Beneath Your Feet by Peter Kent.
25. o 1998, Dutton Books.
26. o • The Holocaust Survivors by Tabatha Yeatts. 1998, Enslow.
27. o • Home: A Journey Through America by Thomas Locker. 2000, Harcourt
28. o Brace.
29. o • I See the Rhythm by Toyomi Igus. 1998, Children’s Book Press.
30. o • In Search of the Spirit: The Living National Treasures of Japan by Sheila
31. o Hamanaka. 1999, Morrow Junior.
32. o • Invisible Enemies: Stories of Infectious Disease by Jeanette Farrell. 1998,
33. o Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
34. o • Jesse Owens by Thomas Streissguth. 1999, Lerner.
35. o • John Marshall: The Great Chief Justice by Barbara Silberdick. 1995,
36. o Enslow.
37. o • Mark Twain: Legendary Writer and Humorist by Lynda Pflueger. 1999,
38. o Enslow.
39. o • 100 Unforgettable Moments in Pro Basketball by Bob Italia. 1997, Abdo
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1. o & Daughters.
2. o • Roberto Alomar: An Authorized Biography by Norman L. Macht. 1999,
3. o Mitchell Lane.
4. o • Sandra Cisneros: Latina Writer and Activist by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg.
5. o 1998, Enslow.
6. o • Slavery and Abolition in American History by Linda Altman. 1999,
7. o Enslow.
8. o • Speaking Up, Speaking Out: A Kid’s Guide To Making Speeches, Oral
9. o Reports and Conversation by Steven Otfinoski. 1996, Millbrook Press.
10. o • Ten Thousand Children: True Stories Told by Children Who Escaped the
11. o Holocaust on the Kindertransport by Anne L. Fox. 1999, Behrman House.
12. o • Things the Way They Never Were: The Truth about the “Good Old Days”
13. o by Norman Finkelstein. 1999, Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
14. o • The World Turned Upside Down: George Washington and the Battle of
15. o Yorktown by Ferrie Richard. 1999, Holiday House.
16. o • Yukon Gold: The Story of the Klondike Gold Rush by Charlotte Foltz Jones.
17. o 1999, Holiday House.
Fiction
1. o • Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett. 1999, Delacorte.
2. o • Anson’s Way by Gary D. Schmidt. 1999, Clarion Books.
3. o • The Ashwater Experiment by Amy Goldman Koss. 1999, Dial Books for
4. o Young Readers.
5. o • Bat 6 by Virginia Euwer Wolff. 1998, Scholastic.
6. o • Belle Prater’s Boy by Ruth White. 1996, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
7. o • Black Cowboy, Wild Horses: A True Story by Julius Lester. 1999, Dial
8. o Books for Young Readers.
9. o Blue Tights by Rita Garcia-Williams. 1996, Puffin.
10. o • The Buccaneers by Iain Lawrence. 2001, Delacorte.
11. o • Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. 1999, Delacorte.
12. o • Down the Yukon by Will Hobbs. 2000, HarperCollins.
13. o • Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty. 2000, Martins Press.
14. o • Fighting Ruben Wolfe by Markus Zusak. 2002, A.A. Levine.
15. o • A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer. 1996, Orchard Books.
16. o • Hang a Thousand Trees With Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley by
17. o Ann Rinaldi. 1996, Harcourt Brace.
18. o • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling. 1999,
19. o Scholastic.
20. o • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. 1999,
21. o Scholastic.
22. o • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. 1997, Scholastic.
23. o • The House of Wisdom by Florence Parry Heide. 1999, DK Publishing.
24. o • Jason’s Gold by Will Hobbs. 2000, Harper/Trophy.
25. o • The Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker by
26. o William Durbin. 1999, Scholastic.
27. o • Junebug and the Reverend by Alice Mead. 1998, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
28. o • A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories by Richard Peck. 1998,
29. o Dial Books for Young Readers.
30. o • Love from Your Friend, Hannah by Mindy Warshaw Skolsky. 1998,
31. o HarperCollins.
32. o • Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson. 2000, Putnam.
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1. o • Missing Girls by Lois Metzger. 1999, Viking.
2. o • Necessary Roughness by Marie Lee. 1998, HarperTrophy.
3. o • Nothing but the Truth by Avi. 1991, Orchard Books.
4. o • Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm. 1999, HarperTrophy.
5. o • Pacific Crossing by Gary Soto. 1992, Harcourt Brace.
6. o • Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story by Andrea Davis Pinkney. 2000,
7. o Hyperion Books for Children.
8. o • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares. 2001, Delacorte.
9. o • Soldier’s Heart: A Novel of the Civil War by Gary Paulsen. 1998,
10. o Delacorte.
11. o • The Storyteller’s Beads by Jane Kurtz. 1998, Harcourt Brace.
12. o • Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson. 1993, Scholastic.
13. o • What Jamie Saw by Carolyn Coman. 1995, Front Street.
14. o • When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt. 1999,
15. o Henry Holt.
16. o • While No One Was Watching by Jane Leslie Conly. 1998, Henry Holt.
17. o • Witness by Karen Hesse. 2001, Scholastic.
18. o • Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyui Choi. 1991, Houghton Mifflin.
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8th Grade Recommended Book List
Folk Tales, Fairy Tales
1. o • Fiesta Femenina: Celebrating Women in Mexican Folklore retold by
2. o Mary-Joan Gerson. 2001, Barefoot Books.
3. o • Spindle’s End by Robert McKinley. 2000, Putnam.
4. o • Spinners by Donna Jo Napoli. 1998, Millbrook Press.
5. o • Waiting for Odysseus by Clemence McLaren. 2000, Atheneum Books for
6. o Young Readers.
7. o • The Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales edited by Ellen Datlow
8. o and Terri Windling. 2000, Simon & Schuster.
Nonfiction
1. o • Billy the Kid: Outlaw of the Wild West by Roger A. Bruns. 2000, Enslow.
2. o • Black, Blue, and Gray: African Americans in the Civil War by James
3. o Haskins. 1998, Simon & Schuster.
4. o • Colin Powell by Warren Brown. 1999, Chelsea House.
5. o • Coretta Scott King by Lisa Renee Rhodes. 1998, Chelsea House.
6. o • The 50 Coolest Jobs in Sports by David Fischer. 1997, Macmillan.
7. o • George Washington and the Founding of a Nation by Albert Marrin. 2001,
8. o Dutton Books.
9. o • The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won by Stephen E. Ambrose.
10. o 2001, Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
11. o • Johnnie Cochran by Cookie Lommel. 2000, Chelsea House.
12. o • Kings and Queens of West Africa by Sylviane Anna Diouf. 2000, Franklin
13. o Watts.
14. o • The Life and Times of Al Capone by Tom Stockdale. 1998, Chelsea House.
15. o • My Bridges of Hope: Searching for Life and Love After Auschwitz by Livia
16. o Bitton Jackson. 1999, Simon & Schuster.
17. o • Quinceañera: Celebrating Fifteen by Elizabeth King. 1998, Dutton Books.
18. o • Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts by Pat McKissack. 1996,
19. o Scholastic.
20. o • Ryan White, My Own Story by Ryan White. 1991, Dial Books for Young
21. o Readers.
22. o • Science Fair Success by Ruth Bombaugh. 1999, Enslow.
23. o • South Africa by Claudia Canesso. 1999, Chelsea House.
24. o • Stretch Your Wings: Famous Black Quotations for Teens by Janet
25. o Cheatham Bell. 1999, Little Brown.
26. o • Things the Way They Never Were: The Truth about the “Good Old Days”
27. o by Norman Finkelstein. 1999, Athenum Books for Young Readers.
28. o • Those Courageous Women of the Civil War by Karen Zeinert. 1998,
29. o Millbrook Press.
30. o • To Be a Writer: A Guide for Young People Who Want to Write and Publish
31. o by Barbara Seuling. 1997, Twenty-First Century Books.
32. o • The World Turned Upside Down: George Washington and the Battle of
33. o Yorktown by Ferrie Richard. 1999, Holiday House.
34. o • Yukon Gold: The Story of the Klondike Gold Rush by Charlotte Foltz Jones.
35. o 1999, Holiday House.
Fiction
1. o • Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett. 1999, Delacorte.
2. o • Anson’s Way by Gary D. Schmidt. 1999, Clarion Books.
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1. o • The Ashwater Experiment by Amy Goldman Koss. 1999, Dial Books for
2. o Young Readers.
3. o • Bat 6 by Virginia Euwer Wolff. 1998, Scholastic.
4. o • Belle Prater’s Boy by Ruth White. 1996, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
5. o • Black Cowboy, Wild Horses: A True Story by Julius Lester. 1999, Dial
6. o Books for Young Readers.
7. o • Blue Tights by Rita Garcia-Williams. 1996, Puffin.
8. o • Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. 1999, Delacorte.
9. o • A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer. 1996, Orchard Books.
10. o • Hang a Thousand Trees With Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley by
11. o Ann Rinaldi. 1996, Harcourt Brace.
12. o • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling. 1999,
13. o Scholastic.
14. o • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. 1999,
15. o Scholastic.
16. o • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. 1997, Scholastic.
17. o • The House of Wisdom by Florence Parry Heide. 1999, DK Publishing.
18. o • Jason’s Gold by Will Hobbs. 2000, HarperTrophy.
19. o • The Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker by
20. o William Durbin. 1999, Scholastic.
21. o • Junebug and the Reverend by Alice Mead. 1998, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
22. o • A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories by Richard Peck. 1998,
23. o Dial Books for Young Readers.
24. o • Love from Your Friend, Hannah by Mindy Warshaw Skolsky. 1998,
25. o HarperCollins.
26. o • Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson. 2000, Putnam.
27. o Missing Girls by Lois Metzger. 1999, Viking.
28. o • Necessary Roughness by Marie Lee. 1998, HarperTrophy.
29. o • Nothing But The Truth: A Documentary Novel by Avi. 1991, Orchard
30. o Books.
31. o • Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm. 1999, HarperTrophy.
32. o • The Other Side of Truth by Beverly Naidoo. 2001, HarperCollins.
33. o • Pacific Crossing by Gary Soto. 1992, Harcourt Brace.
34. o • The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline Cooney. 2001, Delacorte.
35. o • The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson. 2001, Delacorte.
36. o • Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story by Andrea Davis Pinkney. 2000, Jump
37. o at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Young Readers.
38. o • Soldier’s Heart: A Novel of the Civil War by Gary Paulsen. 1998,
39. o Delacorte.
40. o • The Storyteller’s Beads by Jane Kurtz. 1998, Harcourt Brace.
41. o • Straw into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt. 2001, Clarion Books.
42. o • Summer of El Pintor by Ofelia Duman Lachtman. 2001, Piñata Books.
43. o • Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson. 1993, Scholastic.
44. o • What Jamie Saw by Carolyn Coman. 1995, Front Street.
45. o • When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt. 1999,
46. o Henry Holt.
47. o • While No One Was Watching by Jane Leslie Conly. 1998, Henry Holt.
48. o • Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyui Choi. 1991, Houghton Mifflin.
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9th and 10th Grade Recommended Book List
Fiction
1. o • After the First Death by Robert Cormier. 1979, Dell Laurel-Leaf.
2. o • Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. 1999, Delacorte.
3. o • Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman. 1995, Clarion Books.
4. o • Chinese Handcuffs by Chris Crutcher. 1996, Greenwillow Books.
5. o • The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer. 1995, Orchard Books.
6. o • Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. 2000, Scholastic.
7. o • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. 1995, Simon & Schuster.
8. o • Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. 2000, Simon & Schuster.
9. o • Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper. 1997, Atheneum Books for Young
10. o Readers.
11. o • Ghost of Fear Street Series by R.L. Stine. 1993, Pocket Books.
12. o • The Green Mile by Stephen King. 2000, Scribner.
13. o • Handbook for Boys: A Novel by Walter Dean Myers. 2001, HarperCollins.
14. o • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. 1979, Crown
15. o Publishers.
16. o • Holes by Louis Sachar. 1998, Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
17. o • Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer. 2000, Putnam.
18. o • Ironman by Chris Crutcher. 1996, Bantam.
19. o • Jazmin’s Notebook by Nikki Grimes. 1998, Dial Books for Young
20. o Readers.
21. o • Kissing Doorknobs by Terry Spencer Hesser. 1999, Delacorte.
22. o • The Land by Mildred Taylor. 2001, P. Fogelman.
23. o • The Legend of Luke by Brian Jacques. 2000, Philomel Books.
24. o • A Long Way From Chicago: A Novel in Stories by Richard Peck. 1998,
25. o Dial Books for Young Readers.
26. o • The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks. 1985, HarperCollins.
27. o • My Ántonia by Willa Cather. 1995, Mariner Books.
28. o • Night Hoops by Carl Deuker. 2000, Houghton Mifflin.
29. o • Nobody’s There by Joan Lowery Nixon. 2000, Delacorte.
30. o • Nothing But the Truth by Avi. 1992, Orchard Books.
31. o • On the Fringe edited by Don Gallo. 2001, Dial Books for Young Readers.
32. o • On the Devil’s Court by Carl Deuker. 1990, Avon.
33. o • 145th Street Stories by Walter Dean Myers. 2000, Delacorte.
34. o • Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer. 1999, Putnam.
35. o • Sacajawea by Joseph Bruchac. 2000, Harcourt Brace.
36. o • Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. 1987, HarperCollins.
37. o • Skins and Other Stories by Roald Dahl. 2000, Viking.
38. o • Soldier’s Heart by Gary Paulsen. 1998, Delacorte.
39. o • Spider-Man by Peter Allen David. 2002, Ballantine Books.
40. o • The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jan Scieszka.
41. o 1992, Viking.
42. o • Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman. 2000, HarperCollins.
43. o • Sweet Valley Series by Francine Pascal. 1993, Bantam.
44. o • Tangerine by Edward Bloor. 1998, Harcourt Brace.
45. o • Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper. 1996, Atheneum Books for Young
46. o Readers.
47. o • The Thief by Megan Turner. 1996, Greenwillow Books.
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1. o • Ultimate X-Men by Peter Sanderson. 2000, DK Publishing.
2. o • Voice on the Radio by Caroline Cooney. 1997, Scholastic.
3. o • The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis. 1995,
4. o Delacorte.
5. o • Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block. 1990, HarperCollins.
6. o • Whirligig by Paul Fleischman. 1999, Henry Holt.
7. o • With All My Heart, With All My Mind: Thirteen Stories About Growing Up
8. o Jewish edited by Sandy Asher. 1999, Simon & Schuster.
9. o • A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck. 2000, Dial Books for Young
10. o Readers.
Nonfiction
1. o • The Century That Was: Reflections on the Last One Hundred Years edited
2. o by James Cross Giblin. 2000, Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
3. o • Chicago’s South Side: 1946-48 by Wayne Miller. 2000, University of
4. o California Press.
5. o • Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul by Jack Canfield. 1997, Health
6. o Communications.
7. o • “Everything You Need to Know” Library. 1994, Rosen.
8. o • Freaky Facts about Natural Disasters by Kathleen Duey and Mary Barnes.
9. o 2000, Aladdin Paperbacks.
10. o • Geeks: How Two Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho by Jon Katz. 2000,
11. o Villard Books.
12. o • Jazz: An American Saga by James Lincoln Collier. 1997, Henry Holt.
13. o • Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Exhibition by
14. o Velma Maia Thomas. 1997, Crown Publishers.
15. o • Math Curse by Jan Scieszka. 1995, Viking.
16. o My Favorite Things: 75 Works of Art from Around the World by Wendy
17. o Beckett. 2000, Harry Abrams, Inc.
18. o • Pedro and Me by Judd Winick. 2000, Henry Holt.
19. o • Should Drugs Be Legalized? by Ted Gottfried. 2000, Twenty-First Century
20. o Books.
21. o • Teen Power Politics: Make Yourself Heard by Sarah Boyars. 2000,
22. o Millbrook Press.
23. o • 33 Things Every Girl Should Know edited by Tonya Bolden. 1998, Crown
24. o Publishers.
25. o • Uncommon Champions: Fifteen Athletes Who Battled Back by Marty
26. o Kaminsky. 2000, Boyds Mills.
27. o • Vanity Rules: A History of American Fashion by Dorothy Hoobler. 2000,
28. o Twenty-First Century Books.
29. o • Wall Street Wizard: Advice from a Savvy Teen Investor by Jay Liebowitz.
30. o 2000, Simon & Schuster.
31. o • Wrestling Renegades: An In-Depth Look at Today’s Superstars of Pro
32. o Wrestling by Daniel Cohen. 1999, Pocket Books.
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