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† Jump to: Level 1 (Grades 5-7) | Level 2 (Grades 7-9) | Level 3 (Grades 9-12)

Level 1

Grades 5-7 | Back to Top

Core Novels

The Lottery Rose
No More Dead Dogs
The Skin I’m In
Wringer

Literature Circle Novels

Locomotion
The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates
Mick Harte Was Here
The Midwife’s Apprentice
Nightjohn
The Pinballs
Scorpions
Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush?

Independent Reading Novels

Absolutely Normal Chaos
Al Capone Does My Shirts
Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker
Attack of the Mutant Underwear
Bandit’s Moon
Beardance
Bearstone
The Boy Who Saved Baseball
Buttermilk Hill
The Castle Corona
Countdown
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Drive-By
A Family Apart
Forged by Fire
The Girl Who Owned a City
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Heads or Tails
Homecoming
I Am Rosa Parks
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Junebug
The Kid Who Ran For President
Mossflower
Pacific Crossing
Rowan and the Ice Creepers
Ruby Holler
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Same Stuff as Stars
Sarny
Shark Bait
Skeleton Man
Someone Was Watching
Stone Fox
Thunder Cave

Level 2

Grades 7-9 | Back to Top

Core Novels

Among the Hidden
Devil’s Arithmetic
Monster
Slumming

Literature Circle Novels

Armageddon Summer
The Black Pearl
The Body of Christopher Creed
Children of the River
Deathwatch
Stuck in Neutral
Swallowing Stones
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Independent Reading Novels

An American Plague
Angus, Thongs & Full Frontal Snogging
Blackwater
Breaking Through
The Contender
The Crossing
Cruise Control
The Dare
Dicey’s Song
Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
Face on the Milk Carton, The
Flight #116 Is Down
Flipped
Gentlehands
Hush
Jesse
Keesha’s House
Let the Circle Be Unbroken
Lifted up by Angels
Living Up the Street
Lucas
The Maze
The Outsiders
Over the Wall
Pretties
Prom
Rumble Fish
Shakespeare Stealer
Slam!
Specials
Stranger with My Face
Tangerine
Tears of a Tiger
Tunnels
Under the Blood-Red Sun
The Year Without Michael

Level 3

Grades 9-12 | Back to Top

Core Novels

Bronx Masquerade
Dating Hamlet: Ophelia’s Story
Finn: A Novel
Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands

Literature Circle Novels

Battle of Jericho, The
Bless Me, Ultima
Briar Rose
The House of Scorpion
Ironman
Jake, Reinvented
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Things They Carried

Independent Reading Novels

Athletic Shorts
Autobiography of My Dead Brother
The Bean Trees
Celine
A Child Called “It”
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
Double Helix
Dragon Keeper
The Earth, My Butt, Other Big Round Things
Give a Boy a Gun
The Hoopster
I Am Morgan le Fay
Killing Mr. Griffin
Loch
The Lost Boy
The Luckiest Girl in the World
The Man Who Was Poe
Night
No Easy Answers
On the Bright Side, I’m Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God
The Pact
Private Peaceful
The Raft
The Rag and Bone Shop
The Rapture of Canaan
Rats Saw God
Romiette and Julio
Shabanu
She’s Come Undone
Siddhartha: An Indian Tale
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
Stranger With My Face
A Walk to Remember
Weetzie Bat
Wrestling Sturbridge

Grade 4

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Core Texts

Rescues!

Power Strategy Texts

George vs. George: The American Revolution Seen from Both Sides*
How Dinosaurs Took FLight: FOssils, Science, What We Think We Know, and Mysteries Yet Unsolved*
When Fish Got Feet, Sharks Got Teeth, and Bugs Began to Swarm: A Cartoon Prehistory of Life Long Before the Dinosaurs*
The World Made New: Why the Age of Exploration Happened and How It Changed the World*

Independent Reading Texts

Caring for Cheetahs: My African Adventure*
The Cod’s Tale*
The Dangerous Book for Boys
The Daring Book for Girls
Dog of Discovery: A Newfoundland’s Adventures with Lewis and Clark*
The Egyptology Handbook: A Course in the Wonders of Egypt
Hachiko Waits*
Hispanic-American Crafts Kids Can Do! (Multicultural Crafts Kids Can Do!)
Horrible Science: Angry Animals*
How to Draw Pokemon
Hurricanes: Witness to Disaster*
Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive*
My Freedom Trip: A Child’s Escape from North Korea*
On the Track with Jeff Gordon*
Pocket Babies and Other Amazin Marsupials*
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! World’s Craziest Critters
The Salem Witch Trials: An Unsolved Mystery from History*
The Science Chef: 100 Fun Food Experiments for Kids
Sharks! Strange and Wonderful*
Uncle John’s Wild & Wooly Bathroom Reader for Kids Only!
You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Mammoth Hunter! Dangerous Beasts You’d Rather Not Encounter*

Grade 5

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Core Texts

Hana’s Suitcase*

Power Strategy Texts

Arctic Thaw: The People of the Whale in a Changing Climate*
The Brother’s War: Civil War Voices in Verse*
The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students*
Hatshepsut: The Princess Who Became King*

Independent Reading Texts

Abraham Lincoln: The Life of America’s Sixteenth President (Graphic Nonfiction)*
Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul: 101 Stories of Courage, Hope and Laughter for Kids Ages 8-12
The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb (Graphic Nonfiction)*
Delicious: The Life and Art of Wayne Theibaud*
Dino Poop and Other Remarkable Remains of the Past*
The Dog Who Rescues Cats: The True Story of Ginny*
Extreme Math: Real Math, Real People, Real Sports
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad (Graphic Library)*
Horrible Science: Killer Energy*
Imagine a Dragon*
The Man Who Made Time Travel*
On the Halfpipe with Tony Hawk*
The Pink Princess Cookbook
The Puzzle of the Platypus and Other Explorations of Science in Action*
Rattlesnake Dance: True Tales, Mysteries and Rattlesnake Ceremonies*
Roanoke: The Lost Colony: An Unsolved Mystery from History*
Sign Language for Kids: A Fun and Easy Guide to American Sign Language
So You Want to Be President?*
Uncle John’s Electrifying Bathroom Reader for Kids Only!
What Makes Popcorn Pop? And Other Questions About the World Around Us*

Level 1

Grades 5-7 | Back to Top

Core Text

The Great Fire*

Power Strategy Texts

Are We Alone?: Scientists Search for Life in Space*
Cold Light: Creatures, Discoveries, and Inventions That Glow*
Curse of the Pharaohs: My Adventures with Mummies*
The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming*
Journeys for Freedom: A New Look at America’s Story*
Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty*
Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille*
We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin*

Independent Reading Texts

Animal Grossology: The Science of Creatures Gross and Disgusting*
Blackbeard the Pirate King*
Boy: Tales of Childhood
The Boys’ War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War*
Bury the Dead: Tombs, Corpses, Mummies, Skeletons & Rituals*
El Niño: Stormy Weather for People and Wildlife*
Emeril’s There’s a Chef in My Soup!: Recipes for the Kid in Everyone
Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna*
Generation Fix: Young Ideas for a Better World*
Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women*
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad*
Horrible Science: Space, Stars, and Slimy Aliens*
Immigrant Kids*
Indy Race Cars*
Leon’s Story*
Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (and What the Neighbors Thought)*
Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions and How They Came to Be
National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals
A Negro League Scrapbook*
Out of the Shadows: An Artist’s Journey*
The Stunning Science of Everything: Science with All the Squishy Bits Left In!
The Stupid Crook Book*
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon*
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader for Kids Only!
What Happened to the Mammoths? and Other Explorations of Science in Action*
Women of Hope: African Americans Who Made a Difference*

Level 2

Grades 7-9 | Back to Top

Core Text

Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science*

Power Strategy Texts

Birmingham, 1963*
The Girls’ Life Guide to Growing Up*
Kids Make History: A New Look at America’s Story*
Horrible Science: Disgusting Digestion*
Oh, Yikes! History’s Grossest, Wackiest Moments*
Snowbound: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party*
Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist*
Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America*

Independent Reading Texts

The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat
The Adventurous Life of Miles Standish and the Amazing-But-True Survival Story of Plymouth Colony*
America’s Dumbest Criminals: Wild and Weird Stories of Fumbling Felons, Clumsy Crooks, and Ridiculous Robbers
Boys Who Rocked the World: From King Tut to Tiger Woods*
Brainstorm: The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors*
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love, and Learning
Do Fish Drink Water?: Puzzling and Improbable Questions and Answers*
The Egyptian News*
Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini
Extreme Sports: The Illustrated Guide to Maximum Adrenaline Thrills*
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement*
Generation Fix: Young Ideas for a Better World*
Girls Who Rocked the World: Heroines from Sacagawea to Sheryl Swoopes*
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali*
Horrible Science: Blood, Bones and Body Bits*
Horrible Science: Bulging Brains*
How Rude! The Teenager’s Guide to Good Manners, Proper Behavior and Not Grossing People Out*
Jokelopedia: The Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest Joke Book Ever
Light Shining Through the Mist: A Photobiography of Dian Fossey*
Lost Boy: A Foster Child’s Search for the Love of a Family*
The NEW Way Things Work
On Time: From Seasons to Split Seconds*
Richard the Lionheart: The Life of a King and Crusader
Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing
Uncle John’s Top Secret! Bathroom Reader for Kids Only!
The Worst-Case Scenario Surival Handbook: Travel
Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Wartime Sarajevo*

Level 3

Grades 9-12 | Back to Top

Core Text

Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case

Power Strategy Texts

Dear Miss Breed*
From Boneshakers to Choppers: The Rip-Roaring History of Motorcycles*
Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine*
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX*
Mental_Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge*
Tough Boy Sonatas*
Tupac Shakur*
Us and Them: A History of Intolerance in America*

Independent Reading Texts

1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler’s Life Book
Andy Warhol: Pop Art Painter*
The Burn Journals*
Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America*
Flocabulary: Hip-Hop U.S. History
Flocabulary: The Hip-Hop Approach to SAT-Level Vocabulary Building
From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century
From Altoids to Zima: The Surprising Stories Behind 125 Famous Brand Names*
Go Ask Alice*
Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation*
Horrible Science: Chemical Chaos*
Horrible Science: The Terrible Truth About Time*
How to Draw Hip Hop
Ladies First: 40 Daring American Women Who Were Second to None*
Leonardo DaVinci: The Genius Who Defined the Renaissance*
Lucky*
Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography*
Maus: A Survivor’s Tale
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America*
Onward: A Photobiography of African-American Polar Explorer Matthew Henson*
Periodic Table: Elements with Style*
The Places in Between*
Reading Lolita in Tehran*
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into Hollywood
Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories*
War in the Middle East: A Reporter’s Story: Black September and the Yom Kippur War*
What’s the Number for 911? America’s Wackiest 911 Calls*
Worst Case Scenario: Extreme Edition

Level 4

Grades 11-12 | Back to Top

Core Text

Deadly Invaders: Virus Outbreaks Around the World, from Marburg Fever to Avian Flu*

Power Strategy Texts

Chew on This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food
The Day the World Exploded: The Earthshaking Catastrophe at Krakatow
Freaknonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explored the Hidden State of Everything*
Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story*
An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming
The New York Times Speed Show: Now NASCAR Won the Heart of America*
The Night Olympic Team: Fighting to Keep Drugs Out of the Games*
No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row*

Independent Reading Texts

Better Than Homemade: Amazing Foods That Changed the Way We Eat*
Black Stars: African American Entreprenurs
Cooking Outside the Pizza Box: Easy Recipes for Today’s College Student
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels and Beyond
East Side Stories: Gang Life in East LA
Everything Guide to Writing Graphic Novels: From Superheroes to Manga
The Football Game I’ll Never Forget: 100 NFL Stars’ Stories
Guinness: World Records 2009
In Defiance of Hitler: The Secret Mission of Varian Fry*
It Happened to Nancy
The Innocent Man*
Into the WIld*
Jimi Hendrix: Kiss the Sky*
King James Believe the Hype: The LeBron James Story
Life in Prison*
A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness*
The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens
MySpace Safety: 51 Tips for Teens and Parents
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft*
The Priviledge of Youth: A Teenager’s Story*
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Prepare to Be Shocked
Ripley’s Believe It or Not Special Edition 2009
Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood*
A Taste-Berry Teen’s Guide to Setting and Achieving Goals
Things I Have to Tell You: Poems and Writing by Teenage Girls*
Three Cups of Tea: On Man’s Journey to Change the World…One Child at a Time*
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson*
Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Boy King*
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into Music
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Takes a Swing at Baseball
Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly

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