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Level 1

Grades 5-7 | Back to Plugged-in to Reading 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 Plugged-in to Reading 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 Plugged-in to Reading 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

Level 1A

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Core Text

Rescues*

Power Strategy Texts

George vs. George: The American revolution as 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 the Life Long Before Dinsaurs*
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*
Hispanic-American Crafts Kids Can Do!
Horrible Science: Angry Animals*
How to Draw Pokemon
Hurricanes: Witness to Disaster*
Independent Dames*
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 Amazing Marsupials*
Ripley’s Believe Ir or Not! Creepy Stuff
Sharks! Strange and Wonderful*
Uncle John’s Wild and Woolly Bathroom Reader for Kids Only!
You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Mammoth Hunter! Dangerous Beasts You’d Rather Not Encounter*

Level 1B

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Core Text

The Great Fire*

Power Strategy Texts

Arctic Thaw: The People of the Whale in a Changing Climate*
The Girls Life Guide to Growing Up*
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*
Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul: 101 Stories of Courage, Hope, and Laughter for Kids
The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb*
Delicious: The Life and Art of Wayne Thiebaud*
Dino Poop and Other Remarkable Remains of the Past*
Extreme Math: Real Math, Real People, Real Sports
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad*
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*
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! World’s Weirdest Critters
Roanoke: The Lost Colony – An Unsolved Mystery from History*
Sigh Language for Kids: A Fun and Easy Guide to American Sign Language
Uncle John’s Electrifying Bathroom Reader for Kids Only!

Level 2A

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Core Text

Hana’s Suitcase*

Power Strategy Texts

Are We Alone?*
Horrible Science: Disgusting Digestion*
Out of Darkness*
We Are One*

Independent Reading Texts

The Adventurous Life of Miles Standish*
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal*
Emeril’s “There’s a Chef in My Soup!”
Encyclopedia of Animals
Facing the Lion*
Girls Think of Everything*
Horrible Science: Space, Stars, and Slimy Aliens*
Hottest Motorcycles: Wild Wheels*
Immigrant Kids*
Legends in Sports: Michael Jordan*
Leon’s Story*
A Negro League Scrapbook*
The Stunning Science of Everything: Science with the Squishy Bits Left In!*
The Stupid Crook Book*
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed in Apollo on the Moon*
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader for Kids Only
What Happened to the Mammoths and Other Explorations of Science on Action*
Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly

Level 2B

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Core Text

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

Power Strategy Texts

The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming*
Kids Make History*
Oh Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty*
Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist*

Independent Reading Texts

Animal Grossology*
Blackbeard: The Pirate King*
Boy
The Boy’s War*
The Dog Who Rescues Cats*
El Niño: Stormy Weather for People and Wildlife*
Generation Fix: Young Ideas for a Better World*
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad*
Horrible Science: Bulging Brains*
Indy Race Cars*
Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills (and What the Neighbors Thought)*
Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions and How They Came to Be
Out of the Shadows: An Artist’s Journey*
The Salem Witch Trials*
The Science Chef: 100 Fun Foods
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Uncle John’s Wonderful World of Odd
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland*

Level 3A

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Core Text

When Elephants Fight* and One True Peace: The Story of Young Activists
plus One Peace: True Stories of Young Activists

Power Strategy Texts

Birmingham, 1963*
Curse of the Pharaohs: My Adventures with Mummies
Journeys for Freedom: A New Look at America’s Story*
Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America*

Independent Reading Texts

Horrible Science: Blood, Bones, and Body Bits*
Brainstorm: The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors*
Chicken Soup for the Pre-Teen Soul
Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond*
Do Fish Drink Water?: Puzzling and Improbable Questions and Answers*
The Egyptian News*
Girls Who Rocked the World*
Jokelopedia: The Biggest, Silliest, Dumbest Joke Book Ever
The NEW Way Things Work
Oh Rats! The Story of Rats and People
Parasites: Latching on to a Free Lunch
Rocks and Minerals*
Stephenie Meyer (A Biography)*
Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Writing
Uncle John’s Top Secret! Bathroom Reader for Kids Only
What Makes Popcorn Pop?: And Other Questions About the World Around Us*
Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Wartime Sarajevo

Level 3B

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Core Text

Disasters: Natural and Man-Made Catastrophes Through the Centuries*

Power Strategy Texts

Cold Light: Discoveries and Inventions That Glow*
The Brothers War: Civil War Voices*
Oh Yikes! History’s Grossest, Wackiest Moments*
Snowbound*

Independent Reading Texts

The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat
America’s Dumbest Criminals
An American Plague*
Boys Who Rocked the World: From King Tut to Tiger Woods*
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love, and Learning
Claudette Colvin*
Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali*
How Rude!: The Teenager’s Guide to Good Manners, Proper Behavior, and Not Grossing People Out*
Kiss: I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night*
Light Shining Through the Mist: A Photobiography of Dian Fossey*
Mysterious Messages: A History of Codes and Ciphers*
Nevermore: A Photobiography of Edgar Alan Poe*
On Time: From Seasons to Split Seconds*
Richard the Lionheart: The Life of a King and a Crusader
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel
Uncle John’s Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader

Level 4A

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Core Text

The Secret of the Yellow Death*

Power Strategy Texts

From Bone Shakers to Choppers: The Rip-Roaring History of Motorcycles*
Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine*
Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again*
Tupac Shakur (Just the Facts Biographies)*

Independent Reading Texts

Annie’s Baby
A Child Called “It”*
Denied, Detained, and Deported*
From ABBA to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century
Horrible Science: The Terrible Truth About Time*
How to Draw Hip-Hop
It Happened to Nancy
Ladies First: 40 Daring American Women Who Were Second to None*
Leonardo DaVinci: The Genius Who Defined the Renaissance*
Lives of the Writers
Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography*
Night*
Taste-Berry Teen’s Guide to Setting and Achieving Goals
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader
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?*
Worst Case Scenario: Extreme Edition

Level 4B

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Core Text

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

Power Strategy Texts

Dear Miss Breed*
Let Me Play: The True Story of Title IX – The Law that Changed the Future of Girls in America*
Tough Boy Sonatas*
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*
Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul
Flocabuary Study Guides: Hip Hop U.S. History*
Flocabulary Study Guides: The Hip-Hop Approach to SAT-Level Vocabulary Building
From Altoids to Zima: The Surprising Stories Behind Famous Brand Names*
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement*
Go Ask Alice*
The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA
Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation*
Horrible Science: Chemical Chaos*
Lost Boy: A Foster Child’s Search for the Love of a Family*
Maus: A Survivor’s Tale
Onward: A Photobiography of African-American Polar Explorer Matthew Henson*
The Periodic Table of Elements: Elements with Style!*
The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into Hollywood
Witch Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials*

Level 5A

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Core Text

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

Power Strategy Texts

Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story*
An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming
The New York Times Speed Show: How NASCAR Won the Heart of America*
The Night Olympic Team: Fighting to Keep Drugs Out of the Games*

Independent Reading Texts

Chinese Cinderella*
Cooking Outside the Pizza Box: Easy Recipes for Today’s College Students
East Side Stories: Gang Life in East LA
The Everything Guide to Writing Graphic Novels: From Superheroes to Manga—All You Need to Start Creating Your Own Graphic Works
The Football Game I’ll Never Forget: 100 NFL Stars’ Stories
Into the Wild*
Jimi Hendrix: Kiss the Sky*
A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness*
MySpace Safety: 51 Tips for Teens and Parents
The Pact*
The Privilege of Youth: A Teenager’s Story*
The Raft*
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books*
Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood*
Three Cups of Tea: One 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*
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Takes a Swing at Baseball
Venom

Level 5B

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Core Text

An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank*

Power Strategy Texts

Chew On This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know about Fast Food
The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything*
No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row

Independent Reading Texts

Black Stars: African American Entrepeneurs
The Burn Journals*
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America*
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics – Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond
In Defiance of Hitler: The Secret Mission of Varian Fry*
King James – Believe the Hype: The LeBron James Story
Life in Prison*
Lucky*
The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America*
On Writing: A Memior of the Craft*
Places in Between*
Spies of the Mississippi
Things I Have to Tell You: Poems and Writing by Teenage Girls*
Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Boy King*
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into Music
The Vietnam War: A Graphic History

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