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1 Book Review Committee Upper Elementary List TITLE AUTHOR PAGES CURRICULUM CONNECTION LEXILE LEVEL Revised 4/9/2014 GRADE Akhenaten Adventure, The Kerr, P. B. 368 LC - Fantasy Amulet of Samarkand Stroud, Jonathan 464 LC - Fantasy Anna of Byzantium Barrett, Tracy 224 LC - Historical Arcade Catastrophe Mull, Brandon 416 LB - Fantasy Arrow Over The Door Bruchac, Joseph 96 Language Arts Autism and Me Shapiro, Ouisie 32 NF - Biography Basher Five-Two O'Grady, Scott 133 Memoir Bell Prater's Boy White, Ruth 224 LC - Sociology Blackthorpe Enigma Flavin, Teresa 281 LB - Mystery Book of Three Alexander, Lloyd 224 Fantasy Book Whisperer, The Miller, Donalyn 227 TR - Reading 4-6 Boy s War Murphy, Jim 128 NF - History Breadwinner, The Ellis, Deborah 166 LC - Multicultural JHS Breaking Through Jimenez, F 208 Biography Bud, Not Buddy Curtis, C 272 Language Arts Call It Courage Sperry, A 95 Language Arts Call Me Maria Cofer, Judith 144 Multicultural Cay, The Taylor, T 136 Social Studies Celeste s Harlem Renaissance Tate, Eleanor 279 Music Childtimes Greenfield, Eloise 170 Memoir Choosing Up Sides Ritter, John 176 Language Arts Chronicles of Harris Burdick, The VanAllsburg, C 192 Language Arts City of Ember, The DuPrau, Jeanne 270 LC - Dystopian JHS Close to Famous Bauer, Joan 250 RL - Modern Code Talker Bruchac, Joseph 231 History 6-9 Counting by 7 s Sloan, Holly G. 384 Language Arts Crispin: At the Edge of the World Avi 234 Historical Crispin: The Cross of Lead Avi 320 Historical Dark Life Falls, Kat 297 Dystopian Dealing with Dragons Wrede, Patricia 240 LC - Fantasy 830 6

2 Day of Pleasure, A Singer, Isaac 240 Biography 5 Demigod Diaries Riordan, Rick 250 Mythology Devil s Arithmetic Yolen, Jane 168 LC - Holocaust JHS Dragonsong McCaffrey, Anne 176 Fantasy JHS Dragonwings Yep, Lawrence 250 Historical Earrings! Viorst, Judith 32 Picture Book Edge of Nowhere, The George, E. 440 RL- Paranormal HL800 6 Eleven Giff, Patricia R 164 English, Science Elijah of Buxton Curtis, C 341 Historical Entertainer and the Dybbuk Fleischman, Sid 175 Holocaust Esperanza Rising Wharton, Edith 130 Social Studies Extraordinary Mark Twain..Suzy Kerley, Barbara 44 Biography Faith, Hope and Ivy June Naylor, Phyllis 288 Language Arts JHS Far North Hobbs, Will 240 LC - Survival Faraway Island, A Thor, Annika 256 Holocaust Fat Men From Space Pinkwater, Daniel 64 Science Fiction Farewell to Manzanar Houston, Jean 145 History Fenway Fever Ritter, John 230 RL Fortunately, the Milk Gaiman, Neil 116 Language Arts Found Haddix, Margaret 320 Science Fiction Georges and the Jewels Smiley, Jane 240 RL Girl From Yamhill Cleary, Beverly 320 Biography Going Home Mohr, Nicholasa 192 Language Arts Good Masters! Sweet Ladies Schlitz, Laura 85 TR- Shakespeare NP 4-6 Goodbye, Vietnam Whelan, Gloria 135 Modern Green Book, The Walsh, Jill 80 Dystopian H.I.V.E. (Higher Institute) Walden, Mark 320 RL - Mystery Heart of a Samurai Preus, Margi 336 Historical How I Came To Be A Writer Naylor, Phyllis 120 Language Arts I Funny Patterson, James 305 RL - Modern I Want To Be Free Slate, Joseph 32 Slavery AD150 4 Into the Firestorm Hopkinson, D. 200 Historical Invisible Thread, The Uchida, Yoshiko 160 Historical

3 Joshua Dread Bacon, Lee 258 RL - Fantasy Journey to Topaz Uchida, Yoshiko 149 Historical Kamishibai Man Say, Allen 32 Language Arts AD690 5 Kidnapped Prince Cameron, Ann 160 History Kira-Kira Kadohata, C 256 Multicultural Keepers Of The Earth Caduto, Michael 209 Environment AD Kokopelli's Flute Hobbs, Will 160 LC - Mystery Land, The Taylor, Mildred 392 Historical Legends of Zita the Spacegirl Hatke, Ben 224 Science Fiction GN250 4 Let the Circle Be Unbroken Taylor, Mildred 394 Historical Lily Pond, The Thor, Annika 218 Holocaust Lions of Little Rock Levine, Kristin 320 History Little House on the Prairie Wilder, Laura I. 336 History JHS Little Lord Fauntleroy Burnett, Frances 252 Language Arts Little Women Alcott, Louisa 345 Language Arts Lives of Christopher Chant, The Jones, Diana W. 230 LC - Mystery Long Walk To Water Park, Linda Sue 120 Language Arts Lost Garden, The Yep, Lawrence 144 Biography Marika Cheng, Andrea LC - Holocaust 6 Maurice s Room Fox, Paula 63 Family Maze, The Hobbs, Will 248 Social Studies Milkweed Spinelli, Jerry 208 LC - Holocaust Miraculous Journey / Tulane DiCamillo, Kate Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh O'Brien, Robert 240 Fantasy Mysterious Benedict Society Stewart, Trenton 485 Science Fiction Number the Stars Lowry, Lois 137 Historical Fiction JHS Old Yeller Gipson, Fred 180 Classic JHS One and Only Ivan, The Applegate, K 304 Newbery Out of My Mind Draper, Sharon 304 Modern Outlaw Davies, Stephen 289 RL- World Issues Parallel Journeys Waterford et. al. 256 Biography JHS Real Thief Steig, William 64 Language Arts Red Scarf Girl Jiang, Ji Li 304 Biography 780 6

4 Rip Tide Falls, Kat 320 Dystopian Rising Voices Hirschfelder, A 131 Memoir 6 Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Taylor, Mildred 276 History Searching for David's Heart Bennett, Cherie 220 LC - Sociology Secret Garden, The Burnett, Frances 384 Language Arts Secret of Gumbo Grove Tate, Eleanora 208 Mystery Shadow Spinner Fletcher, Susan 218 LC - Historical Shakespeare Stealer, The Blackwood, Gary 216 LC - Historical Sign of the Beaver, The Speare, Elizabeth 144 History Silent Storm Garland, Sherry 288 Sociology Someone Named Eva Wolf, Joan 208 LC - Holocaust Someone was Watching Patneaude, David 224 LC - Sociology Tale of Despereaux DiCamillo, Kate 272 Language Arts Thing About Georgie, The Graff, Lisa 220 RL - Dwarfism There's an Owl in the Shower George, Jean 134 Language Arts Three Times Lucky Turnage, Sheila 312 Language Arts Touching Spirit Bear Mikaelsen, Ben 256 Language Arts Under the Blood Red Sun Salisbury, G 256 Language Arts Underrunners Mahy, Margaret 192 Mystery Unwanteds, The McMann-Lisa 416 Fantasy Uprising Haddix, Margaret 352 Dystopian Variant Wells, Robison 384 Dystopian HL640 6 JHS Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon 280 Social Studies JHS Weaving of a Dream, The Heyer, Marilee 31 Folk Tales 3-6 Westing Game Raskin, Ellen 192 LC - Mystery Which Witch? Ibbotson, Eva 256 LC - Mystery Whipping Boy, The Fleischman, Sid 90 Language Arts Winter People Bruchac, Joseph 176 Historical Wonder Palacio, R.J. 320 Realistic Fiction Words By Heart Sebestyen, Ouida 162 Language Arts Wrinkle in Time L Engle, M 180 Science Fiction JHS Year of Impossible Goodbyes Choi, Sook Nyul 176 Historical Z is for Zachariah O Brien, Robert 250 LC - Fantasy JHS

5 Lexile Code AD (Adult Directed) GN (Graphic Novel) HL (High-Low) IG (Illustrated Guide) NC (Non-Conforming NP (Non-Prose) Abbreviations RL (Reading List) LC (Literature Circle) LB (Library Self-select) TR (Teacher Reference) UEL (Upper Elementary) NF (Non-Fiction

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