Jeremy Thatcher, dragon hatcher. George s secret key to the universe. The lion, the witch and the wardrobe The night they stole the Stanley Cup

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1 PREP SCHOOL SUGGESTED READING The Wilder Library would like to suggest some book titles and series that Prep boys will enjoy reading. Other titles by these authors may also be suitable. Year 4 Katherine Applegate Mac Barnett Andrew Clements Bruce Coville Cressida Cowell Kate DiCamillo Andy Griffiths Stephen Hawking Gordon Korman C.S. Lewis Roy MacGregor Kate McMullan Brandon Mull Liz Pichon Lemony Snicket The one and only Ivan The terrible two Frindle Jeremy Thatcher, dragon hatcher How to train your dragon Because of Winn-Dixie The 13-story treehouse George s secret key to the universe The discovery The lion, the witch and the wardrobe The night they stole the Stanley Cup Have a hot time Hades Wild born The brilliant world of Tom Gates Who could that be at this hour? Lauren Tarshis The sinking of the Titanic, 1912 Janet Tashjian David Walliams My life as a book The world s worst children

2 Year 5 K.L. Armstrong Rob Buyea Gennifer Choldenko Emma Clayton Suzanne Collins Mark Cooper Chris D Lacey Michael Ford Stuart Gibbs Cynthia Kadohata Derek Landy Lisa McMann Michael Morpurgo Brandon Mull Uri Orlev R.J. Palacio Sara Pennypacker Rick Riordan Brian Selznick Trenton Lee Stewart Kevin Sylvester Jane Yolen Loki s wolves Because of Mr. Terupt Al Capone does my shirts The Roar Gregor the overlander Fledgling: Jason Steed The fire within The fire of Ares Spy school A million shades of gray Skulduggery Pleasant The Unwanteds Shadow A world without heroes The island on Bird Street Wonder Pax The lightning thief The Marvels The mysterious Benedict Society Minrs Dragon's blood

3 Year 6 Kwame Alexander John David Anderson Chris Bradford Eoin Colfer Caroline Cooney Nancy Farmer John Flanagan John Grisham Margaret Haddix Carl Hiaasen Anthony Horowitz Wesley King Gordon Korman Matt Myklusch Susin Nielsen Kenneth Oppel James Patterson Wilson Rawls Jason Reynolds Michael Scott Eleanor Updale Eric Walters Various authors Booked Ms. Bixby s last day Young samurai: the way of the warrior Artemis Fowl The face on the milk carton The sea of trolls The ruins of Gorlan Theodore Boone: Kid lawyer Among the hidden Scat Stormbreaker O.C. Daniel Restart The accidental hero Word nerd The nest Maximum ride: the angel experiment Where the red fern grows Ghost The alchemyst Montmorency: thief, liar, gentleman? We all fall down The seven series

4 Year 7 Kwame Alexander Isabel Allende Paolo Bacigalupi Susan Bartoletti Martyn Bedford Clare Bell Joseph Bruchac Orson Scott Card Agatha Christie Joe Craig James Dashner Laura Elliot The crossover City of the beasts Ship breaker The boy who dared Flip Ratha s creature Killer of enemies Ender s game Murder on the Orient Express Jimmy Coates The maze runner Under a war-torn sky Richard Paul Evans Michael Vey: prisoner of cell 25 Nancy Farmer Neil Gaiman Alan Gatz Maurice Gee Mark Haddon Charlie Higson S.E. Hinton Anne Holm The sea of trolls The graveyard book Refugee Salt The curious incident of the dog in the Night-time Silverfin The outsiders I am David

5 Year 7 Continued Anthony Horowitz Raven s gate E. L. Konigsburg Silent to the bone Pittacus Lore I am number four Graham McNamee Bonechiller John Marsden Tomorrow, when the war began Robert Muchamore The recruit Andy Mulligan Trash Walter Dean Myers Fallen angels Kenneth Oppel The boundless Philip Pullman The golden compass Veronica Roth Divergent Gary Schmidt Okay for now Robert Sharenow The Berlin boxing club Arthur Slade The hunchback assignments Caroline Stevermer River rats Jonathan Stroud The amulet of Samarkand Scott Westerfeld Leviathan John Wilson Four steps to death Markus Zusak The book thief

6 Non-fiction Year 5 and up Rhoda Blumberg Georgia Bragg Roald Dahl Ingri D Aulaires Dan Green Anne Frank Laura Hillenbrand Phillip M. Hoose Karen Levine Ji-Li Jiang Paul Keery Joseph Lekuton Cunxin Li Mark Pfetzer Al Seckel Eric Williams Shipwrecked: the true adventures of a Japanese boy How they croaked: the awful end of the awfully famous Boy D Aulaire s book of Greek myths Technology: a byte-size world The diary of a young girl Unbroken: an Olympian s journey from airman to castaway to captive The boys who challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill club Hana s suitcase Red scarf girl: a memoir of the Cultural Revolution Canada at war: A graphic history of World War Two Facing the lion: growing up Maasai on the African savanna Mao s last dancer Within reach: my Everest story Optical Illusions The wooden horse

7 Graphic novels: many of these are series Frank Cammuso The dodgeball chronicles Rene Goscinny Asterix Ben Hatke Mighty Jack Herge Tintin Kazu Kibuishi The amulet George O Connor Hades, lord of the dead Jason Shiga Meanwhile Jeff Smith Bone Raina Telgemeier Smile Doug TenNapel Bad island Ghostopolis Don Wood Into the volcano

8 Primary Reading List: (SK-3) Picture books some favourites Janell Cannon Verdi Chih-Yuan Chen Guji Guji Rod Clement Counting on Frank Barbara Cooney Miss Rumphius David Elliott Finn throws a fit Jules Feiffer Bark George Mem Fox Tough Boris Phoebe Gilman The balloon tree Emily Gravett Spells Kevin Hawkes The wicked big toddlah Simon James Baby brains Oliver Jeffers How to catch a star Jonathan London What newt could do for turtle Susan Meddaugh Martha speaks Bill Peet Cowardly Clyde Barbara Reid Two by two Maurice Sendak Where the wild things are David Shannon No, David! William Steig The amazing bone Melanie Watt Scaredy Squirrel Mo Willems The pigeon finds a hotdog!

9 Novels: for reading aloud, reading together, or reading independently Richard Atwater Mr. Popper s penguins Avi Poppy Judy Blume Tales of a fourth grade nothing Roald Dahl Fantastic Mr. Fox Kate DiCamillo The tale of Despereaux Paul Fleischman The Half-a-Moon Inn James Howe Bunnicula Chris Kurtz The adventures of a South Pole pig Ursula Le Guin Catwings Alison McGhee Firefly Hollow Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Shiloh Sara Pennypacker Stuart s cape Dav Pilkey Dog Man Donald Sobol Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective E.B. White Charlotte s web Stuart Little Ian Whybrow Little Wolf s book of badness

10 Beginning Independent Reading: many of these are series Tedd Arnold Fly Guy Helaine Becker Looney Bay all stars Jim Benton Lunch walks among us Adam Blade Beast quest Denys Cazet Minnie and Moo Troy Cummings The notebook of doom Tony Davis Roland Wright, future knight D.L. Green Zeke Meeks Dan Gutman My weird school Nancy Krulik Magic Bone Elizabeth S. Hunt Secret agent Jack Stalwart H.I. Larry Zac Power Megan McDonald Stink Peggy Parish Amelia Bedelia Mary Pope Osborne Magic tree house Lissa Rovetch Hot dog and Bob Cynthia Rylant Poppleton Jon Scieszka Battle Bunny Marjorie W. Sharmat Nate the great Francesca Simon Horrid Henry Geronimo Stilton Lost treasure of the emerald eye Ursula Vernon Dragonbreath Mo Willems Elephant and Piggie

11 Other Recommended Classics: Jean de Brunhoff Virginia Lee Burton Ruth Stiles Gannett Rudyard Kipling Munro Leaf A.A.Milne Michael Morpurgo Beatrix Potter H.A.Rey Dr. Seuss Van Dyke Parks Helen Ward Poetry Collections: David Booth Kenyon Cox Douglas Florian Mary Ann Hoberman ed. Bill Martin Jr. ed. Jack Prelutsky ed. Shel Silverstein Babar Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel My father s dragon Just so stories The story of Ferdinand Winnie-the-Pooh The McElderry book of Aesop s fables The tale of Peter Rabbit Curious George The cat in the hat Jump!: the adventures of Brer Rabbit Unwitting wisdom Til all the stars have fallen Mixed beasts Mammalabilia Forget-me-nots: poems to learn by heart The Bill Martin Jr. big book of poetry The beauty of the beast Scranimals The light in the attic

12 Primary Non-fiction: Deb Lucke Jason Chin Gail Herman Ben Hillman Steve Jenkins Nelson Kadir Kathryn Lasky Mary Pope Osborne Simon Mugford Deborah Kogan Ray David Smith The book of time-outs: a mostly true history of the world s biggest troublemakers Island: a story of the Galapagos Who was Jackie Robinson? (and in the Who Was, Where is series How strong is it? : a mighty book about strength Actual size Down, down, down: a journey to the bottom of the sea Move! Nelson Mandela One beetle too many: the extraordinary adventures of Charles Darwin The one-eyed giant Dinosaur ABC The impossible voyage of Kon-Tiki If the world were a village

13 Primary-Graphic novels: (many of these are series) Aaron Blabey Drew Brockington Ben Clanton Eric Craddock Maxwell Eaton Christopher Ford Emmanuel Guibert Emmanuel Guibert Ben Hatke Jarrett Krosoczka Jeff Limke Dav Pilkey David Orme Aaron Reynolds Kean Soo Ashley Spires Geronimo Stilton James Sturm Lewis Trondheim The bad guys CatStronauts: mission moon Narwhal: unicorn of the sea BC mambo The flying beaver brothers and the evil penguin plan Stickman Odyssey Ariol Sardine Zita the spacegirl Lunch lady Theseus: battling the minotaur Dog Man Billy Blaster Joey Fly, private eye Jellaby Binky the space cat The discovery of America Adventures in cartooning A.L.I.E.E.E.N