Lower School Independent Reading Program 2021-22 Challenge List

FIRST GRADE SUMMER Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Little Critter by Mercer Mayer Elephant & Piggie by Mo Willems Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen Curious George by H. A. Rey Pete the Cat by James Dean

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SECOND GRADE SUMMER Ramona by Beverly Cleary Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osborne A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy My Weird School by Dan Gutman Cam Jansen by David A. Adler Dragon Masters by Tracey West Arthur by Marc Brown Berenstain Bears by Stan & Jan Berenstain Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel Geronimo Stilton by Geronimo Stilton

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THIRD GRADE SUMMER NEWBERY AWARD Ranger in Time (Book 1) by Kate Messner Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo Spiderwick Chronicles (Book 1) The One and Only Ivan by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black by Katherine Applegate The BFGby The Tale of Despereauxby Kate DiCamillo by Judy Blume The View From Saturdayby E.L. Konigsburg The Only Thing Worse Than Witches Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech by Lauren Magaziner Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Bob by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan Third Grade Angels by Jerry Spinelli Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary Wishtree by Katherine Applegate Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH A Dog Like Daisy by Kristin O’Donnell Tubb by Robert C. O’Brien Warriors: Into the Wild by Erin Hunter Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes

AUDIO BOOKS The Wild Robot by Peter Brown Pax by Sara Pennypacker and the Sorcerer’s Stoneby J. K. Rowling Who Is Jeff Kinney?by Patrick Kinney Encyclopedia Brown: Detective by Donald J. Sobol A Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginningby Lemony Snicket A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd by Roald Dahl Lower School Independent Reading Program 2021-22 Challenge List

THIRD GRADE (CONT.) SIBERT AWARD STUDENT FAVORITES How We Got to the Moon: The People, Max & the Midknights (Book 1) Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind by Lincoln Pierce Humanity’s Greatest Adventure by John Rocco Invention of Hugo Cabret Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Brian Selznick by Kevin Noble Maillard How to Eat Fried Worms The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria by Thomas Rockwell Merian’s Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman Treasure Hunters (Book 1) Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead by James Patterson & Chris Grabenstein Calaveras by Duncan Tonatiuh Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford Star Wars: Jedi Academy (Book 1) by Jeffrey Brown The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant & Melissa Sweet Frindle by Andrew Clements Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Book 1) Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Jeff Kinney by Duncan Tonatiuh Where the Sidewalk Ends Parrots Over Puerto Rico by Shel Silverstein by Susan L. Roth & Cindy Trumbore Locomotive by Brian Floca Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by Robert Byrd Lower School Independent Reading Program 2021-22 Challenge List

FOURTH GRADE SUMMER NEWBERY AWARD Babe & Me by Dan Gutman Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo The Girl Who Drank the Moonby Kelly Barnhill The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder The Crossoverby Kwame Alexander Fablehaven (Book 1) by Brandon Mull Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis The Land of Stories (Book 1)by Chris Colfer Holes by Louis Sachar The Name of This Book is Secret The Westing Gameby Ellen Raskin by Pseudonymous Bosch From the Mixed-Up Files of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai by C. S. Lewis Al Capone Does My Shirts Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Gennifer Choldenko by Chris Grabenstein When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller Word of Mouse by James Patterson AUDIO BOOKS Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan Swindle by Gordon Korman The 39 Clues Book 1: The Maze of Bonesby Rick Riordan Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver Grump by Liesl Shurtliff Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger Capture the Flag by Kate Messner Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard (Book 1) by Rick Riordan Lower School Independent Reading Program 2021-22 Challenge List

FOURTH GRADE (CONT.) CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD GRAPHIC NOVELS Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky When Stars are Scattered by Kwame Mbalia by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed The Parker Inheritanceby Varian Johnson The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel The Season of Styx Maloneby Kekla Magoon by Robert Venditti Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome El Deafo by Cece Bell Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia Amulet: The Stonekeeperby Kazu Kibuishi Words With Wings by Nikki Grimes City of Light, City of Dark by Avi We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro Dog Man by Dav Pilkey League Baseball by Kadir Nelson Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson by Derrick Barnes The Silver Sixby A. J. Lieberman Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets The Cardboard Kingdom by Kwame Alexander by Chad Sell Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson Lower School Independent Reading Program 2021-22 Challenge List

FIFTH GRADE SUMMER NEWBERY AWARD The Landry Newsby Andrew Clements New Kid by Jerry Craft Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool I,Q: Independence Hall by Roland Smith The Graveyard Bookby Neil Gaiman Loot: How to Steal a Fortune by Jude Watson Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper The Bronze Bowby Elizabeth George Speare A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia Splendors and Gloom by Laura Amy Schlitz Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins The Mysterious Benedict Society Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos by Trenton Lee Stewart When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead My Life As a Fifth-Grade Comedian by Elizabeth Levy

NONFICTION Guts & Glory: The Vikingsby Ben Thompson Hazardous Tales: Donner Dinner Party by Nathan Hale Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson DK Life Stories: Albert Einstein by Wil Mara A Kids’ Guide to America’s First Ladies by Kathleen Krull Born to Fly: The First Women’s Air Race Across Americaby Steve Sheinkin Two Miserable Presidents by Steve Sheinkin From an Idea to Google by Lowey Bundy Sichol Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson Lower School Independent Reading Program 2021-22 Challenge List

FIFTH GRADE (CONT.) CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD PURA BELPRE AWARD Genesis Begins Again Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Alicia D. Williams by Carlos Hernandez Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds Lety Out Loud The Stars Beneath Our Feet by Angela Cervantes by David Barclay Moore Lucky Broken Girl Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson by Ruth Behar Zora and Me I Lived on Butterfly Hillby Marjorie Agosin by Victoria Bond & T. R. Simon Maximilian & the Mystery of the Guardian Angel Elijah of Buxton by Xavier Garza by Christopher Paul Curtis The Dreamer Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, by Pam Muñoz Ryan Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez by Ashley Bryan Becoming Naomi León Hidden Figures: True Story of Four Black Women by Pam Muñoz Ryan and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist by Adrianna Cuevas Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews