Novels: Intermediate Sets of Six

Below are the titles of our sets of six novels for independent reading or Literature Circles. Type the title or the number in parenthesis in the catalogue at http://media.sd68.bc.ca/. We'd love to hear back from you. Which novels worked well with your students? Which novels fit well with a theme or strategy? We want to begin to create teacher-tested lists. Email mailto:[email protected] or fax us your notes at 250.740.3508.

Absolutely invincible (Bag) (10037) IJ 1993 The adventures of Ulysses (10021) IJ 1969 Alone at ninety foot (16026) I 1999 Amber Brown sees red (15492) I 1998 Angels turn their backs (Bag) (15541) IJS 1998 Bad girls (21180) I 1997 Badger in the basement (20722) I 1998 Because of Winn-Dixie (24254) I 2000 The birchbark house by Louise Erdich (26092) I 2009 Bobcat rescue (21726) PI 2003 The Borrowers (20517) I 1952 The Boxcar children (Bag) (19920) I 2002 Breaking free (19929) I 2000 Brian's winter (22061) IJ 1996 Bridge to Terabithia (10984) I 1979 Buffalo before breakfast (15994) I 1999 Cam Jansen and the barking treasure mystery (20598) I 1999 Cam Jansen and the chocolate fudge mystery (15740) PI 1997 Captain Underpants and the invasion of the incredibly naughty cafeteria ladies from outer space (24440) I 1999 Captain Underpants novels (24443) I 1999 Cat in the crypt (20426) I 2001 Catching spring (22147) I 2004 The chalk box kid (20333) PI 1987 Choose your bully (25702) PI 2009 The cobweb confession (22233) PI 2002 Could Dracula live in Woodford? (21037) I 1988 The crash (25700) PI 2009 Dear Canada kit - sm bin (22044) IJ 2004 Dear Mr. Henshaw (19939) I 1998 Dog on the loose (25682) PI 2006 Dogs don't tell jokes (Bag) (24270) IJ 1991 Dogsong (24106) I 1990 The dragon's egg (10046) I 1994 Dust (21521) PI 2003 Each little bird that sings (23868) I 2006 Eight tales of terror (24133) IJ 1978 Elmer and the dragon (20337) I 1977 Esio trot (20588) PI 1990 Fantasy - time travel (21416) PI 2003 Fantasy time travel kit] (22281) IJ 2004 A field guide to monsters : googly-eyed wart floppers, shadow-casters, toe-eaters, and other creatures (25498) I 2007 Flat Stanley (21775) PI 2003 The fledgling (20519) I 1990 Flip flops - sm bin (21042) PI 1983 Funny Frank (21680) I 2003 The Gammage cup (Bag) (20279) IJ 1991 The garbage king (26061) IJS 2004 Gathering blue (24460) IJ 2002 George's marvelous medicine (24448) PI 1997 Get a clue! (22095) I 2004 Getting near to baby (20867) IJ 1999 The giraffe and the pelly and me (16016) I 1985 Go jump in the pool(Bag) (24269) IJ 1979 Goosebumps kit (Bag) (21568) I 2003 Graphic novels (25695) IJ 2009 The grizzly (15664) I 1964 Guy time (20739) I 2001 Hamish X and the cheese pirates (26066) I 2007 Hamish X and the hollow mountain (26070) IJ 2008 Haunted (21031) IJ 2000 Help! I'm trapped in the first day of summer camp (10058) I 1997 The hero of third grade (22236) I 2004 The hidden past (20818) I 1999 Historical fiction : later literacy kit (24791) IJ 2007 The Hoboken chicken emergency (21044) I 1988 Horrible Harry and the dragon war (22237) PI 2003 Horrible Harry at Halloween (21161) I 2002 How come the best clues are always in the garbage? (26097) I 1992 How to steal a dog : a novel (25502) I 2007 I was a third grade spy (22235) I 2004 If that breathes fire, we're toast! (20893) IJ 1999 Ivanhoe (Bag) (21562) IJ 1964 Jacob have I loved (24170) IJ 1990 Jacob Two-Two and the dinosaur (23085) I 1987 Jacob Two-Two meets the hooded fang (22686) I 1975 Judy Moody (20894) I 2000 Julie's wolf pack (20053) I 1998 Julie's wolf pack (Bag) (24328) I 1998 Just call me Boom Boom (24165) I 1994 Just Ella (20416) IJ 1999 The keeper of the Isis light (10113) I 1994 Kidnapped - sm bin (21990) IJS 2002 Kids in the kitchen mini-kit (21411) PI 2003 Lambs of Hell's Gate : Chinese workers and the building of the CPR (20603) IJ 2001 The last of the really great whangdoodles (20729) IJS 1999 The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe (10114) I 1995 Little Wolf's book of badness (20720) PI 1995 The Littles have a wedding (24230) I 1971 Lord of the Nutcracker men (21626) IJ 2003 The lost locket (21456) I 1994 Lucy's (very COOL, and totally true) e-journal (20900) I 2001 M.C. Higgins, the great (21808) I 1996 The magic finger (20760) PI 1999 Malcolm for president (20738) PI 2001 The meanest hound around (22216) I 2004 Meet the Austins (10116) I 1981 Millicent Min, girl genius (22731) I 2004 The miserable mill (20218) I 2001 Misty of Chincoteague (15742) I 1947 Mr. Popper's penguins (24497) I 1994 Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh (24496) I 1986 Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (22478) I 1987 My father's dragon (15490) I 1948 Mystery behind the wall (19918) I 1991 Mystery of the blue condor (21030) PI 1973 Nanabosho Dances (17221) PI 1991 Night horse(Bag) (21705) I 2002 No flying in the house (23081) I 1998 Northern lights : the soccer trails (19476) I 1993 Nory Ryan's song (Bag) (21724) I 2002 Notes from a liar and her dog (23867) I 2002 Now you see it, now you don't (22734) I 2005 Old Yeller (16004) I 1964 Olive's ocean (21812) IJS 2005 One hundred hungry ants kit (25724) PI 2009 One small dog (20899) I 2001 The only outcast (15529) IJS 1998 Otis Spofford (20461) I 1963 Out of the blue (Bag) (24321) IJ 1994 P.S. Longer letter later (15945) IJ 1999 Park soccer (25683) PI 2003 Philip Hall likes me, I reckon maybe (22750) I 1974 The plant that ate dirty socks (26096) I 1988 Polar bears past bedtime (15721) PI 1998 Pony-4-sale - med bin (20355) PI 2001 Princess Academy (23869) IJS 2006 Princesses don't wear jeans (24113) PI 1991 Pup at the palace (20869) I 2002 Ramona Quimby, age 8 (20183) I 1981 Ramona's world (20182) I 1999 Raven's flight sm bin (20050) IJ 2000 Reading the bones (26072) I 2008 Red dog (21778) I 1987 Rescuing Raisin (23078) I 2005 Runaway Ralph (20120) I 1998 Saddleback pageturners suspense kit (22859) IJSA A Salmon for Simon (17282) PI 1980 Sarah, plain and tall (10122) PI 1996 The scam (21032) I 1997 The school mouse (15745) I 1997 The school skeleton (21771) I 2003 School stinks! - med bin (22230) I 2001 See you later, gladiator (Bag) (21209) I 2002 The seeing stone (21749) IJ 2003 The sign of the beaver (21860) I 1984 Silverwing (24697) I 1997 Skater chicks (25684) PI 2006 Skylark (20736) PI 1994 Snail mail no more (19680) IJ 2000 Socks (20730) I 1973 Song Lee and Leech Man (20633) I 1995 Song Lee and the hamster hunt (20242) I Song Lee and the "I hate you" notes (20116) I 1999 Song Lee in Room 2B (20632) I 1999 Sounder (15669) I 1972 Stanley, flat again! (22171) I 2004 Stone Fox (20184) I 1999 Stuck in neutral (Bag) (20871) I 2000 Summer of changes (Bag) (20721) I 2001 Surviving Hitler : literacy based unit- sm bin (21351) IJ 2002 Surviving the Applewhites (21723) IJ 2003 Sweetgrass sm bin (20418) I 1999\ The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread (23866) I 2006 There's a boy in the girls bathroom (21178) I 1987 Thirteen never changes (21040) I 1989 The threat within (20870) I 2002 Tigers at twilight (15837) I 1999 The top 10 ways to ruin the first day of school (23871) I 2005 Touching Spirit Bear (21179) IJ 2002 Tree castle island (Bag) (21811) IJ 2003 Troubling a star (24226) IJ 1995 The trumpet of the swan (20882) I 1970 Tucket's home (21181) IJ 2002 The turn of the screw (23628) I 1991 Unexpected treasure (21038) IJ 2000 Unlucky pony (20827) I 2000 Vampire trouble (15846) I 1998 The view from Saturday (10120) I 1998 The Wanderer (20936) I 2002 The wedding planner's daughter (23071) I 2005 The well : David's story (20587) PI 1999 Werewolves don't go to summer camp (24118) PI 1991 Whale Brother (17347) PI 1988 Whale rider (Bag) (21638) IJ 2003 What will the robin do then? : winter tales (15539) IJ 1998 The whipping boy (21211) I 1986 Wicked (21564) IJ 1997 Willow and Twig (24459) I 2000 The wind in the willows (20866) I 2002 The wish (20413) I 2001 Wishing star summer (Bag) (20339) I 2001 The witches (15836) I 1997 Wolf shadows (20737) I 1999 The word eater (20771) IJ 2001 The worst band in the universe (Bag) (21019) PI 1999 The worst best Halloween ever (22215) PI 2004 Year of no rain (26075) I 2005 Zack (20117) IJS 1998