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Featured Novel: Title: Swindle Author: Gordan Korman Reading Level:T/40 Summary: After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker.
Title: All Alone in the Universe Author: Lynne Rae Perkins Reading Level: S/40 Summary: When her best friend since the third grade starts acting as though Debbie doesn't exist, Debbie finds out the hard way that life can be a lonesome place. But in the end the heroine of this wryly funny coming-of-age story--a girl who lives in a house covered with stuff that is supposed to look like bricks but is just a fake brick pattern-- discovers that even the hourly tragedies of junior high school can have silver linings, just as a house covered with Insul-Brick can protect a real home. This first novel shines--fun, engrossing, bittersweet, and wonderfully unpredictable.
Title: The Alphabet City Ballet Author: Erika Tamar Reading Level: N/30 Summary: Marisol has always loved to dance— to the salsa at family parties, to the boom boxes on Loisada Avenue. Then she wins a scholarship to ballet school and discovers an inspiring new world of beauty and discipline. But when violence erupts in Alphabet City, Marisol’ s dream starts to slip away. To keep dancing she must make heartbreaking choices— perhaps impossible ones.
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Title: Gregor the Overlander Author: Suzanne Collins Reading Level: T/50 Summary: When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats, cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor's arrival is no accident. A prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland's uncertain future. Gregor wants no part of it until he realizes it's the only way to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. Reluctantly, Gregor embarks on a dangerous adventure that will change both him and the Underland forever.
Title: Ida B Author: Katherine Hannigan Reading Level: S/40 Summary: In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B. spends happy hours being home- schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.
Title: Hoot Author: Carl Hiaasen Reading Level: W/60 Summary: Unfortunately, Roy's first acquaintance in Florida is Dana Matherson, a well-known bully. Then again, if Dana hadn't been sinking his thumbs into Roy's temples and mashing his face against the school-bus window, Roy might never have spotted the running boy. And the running boy is intriguing: he was running away from the school bus, carried no books, and — here's the odd part — wore no shoes. Sensing a mystery, Roy sets himself on the boy's trail. The chase introduces him to potty-trained alligators, a fake-fart champion, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes with unnaturally sparkling tails
Title: The Music of Dolphins Author: Karen Heese Reading Level:V/50 Summary: After rescuing an adolescent girl from the sea, researchers learn she has been raised by dolphins and attempt to rehabilitate her to the human world. After rescuing an adolescent girl from the sea, researchers learn she has been raised by dolphins and attempt to rehabilitate her to the human world.
Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Suggested Titles for Entering 6th Grade
Title: Al Capone Does My Shirts Author: Gennifer Choldenko Reading Level: T/50 Summary: Moose Flannagan moves with his family to Alcatraz so his dad can work as a prison guard and his sister, Natalie, can attend a special school. But Natalie has autism, and when she's denied admittance to the school, the stark setting of Alcatraz begins to unravel the tenuous coping mechanisms Moose's family has used for dealing with her disorder. When Moose meets Piper, the cute daughter of the Warden, he knows right off she's trouble. But she's also strangely irresistible. All Moose wants to do is protect Natalie, live up to his parents' expectations, and stay out of trouble. But on Alcatraz, trouble is never very far away. Sequel: Al Capone Shines My Shoes
Title: The Aurora County All-Stars Author: Deborah Wiles Reading Level: R/40 Summary: Twelve-year-old House Jackson, team captain and star pitcher of the Aurora County All-Stars, is finally ready to play again after being sidelined for a year with a broken elbow, but a standoff ensues when the team's big game is scheduled for the same day as Aurora County's two-hundredth anniversary pageant--an event directed by the very girl who caused Jackson's injury.
Title: The Great Gilly Hopkins Author: Katherine Paterson F&P Level: S/40 Summary: An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly.
Title: My Side of the Mountain Author: Jean George Reading Level: U/50 Summary: A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
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Title: Pictures of Hollis Woods Author: Patricia Reilly Giff Reading Level: V/50 Summary: Troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her.
Title: Rules Author: Cynthia Lord Reading Level: R/40 Summary: Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules — from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants on in public" — in order to stop his embarrassing behaviors. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a paraplegic boy, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?
Title: There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom Author: Louis Sachar Reading Level: Q/40 Summary: An unmanageable, but lovable, eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in himself when he gets to know the new school counselor, who is a sort of misfit too.
Title: Turtle in Paradise Author: Jennifer Holm Reading Level: S/40 Summary: Life isn't like the movies, and 11-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. After all, it's 1935, and jobs and money and sometimes even dreams are scarce. But when Turtle's mama gets a job housekeeping for a lady who doesn't like kids, Turtle is forced to head off to Key West, Florida, to stay with relatives she's never met. Florida is like nothing Turtle has ever seen: hot, strange, and full of wild, ragtag boy cousins...and even secret treasure. Before she knows what's happened, Turtle finds herself coming out of the shell she has spent her life building, and as she does, her world opens up in the most unexpected ways.
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Title: Wringer Author: Jerry Spinelli Reading Level: U/50 Summary: For as long as Palmer LaRue can remember, he has dreaded the day he will turn ten and must take his place beside the other ten-year-old boys in town and become a wringer, a tradition passed down from father to son. From Newbery Medal winner Jerry Spinelli comes a gripping tale of how one boy learns how to overcome his fears.
Title: A Wrinkle in Time Author: Madeleine L'Engle Reading Level: W/60 Summary: Meg Murry, her brother Charles, and their friend Calvin, embark on a journey through space and time, assisted by three otherworldly women, when they set out to find Meg's father, a physicist who disappeared while experimenting with time travel.
Suggested Authors and Series
AUTHORS SERIES Avi Little House on the Prairie Carl Hiaasen Chronicles of Narnia Gary Paulsen Lemony Snicket Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Spiderwick Chronicles Roald Dahl The Baseball Card Series Judy Blume 39 Clues Gordon Korman Matt Christopher Mike Lupica
Picking a “Just-Right” Book – The Five Finger Test
If you are struggling to pick out a book that is appropriate for your reading level, try this: 1. Choose the book that you would like to read. 2. Look at a random page in the middle. 3. Hold five fingers up.
4. Put one finger down for each word you cannot read correctly or do not understand.
5. If you end up with all five fingers down, the book is too hard.
If you are still looking for a book at a different reading level, be sure to check out the following pages for Additional Suggested Book Titles by Reading Level.
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ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED BOOK TITLES BY READING LEVEL Guided Reading Level N /DRA-2 Level: 30 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction 26 Fairmount Avenue dePaola, Tomie NF 9780698118645 Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon Danziger, Paula F 9780142406199 Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid Benton, Jim F 9780689862960 The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot Greenburg, Dan F 9780448420417 Bozo the Clone Greenburg, Dan F 9780448415604 The Chalk Box Kid Bulla, Clyde R. F 9780394891026 The Chocolate Touch Catling, Patrick Skene F 9780688161330 Clara Barton: Spirit of the American Red Cross Lakin, Patricia NF 9780689865138 Davy Crockett: A Life on the Frontier Krensky, Stephen NF 9780689859441 Don't Count on Dracula Greenburg, Dan F 9780448421759 Double Team Teitelbaum, Michael F 9780448447124 Dr. Jekyll, Orthodontist Greenburg, Dan F 9780448413389 Elvis the Turnip...and Me Greenburg, Dan F 9780448417493 Evil Queen Tut and the Great Ant Pyramids Greenburg, Dan F 9780448418766 The Fran That Time Forgot Benton, Jim F 9780689862984 The Fran with Four Brains Benton, Jim F 9781416902324 The Frandidate Benton, Jim F 9781416902348 Frantastic Voyage Benton, Jim F 9781416902300 Ghost Wolf Bradford, Karleen F 9781551433417 Hand-Off Teitelbaum, Michael F 9780448449005 Home Field Advantage Teitelbaum, Michael F 9780448448992 Hoop City Blumenthal, Scott and F 9780974169569 Bret Hodus Invaders from Outer Space Wilkinson, Philip NF 9780789439987
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Guided Reading Level N /DRA-2 Level: 30 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction Joe DiMaggio: Young Sports Hero Dunn, Herb NF 9780689831867 Lunch Walks Among Us Benton, Jim F 9780689862953 Marsh Island Bates, Sonya F 9781554691173 The Revenge of the McNasty Brothers Trine, Greg F 9780805078374 Saturn Richardson, Adele NF 9780736851749 School Days Around the World Chambers, Catherine NF 9780756625481 Sea Dog Gaetz, Dayle Campbell F 9781551434063 Who Was Leonardo Da Vinci? Edwards, Roberta NF 9780448443010 Who Was Sacagawea? Fradin, Dennis NF 9780448424859 Who Was William Shakespeare? Mannis, Celeste NF 9780448439044 Davidson Wild Pitch Teitelbaum, Michael F 9780448447117 Wilma Rudolph Sherrow, Victoria NF 9781575054421
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Guided Reading Level O /DRA-2 Level: 34 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction Alley of Shadows Brenezoff, Steve F 9781598899221 Amber Brown Goes Fourth Danziger, Paula F 9780142409015 Amber Brown Is Green with Envy Danziger, Paula F 9780439071710 The Amusement Park Mystery Warner, Gertrude C. F 9780807503195 Baseball Fever Hurwitz, Johanna F 9780380732555 Baseball's Best: Five True Stories Gutelle, Andrew NF 9780394809830 The Black Pearl Mystery Warner, Gertrude C. F 9780807507841 The Blue Bay Mystery Warner, Gertrude C. F 9780807507940 Chasing The King Stein, Joshua F 9780974169576 A Cheese-Colored Camper Stilton, Geronimo F 9780439691390 Chocolate Fever Smith, Robert K. F 9780142405956 Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls Martin, Ann M. F 9780545174763 Clementine's Letter Pennypacker, Sara F 9780786838851 Field Trip to Niagara Falls Stilton, Geronimo F 9780439691468 George Washington: Young Leader Stevenson, Augusta NF 9780020421504 The Golden Glove Bowen, Fred F 9781561455058 Happy Birthday, Mallory! Friedman, Laurie F 9780822565024 Harry Houdini: Young Magician Borland, Kathryn NF 9780689714764 Heart to Heart with Mallory Friedman, Laurie B. F 9780822571339 Helen Keller: From Tragedy to Triumph Wilkie, Katharine E. NF 9780020419808 Hello Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle MacDonald, Betty F 9780064401494 Henry Ford: Young Man with Ideas Aird, Hazel B. NF 9780020419105 Here Comes McBroom! Fleischman, Sid F 9780688163648
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Guided Reading Level O /DRA-2 Level: 34 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction
I Am Rosa Parks Parks, Rosa with Jim NF 9780141307107 Haskins Jake Drake, Bully Buster Clements, Andrew F 9781416939337 Jake Drake, Know-It-All Clements, Andrew F 9781416939313 The Life of Me Winkler, Henry F 9780448443768 Meg Mackintosh and the Mystery at Camp Landon, Lucinda F Creepy 9781888695038 Mark Twain: Young Writer Mason, Miriam E. F 9780689714801 Meg Mackintosh and the Mystery at the Landon, Lucinda F Soccer Match 9781888695052
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Guided Reading Level P /DRA-2 Level: 38 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction Balto and the Great Race Kimmel, Elizabeth C. NF 9780679891987 Batter Up! Maddox, Jake and Temple, F 9781434205155 Bob Beware! It's Friday the 13th McMullan, Kate F 9780448435312 BMX Bully Maddox, Jake F 9781598892369 Board Rebel Maddox, Jake F 9781598894141 Countdown to the Year 1000 McMullan, Kate F 9780448435084 Danger! Wizard at Work McMullan, Kate F 9780448435299 Face-Off Maddox, Jake F 9781598892376 Fantastic Mr. Fox Dahl, Roald F 9780142410349 Felita Mohr, Nicholasa F 9780141306438 Free Throw Maddox, Jake F 9781598892383 The Hundred Dresses Estes, Eleanor F 9780152052607 The Knights of the Kitchen Table Scieszka, Jon F 9780142400432 The Land I Lost Huynh, Quang Nhuong NF 9780064401838 The Long Way Around Hand, Jimmie F 9780974199733 Sideways Stories from Wayside School Sachar, Louis F 9780380698714 The Slime That Would Not Die Dower, Laura F 9780448449128 Sound Off! Steinberg, D. J. F 9780448446981 Storm Surfer Maddox, Jake F 9781434205216 Summer Reading Is Killing Me Scieszka, Jon F 9780142401156 Tut's Mummy Lost...And Found Donnelly, Judy NF 9780394891897 Water Buffalo Days Huynh, Quang Nhuong NF 9780064462112
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Guided Reading Level Q /DRA-2 Level: 40 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction Dear Mr. Henshaw Cleary, Beverly F 9780380709588 Double Fudge Blume, Judy F 9780142408780 Extreme Mountain Biking MacAulay, Kelley and NF 9780778717249 Bobbie Kalman Extreme Skateboarding Kalman, Bobbie NF 9780778717140 Finding The Titanic Ballard, Robert NF 9780590472302 Free Climb Maddox, Jake F 9781434208804 Fudge-A-Mania Blume, Judy F 9780142408773 Lewis and Clark: Opening the American West Rodger, Ellen NF 9780778724469 Little House in the Big Woods Wilder, Laura Ingalls F 9780064400015 Moon Runner Marsden, Carolyn F 9780763633042 Paintball Blast Maddox, Jake F 9781598894172 Shipwreck Korman, Gordon F 9780439164566 Sport Bikes Bailey, Katherine NF 9780778730354 The Stonekeeper Kibuishi, Kazu F 9780439846813 Superfudge Blume, Judy F 9780142408803 Who Was Helen Keller? Thompson, Gare NF 9780448431444 Who Was Johnny Appleseed? Holub, Joan NF 9780448439686
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Guided Reading Level R /DRA-2 Level: 40 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction Amelia Earhart: Legendary Aviator Anderson, Jameson NF 9780736896597 The Basket Counts Christopher, Matt F 9780316140768 The Big Nap Hale, Bruce F 9780152024796 The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse Hale, Bruce F 9780152024857 Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World Jacobson, Ryan NF 9780736861939 Everything Bug: What Kids Really Want to Know Winner, Cherie NF About Insects and Spiders 9781559718912 Everything Cat: What Kids Really Want to Know About Crisp, Marty NF Cats 9781559718653 Everything Dog: What Kids Really Want to Know Crisp, Marty NF About Dogs 9781559718547 Everything Dolphin: What Kids Really Want to Know Crisp, Marty NF About Dolphins 9781559710497 Everything Reptile: What Kids Really Want to Know Winner, Cherie NF About Reptiles 9781559711647 The Family Under the Bridge Carlson, Natalie F 9780064402507 Savage Farewell, My Lunchbag Hale, Bruce F 9780152026295 George Eastman and the Kodak Camera Fandel, Jennifer NF 9780736879002 Give My Regrets to Broadway Hale, Bruce F 9780152167301 Help! Somebody Get Me Out of Fourth Grade! Winkler, Henry F 9780448436197 Holy Enchilada! Winkler, Henry F 9780448433530 I Got A "D" In Salami Winkler, Henry F 9780448431635 The Jacket Clements, Andrew F 9780689860102 John F. Kennedy: American Visionary Olson, Nathan NF 9780736879040 The Landry News Clements, Andrew F 9780689828683
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Guided Reading Level R /DRA-2 Level: 40 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction Lost on a Mountain in Maine Fendler, Donn NF 9780688115739 My Dog's a Scaredy-Cat Winkler, Henry F 9780448438788 My Secret Life as a Ping-Pong Wizard Winkler, Henry F 9780448437491 On the Field with Eli and Peyton Manning Christopher, Matt NF 9780316036962 The Report Card Clements, Andrew F 9780689845246 Sacagawea: Journey into the West Gunderson, Jessica NF 9780736896634 Who Was Marco Polo? Holub, Joan NF 9780448445403
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Guided Reading Level S /DRA-2 Level: 40 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction Abominable Snowman Montgomery, R.A. F 9781933390017 Aliens Stole My Body Coville, Bruce F 9781416953593 Benedict Arnold: American Hero and Traitor Burgan, Michael NF 9780736879064 Benjamin Franklin: An American Genius Olson, Kay NF 9780736861892 Beyond Escape! Montgomery, R.A. F 9781933390154 The Borrowers Norton, Mary F 9780152047375 A Boy Called Slow Bruchac, Joseph NF 9780698116160 The Calling Nykko F 9780761360698 The Case of the Twin Teddy Bears Keene, Carolyn F 9780671793029 The Chocolate-Covered Contest Keene, Carolyn F 9780671034436 The Doll People Martin, Ann M. and F 9780786812400 Laura Godwin Eleanor Cooney, Barbara NF 9780140555837 Finding Elmo Polak, Monique F 9781551436869 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Konigsburg, E.L. F Frankweiler 9780689711817 George Washington: Leading a New Nation Doeden, Matt NF 9780736861953 Granny Torrelli Makes Soup Creech, Sharon F 9780064409605 Hot Hand Lupica, Mike F 9780142414415 I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X Coville, Bruce F 9781416938828 Jackie Robinson: Baseball's Great Pioneer Glaser, Jason NF 9780736861977 Jane Goodall: Animal Scientist Krohn, Katherine NF 9780736868853 John Sutter and the California Gold Rush Doeden, Matt NF 9780736862073 Journey Under the Sea Montgomery, R.A. F 9781933390024
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Guided Reading Level S /DRA-2 Level: 40 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction Long Shot Lupica, Mike F 9780142415207 Long-Arm Quarterback Christopher, Matt F 9780316105620 Marshfield Dreams: When I Was a Kid Fletcher, Ralph NF 9780805072426 Matilda Dahl, Roald F 9780142410370 Room One: A Mystery or Two Clements, Andrew F 9780689866876 Safe at Home Lupica, Mike F 9780142414606 The Sea of Monsters Riordan, Rick F 9781423103349 Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School Sachar, Louis NF 9780590457262 The Sinking of the Titanic Doeden, Matt NF 9780736852470 Space and Beyond Montgomery, R.A. F 9781933390031 The Tarantula in My Purse George, Jean C. NF 9780064462013 Two-Minute Drill Lupica, Mike F 9780142414422 The Van Gogh Cafe Rylant, Cynthia F 9780152057503 The Voyage of the Mayflower Lassieur, Allison NF 9780736862110 Young Riders of the Pony Express Gunderson, Jessica NF 9780736868839
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Guided Reading Level T /DRA-2 Level: 50 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction Alexander Graham Bell and the Telephone Fandel, Jennifer NF 9780736896405 Babe and Me Gutman, Dan F 9780380805044 The Battle of Gettysburg Burgan, Michael NF 9780736868808 Boy: Tales of Childhood Dahl, Roald NF 9780142413814 The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad Olson, Nathan NF 9780736896528 The Creation of the U.S. Constitution Burgan, Michael NF 9780736896535 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Kinney, Jeff F 9780810993136 Dog Days Kinney, Jeff F 9780810983915 Frozen Man Getz, David NF 9780805046458 Henry Ford and the Model T O'Hearn, Michael NF 9780736896429 Honus and Me Gutman, Dan F 9780380788781 The Horse and His Boy Lewis, C.S. F 9780064471060 Jackie and Me Gutman, Dan F 9780380800841 Kicker Bossley, Michele Martin F 9781551437064 The Last Battle Lewis, C.S. F 9780064471084 The Last Straw Kinney, Jeff F 9780810970687 Leon's Story Tillage, Leon NF 9780374443306 Levi Strauss and Blue Jeans Olson, Nathan NF 9780736896467 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Lewis, C.S. F 9780064471046 The Magician's Nephew Lewis, C.S. F 9780064471107 Mickey and Me Gutman, Dan F 9780064472586 The Mystery of the Roanoke Colony Niz, Xavier NF 9780736896573 The Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving Englar, Mary NF 9780736896566 Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading 2016
Guided Reading Level T /DRA-2 Level: 50 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction Prince Caspian Lewis, C.S. F 9780064471053 Rodrick Rules Kinney, Jeff F 9780810994737 Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception Van Draanen, Wendelin F 9780440419921 Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary Van Draanen, Wendelin F 9780440416432 Sammy Keyes and the Dead Giveaway Van Draanen, Wendelin F 9780440419112 Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief Van Draanen, Wendelin F 9780679892649 Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf Van Draanen, Wendelin F 9780375802553 Sammy Keyes and the Sisters Of Mercy Van Draanen, Wendelin F 9780375801839 Shoeless Joe and Me Gutman, Dan F 9780064472593 The Silver Chair Lewis, C.S. F 9780064471091 Stuffed Walters, Eric F 9781551435008 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Lewis, C.S. F 9780064471077
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Guided Reading Level U /DRA-2 Level: 50 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction The BFG Dahl, Roald F 9780142410387 The Black Circle Carman, Patrick F 9780545060455 Blazer Drive Brouwer, Sigmund F 9781551437170 Calder Game Balliett, Blue F 9780439852081 Cobra Strike Brouwer, Sigmund F 9781551437255 A Dangerous Path Hunter, Erin F 9780060525651 Dark River Hunter, Erin F 9780060892074 The Darkest Hour Hunter, Erin F 9780060525859 Ella Enchanted Levine, Gail Carson F 9780064407052 The Emperor's Code Korman, Gordon F 9780545090667 Fire and Ice Hunter, Erin F 9780060525590 Flip-Flop Girl Paterson, Katherine F 9780140376791 Forest of Secrets Hunter, Erin F 9780060525613 Ginger Pye Estes, Eleanor F 9780152025052 Hush Woodson, Jacqueline F 9780142415511 In Too Deep Watson, Jude F 9780545090643 Into the Wild Hunter, Erin F 9780060525507 Knots in My Yo-Yo String Spinelli, Jerry NF 9780679887911 The Maze of Bones Riordan, Rick F 9780545090544 Miss Popularity Sedita, Francesco F 9780439888141 One False Note Korman, Gordon F 9780545090605 Ordinary Genius: The Story of Albert Einstein McPherson, Stephanie S. NF 9781575050676 Rosa Parks Parks, Rosa NF 9780141301204
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Guided Reading Level U /DRA-2 Level: 50 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction The Salem Witch Trials Martin, Michael NF 9780736852463 The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances H. F 9780689831416 The Silk Route Major, John S. NF 9780064434683 The Sword Thief Lerangis, Peter F 9780545090599 The Tale Of Despereaux DiCamillo, Kate F 9780763625290 Tangerine Bloor, Edward F 9780152057800 The Tarantula Scientist Montgomery, Sy NF 9780618915774 The Viper's Nest Lerangis, Peter F 9780545090650 Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Lauber, Patricia NF Helens 9780689716799 Wired Brouwer, Sigmund F 9781551434780 Wringer Spinelli, Jerry F 9780064405782
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Guided Reading Level V /DRA-2 Level: 50 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction Absolutely Normal Chaos Creech, Sharon F 9780064406321 Amos Fortune, Free Man Yates, Elizabeth NF 9780140341584 The Austere Academy Snicket, Lemony F 9780064408639 Beauty Wallace, Bill F 9781416949428 The Black Tower Byars, Betsy F 9780142409374 Can You Get an F In Lunch? Krulik, Nancy F 9780439025553 The Carnivorous Carnival Snicket, Lemony F 9780064410120 The Clay Marble Ho, Minfong F 9780374412296 The Ersatz Elevator Snicket, Lemony F 9780064408646 Esperanza Rising Ryan, Pam Munoz F 9780439120425 The Fighting Ground Avi F 9780064401852 Gone-Away Lake Enright, Elizabeth F 9780152022723 Gregor and the Code of Claw Collins, Suzanne F 9780439791441 Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane Collins, Suzanne F 9780439650762 Gregor the Overlander Collins, Suzanne F 9780439678131 The Grim Grotto Snicket, Lemony F 9780064410144 Harry Houdini Cobb, Vicki NF 9780756612450 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Rowling, J.K. F 9780439136365 Hitmen Triumph Brouwer, Sigmund F 9781551438733 Holes Sachar, Louis F 9780440414803 The Hostile Hospital Snicket, Lemony F 9780064408660 Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion Gianopoulos, Andrea NF 9780736878999 The Journey Lasky, Kathryn F 9780439405584
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Guided Reading Level V /DRA-2 Level: 50 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction The Miserable Mill Snicket, Lemony F 9780064407694 More About Boy Dahl, Roald NF 9780142414989 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH O'Brien, Robert C. F 9780689710681 Princess Academy Hale, Shannon F 9781599900735 The Reptile Room Snicket, Lemony F 9780061146312 Samuel Morse and the Telegraph Seidman, David NF 9780736878982 The Slippery Slope Snicket, Lemony F 9780064410137 The Snake Scientist Montgomery, Sy NF 9780618111190 Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson Denenberg, Barry NF 9780590425605 The Vile Village Snicket, Lemony F 9780064408653 The Wide Window Snicket, Lemony F 9780061146336
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Guided Reading Level W /DRA-2 Level: 60 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction After the Dancing Days Rostkowski, Margaret F 9780064402484 Adam of the Road Gray, Elizabeth Janet F 9780140324648 Amelia Earhart Jones, Victoria Garrett NF 9781402751578 Blue Heron Avi F 9780380720439 A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Singer, Isaac Bashevis NF Warsaw 9780374416966 Coraline Gaiman, Neil F 9780380807345 Dragonwings Yep, Laurence F 9780064400855 The Dragonslayer Smith, Jeff F 9780439706377 Eyes of the Storm Smith, Jeff F 9780439706384 Fantastic Feats and Failures Yes Magazine, Eds. NF 9781553376347 The Fall Nix, Garth F 9780439176828 Fablehaven Mull, Brandon F 9781416947202 Freak the Mighty Philbrick, Rodman F 9780439286060 Ghost Circles Smith, Jeff F 9780439706346 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Rowling, J.K. F 9780439785969 Heartbeat Creech, Sharon F 9780060540241 Helen Keller: Courage in Darkness Berne, Emma Carlson NF 9781402751479 Inkheart Funke, Cornelia F 9780439709101 Insect Mound, Laurence NF 9780756630041 Jack's New Power: Stories from a Caribbean Year Gantos, Jack F 9780374437152 Mammal Parker, Steve NF 9780756607036 Maniac Magee Spinelli, Jerry F 9780316809061
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Guided Reading Level W /DRA-2 Level: 60 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction Maya Angelou Pettit, Jayne NF 9780140383591 Native American Doctor Ferris, Jeri NF 9780876145487 An Ocean Food Chain Trabox, A. D. NF 9780898127409 Out from Boneville Smith, Jeff F 9780439706407 Perseus Storrie, Paul F 9781580138888 Pride of Puerto Rico: The Life of Roberto Walker, Paul Robert NF Clemente 9780152634209 A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver Konigsburg, E.L. F 9780689846243 A Rainforest Food Chain Trabox, A.D. NF 9780898127393 Safe at Home Bott, Paula F 9781933423272 Secrets of the Mummies Griffey, Harriet NF 9780789434425 Sea Otter Rescue Smith, Roland NF 9780140566215 Slam! Myers, Walter Dean F 9780545055741 Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon F 9780064405171 Tuck Everlasting Babbitt, Natalie F 9780312369811
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Guided Reading Level X /DRA-2 Level: 60 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction Black Heroes of the American Revolution Davis, Burke NF 9780152085612 Bird Johnson, Angela F 9780142405444 Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir Greenfield, Eloise NF 9780064461344 The Clique Harrison, Lisi F 9780316701297 Double Identity Haddix, Margaret P. F 9780689873799 Earthquake Terror Kehret, Peg F 9780140383430 The Egypt Game Snyder, Zilpha K. F 9781416990512 Found Haddix, Margaret P. F 9781416954217 Greenwitch Cooper, Susan F 9780689840340 The Glory Field Myers, Walter Dean F 9780545055758 It's Not Easy Being Mean Harrison, Lisi F 9780316115056 Looking Back: A Book of Memories Lowry, Lois NF 9780385326995 The Looking Glass Wars Beddor, Frank F 9780142409411 Make Way for Sam Houston Fritz, Jean NF 9780698116467 The Master Puppeteer Paterson, Katherine F 9780064402811 Millicent Min, Girl Genius Yee, Lisa F 9780439425209 The Never War MacHale, D.J. F 9780743437332 Out of the Dust Hesse, Karen F 9780590371254 Peter and the Starcatchers Barry, Dave and Ridley F 9780786849079 Pearson Pilgrims of Rayne MacHale, D.J. F 9781416914174 Queen Eleanor, Independent Spirit of the Brooks, Polly S. NF Medieval World 9780395981399 Queste Sage, Angie F 9780060882099
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Guided Reading Level X /DRA-2 Level: 60 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports Patterson, James F 9780446194044 Slipping Bell, Cathleen Davitt F 9781599903606 Somewhere In The Darkness Myers, Walter Dean F 9780545055772 Through My Eyes Bridges, Ruby NF 9780590189231 Traitor: The Case Of Benedict Arnold Fritz, Jean NF 9780698115538 Travel Team Lupica, Mike F 9780142404621 The Wednesday Wars Schmidt, Gary D. F 9780547237602 Within Reach: My Everest Story Pfetzer, Mark NF 9780141304977
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Guided Reading Level Y /DRA-2 Level: 70 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction After Tupac and D Foster Woodson, Jacqueline F 9780142413999 All-American Girl Cabot, Meg F 9780061479892 The Arctic Incident Colfer, Eoin F 9781423124542 Artemis Fowl Colfer, Eoin F 9781423124528 Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel Colfer, Eoin F 9780786848829 Bad Boy: A Memoir Myers, Walter Dean NF 9780064472883 The Call of the Wild London, Jack F 9780141321059 Children of the Dust Bowl Stanley, Jerry NF 9780517880944 A Corner of the Universe Martin, Ann M. F 9780439388818 The Devil's Arithmetic Yolen, Jane F 9780140345353 Double Dutch Draper, Sharon M. F 9780689842313 The Endless Steppe Hautzig, Esther NF 9780064470278 Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff Myers, Walter Dean F 9780140326130 Going Blue: A Teen Guide to Saving Our Oceans and Kaye, Cathryn Berger NF Waterways 9781575423487 and Coust Greek Myths Coolidge, Olivia NF 9780618154265 I Have Lived a Thousand Years Bitton-Jackson, Livia NF 9780689823954 Instead of Three Wishes Turner, Megan Whalen F 9780060842314 Just Ella Haddix, Margaret P. F 9780689831287 The Man Who Was Poe Avi F 9780380711925 The Schwa Was Here Shusterman, Neal F 9780142405772 Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales Jacques, Brian F 9780698118089 Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps Warren, Andrea NF 9780060007676 The Time Paradox Colfer, Eoin F 9781423108375 Touching Spirit Bear Mikaelsen, Ben F 9780380805600
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Guided Reading Level Z /DRA-2 Level: 80 Book Title/ISBN Author Fiction/Nonfiction Among the Barons Haddix, Margaret P. F 9780689839108 Among the Betrayed Haddix, Margaret P. F 9780689839092 Among the Brave Haddix, Margaret P. F 9780689857959 Among the Impostors Haddix, Margaret P. F 9780689839085 Body Systems and Health Fullick, Ann NF 9781403475275 The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child Jimenez, Francisco NF 9780826317971 City of the Beasts Allende, Isabel F 9780060535032 Freedom's Children Levine, Ellen NF 9780698118706 The Greatest: Muhammad Ali Myers, Walter Dean NF 9780590543439 The Hobbit Tolkien, J.R.R. F 9780618150823 The Hunger Games Collins, Suzanne F 9780439023528 To Kill A Mockingbird Lee, Harper F 9780446310789 Living Green Nagle, Jeanne NF 9781435853652 Lord of The Flies Golding, William F 9780399501487 Mariel of Redwall Jacques, Brian F 9780441006946 Marlfox Jacques, Brian F 9780441006939 Mattimeo Jacques, Brian F 9780441006106 Miracle's Boys Woodson, Jacqueline F 9780142415535 Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes Hamilton, Edith NF 9780446574754 Never Cry Wolf Mowat, Farley NF 9780316881791 Pearl Harbor: The U.S. Enters World War II Dougherty, Steve NF 9780531254509 Redwall Jacques, Brian F 9780441005482
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