Last Kids on Earth Max Brallier

The Last Kids on Earth Level 4.1 / 3 points The Zombie Parade Level 4.0 / 4 points The Nightmare King Level 4.3 / 4 points The Cosmic Beyond Level 3.9 / 4 points The Midnight Blade Level 4.3 / 4 points The Skeleton Road Level 4.4 / 5 points Last Kids on Earth Survival Guide June's Wild Flight Level 4.1 / 4 points

Dog and Puppy series W. Bruce Cameron

A Dog's Purpose Level 5.6 / 13 points A Dog's Journey Level 4.6 / 13 points A Dog's Promise Level 4.5 / 15 points Bella's Story Level 4.2 / 6 points Ellie's Story Level 4.2 / 6 points Bailey's Story Level 4.5 / 5 points Molly's Story Level 3.9 / 5 points Max's Story Level 4.4 / 5 points Toby's Story Level 4.0 / 5 points Lily's Story Level 4.2 / 5 points A Dog's Way Home Level 4.9 / 13 points Shelby's Story Level 4.3 / 5 points Lily to the Rescue Level 4.0 / 2 points Two Little Piggies Level 4.5 / 2 points The Not-So-Stinky Skunk Cooper’s Story (2021) Dog Dog Goose (2021) Lost Little Leopard (2021) The Misfit Donkey (2021) Foxes in a Fix (2021) The Three Bears (2021) A Dog's Courage (2021)

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Hunger Games Suzanne Collins

In a future North America, where rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual survival competition, 16-year-old Katniss's skills are tested when she voluntarily takes her sister's place. The plot contains graphic descriptions of violence.

The Hunger Games Level 5.3 / 15 points Catching Fire Level 5.3 / 16 points Mockingjay Level 5.3 / 15 points The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes Level 6.1 / 24 points

Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Level 4.8 / 5 points Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Level 4.4 / 5 points

The Sometime Never James and the Giant Peach Level 4.8 / 4 points Level 3.1 / .5 points Fantastic Mr. Fox Level 4.1 / 1 point Danny, the Champion of the World Level 4.7 / 6 points My Uncle Oswald Level 4.4 / 1 point George's Marvelous Medicine Level 4.0 / 2 points The BFG Level 4.8 / 6 points Level 4.7 / 5 points The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me Level 4.7 / 1 point Level 5.0 / 6 points Level 4.4 / 1 points The Vicar of Nibbleswicke Level 5.9 / .5 points Level 6.0 / 1 point

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Kate Dicamillo

Three Rancheros Raymie Nightingale Level 4.2 / 5 points Louisiana's Way Home Level 4.5 / 5 points Beverly, Right Here Level 3.5 / 5 points

Because of Winn-Dixie Level 3.9 / 3 points The Tiger Rising Level 4.0 / 3 points The Tale of Despereaux Level 4.7 / 5 points The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Level 4.4 / 2 points The Magician's Elephant Level 5.0 / 4 points Flora and Ulysses Level 4.3 / 5 points The Beatryce Prophecy (2021)

Out of My Mind Sharon Draper Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.

Out of My Mind Level 4.3 / 8 points Out of My Heart (2021)

Coraline Neil Gaiman Level 5.1 / 5 points

Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.

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Prisoner B-30870 Alan Gratz Level 4.9 / 7 points

Based on the life of Jack Gruener, this book relates his story of survival from the Nazi occupation of Krakow, when he was eleven, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of Dachau.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid series Jeff Kinney It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Level 5.2 / 3 points Rodrick Rules Level 5.2 / 3 points The Last Straw Level 5.4 / 3 points Dog Days Level 5.2 / 3 points The Ugly Truth Level 5.5 / 3 points Cabin Fever Level 5.8 / 3 points The Third Wheel Level 5.6 / 3 points Hard Luck Level 5.5 / 3 points The Long Haul Level 5.4 / 3 points Old School Level 5.6 / 3 points Double Down Level 5.5 / 3 points The Getaway Level 5.4 / 3 points The Meltdown Level 5.5 / 3 points Wrecking Ball Level 5.5 / 3 points The Deep End Level 5.4 / 2 points

Wandmakers series Ed Masessaa Magic is real -- and it runs in the family -- in this charming fantasy adventure about a who must balance his magical education with the demands of big- brotherhood.

Wandmaker Level 5.7 / 11 points Wandmaker's Apprentice Level 5.6 / 12 points

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Beyonders series Brandon Mull Fourteen-year-old Jason Walker is transported to a strange world called Lyrian, where he joins Rachel, who was also drawn there from our world, and a few rebels, to piece together the Word that can destroy the malicious wizard emperor, Surroth.

A World Without Heroes Level 5.1 / 19 points Seeds of Rebellion Level 5.4 / 20 points Chasing the Prophecy Level 5.4 / 22 points

Wonder R.J. Palacio August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school - until now. He's about to start 5th grade at Beecher Prep, and if you've ever been the new kid then you know how hard that can be. The thing is Auggie's just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, despite appearances?

Wonder Level 4.8 / 11 points 365 Days of Wonder Auggie & Me White Bird Level 3.5 / 2 points

There's Someone Inside Your House Stephanie Perkins Level 5.1 / 11 points

It's been almost a year since Makani Young came to live with her grandmother in landlocked Nebraska, and she's still adjusting to her new life. And still haunted by her past in Hawaii. Then, one by one, the students of her small town high school begin to die in a series of gruesome murders, each with increasing and grotesque flair. As the terror grows closer and the hunt intensifies for the killer, Makani will be forced to confront her own dark secrets.

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Big Nate Lincoln Pierce Supremely confident middle school student Nate Wright manages make getting detention from every one of his teachers in the same day seem like an achievement.

In a Class by Himself Level 3.1 / 2 points Strikes Again Level 3.0 / 2 points On a Roll Level 2.9 / 2 points Goes for Broke Level 3.1 / 2 points Flips Out Level 2.8 / 2 points In the Zone Level 3.1 / 2 points Lives It Up Level 3.3 / 2 points Blasts Off Level 3.3 / 2 points

Big Nate Comics From the Top Level 2.5 / 1 point Out Loud Level 2.5 / 1 point Big Nate and Friends Level 2.4 / 1 point Makes the Grade Level 2.6 / 2 point Makes a Splash Level 2.9 / 1 point Game On! Level 2.3 / 1 point I Can't Take It! Level 2.8 / 2 points Great Minds Think Alike Level 2.9 / 1 point The Crowd Goes Wild! Level 2.9 / 1 point Dibs on This Chair Level 2.9 / 1 point Big Nate's Greatest Hits Level 3.3 / 3 points Say Good-bye to Dork City Level 2.8 / 1 point Welcome to My World Level 2.8 / 1 point Thunka, Thunka, Thunka Level 2.8 / 1 point Revenge of the Cream Puffs Level 2.9 / 1 point What's a Little Noogie Between Friends? Level 2.8 / 1 point A Good Old-Fashioned Wedgie Level 2.8 / 1 point Silent But Deadly Level 2.8 / 1 point Goes Bananas Level 3.0 / 1 point Payback Time! Level 3.1 / 1 point Hug It Out! Level 2.9 / 1 point Blow the Roof Off! Level 2.7 / 1 point The Gerbil Ate My Homework Level 2.9 / 1 point In Your Face! Pray for a Fire Drill Level 3.2 / 1 point

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Rick Riordan Percy Jackson and the Olympians 1. The Lightning Thief Level 4.7 / 13 points 2. The Sea of Monsters Level 4.6 / 9 points 3. The Titan's Curse Level 4.2 / 10 points 4. The Battle of the Labyrinth Level 4.1 / 12 points 5. The Last Olympian Level 4.3 / 13 points

Kane Chronicles 1. The Red Pyramid Level 4.5 / 18 points 2. The Throne of Fire Level 4.8 / 17 points 3. The Serpent's Shadow Level 4.8 / 15 points

Heroes of Olympus 1. The Lost Hero Level 4.5 / 19 points 2. The Son of Neptune Level 4.7 / 17 points 3. The Mark of Athena Level 4.8 / 20 points 4. The House of Hades Level 4.8 / 19 points 5. The Blood of Olympus Level 5.2 / 17 points

Percy Jackson & Kane Chronicles Crossover 1. The Son of Sobek 2. The Staff of Serapis 3. The Crown of Ptolemy

Trials of Apollo 1. The Hidden Oracle Level 5.1 / 13 points 2. The Dark Prophecy Level 5.3 / 14 points 3. The Burning Maze Level 5.3 / 15 points 4. The Tyrant's Tomb Level 5.5 / 16 points 5. The Tower of Nero Level 5.5 / 15 points

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard 1. The Sword of Summer Level 4.8 / 18 points 2. The Hammer of Thor Level 5.1 / 17 points 3. The Ship of the Dead Level 5.1 / 15 points

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Misadventures of Max Crumbly Rachel Renée Russell Questioning his resolve to attend public school after being homeschooled when he is targeted by a bully, Max aspires to become like his favorite comic book heroes and finds an unexpected opportunity to be the hero his middle school needs.

Locker Hero Level 4.6 / 4 points Middle School Mayhem Level 4.5 / 2 points Masters of Mischief Level 4.5 / 3 points

The Dreamer Level 4.6 / 4 points Pam Muñoz Ryan A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.

Esperanza Rising Level 5.3 / 6 points Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.

Echo Level 4.9 / 13 points Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica--and decades later three children, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California find themselves caught up in the same thread of destiny in the darkest days of the twentieth century, struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica.

Mañanaland Level 4.5 / 5 points Twelve-year-old Max, who loves the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds, armed with a treasured compass, a mysterious stone rubbing, and Buelo's legend as his only guides.

Paint the Wind Level 5.3 / 6 points After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch.

Riding Freedom Level 4.5 / 3 points A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance.

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I Survived… Lauren Tarshis The most terrifying events in history are brought vividly to life in this series .

The Sinking Of The Titanic, 1912 Level 3.9 / 1 point The Shark Attacks Of 1916 Level 3.9 / 1 point Hurricane Katrina, 2005 Level 4.0 / 2 points The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 Level 4.3 / 2 points The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 Level 3.8 / 1 points The Attacks of September 11th, 2001 Level 4.5 / 1 points The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 Level 4.6 / 2 points The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 Level 4.6 / 2 points The Nazi Invasion, 1944 Level 5.1 / 2 points The Destruction of Pompeii, 79 A.D. Level 5.1 / 2 points The Great Chicago Fire, 1871 Level 4.8 / 2 points The Joplin Tornado, 2011 Level 5.1 / 2 points The Hindenburg Disaster, 1937 Level 5.0 / 2 points The Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 Level 4.4 / 2 points The American Revolution, 1776 Level 4.6 / 2 points The Children's Blizzard, 1888 Level 4.3 / 2 points The Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967 Level 3.9 / 2 points The Battle of -D Day, 1944 Level 4.7 / 2 points The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 Level 4.4 / 2 points The California Wildfires, 2018 Level 4.5 / 2 points The Galveston Hurricane, 1900 (coming 2021)

Non-Fiction (363.340922) I Survived True Stories #1: Five Epic Disasters Level 6.3 / 2 points I Survived True Stories #2: Nature Attacks! Level 6.4 / 2 points I Survived True Stories #3: Tornado Terror Level 5.9 / 2 points I Survived: Extreme Weather! Level 5.7 / 1 point

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