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FICTION ADVENTURE Barnes, Derrick Ruby Booker* Calmerson, S. No Dogs Allowed3* Cameron, Ann G loria Rising* Chabert, Jack Eerie Elementary* Cox, Judy Ukelele Hayley Citro, Asia Zoey and Sassafras* Durand, Hallie No Room for Dessert* Creech, Sharon Pleasing the Ghost English, Karen Dog Days* DiTerlizzi, Tony Spiderwick Chronicles* Friedman, Laurie Back to School, Mallory* Egan, Kate The Vanishing Coin* Graff, Lisa Sophie Simon Solves Them All Jenkins, Emily Toys Go Out* Grimes, Nikki Dyamonde Daniel* LaFevers, R.L. Nathaniel Fludd Han, Jenny Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Beastologist* Dream Lowry, Lois The Birthday Ball Hapka, Cathy How Not to Start Third Grade* Mowry, Tia Twintuition* Harper, Charise Just Grace* Howard, Ryan Little Rhino* Oliver, Lin Danger! Tiger Crossing* MacDonald, Betty Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle* Osborne, Mary Pope and Sal Murdocca Messner, Kate Marty McGuire* Dinosaurs Before Dark Mills, Claudia Cody Harmon, King of Pets* (Magic Tree House, No. 1)* Naylor, Phyllis R. Eating Enchiladas* Pinkwater, Daniel The Magic Pretzel* Pennypacker, Sara Clementine* Schlitz, Laura Amy Night Fairy Vail, Rachel Justin Case* Smith, McCall Akimbo and the Lions* Vande Velde, V. Three Good Deeds IT?S A MYSTERY (SERIES) Bezenoff, Steve Museum Mysteries CARTOONS, ANYONE? Butler, Dori H. The Haunted Library Angleberger, Tom Inspector Flytrap* Cronin, Doreen The Trouble with Chickens Blabey, Aaron Bad Guys* Draper, Sharon Club House Mysteries Burks, James Bird and Squirrel* Freeman, Martha First Kid Mysteries Dillard, Sarah Extraordinary Warren* Kelly, David A. The Gold Medal Mess (MVP) Gownley, Jimmy Amelia Rules* Low, A.J. Sherlock Sam Hatke, Ben Zita the Space Girl* Montgomery, L. Milo & Jazz Jamieson, Victoria The Great Pet Escape Nilsson, Ulf Detective Gordon Jones, Noah Z. Princess Pink and the Land of O?Donnell, Liam West Meadow Detectives Fake-Believe* Smith, Alexander Precious Ramotswe Warner, Gertrude Chandler The Boxcar Children* Kibuishi, Kazu Amulet* Kim, Julie Where?s Halmoni Kolchaka, James The Glorkian Warrior* BY AND ABOUT ANIMALS Krosoczka, Jarrett J. Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Birney, Betty The World According to Humphrey* Substitute: Lunch Lady #1* Kerr, Judith Mister Cleghorn?s Seal Sturm, James Adventures in Cartooning* Klimo, Kate Dog Diaries* Venable, Colleen Hamster and Cheese* MacLachlan, Patricia White Fur Flying Perkins, Lynne Rae Nuts to You Priege, Gigi Adventures of Henry Whiskers This list is also available online at: Primevera, Elise Libby of High Hopes* http:// www.milton.edu/ k8/ Sloan, Holly G. Appleblossom the Possum lower-school/ summer-reading/ White, E.B. Stuart Little JUST US KIDS DON?T FORGET PICTURE BOOKS Ain, Beth Starring Jules (As Herself)* Barnett, Mac The Wolf, the Duck & the Mouse Allen, Crystal The Magnificent Maya Tibbs Cecil, Randy Lucy Blesy, Marcy Evie and the Volunteers* Cordell, Matthew Wolf in the Snow Brown, Monica Lola Levine is NOT Mean* Dacosta, Barbara Mighty Moby Byars, Betsy Seven Treasure Hunts Dempsey, Kristy Dance Like Starlight: One Cheng, Andrea The Year of the Book* Ballerina?s Dream Florence, Debbi M. Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen* Engle, Margarita All the Way to Havana Goldberg, Whoopi Sugar Plum Ballerinas* Escoffier, Michael Take Away the A Farish, Terry Joseph?s Big Ride Hanlon, Abby Dory Fantasmagory* Forrester, Anna Bat Count: A Citizen Science Story Hoffman, Mary Bravo, Grace!* Freedman, D. This house, once Johannes, Shelley Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Heine, Theresa Chandra?s Light Thinker Holub, Joan Little Red Writing Lagercrantz, Rose My Heart is Laughing* John, Jory The Bad Seed Look, Lenore Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, Kooser, Ted House Held Up By Trees and Other Scary Things* Krishnaswami, U. Bright Sky, Starry City Lyons, Kelly S. Jada Jones: Rock Star* Minh Lê Drawn Together McKay, Hilary Lulu?s Animal Adventures* Naberhaus, S. Blue Sky White Stars Medina, Juana Juana & Lucas* Perkins, Lynne R. Frank and Lucky Get Schooled Pennypacker, Sara Clementine* Phi, Bao A Different Pond Pennypacker, Sara Waylon! One Awesome Thing Pinkney, Jerry Three Billy Goats Gruff Ross, Chudney Lone Bean Santat, Dan After the Fall: How Humpty Schoenberg, Jane The One and Only Stuey Lewis* Dumpty Got Back Up Again Walters, Eric Skye Above Sheth, Kashmira Sona and the Wedding Game Yee, Lisa Bobby the Brave (Sometimes)* Simler, Isabelle The Blue Hour Sis, Peter Robinson Slater, Dashka The Antlered Ship Turk, Evan The Storyteller Watt, Melanie Bug in a Vacuum

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