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Entering Fourth Grade Entering Fourth 4 Grade Wilmington Public Schools Recommended Reading 175 Middlesex Ave Wilmington, MA 01887 Youth Services: 978-694-2098 wilmlibrary.org/kids RL = Approximate reading level Fiction Chapter Books Find these books in the Fiction section. Young Reader Fiction Call number is typically: J [Author’s Last Name] or Kids Fiction [Author’s Last Name]. Chapter Books *Indicates book is part of a series. Find these books in the Younger Fiction section. Call number is typically: J Younger Zombie Mommy* [Author’s Last Name] or Kids Younger Anderson, M. T. RL 4.5, 220p [Author’s Last Name]. Home from their latest Delaware crime- stopping adventures, Lily Gefelty and her Sadie and Ratz friends Katie, Jasper, and Drgnan Pghlik face Hartnett, Sonya. RL 2.6, 59p killer tarantulas and teenaged vampires when Hannah and her hands, named they try to rescue Lily’s mother, who has been Sadie and Ratz, regularly get into possessed by a menacing zombie that wants trouble, especially when younger to take over the world. brother Baby Boy is around. The one and only Ivan Lulu And The Duck In The Park Applegate, Katherine. RL 4, 305p McKay, Hilary. RL 4.2, 104p When I van, a gorilla who has lived Lulu, who loves animals, brings an abandoned for years in a down-and-out circus- duck egg to school, even though her teacher themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby has banned Lulu from bringing animals to elephant that has been added to school ever again. the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life. Young Reader Series Books Poppy Matt Christopher sports series Avi. RL 4.5, 156p Christopher, Matt Poppy, a deer mouse, urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed Amber Brown them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, Danziger, Paula has other ideas. The Prince of Fenway Park Baggott, Julianna. RL 4.2, 322p Ghosthunters In the fall of 2004, twelve-year-old Oscar Egg Funke, Cornelia is sent to live with his father in a strange netherworld under Boston’s Fenway Park, My Weird School where he joins the fairies, pooka, banshee, and Gutman, Dan other beings that are trapped there, waiting for someone to break the eighty-six year-old curse Alvin Ho that has prevented the Boston Red Sox from Look, Lenore winning a World Series. Dragon Slayers’ Academy Because of Mr. Terupt* McMullan, Kate Buyea, Rob. RL 4.1, 269p Seven fifth-graders at Snow Hill School in Connecticut relate how their lives are changed for the better “rookie teacher” Mr. Terupt. Fiction Chapter Books continued across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories. RL = Approximate reading level The Big House The Tale of Despereaux: Being The Coman, Carolyn. RL 5, 220p Story Of A Mouse, A Princess, Some When Ivy and Ray’s parents are sent to jail, Soup, and a Spool of Thread and left in the custody of their parent’s DiCamillo, Kate. RL 4.5, 267p accusers, they decide to look for evidence that The adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small will “spring” their parents. mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a The case of the case of mistaken princess, and a devious rat determined to bring identity them all to ruin. Barnett, Mac. RL 4.6, 179p Steve Brixton, a fan of Bailey Brothers The Gollywhopper Games detective novels, is mistaken for a real Feldman, Jody. RL 4, 332p detective and must elude librarians, police, and Twelve-year-old Gil Goodson Mr. E as he seeks a missing quilt containing competes against thousands of coded information. other children at extraordinary puzzles, stunts, and more in hopes Frindle of a fresh start for his family, which Clements, Andrew. RL 4.8, 105p has been ostracized since his father was When he decides to turn his fifth-grade falsely accused of embezzling money. teacher’s love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and Operation Redwood begins a chain of events that quickly moves French, Susannah T. RL 4.6, 353p beyond his control. In northern California, Julian Carter-Li and his friends old and new fight to save a grove of James and The Giant Peach redwoods from an investment company that Dahl, Roald. RL 4.8, 146p plans to cut them down. A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six In A Glass Grimmly: Companion to a giant insects he meets inside a giant peach. Tale Dark & Grimm Gidwitz, Adam. RL 4.8, 314p The Magician’s Elephant Frog joins cousins Jack and Jill in leaving their DiCamillo, Kate. RL 5.5, 201p own stories to seek a magic mirror, When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus encountering such creatures as giants, Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the mermaids, and goblins along the way. Based in marketplace one day who tells him that his part on fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, Hans Christian Andersen. he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures in an attempt to find her. Turtle In Paradise Holm, Jennifer L. RL 3.7, 188p The Miraculous Journey of Edward In 1935, when her mother gets a job Tulane housekeeping for a woman who does not like DiCamillo, Kate. RL 4.8, 198p children, eleven-year old Turtle is sent to stay Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy with relatives she has never met in faraway rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated Key West, Florida. from the little girl who adores him and travels Fiction Chapter Books continued Where The Mountain Meets The Moon Lin, Grace. RL 5.5, 278p RL = Approximate reading level Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a Guinea Dog* dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life Jennings, Patrick. RL 3.7, 200p to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade When his mother brings home a guinea pig River. instead of the dog he has always wanted, fifth- grader Rufus is not happy until the rodent starts acting exactly like a dog. The Sixty-Eight Rooms* Malone, Marianne. RL 5.6, 272p Emmy and The Incredible An adventure about the Thorne Rooms, sixty- eight miniature rooms made by Mrs. James Shrinking Rat Ward Thorne in the 1930s, and a magic key Jonell, Lynne. RL 4.7, 346p that allows a person to shrink down small When Emmy disc overs that she enough to explore the rooms’ secrets. and her formerly loving parents are being drugged their evil nanny with rodent potions that can change people in Ten Ways To Make My Sister frightening ways, she and some new friends Disappear must try everything possible to return things to Mazer, Norma Fox. RL 3.7, 148p normal. Sprig no longer gets along with her older sister, Dakota, but they pull together during their The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate father’s extended business trip to Afghanistan, sharing concerns about his safety, an elderly Kelly, Jacqueline. RL 5.3, 340p neighbor’s health, fights with their best friends, In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie and boys. Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her other, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world Who Cut The Cheese?* with her grandfather, the latter of which leads Nesbo, Jo. RL 4.9, 458p to an important discovery. New adventures await Doctor Proctor, Lisa, and Nilly as they try Dying To Meet You* to protect Oslo, Norway, from invading aliens, enormous snakes Klise, Kate. RL 4.4, 147p in the sewers, seven-legged Peruvian sucking In this story told mostly through letters, spiders, and sinister waffle irons. children’s book author, I. B. Grumply, gets more than he bargained for when he rents a quiet place to write for the summer. The Spindlers Oliver, Lauren. RL 3.9, 246p Scumble Accompanied by an eccentric, human-sized rat, Liza embarks on a perilous quest through Law, Ingrid. RL 5.3, 400p an underground realm to save her brother Mibs’s cousin Ledge is disappointed to Patrick, whose soul has been stolen by the discover that his “savvy” by the magical power evilest of creature--the spider-like spindlers. unique to each member of their family is to make things fall apart, which endangers his uncle Autry’s ranch and reveals the family secret to future reporter Sarah. Fiction Chapter Books continued backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery. RL = Approximate reading level “Who Could That Be At This Lawn Boy Hour?” Paulsen, Gary. RL 4.3, 88p Snicket, Lemony. RL 5.6, 258p Things get out of hand for a twelve-year-old Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand begins his apprenticeship with S. his summer lawn mowing business. Theodora Markson of the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain’d by Summer of The Gypsy Moths The Sea, where he helps investigate the theft of a statue. Pennypacker, Sara. RL 4.8, 275p A foster child named Angel and twelve-year-old Stella, who are living with Stella’s great-aunt The Secret Tree Louise on Cape Cod, secretly assume Standiford, Natalie. RL 4.4, 245p responsibility for the vacation rentals when Minty and her friend, Raymond, discover a tree Louise unexpectedly dies.
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