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Classroom Book Sets Classroom Book Sets READING Interest TEACHER AUDIO Video/ SPANISH TITLE OF BOOK SET NOTES CASS. EDITION LEVEL Level DVD ABEL’S ISLAND 5.9 4-7 YES YES ACROSS FIVE APRILS 6.6 5-9 YES YES ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 6.0 9+ THE AMERICAN PLAGUE: The true and terrifying 9.0 5-9 YES story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 AMONG THE HIDDEN 4.8 4-7 YES AMONG THE IMPOSTORS ANIMAL FARM 7.3 YES ANNE FRANK, DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL 6.5 7-12 YES ANTHEM 6.1 9+ YES THE BEAN TREES 5.6 9+ YES BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE 3.9 4-7 YES BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER (2 SETS) 5.1 4-7 YES YES THE BFG 4.8 4-7 YES BLACKBERRIES IN THE DARK 3.6 2-5 THE BOOK THIEF 5.1 7-12 THE BOY AT WAR THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS 5.8 7-12 YES THE BOY WHO DARED 4.9 5-9 BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA 4.6 4-7 YES YES BUD, NOT BUDDY (2 SETS) 5.0 5-9 YES YES CADDIE WOODLAWN 6.0 4-7 CATCHING FIRE 5.7 7-12 THE CAY 5.3 5-9 YES CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 4.8 4-7 YES CHARLOTTE’S WEB 4.4 3-6 YES CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 6.0 7-12 YES CHILDREN OF THE DUST BOWL 6.8 5-9 CHOOSING UP SIDES 4.2 5-9 CHRISTMAS CAROL 6.7 9+ YES CODE ORANGE 6.2 7-12 COMMON SENSE: THOMAS PAINE 9.0 9+ CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE 4.9 4-7 YES DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN 4.8 7-12 YES DEAR MR. HENSHAW 4.9 2-5 YES YES DEVIL’S ARITHMETIC 4.6 5-9 YES DICEY’S SONG 5.0 7-12 YES DOVEY COE 5.9 4-7 EGYPT GAME 6.4 5-9 YES ENDER’S GAME ESPERANZA RISING 5.3 5-9 YES YES YES FACE ON THE MILK CARTON 4.8 7-12 YES PAGE TWO READING Interest Teacher Audio Video/ Spanish LEVEL Level Notes DVD Edition FAMILY UNDER THE BRIDGE 4.7 2-5 YES FARHRENHEIT 451 FEVER 1793 4.4 7-12 YES FORGED BY FIRE 4.7 7-12 YES FRINDLE 5.4 YES FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL F. FRANKWEILER 4.7 4-7 YES GATHERING BLUE 5.0 5-9 YES YES GATHERING OF DAYS 6.7 5-9 THE GIVER (2 SETS) 5.7 5-9 YES THE GOVERNOR’S DOG IS MISSING GRAVEYARD BOOK 5.1 5-9 YES THE GREAT GATSBY 7.3 YES HATCHET (2 SETS) 5.7 5-9 YES YES YES YES THE HOBBIT HOLES 4.6 5-9 YES YES YES HOOT 5.2 5-9 YES HOUSE OF DIES DREAR 4.8 5-9 YES HUNGER GAMES 5.3 7-12 YES ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS 5.4 5-9 YES IT’S LIKE THIS CAT 4.7 5-9 JACOB HAVE I LOVED 5.7 5-9 YES YES JAMES AND THE GAINT PEACH 4.8 5-9 YES JOHNNY TREMAIN 5.9 5-9 YES YES JOURNEY TO AMERICA 4.7 4-7 JULIE OF THE WOLVES 5.8 5-9 YES YES YES JUST SO STORIES KILLER ANGELS 4.7 9+ THE LIGHTNING THIEF 4.7 5-9 THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE 5.7 4-7 LITTLE BRITCHES: FATHER AND I WERE 5.7 RANCHERS LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO 5.0 5-9 YES YES THE LOOKING GLASS WARS 6.7 7-12 LOVE THAT DOG 4.5 4-7 MANIAC MAGEE 4.7 5-9 YES YES MATILDA 5.0 5-9 YES MILKWEED 3.6 5-9 YES MISS HICKORY 5.9 2-5 MOCKINGJAY 5.3 7-12 MONSTER 5.1 7-12 YES MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH 5.1 3-6 YES MY FRIEND FLICKA 6.0 5-9 NIGHT 4.8 9+ YES NUMBER THE STARS 4.5 5-9 YES OCTOBER SKY 5.9 9+ YES OLD YELLER 5.0 5-9 YES DVD OLIVE’S OCEAN 4.7 5-9 YES ONE-EYED CAT 5.4 5-9 YES PAGE THREE READING Interest Teacher Audio Video/ Spanish LEVEL Level Notes DVD Ed. ONION JOHN 4.5 4-7 OUR TOWN 3.9 9+ YES DVD OUT OF THE DUST 5.3 5-9 YES YES THE OUTSIDERS 4.7 7-12 THE PEARL 7.1 9+ YES YES DVD PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS “SEA 4.6 5-9 OF MONSTERS” THE PERFECT STORM 7.4 9+ RABBIT HILL 6.4 4-7 YES RAMONA QUIMBY, AGE 8 5.6 2-5 YES THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE 8.0 5-9 THE RED PONY 6.1 9+ YES RIFLES FOR WATIE 6.1 7-12 ROLLER SKATES ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY 5.7 YES SADAKO AND THE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES 4.1 2-5 SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL 3.4 4-7 YES YES YES YES THE SCARLET LETTER 4.4 7-12 THE SEARCH FOR BELLE PRATER SECRET GARDEN 6.3 5-9 YES SECRET OF THE ANDRES 4.7 5-9 SHADOW OF A BULL 5.2 5-9 YES SHADOW CLUB 5.5 7-12 SHADRACH 4.9 3-6 SHEN OF THE SEA 5.4 4-7 SHILOH 4.4 4-7 YES YES SIGN OF THE BEAVER 4.9 5-9 YES SING DOWN THE MOON 4.9 5-9 YES SINGLE SHARD 6.6 5-9 SMALL STEPS 4.2 5-9 SOUNDER 5.3 5-9 YES YES YES SPEAK 4.5 7-12 YES STARGIRL 4.2 5-9 YES STRAWBERRY GIRL 4.8 4-7 SUMMER OF THE MONKEYS 4.8 5-9 YES TALE OF DESPEREAUX 4.0 4-7 YES YES TEARS OF A TIGER 4.3 7-12 YES THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW 4.6 7-12 YES THERE’S A BOY IN THE GIRL’S BATHROOM 3.4 4-7 YES YES THE THIEF 6.0 5-9 THINGS FALL APART 6.2 9+ YES TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 5.6 9+ DVD YES TREASURE ISLAND 8.3 5-9 YES YES TUCK EVERLASTING 5.0 5-9 YES YES THE TWENTY-ONE BALLONS 6.8 YES THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE 5.7 5-9 YES WALK TWO MOONS 4.9 5-9 YES YES WAR HORSE 5.9 4-7 WARRIORS DON’T CRY 6.5 9+ PAGE FOUR READING Interest Teacher Audio Video/ Spanish LEVEL Level Notes DVD Ed. THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM 5.0 5-9 YES YES (2 SETS) THE WEDNESDAY WARS 5.9 5-9 THE WHEEL ON THE SCHOOL 4.7 5-9 WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN 4.5 4-7 YES YES WHERE THE LILIES BLOOM 5.2 7-12 YES WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS 4.9 5-9 YES THE WHIPPING BOY 3.9 4-7 YES WHITE FANG THE WHITE STAG 6.6 4-7 WITCHES 4.7 4-7 WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND 5.7 5-9 YES YES THE WIZARD OF OZ 7.0 9+ YES WONDER (TWO SETS) WRINKLE IN TIME 4.7 5-9 YES YES YES WRITTEN IN BONE 9,0 3-6 YEAR DOWN YONDER 4.5 5-9 .
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