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Guided Reading Levels T, U, V Fifth Grade: Guided Reading Levels T, U, V Reading Level Title Author Call Number T "Extraordinary" Mark Twain (According To Susy), The Barbara Kerley OVER JBIOG TWAIN T A Bear Named Trouble Marion Dane Bauer JFIC BAUER T A Light In The Storm : The Civil War Diary Of Karen Hesse JFIC DEAR AMERICA Amelia Martin HESSE T A Look At Rocks : From Coal To Kimberlite Jo S. Kittinger J552 KIT T A Picture Of Freedom : The Diary Of Clotee, A Pat McKissack JFIC MCKISSACK Slave Girl (SUMMER READ LIST-6TH) T A Week In The Woods Andrew Clements JFIC CLEMENTS T Abner & Me : A Baseball Card Adventure Dan Gutman JFIC GUTMAN (BASEBALL CARD ADVENTURE) T Across The Wide And Lonesome Prairie : The Kristiana Gregory JFIC GREGORY Oregon Trail Diary Of Hattie Campbell (DEAR AMERICA) T Alien, The K.A. Applegate JPB (ANIMORPHS #8) T American Tall Tales Mary Pope Osborne OVER J398.22 OSB T Apache Helicopter : The Ah-64 Matthew Pitt J623.746 PIT T Aphrodite The Beauty Joan Holub JFIC HOLUB (GODDESS GIRLS #3) T Aphrodite The Diva Joan Holub JFIC HOLUB (GODDESS GIRLS #6) T Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Judy Blume JFIC BLUME T Around The World John Coy JE COY T As Simple As It Seems Sarah Weeks JFIC WEEKS T Athena The Brain Joan Holub JPB HOLUB (GODDESS GIRLS #1) T Athena The Wise Joan Holub JFIC HOLUB (GODDESS GIRLS #5) T Athlete Vs. Mathlete W.C. Mack JPB MACK T Athlete Vs. Mathlete : Double Dribble W.C. Mack JFIC MACK (ATHLETE VS. MATHLETE #2) T Babe & Me : A Baseball Card Adventure Dan Gutman JPB GUTMAN (SUMMER READ LIST-5TH) T Bad Kitty School Daze Nick Bruel JFIC BRUEL T Bad News For Outlaws : The Remarkable Life Of Vaunda Micheaux Nelson OVER JBIOG REEVES Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall T Birthday Party Of No Return, The R.L. Stine JPB STINE (GOOSEBUMPS HALL OF HORRORS #6) T Black Book Of Buried Secrets, The Mallory Kass JFIC (39 CLUES SPEC ED) T Body Check Robert Hirschfeld JFIC CHRISTOPHER Page 1 of 19 Reading Level Title Author Call Number T Boots And The Seven Leaguers : A Rock-And-Troll Jane Yolen JFIC YOLEN Novel T Bridge To Terabithia Katherine Paterson NEWBERY JFIC PATERSON T Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis JFIC CURTIS T Buried Alive Gloria Skurzynski JMYS SKURZYNSKI T California Teresa Kennedy J917.94 KEN T Cambodia Sara Louise Kras J915.96 KRA T Cameroon Patricia K. Kummer J916.711 KUM T Captain Arsenio :Binventions And Pablo Bernasconi JE BERNASCONI (Mis)Adventures In Flight T Capture, The K.A. Applegate JPB APPLEGATE (ANIMIORPHS #6) T Cave Of Wonders Matthew J. Kirby JFIC INFINITY RING (BOOK FIVE) T Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliett JMYS BALLIETT T Children's Book Of Kwanzaa : A Guide To Dolores Johnson J394.261 JOH Celebrate The Holiday, The T Christmas In The Trenches John McCutcheon XMAS JE MCCUTCHEON T Chuck And Danielle Peter Dickinson JFIC DICKINSON T Civil War Martin W. Sandler PB OVER J973.7 SAN T Cleopatra Diane Stanley OVER JBIOG CLEO T Collision Course Gordon Korman JPB KORMAN (TITANIC, BK 2) T Contest, The Gordon Korman JPB KORMAN T Counting On Grace Elizabeth Winthrop JFIC WINTHROP T Creep From The Deep R.L. Stine JPB STINE (GOOSEBUMPS HORRORLAND #2) T Crossing : How George Washington Saved The Jim Murphy OVER J973.3 MUR American Revolution, The T Dancing Shoes Noel Streatfeild JPB STREATFEILD T Declaration Of Independence, The Anne Maze JPB MAZER(AMAZING DAYS OF ABBY HAYES #2) T Democratic Republic Of The Congo Terri Willis J916.751 WIL T Denmark R. Conrad Stein J914.89 STE T Diary Of A Wimpy Kid : Cabin Fever Jeff Kinney JFIC KINNEY T Diary Of A Wimpy Kid : Dog Days Jeff Kinney JFIC KINNEY T Diary Of A Wimpy Kid : Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney JFIC KINNEY T Diary Of A Wimpy Kid : The Last Straw Jeff Kinney JFIC KINNEY T Diary Of A Wimpy Kid : The Third Wheel Jeff Kinney JFIC KINNEY T Diary Of A Wimpy Kid : The Ugly Truth Jeff Kinney JFIC KINNEY T Divide And Conquer Carrie Ryan JFIC INFINITY RING (BOOK TWO) T Doom Box, The Greg Farshtey JPB LEGO T Dr Maniac Vs. Robby Schwartz R.L. Stine JPB STINE (GOOSEBUMPS HORRORLAND #5) Page 2 of 19 Reading Level Title Author Call Number T Dragon's Egg Sarah L. Thomson FANTASY JFIC THOMSON T Dream On Sarah Mlynowski JFIC MLYNOWSKI (WHATEVER AFTER #4) T Egypt Ann Heinrichs J916.2 HEI T Electric Ben : The Amazing Life And Times Of Robert Byrd JBIOG FRANKLIN Benjamin Franklin T Eleven Lauren Myracle JPB MYRACLE T Emmy And The Incredible Shrinking Rat Lynne Jonell JFIC JONELL T Escape From Fear Gloria Skurzynski MYS JPB SKURZYNSKI (MYS NAT PARKS #9) T Escape From Horrorland R.L. Stine JPB STINE (GOOSEBUMPS HORRORLAND #11) T Eyewitness Whale Vassili Papastavrou OVER J599.5 PAP T Fair Weather Richard Peck JPB PECK T Fast And The Furriest, The Andy Behrens JFIC BEHRENS T Fast-Attack Submarine : The Seawolf Class Gregory Payan J623.8257 PAY T Flies Elaine Pascoe J595.77 PAS T Flying Gunship : The Ac-130 Spectre Kevin J. Fitzpatrick J623.7464 FIT T Fooled You! : Fakes And Hoaxes Through The Years Elaine Pascoe J001.95 PAS T Ghost Horses Gloria Skurzynski MYS JPB SKURZYNSKI (MYS NAT PARKS #6) T Ghost Of Cutler Creek, The Cynthia DeFelice JFIC DEFELICE T Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow : The Diary Of Ann Warren Turner JFIC DEAR AMERICA Sarah Nita, A Navajo Girl, The TURNER T Gloria Estefan : Pop Sensation Leslie Gourse JBIOG ESTE T Go Long! Tiki Barber JFIC BARBER T Going Home Eve Bunting JE BUNTING T Gold Medal Summer Donna Freitas JFIC FREITAS T Great Brain, The John Dennis Fitzgerald JFIC T Great Pyramid, The Elizabeth Mann PB J932 MAN T Great Wall, The Elizabeth Mann OVER J951 MAN T Greece Ann Heinrichs J914.95 HEI T Greenland Jean F. Blashfield J919.82 BLA T Guatemala Marion Morrison J917.281 MOR T Guide To Puppies Ellen Miles PB J636.7 MIL T Guyana Marion Morrison J918.81 MOR T Half A Chance Cynthia Lord JFIC LORD T Half Magic Edward Eager JPB EAGER T Harriet The Spy Louise Fitzhugh JFIC FITZHUGH T Hidden Past, The Jude Watson JPB STAR WARS (JEDI APPRENTICE #3) T Horse And His Boy, The C.S. Lewis JPB LEWIS (CHRON. OF NARNIA, BOOK 3) T Hothead Cal Ripken, Jr. JFIC RIPKEN Page 3 of 19 Reading Level Title Author Call Number T How I Met My Monster R.L. Stine JPB STINE (GOOSEBUMPS MOST WANTED #3) T How To Steal A Dog Barbara O'Connor JFIC O'CONNOR (SUMMER READ LIST-3RD) T Hungary Ann Stalcup J914.39 STA T I Funny James Patterson JFIC PATTERSON T I Survived The Nazi Invasion, 1944 Lauren Tarshis JPB TARSHIS (I SURVIVED) T I Thought My Soul Would Rise And Fly : The Diary Joyce Hansen JFIC HANSEN Of Patsy,A Freed Girl (DEAR AMERICA) T Iceland Barbara A. Somervill J914.912 SOM T Impossible Rescue, The Martin W. Sandler J979.803 SAN T Indonesia Tamra Orr J915.98 ORR T Industrial Revolution, The Mary Collins J909.81 COL T Into The Gauntlet Margaret Peterson Haddix JFIC (39 CLUES, BOOK 10) T Ireland Jean F. Blashfield J914.15 BLA T Italy Jean F. Blashfield J914.5 BLA T It's Not The End Of The World. Judy Blume JFIC T Jackie And Me : A Baseball Card Adventure Dan Gutman JPB GUTMAN (SUMMER READ LIST-5TH) T Janice Vancleave's Guide To The Best Science Fair Janice Pratt VanCleave PB OVER J507.8 VAN Projects T Jason's Gold Will Hobbs JFIC HOBBS (SRL-5TH) T Jet Fighter : The Harrier Av-8B Julie Beyer J623.7464 BEY T Jim & Me : A Baseball Card Adventure Dan Gutman JFIC GUTMAN (BASEBALL CARD ADVENTURE) T Joey Pigza Loses Control Jack Gantos JPB GANTOS (SUMMER READ LIST-5TH) T Joey Pigza Swallowed The Key Jack Gantos JFIC GANTOS (SUMMER READ LIST-5TH) T Journal Of C.J. Jackson : A Dust Bowl Migrant, The William Durbin JFIC MY NAME IS AMERICA DURBIN T Journal Of Scott Pendleton Collins : A World War II Walter Dean Myers JPB MYERS Soldier, The T Journey To Atlantis, The Thea Stilton JFIC STILTON T Julia Gillian (And The Quest For Joy) Alison McGhee JFIC MCGHEE T Junebug In Trouble Alice Mead JFIC MEAD T Just As Long As We're Together Judy Blume JFIC T Kid Who Ran For President, The Dan Gutman JFIC GUTMAN T Kingdom Of Fantasy, The Geronimo Stilton JFIC STILTON T Kira-Kira Cynthia Kadohata JFIC KADOHATA (NEWBERY) T Knight's Castle Edward Eager JPB EAGER T Last Battle, The C.S. Lewis JPB LEWIS (CHRON. OF NARNIA, BOOK 7) T Lebanon Terri Willis J915.692 WIL T Leon's Story Leon Walter Tillage JBIOG TILL Page 4 of 19 Reading Level Title Author Call Number T Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, The C.S. Lewis JPB LEWIS (CHRON OF NARNIA, BOOK 2) T Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe, The C.S. Lewis JPB LEWIS T Love That Dog Sharon Creech JFIC CREECH T Lunchbox And The Aliens Bryan W. Fields SCIFI JPB FIELDS T Luxembourg Ann Heinrichs J914.935 HEI T Magic By The Lake Edward Eager JPB EAGER T Magician's Nephew, The C.S. Lewis JPB LEWIS (CHRON OF NARNIA, BK 1) T Martin Luther King Rosemary Bray McNatt E JBIOG KING T Medusa Plot, The Gordon Korman JFIC (39 CLUES,CAH VS VES,BK 1) T Mia In The Mix Coco Simon JPB SIMON (CUPCAKE DIARIES #2) T Mickey & Me : A Baseball Card Adventure Dan Gutman JPB GUTMAN (BASEBALL CARD ADVENT) T Middle Moffat, The Eleanor Estes JPB ESTES T Million Dollar Goal, The Dan Gutman JFIC GUTMAN T Minuk : Ashes In The Pathway Kirkpatrick Hill JPB HILL (GIRLS OF MANY LANDS) T Mirror, Mirror On The Wall : The Diary Of Bess Barry Denenberg JFIC DENENBERG Brennan (DEAR AMERICA) T Mistakes Were Made Stephan Pastis JFIC PASTIS (TIMMY FAILURE #1) T Molly Moon Stops The World Georgia Byng JFIC BYNG T Molly Moon's Hypnotic Time Travel Adventure Georgia Byng JFIC BYNG T Molly Moon's Incredible Book Of Hypnotism Georgia Byng JPB BYNG T Monster Blood For Breakfast R.L.
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