Step-Up Readers (Grades 2-3)
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| Muggie Maggie |
by Beverly Cleary |
J CLE |
| Maggie resists learning
cursive writing in the third grade until she discovers that knowing how
to read and write cursive promises to open up an entirely new world of
knowledge to her. 80 pgs. |
(Look for other titles by this author)
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| Jenny Archer, Author |
by Ellen Conford |
J CON |
| Struggling with an assignment
to write her autobiography, third-grader Jenny decides to enhance her life
story by using her considerable imagination. 61 pgs. |
(Look for other titles featuring Jenny Archer)
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| Annie
Pitts, Artichoke |
by Diane
De Groat |
J DEG |
| When
Annie and her third grade class put on a play about nutrition, it has more
surprises than the teacher expects. 53 pgs |
(Also
look for Annie Pitts, Swamp Monster.)
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| Dance with Rosie |
by Patricia Reilly Giff |
J GIF |
| Rosie tries to make up with
her former best friend and get into ballet class after the sign-up deadline. 79 pgs. |
(Look for other titles in the Ballet Slippers series.)
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| Rosy Cole Discovers America! |
by Sheila Greenwald |
J GRE |
| Disappointed in the poor
European immigrant ancestors she discovers during a class project to research
family roots, Rosy cooks up a clan of royal relatives. 96 pgs. |
(Look for other titles featuring Rosy Cole.)
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| Mary Marony and the Snake |
by Suzy Kline |
J KLI |
| With the support of her
mother and new classmates, Mary sees a speech therapist for her stuttering
problem. 64 pgs. |
(Look for other titles featuring Mary Marony.)
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| Song Lee in Room 2B |
by Suzy Kline |
J KLI |
| Spring becomes a memorable
time in Miss Mackle's second-grade classroom because of the antics of Horrible
Harry and the special insights of shy Song Lee. 50 pgs. |
(Look for other titles featuring Song Lee.)
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| Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus |
by Barbara Park |
J PAR |
| In her own words, a young
girl describes her feelings about starting kindergarten and what she does
when she decides not to ride the bus home. 69 pgs. |
(Look for other titles featuring Junie B. Jones.)
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J Fiction (Grades 3-6)
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| Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great |
by Judy Blume |
J BLU |
| A summer in Tarrytown, N.Y.,
is a lot of fun for 10-year-old Sheila even though her friends make her
face up to some self-truths she doesn't want to admit. 118 pgs. |
(Look for other titles by this author.)
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| Ramona Quimby, Age 8 |
by Beverly Cleary |
J CLE |
| Follows the adventures of
the spirited Ramona and her family as she enters third grade in a new school,
mom goes back to work full time and dad starts college. 190 pgs. |
(Look for other titles featuring Ramona.)
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| Ellen Tebbits |
by Beverly Cleary |
J CLE |
| The part of third grade
Ellen Tebbits likes most is having Austine Allen for her best friend. 160 pgs. |
(Look for other titles by this author.)
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| Matilda |
by Roald Dahl |
J DAH |
Matilda applies her untapped
mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress,
Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial
security. 240 pgs.
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| Amber Brown is Not a Crayon |
by Paula Danziger |
J DAN |
| The year she is in the third
grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting
ready to move to a distant state. 80 pgs. |
(Look for other titles featuring Amber Brown.)
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| Back Yard Angel |
by Judy Delton |
J DEL |
| Although ten-year-old Angel
loves her little brother Rags dearly, the constant responsibility of taking
care of him weighs heavily on her young shoulders. 107 pgs. |
(Look for other titles featuring Angel.)
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| Kitty From the Start |
by Judy Delton |
J DEL |
| Kitty moves to a new neighborhood
and eventually makes a successful transition into her new third grade. 141 pgs. |
(Look for other titles featuring Kitty.)
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| By Lizzie |
by Mary Eccles |
J ECC |
Lizzie,
the middle child of divorced parents, uses her
mother’s old typewriter to record the events of her life the
year before she turns ten. 116 pgs.
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| Yolonda's Genius |
by Carol Fenner |
J FEN |
After moving from Chicago
to Grand River, Michigan, fifth grader Yolonda, big and strong for her
age, determines to prove that her younger brother is not a slow learner
but a true musical genius. 211 pgs.
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| Harriet the Spy |
by Louise Fitzhugh |
J FIT |
The story of 11-year-old
Harriet who keeps a secret notebook filled with thoughts about her schoolmates
and people she observes on her after-school "spy route". However, when
her notebook is discovered, the unexpected responses explode in a hilarious
and often touching way. 298 pgs.
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| “B” Is
For Betsy |
by Carolyn Haywood |
J HAY |
| Betsy experiences an interesting
first year at school and looks forward to summer vacation at her grandfather’s
farm. 159 pgs. |
(Look
for other titles featuring Betsy.)
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| Anastasia Krupnik |
by Lois Lowry |
J LOW |
| Anastasia's 10th year has
some good things, like falling in love and really getting to know her grandmother,
and some bad things, like finding out about an impending baby brother. 113 pgs. |
(Look for other titles featuring Anastasia.)
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JH Fiction (Grades 6-8)
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| Just As Long As We're Together |
by Judy Blume |
JH BLU |
| Stephanie's relationship
with her best friend, Rachel, changes during her first year in junior high
as she tries to conceal a family problem and meets a new girl from California. 296 pgs. |
(Look for other titles by this author.)
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| The
Face on the Milk Carton |
by Caroline B. Cooney |
JH COO |
| A photograph of a missing girl on a milk
carton leads Janie on a search for her real identity. 184 pgs. |
(Look for other titles by this author.)
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| Absolutely Normal Chaos |
by Sharon Creech |
JH CRE |
| Thirteen-year-old Mary Lou
grows up considerably during the summer while learning about romance, homesickness,
death, and her cousin's search for his biological father. 230 pgs. |
(Look for other titles by this author.)
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| Daphne's Book |
by Mary Downing Hahn |
JH HAH |
As author Jessica and artist
Daphne collaborate on a picture book for a seventh-grade English class
contest, Jessica becomes aware of conditions in Daphne's home life that
seem to threaten her health and safety. 177 pgs.
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| Sarah With an H |
by Hadley Irwin |
JH IRW |
When a bright, talented
Jewish girl moves to the small town of LaMond, Iowa, her presence brings
significant changes and evokes subtle prejudices in the local inhabitants. 134 pgs.
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| The Agony of Alice |
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
JH NAY |
| Eleven-year-old, motherless Alice
decides she needs a
gorgeous role model. She is greatly disappointed when
she is placed in Mrs. Plotkins’s class until she discovers
it’s what people are inside that really counts. 131 pgs. |
(Look for other titles featuring Alice.)
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| Would My Fortune Cookie Lie? |
by Stella Pevsner |
JH PEV |
| While worrying that her
mom is plotting to move the family from their Chicago home, 13-year-old
Alexis also wonders about the mysterious young man who seems to be shadowing
her and her friend. 186 pgs. |
(Look for other titles by this author.)
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| Turning Thirteen |
by Susan Beth Pfeffer |
JH PFE |
| Although initially afraid
that she'll lose her best friend unless they prepare for their bat mitzvahs
together, Becky undergoes a change in her thinking that puts much more
than her friendship in jeopardy. 133 pgs. |
(Look for other titles by this author.)
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| Hannah in Between |
by Colby F. Rodowsky |
JH ROD |
As she starts seventh grade,
12-year-old Hannah can no longer ignore her mother's increasingly erratic
behavior caused by drinking. 151 pgs.
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| Stargirl |
by Jerry Spinelli |
JH SPI |
In this story about popularity versus individuality,
an
eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High
School forever. 186 pgs.
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| Not That I Care |
by Rachel Vail |
JH VAI |
As she waits to present the ten items that she has chosen for an assignment to
represent who she is, seventh-grader Morgan Miller recalls the events that
led to her choices. 216 pgs.
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| Up a Creek |
by Laura Williams |
JH WIL |
Thirteen-year-old Starshine is faced with a decision as her mother, an activist,
tries to save some ancient oak trees from being cut down. Perched in a tree,
she refuses to come down even when Starshine needs her. Will Starshine help
or has mom gone too far? 160 pgs.
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