Ultimate+Library+List+-+for+grades+5-8

Realistic Fiction
Nothing But The Truth by Avi Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer Tangerine by Edward Bloor Frindle by Andrew Clements School Story by Andrew Clements The Chocalate War by Robert Cormier Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman The Clique by Lisi Harrison The View form Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler by E.L.Konigsburg Silent to the Bone by E.L.Konigsburg The Sixth Grade Nickname Game by Gordon Korman Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass Tripping Over the Lunch Lady by Nancy Mercado Hatchet by Gary Paulsen The Boy Who saved Baseball by John Ritter The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman Peak by Roland Smith Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Loser by jerry Spinelli Wringer by Jerry Spinelli Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli Surviving the Applewhites by Sephanie Tolan Each Little Bird That SIngs by Deborah Wiles Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles

Fantasy
The Word Eater by Mary Amato The Underneath by Kathi Appelt Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer The Thief Lord by Cornelai Funkie Inkheart by Cornelai Funkie Princess Academy by Shannon Hale Children of the Lamp by P.B.Kerr Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Capture by Kathryn Lasky Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S.Lewis Eragon by Christopher Paolini The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K.Rowling Midnighters by Scott Westerfeld The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey

Historical Fiction
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi Crispin: The Cross of LEad by Avi Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Crushman Numbers the Stars by Lois Lowry A Boy At War by Harry Mazer Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Riding Freedom by Munoz Pam Ryan Esperanza Rising by Munoz Pam Ryan Under the Red Sun by Graham salisbury The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schidt Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan The Ravenmaster's Secret by Elvira Woodruff Hiroshima by Laurence Yep The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

Science Fiction
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer The Last Dog on Earth by Daniel Ehrenhaft The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix Double Indentity by Margaret Peterson Haddix Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz The Giver by Lois Lowry The Beasties by William Sleator Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Mystery
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin calfer The Face on the Milk carton by Caroline Cooney Last Shot: A FInal Four Mystery by John Feinstein On the Run: Chasing the Falconers by Gordon Korman How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found by Sara Nickerson Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen

Traditional Literature
D'Aulaire's book of Greek Myths by Ingri D'Aulaire Myths and Legends by Anthony Horowitz The Rough-Faced Girl by Rafe Martin The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley Beast by Donna Jo Napoli Bound by Donna Jo Napoli Favourite Greek Myths by Mary Pope Osborne The Once and Future King by T.H.White Greyling by Jane Yolen Here There Be Dragons by Jane Yolen

Poetry
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand by Kalli Dakos Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman Toasting Marshmallows by Kristine O'Connell george I Never Said I Wasn't Difficult by Sara Holbrook Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices by Paul Janeczko The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight by Jack Prelutsky For Laughing Out Loud by jack Prelutsky Where The Sidewalk Ends Shel Siverstein A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones

Biographies, Autobiographies, and Memiors
Anne Frank: The dairy of a Young Girl by Anne Frank Helen Keller: A Photographic Story of a Life by Leslie Garrett The Tarantula in my Purse by Jean Craighead George Water Buffalo Days: growing Up In Vietnam by Huynh, Quang Nhuong and Tseng, Jean & Mou-sein Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret Tree Shaker; The Story of Nelson Mandela by Gary Paulsen How Angel Peterson Got His Name by gary Paulsen My Life in Dog Years by gary Paulsen Guts by Gary Paulsen

Informational
Hilter Youth by susan Bartoletti World War II by DK Eyewittness Books The Way Things Work by davis Macaulay Castle by David Macaulay Oh Rats! The Story of Rats and People by Marrin, Albert and Mordan, C. B. You Wouldn't Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy! by stewart, david, Salariya, Davis, and Antram, David

=﻿Additional Novels for Independent Readers Aged 10-13 ( from "//Good Books Matter//")= The Book of Three by lloyd Alexander Skellig by david Almond The Book Without Words by Avi Blubber by Judy Blume The Pinballs by Betsy Byers Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Clearly Sahara Special by Esme Raji Codell Love That Dog by Sharon Creech Dear Sylvia by Alan Cumyn The Cat Ate My Gymsuit by Paula Danziger Artemis Fowl (series) by Eion Colfer Weasel by Cynthis de Felice The TAle of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo Pure Spring by Brian Doyle The City of Ember (trilogy) by Jeanne du Prau The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis (trilogy) Pick-up-Sticks by Sarah Ellis Flour Babies by Anne Fine Nobody's Family is Going to Change by Louise Fitzhugh A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears by Jules Feiffer The Whipping Boy by Paul Fleischman Toad Heaven by Morris Gleitzman The Day My Butt Went Psycho by Andy Griffiths Words of Stone by Kevin Henkes The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse Hoot by Carl Hiaasen Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath Stitches by Glen Huser Redwall (series) by Brian Jacques In Spite of Killer Bees by Julie Johnston Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle The Chronicles of Narnia (series) by C.S.Lewis Mama's Going To Buy You A Mockingbird by Jean Little The Root Cellar by janet Lunn Shiloh(trilogy) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Silverwing (trilogy) by Kenneth Oppel Awake and Dreaming by Kit Pearson Crazy Man by Pamela Porter Blue-eyed Daisy by Cynthia Rylant Holes by Louis Sachar Mean Margaret by Tor siedler Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker We All Fall Down by Eric Walters The Lottie Project by jacqueline Woodson