Book List
Kindergarten
1. Learning to Save a Good Thing by Nancy Clason
2. From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
4. The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
5. Rooster’s off to See the World by Eric Carle
6. Today I feel Silly by Jamie Lee Curtis
7. Biscuit Goes to School by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
8. Baby Duck and the Cozy Blanket by Amy Hest
9. Little Chick by Amy Hest
10. Snowballs by Lois Ehlert
11. Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
12. How Many Snails by Paul Giganti
13. Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
14. A Barnyard Collection: Click, Clack, Moo and More by Doreen Cronin
15. A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats
16. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?by Bill Martin Jr.
17. Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak
18. The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
19. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuce
20. The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
21. Leaves by David Ezra Stein
22. Blueberries for Sal by Robert McClooskey
23. The Mitten by Jan Brett
24. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
25. Bubble Trouble by Margaret Mahy
1st Grade
1. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
2. Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
3. Kevin and His Dad by Irene Smalls
4. Mapping Penny’s World by LoreenLeedy
5. Wild About Books by Judy Sierra
6. The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore
7. Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows
8. No, David by David Shannon
Question: What does David do to cause so much trouble?
9. Put Me In the Z00 by Robert Lopshire
10. Whiskers by Catherine Daly – Weir
11. Wake Up Sun! by David L. Harrison
13. When the Moon Forgot by jimmy Liao
14. What Good is a Moose by Joy Morgan Dey
15. Little Pink Pup by Kenn Nesbitt
16. A My Name is… by Alice Lyne
17. Smile a lot by Nancy Carlson
18. Snip Snap! What’s That? By Mara Bergman
19. How Big is the World? by Britta Teckentrup
20. Don’t Slam the Door! by Norman Simon
21. Toy Boat by Randall de Seve
22. Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne
23. Nate the Great Marjorie by WeinmanSharmat
24. Down the Road by Alice Schertle
25. The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen
2nd Grade
1. The Kid in the Red Jacket by Barbara Park
2. Sarah, Plain and Tell by Patricia MacLachlan
3. Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
4. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
5. Night of the Ninjas by Mary Pops Osborne
6. The Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne
7. Hershey’s Fractions by Jerry Pallotta
8. In Grandmas Attic by Arleta Rchardson
9. More Stories from Grandma’s Attic by Arleta Richardson
10. Treasure from Grandma by Arleta Richardson
11. Tales from a Not So Talented Pop Star by Rachel R. Rusell
12. The Karate Mouse by Geronimo Stilton
13. Something at the Window is Scratching by Roman Dirgo
14. Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
15. Twelve Snails to One Lizard by Susan Hightower
16. Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray by Nick Bruel
17. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
18. Big Nate: In a Class by Himself by Lincoln Peirce
19. Curious George by H.A. Rey
20. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
21. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
22. Meet the Dinosaurs by Penny Smith
23. Ponies and Horses by Fiona Lock
24. Forest (Eye Wonder) by Deborah Lock
25. Skippjon Jones Lost in Spice by Judy Schachner
3rd Grade
1. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
2. Superfudge by Judy Blume
3. Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
4. The tale of Despereux: Being the Story of a Mouth, a Princess, Some Souple, and a Spool of Thread (Paperback) by Kate DiCamilo
5. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
6. Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
7. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
8. The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
9. Tuck Everlasting by Natlaie Babbitt
10. The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
11. Matilda by Roald Dahl
12. Romona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
13. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
14. A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla
15. The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
16. The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
17. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
18. Howliday Inn by James Howe
19. Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows
20. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
21. Bunnicula by Deborah Howe
22. The Chocolate Touch by Patrick SkeneCatling
23. Because of Winn – Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
24. Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
25. Charlotte’s Web by E.B White
4th Grade
1. Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale
2. Ralph S. Mouth by Beverly Cleary
3. Tizz and Company by Elisa Bialk
4. The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again by Chuck Dixon
5. From the Mixed- Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
6. Bink and Gollie by Katie DiCamillo
7. Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
8. Jake Drake, Bully Buster by Andrew Clements
9. Fourth Grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli
10. The sloppy Copy Slipup by Dy Anne DiSalvo Ryan
11. The Blade of Shattered Hope by James Dashner
12. Secret of the Dragon Sanctuary by Brandon Mull
13. The Cobra King of Kathmandu by P.B. Kerr
14. The Hunt for Dark Infinity by James Dashner
15. The Akhenaten Adventure by P.B. Kerr
16. Mouth Guard by David Peterson
17. The secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Cook by Eleanor Davis
18. Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires
19. The Darkness Hour by Erin Hunter
20. The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull
21. Keys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Mull
22. The maze Runner by James Dashner
23. The Goblin Wood by Hilari Bell
24. The Journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner
25. The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods. By Ann Cameron
5th Grade
1. The lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
2. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
3. Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
4. The battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riodan
5. Holes by Louis Sachar
6. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jaqueline Kelly
7. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
8. Shakespear’s Secret by Elise Broach
9. No Talking by Andrew Clements
10. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
11. The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
12. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
13. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
14. The Giver by Lois Lowry
15. The City of Ember by Jeanne Du Prau
16. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
17. Moon over Manifest Clare Vanderpool
18. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
19. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
20. Findle by Andre Clements
21. Princess Acadmy by Shannon Hale
22. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
23. My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
24. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
25. Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
6th Grade
1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
3. Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
4. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
5. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
6. Out of My Mind by Sharon m. Draper
7. The Vampire Prince by Darren Shan
8. A living Nightmare by Darren Shan
9. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
10. Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
11. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
12. What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya Scones
13. Lush by Natasha Friend
14. Trials of Death by Dareen Shan
15. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
16. Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
17. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
18. Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
19. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
20. Chassing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
21. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
22. Peak by Roland Smith
23. The Wednesday by Roland Smith
24. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
25. Cut by Patricia McCormick
7th Grade
1. Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi
2. Heroes by Tim Sale
3. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
6. It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
7. Rules by Cynthia Lord
8. Just Listen by Saran Dessen
9. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
10. Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini
11. Bec by Dareen Shan
12. Memories of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zervin
13. The Year of secret Assignments by Ray Bradbury
14. How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justin Larbalestier
15. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
16. Forver by Judy Blume
17. Flush by Carl Hiaasen
18. Shooting the Moon by Frances O’Roark Dowell
19. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia
20. Unbelievable by Sara Shepard
21. Extras by Scott westerfeld
22. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
23. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
24. DreamlandU by Sarah Dessen
25. The City of Ember by Jeanne Duparu
8th Grade
1. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
2. Perfect by Natasha Friend
3. Sold by Patricia McCormick
4. The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
5. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
6. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
7. Private by Kate Brian
8. A time of Miracles by Anna Laure Bondoux
9. Looking for Alaska by John Green
10. The Screwtape by C.S. Lewis
11. Between Shades of Gray by RutaSeptys
12. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
13. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood
14. Friction by E.R. Frank
15. The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis
16. I Am Number Four by Pittacus
17. The Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler
18. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
19. Travel Team by Mike Lupica
20. Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
21. I Am Ozzy by OzzyOsbourne
22. The Enchanted by Fewin Jones
23. The Hound of the Baservilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
24. Forged by Fire by Alyson Noel
25. Avalon High by Meg Cabot
8th Grade
1. The Adventures of Augle March by Saul Bellow
2. When Legend Die by Hal Borland
3. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
4. The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
5. Sweet Summer by Babe Moore Cambell
6. Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
7. And Then There Were None by Agatha Chraistle
8. I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
9. The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
10. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
11. I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan
12. Death Be not Proud by John Gunther
13. The Odyssey by Homer
14. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
15. The Star Fisher by Laurence Yep
16. 1984 by George Orwell
17. I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormler
18. The Frienda by Rosa Guy
19. Z for Zachariah by Rovert O’Brien
20. Ferria Beach by Jill McCorkle
21. White Fang by Jack London
22. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
23. I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson
24. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
25. Tex by S.E. Hinton
9th Grade
1. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
2. A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle
3. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
4. Abarat by Clive Barker
5. Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
6. Number the Stars by LoisLowry
7. Shakespear’s Secret by Elise Broach
8. As Easy as Falling off the Face of the Earth by Lynee Rae Perkins
9. Blood Red Horse by K.M. Grant
10. Day of Tears by Julius Lester
11. Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters by Gail Giles
12. Dragon and Thief by Timothy Zahn
13. Escape by Sea by L.S. Lawrence
14. Everlost by Neal Shusterman
15. George Washington, Spymaster by Thomas B. Allen
16. Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
17. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
18. The Legend of Bass Reeves by Gary Paulsen
19. The Narming by Alison Croggon
20. Navajo Code Talkers by Nathan Aeseng
21. A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
22. Reality Check by Peter Abrahams
23. Trash by Andy Mulligan
24. Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
25. A Bone From a Dry Sea by Peter Dickinson
10thGrade
1. Things Fall Apart by Achebe Chinua
2. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Adams Douglas
3. Seize the Day by Bellow Saul
4. The Adcentures of Huckleberry Fin by Twain Mark
5. All the King’s Men by Warren Robert Penn
6. Cold Sassy Tree by Burns Olive Ann
7. A Farewell To Arms by Hemingway Ernest
8. Of mice and Men by Stenbeck John
9. My Antonia by Cather Willa
10. The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne Nathaniel
11. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Hurston Zora Neale
12. As I lay Dying by Faulkner William
13. The Awakening by Chopin Kate
14. Black Boy by Wright Richard
15. The Color Purple by Walker Alice
16. A Death in the Family by Agee James
17. East of Eden by Steinbeck John
18. Go Tell It on the Mountain by Baldwin James
19. Intruder In the Dust by Falkner Williams
20. The Island by Paulsen Gary
21. A Lesson Before Dying by Gaines Ernest J.
22. Lonesome Dove by McMurtry Larry
23. Main Street or Babbitt by Lewis Sinclair
24. Native Son by Wright Richard
25. The Rd Badge Of Courage by Crane Stephen
11th Grade
1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. A Tree Grows in Brooklynby Betty Smith
3. Einstein’s Dreamsu by Alan Lightman
4. Hiroshima (Mass Markt Paperback) by John Hersey
5. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
6. A Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
7. The Assistant by Bernard Malamud
8. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
9. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
10. To The Kite Runner by KhaledHosseini
11. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
12. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
13. The Minister’s Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne
14. Slaughterhouse- Fiveby Kurt Vonnegut
15. The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan
16. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
17. Jarhead by Anthony Swofford
18. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
19. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
20. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
21. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
22. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and a Dream (Mass market Paperback) by H.G. Bligginger
23. Sophie’s World by JosteinGaarder
24. A Lesson Before Dyingby Ernest J. Gaines
25. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
12th Grade
1. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
2. The Bell jar by Sylvia Plath
3. The Stranger by Albert Camus
4. The Alchemist by Albert Camus
5. This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff
6. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
7. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
8. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
9. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kaflka
10. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
11. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
12. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
13. A farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
14. Out of Mao’s Shadow by Philip P. Pan
15. Reunion by Meg Cabot
16. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
17. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
18. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
19. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
20. Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
21. Waiting For You by SusaneColasanti
22. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
23. The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks
24. Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
25. Three weeks with My Brother by Nicholas Sparks
Please read the books that are appropriate for your grade level
-Ms. Sarah-
