Chapter books for the Upper Elementary REVISED 2.29.16

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ChallengingChapterbooksfortheUpperElementaryReader
*booksdenotedwithanasteriskarehighinterestbooksidentifiedtoencouragethetimidoruninterestedreader.
TitleandAuthor
StrugglingReaders
DiaryofaWimpyKid(Series)*
byJeffKinney
Goosebumps*
ByR.L.Stine
TheMazeofBones(The39CluesSeries)
byRickRiordan
Matilda
byRoaldDahl
TheTaleofDespereaux
byKateDiCamillo
TheOneandOnlyIvan
byKatherineApplegate
JamesandtheGiantPeach
byRoaldDahl
CharlieandtheChocolateFactory
byRoaldDahl
Charlotte'sWeb
byE.B.White
LittleHouseonthePrairie(Series)
byLauraIngallsWilder
BridgetoTerabithia
byKatherinePaterson
TalesofaFourthGradeNothing(Series)
byJudyBlume
Inkheart
byCorneliaFunke
TheChronicles(Series)
byHollyBlack
TheWhippingBoy
bySidFleischman
OutofMyMind
bySharonM.Draper
Eleven(TheWinnieYearsSeries)
byLaurenMyracle
Genre
ComicBooksandGraphicNovels
HorrorandSupernatural
Adventure,MysteryandSuspense
ComedyandHumor
AnimalStories,Fairytale,Fantasy
AnimalStories,NewberryHonor
Adventure,Classics,ComedyandHumor,Fantasy
Adventure,Classics
AnimalStories,Classics,RealisticFiction
Classics,HistoricalFictions
Classics,RealisticFiction
ComedyandHumor,RealisticFiction
Adventure,Fantasy
Western
Adventure,Myths,NewberryHonor
RealisticFiction
RealisticFiction
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BecauseofWinn-Dixie
byKateDiCamillo
FloraandUlysses:TheIlluminatedAdventures
byKateDiCamillo
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RealisticFiction
Adventure,ComedyandHumor,GraphicNovels
NewberryHonor
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4thgradeReaders
Crenshaw*
byKatherineApplegate
TheLion,theWitch,andtheWardrobe(ChroniclesofNarniaSeries)*
byC.S.Lewis
TheStrangeCaseofOrigamiYoda
byTomAngleberger
HarryPotter(Series)
byJ.K.Rowling
Frindle
byAndrewClements
AreYouThereGod?It'sMe,Margaret
byJudyBlume
TheBFG
byRoaldDahl
Shiloh(Series)
byPhyllisReynoldsNaylor
ATaleDark&Grimm
byAdamGidwitz
EllaEnchanted
byGailCarsonLevine
TheCricketinTimesSquare(Series)
byGeorgeSelden
TheBestChristmasPageantEver
byBarbaraRobinson
TheNameofthisBookisSecret
byPseudonymousBosch
DyingtoMeetYou(43OldCemeteryRoadSeries)
byKateKlise
TheGiver
byLoisLowry
TheLostHero(Series)
byRickRiordan
WhenYouReachMe
byRebeccaStead
RollofThunder,HearMyCry
byMildredD.Taylor
AlCaponeDoesMyShirts
byGenniferCholdenko
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RealisticFiction,NewberryHonor
Adventure.Classics
ComedyandHumor,DiariesandJournals
Fables,FolkTalesandMyths
ComedyandHumor
Classics,Realisticfiction
ComedyandHumor,Fantasy
RealisticFiction,AnimalStories,NewberryHonor
FairyTale
Fantasy
Adventure,NewberryHonor
ComedyandHumor
Adventure,ComedyandHumor
ComedyandHumor,MysteryandSuspense
ScienceFiction
Adventures,Myths
HistoricalFiction,ScienceFiction
Classics,HistoricalFiction
HistoricalFiction
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Rules
byCynthiaLord
EverySoulAStar
byWendyMass
Sounder
byWilliamH.Armstrong
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RealisticFiction
RealisticFiction
Classics,AnimalStory,Historical,NewberryHonor
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5thgradeReaders
Matilda*
byRoaldDahl
ALivingNightmare(CirqueDuFreakSeries)*
byDarrenShan
TheInventionofHugoCabret*
byBrianSelznick
Alice'sAdventuresinWonderlandandThroughtheLooking-Glass
byLewisCaroll
PippiLongstocking
byAstridLindgren
ChasingVermeer
byBlueBalliett
Found(TheMissingSeries)
byMargaretPetersonHaddix
FromtheMixed-UpFilesofMrs.BasilE.Frankweiler
byE.L.Konigsburg
TuckEverlasting
byNatalieBabbitt
Flipped
byWendelinVanDraanen
NumbertheStars
byLoisLowry
EsperanzaRising
byPamMuñozRyan
WalkTwoMoons
bySharonCreech
Holes
byLouisSachar
Wonder
byR.J.Palacio
IslandoftheBlueDolphins
byScottO'Dell
ThePhantomTollbooth
byNortonJuster
Hatchet
byGaryPaulsen
RubyHoller
bySharonCreech
StuartLittle
byE.B.White
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HumorandComedy
HorrorandSupernatural
ComicBooksandGraphicNovels,MysterySuspense
ClassicsandFantasy
Adventure,Classics,ComedyandHumor
MysteryandSuspense
MysterySuspense,ScienceFictionandFantasy
Adventure,Classics,MysteryandSuspense
Classics,Fantasy
ComedyandHumor,RealisticFiction
Classics,HistoricalFictions
HistoricalFiction
RealisticFiction,NewberryHonor
Adventure,RealisticFiction
RealisticFiction
Adventure,Classics
Classics,fantasy
Adventures,Classics
RealisticFiction
Classics
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Warriors(Series)
byErinW.Hunter
GatheringBlue
byLoisLowry
AMango-ShapedSpace
byWendyMass
TheMidwife'sApprentice
byKarenCushman
TheEvolutionofCalpurniaTate
byJacquelineKelly
Bud,NotBuddy(Series)
byChristopherPaulCurtis
OutoftheDust
byKarenHesse
TheOutsiders
byS.E.Hinton
PrincessAcademy
byShannonHale
TheRedPyramid(Series)
byRickRiordan
TheGraveyardBook
byNeilGaiman
TheCityofEmber
byJeanneDuPrau
AmongtheHidden(Series)
byMargaretPetersonHaddix
WildwoodChronicles
byColinMeloy
TheMysteriousBenedictSocietyandthePerilousJourney(Series)*
byTrentonLeeStewart
WheretheRedFernGrows*
byWilsonRawls
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Adventure,Fantasy
GeneralFiction
GeneralFiction
HistoricalFiction,NewberryHonor
HistoricalFiction
Classics,HistoricalFiction,NewberryHonor
HistoricalFiction,VerseNovel,NewberryHonor
Classics,RealisticFiction
Fantasy
Adventure,LegendsandMyths
Adventure,MysteryandSuspense,Fantasy
MysteryandSuspense,Fantasy
ScienceFictionandFantasy
Fantasy
Adventure,MysteryandSuspense,ScienceFiction
Adventure,Classics,RealisticFiction,AnimalStories
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6thgradeReaders
TheBadBeginning(ASeriesofUnfortunateEventsSeries)*
byLemonySnicket
HisDarkMaterialsTrilogy(TheGoldenCompassSeries)*
byPhilipPullman
ArtemisFowl*
byEoinColfer
MaximumRide*
byJamesPatterson
Uglies
byScottWesterfeld
TheLightningThief(PercyJacksonSeries)
byRickRiordan
AWrinkleinTime
byMadeleineL'Engle
TheWednesdayWars
GaryD.Schmidt
AnneofGreenGables
byL.M.Montgomery
WhatMyMotherDoesn'tKnow
bySonyaSones(shelved10timesas6th-grade)
TheWestingGame
byEllenRaskin
MySideoftheMountain(Anthology)
byJeanCraigheadGeorge
TheHobbit(Middle-EarthUniverse)
byJ.R.R.Tolkien
FreaktheMighty
byRodmanPhilbrick
TheCay
byTheodoreTaylor
TheEgyptGame
byZilphaKeatleySnyder
Shakespeare'sSecret
byEliseBroach
Crispin:TheCrossofLead
byAvi
Stargirl
byJerrySpinelli
Adventure,ComedyandHumor
Adventure,Classics,Fantasy
Adventure,ScienceFictionandFantasy
Fantasy
ScienceFiction
Adventure,Fables,FolkTalesandMyths
Adventure,Classics,ScienceFiction
ComedyandHumor,HistoricalFiction
Classics,RealisticFiction
Poetry,RealisticFiction
Classics,MysteryandSuspense
Classics
Adventure,Classics,Fantasy
RealisticFiction
Adventure,Classics
MysteryandSuspense
MysteryandSuspense
Adventure,HistoricalFiction,NewberryHonor
RealisticFiction,YoungAdult SLK
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AdvancedReaders
TheDoldrums
byNicholasGannon
Fever1793
byLaurieHalseAnderson
Catherine,CalledBirdy
byKarenCushman
FloraandUlysses:TheIlluminatedAdventures
byKateDiCamillo
Savvy
byIngridLaw
Ender’sGame
byOrsonScottCard
I'dTellYouILoveYou,ButThenI'dHavetoKillYou
byAllyCarter
TheHungerGames(Series)
bySuzanneCollins
Twilight(Series)
byStephanieMeyer
Divergent(Series)
byVeronicaRoth
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ActionandAdventure
HistoricalFiction
DiariesandJournals,HistoricalFiction
Fables,FolkTalesandMyths
Fantasy
ScienceFiction
MysteryandSuspense,Young-adult,Romance
Adventure,ScienceFiction,Young-adult
HorrorandSupernatural,Young-adult,Romance
ScienceFiction,Utopiananddystopianfiction,
Young-adult

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