Here are some books that I (or a former student) have read in the Top Ten
categories
that I would recommend.
- Adventure
- Animal
- Award-winner
- Biography
- Contemporary Fiction
- Fantasy
- Historical Fiction
- Mystery
- Non-fiction
Adventure
Peter and te Secret of Rundoon by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Give Me Liberty by L.M. Elliott
Spy Cat by Peg Kehret and Pete the Cat
Iron Thunder by Avi
Swindle by Gordon Korman
Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg by Gail Carson Levine
Kidnapped (Books 1-3) by Gordon Korman
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
The Shadow Children Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Among the Hidden
Among the Imposters
Among the Betrayed
Among the Barons
Among the Brave
Among the Enemy
Among the Free
Solomon Snow and The Silver Spoon by Kaye Umansky
The Sisters Grimm bty Michael Buckley
Animal
Spy Cat by Peg Kehret and Pete the Cat
Hachiko Waits by Leslea Newman
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
Listen by Stephanie S. Tolan
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
A Dog's lIfe by Ann M. Martin
Award-winner
The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
Biography
Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton, Sheryl Berk, Rick Bundschuh
Contemporary Fiction
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Ten Ways to Make My Sister Disappear by Norma Fox Mazer
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
United Tates of America by Paula Danziger
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Spy Cat by Peg Kehret and Pete the Cat
Slam Dunk by Donna King
The Aurora County All-Stars by Deborah Wiles
Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli
Swindle by Gordon Korman
The Big Field by Mike Lupica
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
Comeback Kids Two-Minute Drills by Mike Lupica
Listen by Stephanie S. Tolan
Boys in Control by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (sequel to Boys
Against Girls)
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Heat by Mike Lupico
Kidnapped (Books 1-3) by Gordon Korman
Where I'd Like to Be by frances O'Roark Dowell
The View From Saturday by E.L. Koningsburg
The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
The Naked Mole Rat Letters by Mary Amato
The Trolls by Polly Horvath
The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Replay by Sharon Creech
Solomon Snow and The Silver Spoon by Kaye Umansky
Almost Home by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Boys Against Girls by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Landry News by Andrew Clements
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
The House on the Gulf by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Fantasy
The Empty Mirror by James Lincoln Collier
Peter and te Secret of Rundoon by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg by Gail Carson Levine
Emily Windsnap and The Castle in the Mist by Liz Kessler
Things Hoped For by Andrew Clements
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Missing: Book 1 Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
the ANYBODIES by N.E. BODE
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley
Historical Fiction
Give Me Liberty by L.M. Elliott
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Iron Thunder by Avi
Hachiko Waits by Leslea Newman
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
A Friendship for Today by Patricia C. McKissack
My Heart Is on the Ground The diary of Nannie Little Rose, a
Sioux girl, by
Ann Rinaldi
When Christmas Comes Again The World War I diary of Simone
Spencer by Beth
Seidel Levine
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
Maggie's Door by Patricia Reilly Giff
Mystery
Spy Cat by Peg Kehret and Pete the Cat
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Things Hoped For by Andrew Clements
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
The Sisters Grimm bty Michael Buckley
The Missing: Book 1 Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Non-fiction
Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton, Sheryl Berk, Rick Bundschuh