Mrs. Pellegrino's Picks

Humor

A Long Way From Chicago and A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit by Paula Danzinger

Crash by Jerry Spinelli

Fantasy

All of the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling

Gregor the Overlander series by Suzanne Collins

Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer

City of Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo

Historical Fiction

Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery

Crispin, Cross of Lead by Avi

The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman

Dragonwings by Lawrence Yep

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury

Realistic Fiction

Any Small Goodness by Tony Johnston

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata

Are You There God, It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume

Becoming Naomi Leon by Pamela Munoz Ryan