Reading Classic Reading List 2012-2013
Division I - 3rd and 4th Grades
Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek - Hopkinson, Deborah - CAL
Aesop's Fables - Sneed, Brad - CHR
Anna's Blizzard - Hart, Alison - CHR
Badger's Fancy Meal - Kasza, Keiko - CHR
Bag in the Wind - Kooser, Ted - CHR
Ball for Daisy, A - Raschka, Chris - CAL
Because of Winn-Dixie - DiCamillo, Kate - GSW
Bedhead - Palatini, Margie - GSW
Beloved Dearly, The - Cooney, Doug - CHR
Bridget's Beret - Lichtenheld, Tom - GSN
Bubba the Cowboy Prince - Ketteman, Helen - GSW
Bunnicula - Howe, Deborah - GSW
Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet - Salisbury, Grahm - CHR
Clever Jack Takes the Cake - Fleming, Candance - GSN
Coming Home Soon - Woodson, Jacqueline - CAL
Coretta Scott - Shange, Ntozake, K. Nelson - CHR
Couple of Boys have the Best Week Ever, A - Frazee, Marla - CAL
Crow Call - Lowry, Lois - CHR
Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library - Myron, Vicki - GSW
Dog Called Kitty, A - Wallace, Bill - GSW
DogKu - Clements, Andrew - CHR
Dog Who Belonged to No One, The - Hest, Amy - CHR
Duck Soup - Urbanovic, Jackie - CHR
Elsie's Bird - Yolen, Jane - GSN
Escapade Johnson and the Phantom of the Science Fair - Sullivan, Michael
-CHR
Escaping the Giant Wave - Kehret, Peg -GSW
Extra Credit - Clements, Andrew - CHR
Grand Escape, The - Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds - GSW
Grannyman, The - Schachner, Judith Byron - GSW
Great Fuzz Frenzy, The - Stevens, Janet, S.S. Crummel - GSW
Great Texas Hamster Drive - Kimmet, Eric - CHR
Have You Seen Mary? - Kurrus, Jeff - CHR
Help Me, Mr. Mutt! Expert Answers for Dogs with People Problems -
Stevens, Janet - CHR
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from. . .Railroad - Levine, Ellen - CAL
Here Comes the Garbage Barge - Winter, Jonah - CHR
How Rocket Learned to Read - Hills, Ted - GSN
Huck Runs Amuck - Taylor, Sean - CHR
Ida B.: and Her Plans to Maximize Fun. . .World - Hannigan, Katherine - CHR
If I Built a Car - Van Dusen, Chris - GSW
I Need a Monster - Noll, Amanda - CHR
Invention of Hugo Cabret, The - Selznick, Brian - CAL
Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea - Johnston, Tony, Innerst, Stacy - CHR
Library Lion - Knudsen, Michelle - CHR
Listen to the Wind - Mortenson, Greg - CHR
Little King and His Marshmallow Kingdom, The - Rotella III, Louis - GSN
Mark Twain and the Queens of Mississippi - Harness, Cheryl - CHR
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach - Deedy, Carmen - CHR
Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King -Rappaport, Doreen-
CAL
Marvelous Mattie - McCully, Emily - CHR
Memoirs of a Goldfish - Scillian, Devin - GSN
Mermaid Queen, The - Corey, Shana - CHR
Miss Brooks Loves Books! (and I don't) - Bottner, Barbara - GSN
Moses: when Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom -
Weatherford, Carole Boston - CAL
Mudball - Tavares, Matt - CHR
Mudshark - Paulsen, Gary - CHR
Noah's Ark - Pinkney, Jerry - CAL
Nubs: the True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, and a Miracle -Dennis, Brian,
K. Larson, M. Nethery - GSN
One Thousand Tracings, Healing Wounds of WWII - Judge, Lita - CHR
Orange Shoes, The - Noble, Trinka Hakes - CHR
Otto the Book Bear - Cleminson, Katie - CHR
Riptide - Weller, Frances Ward - GSW
Roxie and the Hooligans - Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds - CHR
Rough-Faced Girl, The - Martin, Rafe - GSW
Rugby and Rosie - Rossiter, Nan Parson - GSW
Runt - Bauer, Marion Dane - CHR
Salt in His Shoes - Jordan, Deloris - GSW
Savvy - Low, Ingrid - CHR
Secret Science Project that Almost Ate the School - Sierra, Judy - GSW
Sick Day for Amos McGee - Stead, Philip - CAL
Sloppy Joe - Keane, Dave - CHR
Spider and the Fly, The - Howitt, Mary - CAL
Spot the Plot: a Riddle Book of Book Riddles - Lewis, Patrick - CHR
Substitute Teacher Plans - Johnson, Doug - GSW
Summer of Riley - Bunting, Eve - CHR
Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson- Robinson, Sharon- CHR
Titanicat - Crisp, Marty - GSW
Togo - Blake, Robert J. - GSW
Toll-Bridge Troll - Wolff, Patricia Rae - GSW
Toughest Cowboy: or How the Wild West Was Won - Frank, John - CHR
Trouble According to Humphrey - Birney, Betty - CHR
Ugly Pie - Wheeler, Lisa - GSN
We the Children, Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School -
Clements, Andrew - CHR
Willoughby and the Lion - Foley, Greg - CHR
Woolbur - Helakoski, Leslie - CHR
CAL-Caldecott/ GSN-Golden Sower Nominee/ GSW-Golden Sower Winner
CHR-Chairperson's Choice
Division II (grades 5-6) Reading Classic booklist 2012-13
Al Capone Does My Shirts - Choldenko, Gennifer - NEW
Archer's Quest - Park, Linda Sue - CHR
Bartleby of the Big, Bad Bayou - Shalant, Phyllis - CHR
Because of Mr. Terupt - Buyea, Rob - GSN
Because of Winn-Dixie - DiCamillo, Kate - GSW
Belle Prator's Boy - White, Ruth - NEW
Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow - Howe, James - CHR
Closed for the Season - Hahn, Mary Downing - GSW
Crandall's Castle - Wright, Betty Ren - CHR
Deep and Dark and Dangerous: A Ghost Story - Hahn, Mary Downing - GSW
Dying to Meet You - Klise, Kate - CHR
Escaping the Giant Wave - Kehret, Peg - GSW
Everything for a Dog - Martin, Ann M. - GSN
Familiars, The - Epstein, Adam,A. Jacobson - GSN
Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester - O'Connor, Barbara - GSN
Feathers - Woodson, Jacqueline - NEW
Ghost of Fossil Glen, The - DeFelice, Cynthia - GSW
Ghost of Lizard Light, The - Woodruff, Elvira - GSW
Green Glass Sea - Klages, Ellen - CHR
Gregor the Overlander - Collins, Suzanne - CHR
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Rowling, J. K. - CHR
Hatchet - Paulsen, Gary - NEW
Higher Power of Lucky, The - Patron, Susan - NEW
How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found - Nickerson, Sara - CHR
I Know Who Likes You - Cooney, Doug - CHR
Inside Out and Back Again - Lai, Thahha - NEW
Into the Wild (Warrior Series) - Hunter, Erin - CHR
Jaguar - Smith, Roland - GSW
Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow Rollins, James - CHR
Lemonade War, The - Davies, Jacqueline - CHR
Lightning Thief, The - Riordan, Rick - CHR
Lily's Crossing - Giff, Patricia Reilly - NEW
Long Way from Chicago, A - Peck, Richard - NEW
Loser - Spinelli, Jerry - GSW
Lost Hero - Riordan, Rick - CHR
Love, Aubrey - LaFleur, Suzanne - GSN
Lucky: Maris, Mantle, and My Best Summer Ever - Tooke, Wes - GSN
Magic Thief, The - Prineas, Sarah - CHR
Maniac Magee - Spinelli, Jerry - NEW
Masterpiece - Broach, Elise - CHR
Mighty Miss Malone - Curtis, Christopher Paul - CHR
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - DiCamillo, Kate - CHR
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - O'Brien, Robert - NEW
Mysterious BenedictSociety.and.the.Perilous.Journey - Stewart, Trenton Lee
CHR
Number of the Stars - Lowry, Lois - NEW
Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story - Hahn, Mary Downing - GSW
Out of My Mind - Draper, Sharon M. - GSN
People of Sparks, The - Duprau, Jeanne - CHR
Poppy and Ereth - Avi - CHR
Rules - Lord, Cynthia - NEW
Runaway Twin - Kehret, Peg - CHR
Satch and Me - Gutman, Dan - GSW
Savvy - Law, Ingrid - NEW
Shiloh Season - Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds - GSW
Skeleton Man - Bruchac, Joseph - GSW
Stepping on the Cracks - Hahn, Mary Downing -GSW
Stolen Children - Kehret, Peg - GSW
Storm Mountain - Birdseye, Tom - GSN
Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco, The - Repka, Janice - CHR
Surviving the Applewhites - Tolan, Stephanie S.- NEW
Tale of Despereaux - DiCamillo, Kate - NEW
Tales from the Hood (Sisters Grimm #6) - Buckley, Michael - CHR
That Doggone Calf - Hobbs, Will - CHR
Titanic Crossing - Williams, Barbara - GSW
Trouble with May Amelia - Holm, Jennifer L. - NEW
Turtle in Paradise - Holm, Jennifer L. - NEW
Underdogs, The - Lupica, Mike - CHR
Underneath, The - Appelt, Kathi - NEW
Victory - Cooper, Susan - CHR
Walls Within Walls - Sherry, Maureen - GSN
When You Reach Me - Stead, Rebecca - NEW
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - Lin, Grace - NEW
Where the Red Fern Grows: Story of Two Dogs and a Boy - Rawls, Wilson -CHR
Whole Nother Story, A - Soup, Dr. Cuthbert - CHR
Wildfire Run - Garretson, Dee - GSN
Winter of the Red Snow: The Revolutionary War. . .-Gregory, Kristiana- CHR
Witch of Blackbird Pond, The - Speare, Elizabeth George - NEW
World According to Humphrey, The - Birney, Betty - GSW
Wringer - Spinelli, Jerry - NEW
Zoobreak - Korman, Gordon - CHR
NEW-Newbery/GSN-Golden Sower Nominee/GSW-Golden Sower Winner/
CHR-Chairperson's Choice
Division III (grades 7-8-9) Reading Classic booklist 2012-13
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The - Twain, Mark - CHR
All the Broken Pieces - Burg, Anne E. - GSN
Anne Frank: the diary of a young girl(doubleday edit.)- Frank, Anne - CHR
Artichoke's Heart - Supplee, Suzanne - CHR
Ashes of Roses - Auch, Mary Jane - CHR
Battle of Labyrinth, The - Riordan, Rick - CHR
Black Storm Comin' - Wilson, Diane Lee - CHR
Blue Noon (Midnighters Series book #3) - Westerfeld, Scott - CHR
Blue Sword, The - McKinley, Robin - NEW
Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The - Boyne, John - CHR
Bruiser - Shusterman, Neal - GSN
Bud, Not Buddy Curtis, Christopher Paul - NEW
Cardturner:A Novel about a King,a Queen. . .Joker - Sachar, Louis - GSN
Chosen (first book of Lost Books) - Dekker, Ted - CHR
Claudette Colvin:Twice Towards Justice - Hoose, Phillip - NEW
Code Talker: Novel about Navajo Marines WW II - Bruchac, Joseph - CHR
Compound, The - Bodeen, Stephanie - GSW
Cracker!: the Best Dog in Vietnam - Kadohata, Cynthia - GSW
Crispin: at the Edge of the World - Avi - CHR
Criss Cross - Perkins, Lynne Rae - NEW
Danger Zone - Klass, David - GSW
Dead End in Norvelt - Gantos, Jack - NEW
Double Identity - Haddix,Margaret Peterson - CHR
East - Pattou, Edith - CHR
Eldest - Paolini, Christopher - CHR
Elijah of Buxton - Curtis, Christopher Paul - NEW
Fakie - Varrato, Tony - CHR
Fever 1793 - Anderson, Laurie Halse - CHR
Flight #116 is Down - Cooney, Caroline B. - GSW
Freak the Mighty - Philbrick, W. R. - GSW
Ghost of Spirit Bear - Michaelson, Ben - CHR
Girl, Stolen - Henry, April - GSN
Giver, The - Lowry, Lois - GSW
Gone - Grant, Michael - CHR
Graveyard Book, The - Gaiman, Neil - NEW
Guitar Boy - Auch, M. J. - GSN
Hattie Big Sky - Larson, Kirby - NEW
Haunting, The - Nixon, Joan Lowery - GSW
Heart of a Champion - Deuker, Carl - GSW
Heat - Lupica, Mike - CHR
Hero and the Crown, The - McKinley, Robin - NEW
High Heat Deuker, Carl GSW
High King, The - Alexander, Lloyd - NEW
Hobbit, The - Tolkien, J. R. R. - CHR
Hunger Games, The - Collins, Suzanne - GSW
Inkspell - Funke, Cornelia - CHR
Just Listen - Dessen, Sarah - CHR
Juvie Three, The - Korman, Gordon - CHR
Kira-Kira - Kadohata, Cynthia - NEW
Letters from Rifka - Hesse, Karen - CHR
Life as We Knew It - Pfeffer, Susan Beth - CHR
Long Walk to Water, A - Park, Linda Sue - GSN
Lucky: Maris, Mantle, and My Best Summer Ever - Took, Wes - GSN
Matched - Condle, Ally - CHR
Mississippi Trial, 1955 - Crowe, Chris - GSW
Moon Over Manifest - Vanderpool, Clare - NEW
Pay Back Time - Deuker, Carl - CHR
Peak - Smith, Roland - CHR
Peeled - Bauer, Joan - CHR
Penny from Heaven - Holm, Jennifer - NEW
Perfect - Friend, Natasha - GSW
Perfect Shot, The - Alphin, Elaine Marie - CHR
Princess Academy - Hale, Shannon - NEW
Princess at the Midnight Ball - George, Jessica Day - CHR
Red Umbrella, The - Gonzalez, Christina Diaz - GSN
Rules of Survival, The - Werlin, Nancy - CHR
Running Dream, The - Van Draanen, Wendelin - GSN
Scat - Hiaasen, Carl - GSN
Scorpia Rising - Horowitz, Anthony - CHR
Smiles to Go - Spinelli, Jerry - CHR
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, A - Wood, Brenda - GSN
Take Me to the River - Hobbs, Will - CHR
Taking Liberty:story of Oney Judge - Rinaldi, Ann - CHR
They Never Came Back - Cooney, Caroline B. - CHR
Things Not Seen - Clements, Andrew - CHR
Tomorrow, the River - Gray, Dianne E. - CHR
Transall Saga, The - Paulsen, Gary - GSW
True Colors of Caitlynne Jackson - Williams, Carol Lynne - GSW
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle - Avi - NEW
Tunnels - Gordan, Roderick, Brian Williams - CHR
Twilight - Meyer, Stephanie -GSW
Walk Two Moons - Creech, Sharon - NEW
Wednesday Wars, The - Schmidt, Gary D. - NEW
Whispers from the Dead - Nixon, Joan Lowry - GSW
Wish - Monninger, Joseph - CHR
NEW-Newbery/GSN-Golden Sower Nominee/GSW-Golden Sower Winners/
CHR-Chairperson's Choice
Current Event Reading from Newspapers and Magazines
Current Events questions will be asked of the 5th-6th-7th-8th-9th
graders in every round in both the county and state competition.
Coaches are free to choose the reading material for their teams.
Reading Classic organizers will strive to make the questions broad
enough and regarding general issues that reading any state newspaper
will give the students the background necessary to answer the questions.
The time period covered by the current events questions will be
October 1, 2012 through February 1, 2013.
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