The following is a list of authors and titles of
books that are recommended for this age with the reading level and AR point
value. Please feel free to let me know of any others that you feel could be
added.
Jerry Spinelli
"Maniac Magee" 4.7-5pts.
"Loser" 4.3-5pts.
"Pickelmania" 4.3-3pts.
"Who Put The Hair In My Toothbrush" 3.5-7pts.
"The Library Card" 4.3-4pts.
"Report to the Principal's Office" 4.5-4pts.
"Do The Funky Pickel" 4.0-3pts.
Andrew Clements
"Room One" 5.1-4pts.
"The Janitor's Boy" 5.4-4pts.
"The Last Holiday Concert" 5.4-4pts.
"Lost and Found" 5.0-4pts.
"The School Story" 5.2-5pts.
"Frindle" 5.4-2pts.
"The Landry News" 6.0-4pts.
"No Tallking" 5.0-4pts.
"Lunch Money" 5.2-6pts.
"A Week In The Woods" 5.5-7pts.
"The Report Card" 4.9-5pts.
"The Jacket" 4.1-1pt.
Gordon Korman
"Swindle" 4.9-5pts.
"Schooled" 4.9-6pts.
"The Sixth Grade Nickname Game" 4.3-3pts.
Dive series
Everest series
Island series
Kidnapped series
Barbara Robinson
"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" 5.1-2pts.
"The Best School Year Ever" 5.4-3pts.
"The Best Halloween Ever" 5.4-2pts.
Gary Paulsen
"Hatchet" 5.7-7pts.
"The River" .5.-4pts.
"The Cookcamp" 5.0-3pts.
"Brian's Hunt" 5.9-3pts.
"Brian's Return" 5.5-4pts.
"Brian's Winter" 5.9-5pts.
"Lawn Boy" 4.3-2pts.
"The Winter Room" 5.0-3pts.
"Woodsong" 5.6-5pts.
Patrick Carman-
the Elyon series
Eve Bunting
"Nasty Stinky Sneakers" 3.3-2pts.
"S.O.S. Titanic" 4.5-6pts.
"Coffin in a Case" 3.7-2pts
AVI
"True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" 5.3-8pts.
"Who Stole The Wizard Of Oz" 3.6-2pts.
"Iron Thunder" 4.3-4pts.
"The Barn" 3.9-2pts.
"The Fighting Ground" 4.2-4pts.
"Don't You Know There's A War On?" 3.6-4pts.
"The Secret School" 4.1-3pts.
"Smuggler's Island" 4.0-5pts.
Poppy series
Crispin series
Henry Winkler
Hank Zipzer series
Dan Gutman
"The Homework Machine" 4.8-4pts.
"The Edison Mystery" 4.8-4pts.
"Babe and Me" 4.3-4pts.
"Abner and Me" 4.2-5pts.
"Honus and Me" 4.3-3pts.
"Jackie and Me" 4.3-4pts.
"Satch and Me" 4.1-5pts.
"Shoeless Joe and Me" 4.3-4pts.
Betty Ren Wright
"The Dollhouse Murders" 4.3-5pts.
"Crandall's Castle" 4.6-5pts.
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
"Shiloh" 4.4-4pts.
"Saving Shiloh" 4.9-6pts.
"Shiloh Season" 4.8-5pts.
"Beetles Lightly Toasted" 5.7-5pts.
Bernie Magruder series
James Howe
Bunnicula series
Pinky series
E.B.White
"Charlotte's Web" 4.4-5pts.
"The Trumpet & The Swan" 4.9-6pts.
"Stuart Little" 6.0-3pts.
The 39 Clues series