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  • ABOUT ME
  • BOOKS WE HAVE READ
  • OUR READING JOURNEY

Books We Have Read

Fiction - Early Chapter (Grades 1-4)

The Doll People – Ann M. Martin

I Survived – Lauren Tarshis

Magic Tree House – Mary Pope Osborne

Westward Expansion – An Interactive History Adventure

Fiction - Middle Grade (Grades 4-8)

Anastasia Krupnik – Lois Lowry

Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea

The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznick

Love Among the Walnuts – Jean Ferris

The One and Only Ivan – Katherine Applegate

Out of My Mind – Sharon Draper
The Penderwicks – by Jeanne Birdsall

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street

The Penderwicks at Point Mouette

The Penderwicks in Spring

The Penderwicks at Last

The View from Saturday – E. L. Konigsburg

Winnie the Pooh – A A Milne

Wonder – R. J Palacio

Wonderstruck – Brian Selznick

Fiction - Fantasy: Middle Grade (Grades 4-8)

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Ella Enchanted – Gail Carson Levine

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – JK Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – JK Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – JK Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – JK Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – JK Rowling

The Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster
Princess Academy – Shannon Hale  

A Wrinkle in Time – Madelein L’Engle


The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Marvelous Land of Oz

Ozma of Oz

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

The Road to Oz

The Emerald City of Oz

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

Tik-Tok of Oz

The Scarecrow of Oz

Rinkitink in Oz

The Lost Princess of Oz

The Tin Woodman of Oz

The Magic of Oz

Glinda of Oz

Fiction - Mystery: Middle Grade (Grades 4-8)

The Candymakers – Wendy Mass

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library – Chris Grabenstein

The Fantastic Family Whipple – Matthew Ward

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – E. L. Konigsburg

Holes – Louis Sachar

Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics – Chris Grabenstein

The Mysterious Benedict Society – Trenton Lee Stewart

The MBS and the Perilous Journey – Trenton Lee Stewart

The MBS and the Prisoner’s Dilemma – Trenton Lee Stewart

Fiction - Historical Fiction: Middle Grade (Grades 4-8)

The Book Thief - Marcus Zuzak

Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder

Farmer Boy - Laura Ingalls Wilder 

Little House on the Prairie – Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Little Liar – Mitch Albom 

The Thorn Birds – Colleen McCullough 

Fiction - Humor: Middle Grade (Grades 4-8)

The Willoughby’s – Lois Lowry

The Willoughby’s Return – Lois Lowry

The Birthday Ball – Lois Lowry 

Fiction

Animal Dreams – Barbara Kingsolver

The Bean Trees  - Barbara Kingsolver

Bel Canto – Ann Patchett

Divine Secrets of Ya Ya Sisterhood – Rebecca Wells

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman

Ella Minnow Pea – Mark Dunn

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keyes

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café – Fannie Flagg

Franny & Zooey – JD Salinger

The Housekeeper and the Professor – Yoko Ogawa

The Joy Luck Club – Amy Tan

The Legend of Bagger Vance – Stephen Pressfield

Life of Pi – Yann Martel

A Man Called Ove – Frederik Bakman

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend – Matthew Dicks

My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Piccoult

Playing for Parma – John Grisham

The Princess Bride – William Goldman

The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd

Shoeless Joe – W. P. Kinsella

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants – Ann Brashares

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry – Rachel Joyce

Fiction: Mystery

The Firm – John Grisham

The Hunt for Red October – Tom Clancy

Presumed Innocent – Scott Turow

Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie – Alan Bradley

Fiction Classics

Cannery Row – John Steinbeck

Charlotte’s Web – E.B. White

Cricket in Times Square – George Selden

The Godfather – Mario Puzo

Great Expectations – Charles Dickens

The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dah

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck

Stuart Little – E.B.White

Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction: Science

Artemis – Andy Weir 

Devolution – Max Brooks

Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury

The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins

The Man in the High Castle – Phillip K. Dick

The Martian – Andy Weir

Ready Player One – Earnest Cline

What Goes Up – Katie Kennedy

Short Stories

Auggie and Me – R.J. Palacio

Call of the Wild – Jack London

Fantastic Mr. Fox – Roald Dahl

Henry Sugar – Roald Dahl

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – James Thurber

The Shawshank Redemption – Stephen King

Tales from Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffet

Non-Fiction:

Memoir:

Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott

Cheaper by the Dozen – Elizabeth Carey Gilbreth

Marshfield Dreams – Ralph Fletcher

Tuesdays with Morrie – by Mitch Albom

Sybil – Flora Rheta Schreiber

Historical

All the President’s Men – Carl Bernstein

The Library Book – Susan Orleans

The Red Bandana – Tom Rinaldi

Sports

The Greatest Game Ever Played – Mark Frost

The Match – Mark Frost

Victor Cruz, Out of the Blue – Victor Cruz

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