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3rd & 4th Grade (JX)
Amato, Mary	Snarf Attack, Underfoodle, and the Secret of Life	The Riot Brothers capture a crook and find treasure. Series: Riot Brothers
Asch, Frank	Star Jumper	Alex designs his own spaceship in an attempt to escape his little brother. Series: Journal of a Cardboard Genius
Benton, Jim	Lunch Walks Among Us	Mad Scientist Franny has trouble making friends at her new school. Series: Franny K. Stein
Bruel, Nick	Bad Kitty Gets a Bath	Compares how cats bathe compared to humans. Series: Bad Kitty
Child, Lauren	Utterly Me, Clarice Bean	Clarice tries to solve the mystery of who stole the school’s trophy. Series: Clarice Bean
Cowell, Cressida	How to Train Your Dragon	Hiccup tries to pass his initiation test by catching and training a dragon. Series: Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup the Viking
Dowell, Frances	Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts!	Science whiz Phineas is forced to team up with a quirky new boy on a science fair project. Series: Phineas L. MacGuire
Gifford, Peggy	Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little	Moxy does everything to avoid reading a book. Series: Moxy Maxwell
Gutman, Dan	Miss Daisy is Crazy!	Miss Daisy’s unusual teaching methods surprise her students. Series: My Weird School
Look, Lenore	Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things	Alvin wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything. Series: Alvin Ho
Pilkey, Dav	Adventures of Captain Underpants	George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking he’s a superhero. Series: Captain Underpants
Stine, R.L.	Big Blueberry Barf-off!	Bernie tries to outsmart his rival in a pie-eating contest. Series: Rotten School
Trine, Greg	Curse of the Bologna Sandwich	Melvin graduates from the superhero academy. Series: Melvin Beederman, Superhero
Winkler, Henry	Niagara Falls, or Does It?	Hank is grounded during the week of the magic show. Series: Hank Zipzer
5th & 6th Grade (J)
Anderson, M.T.	Whales on Stilts	Lily and her friends must stop a man from conquering the world using an army of whales. Series: Pals in Peril
Barnett, M.	Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity	Twelve year old Steve is mistaken for a real detective. Series: Brixton Brothers
Blume, Judy	Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing	Peter finds his little brother, Fudge, to be a problem. Series: Fudge
Cottrell Boyce, Frank	Framed	Dylan considers turning to crime to support his family’s business.
Cottrell Boyce, Frank	Millions	Two brothers must spend a huge amount of money quickly before England switches to a new European currency.
Dahl, Roald	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Five children who find five golden tickets tour Willy Wonka’s mysterious candy factory. Sequel: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Dahl, Roald	Matilda	Matilda tries to rid her school of the evil headmistress, Miss Trunchbull.
Fitzgerald, John	Great Brain	The Great Brain schemes to gain prestige and money. Series: Great Brain
Gantos, Jack	Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key	Joey has a hard time controlling himself when his prescription meds wear off. Series: Joey Pigza
Hirsch, Odo	Hazel Green	Hazel tries to convince the city to allow kids to march in the annual parade. Series: Hazel Green
Jonell, L.	Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat	Emmy discovers her nanny is changing people into rodents. Series: Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
Kinney, Jeff	Greg Heffley’s Journal	Greg records his daily attempts to survive middle school. Series: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Klise, Kate	Regarding the Fountain	Chaos ensues when a school orders a new drinking fountain. Series: Regarding the Fountain
Korman, Gordon	No More Dead Dogs	Football hero Wallace causes chaos when he joins the school play.
Lowry, Lois	Willoughbys	With their parents away, the Willoughby children are left in the care of a detestable nanny.
Manes, S.	Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!	Milo finds a book that promises to make him perfect.
McKay, Hilary	Saffy’s Angel	Saffy feels out of place with the rest of her artistic, eccentric family. Series: Casson Family
Naylor, Phyllis	Boys Start the War	Brothers declare a practical joke war on the girls that move into the neighborhood. Series: Boys-Girls Battle Series
Peck, Richard	Teacher’s Funeral	Russell’s sister takes over teaching at his schoolhouse after his mean old teacher dies.
Peck, Robert	Soup	The adventures of boys in a small town. Series: Soup
Robinson, Barbara	Best Christmas Pageant Ever	A family known to lie and steal gets involved in the community Christmas pageant. Series: Herdman Kids
Rockwell, Thomas	How to Eat Fried Worms	Two boys set out to prove that worms make a delicious meal.
Sachar, Louis	Holes	Unlucky Stanley Yelnats is sent to a correctional camp in the Texas desert.
Sachar, Louis	Sideways Stories From Wayside School	Stories about a school that was built sideways, with one classroom on each story. Series: Wayside School
Snicket, Lemony	Bad Beginning	Three orphaned children must outwit a distant relative who is after their fortune. Series: Series of Unfortunate Events
Shearer, Alex	Sea Legs	Twin brothers stow away on their father’s cruise ship.
Umansky, Kaye	Silver Spoon of Solomon Snow	Solomon, who was discovered with a silver spoon in his mouth, sets out to find his parents. Series: Solomon Snow
Van Draanen, Wendelin	Secret Identity	Nolan has a secret identity - Shredderman! Series: Shredderman
Van Draanen, Wendelin	Villian’s Lair	Dave and his talking gecko try to retrieve an Aztec artifact from a villain. Series: Gecko & Sticky

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