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Recommended books for Mystery Book report.

Nate the Great-		Marjorie Weinman
The Dark Stairs		Betsy Byar
Mr. Henshaw			Beverly Cleary
Janitor�s Boy			Andrew Clements
Artemis Fowl			Eoin Colfer
Stone Fox			John Gardiner
Chronicles of Narnia		C.S.Lewis
Harry Potter			J.K. Rowling
Mystery of Harris Burdick	Chris Van Allsburg
Bad Day at Riverbend             Chris Van Allsburg
Magic Money			David Adler
Chasing Vermeer		Blue Balliett
The Secret of the Painted
  House			Maron Dan Bauer
Ghost Train			Anne Capeci
Missing Silver Dollar		Dorian Cirrone
Susannah & the Purple
Mongoose Mystery		Patricia Elmore
Stop the Clock			Carolyn Keene
Maniac Magee			Jerry Spinelli
Tuesday			David Wiener
Who Stole the Wizard of
   Oz				Avi
The Trouble with Diamonds	Scott Corbett
Kidnap at the Catfish
  Caf�				Patricia Reilly Giff
The Mystery of the 
  Caramel Cat			Lynn Hall
The Bodies in the
  Bessledorf Hotel		Phyllis Naylor
The Pizza Puzzle		Susan Beth Pfeffer
Terror on Cemetery Hill	Drew Stevenson
The Ghost of Lizard Light	Elvira Woodruff




Recommended reading for on level and advanced readers in fourth grade

Wing Nut -  M.J. Auch
Cabin in Trouble Creek � Jean Van  Leeuwen
The Cats in Krasinski Square- Karen Jessi
The Last Holiday Concert -  Andrew Clements
The Breaker Boys � Patrica Raccio Hughes
Chasing Vermeer � Blue Balliett
Never Mind! A Twin Novel -  Avi and Rachel Vail
The Old Willis Place -  Mary Downing Hahn
Yankee Girl � Mary Ann Rodman
The Report Card- Andrew Clements
So B. It -  Sarah Weeks
Loser � Jery Spinelli
Surviving the Applewhites � Stephanie Tolan
Because of Winn Dixie � Kate DiCamilto
The Landry News- Andrew Clements
Bud, Not Buddy � Christhoper Paul Curtis
The Giver � Lois Lowry
Maniac Magee � Jerry Spinelli
The Great Gilly Hopkins � Katherine Paterson
Islands of the Blue Dolphins � Scott O�Dell
Moon Runner � Carolyn Marsden
The Penderwicks: a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a
very interesting boy -  Jeanne Birdsall


Great Books for Fourth Graders:
AUTHOR 
 TITLE 
 
Angelou, Maya 
 My Painted House 
 
Armstrong, William 
 Sounder 
 
Avi 
 Blue Heron 

Crispin, the Cross of Lead 

Night Journeys 

The Fighting Ground 

Ragweed 
 
Bailey, Carolyn 
 Miss Hickory 
 
Banks, Lynn Reid 
 The Fairy Rebel 
 
Blume, Judy 
 Blubber 

Freckle Juice 

Superfudge and any of the Fudge series 
 
Bond, Michael 
 A Bear Called Paddington 
 
Bridges, Ruby 
 Through My Eyes 
 
Brink, Carol R. 
 Caddie Woodlawn 
 
Butterworth, Olive 
 The Enormous Egg 
 
Byars, Betsy 
 Bingo Brown series 

Blossoms series 

Coast to Coast 

The Summer of the Swans 

The Computer Nut 

The Cybil War 

The Dark Stairs 

The Night Swimmers 

Tornado 
 
Caudill, Rebecca 
 Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley? 
 
Caudill, Rebecca 
 Tree of Freedom 
 
Christopher, Matt 
 Dirt Bike Racer 

The Fox Steals Home 

Ice Magic 

Long Stretch at First Base

No Arm in the Left Field 

Skateboard Tough 
 
Cleary, Beverly 
 Beezus and Ramona  (any of the series ) 

Dear Mr. Henshaw 

Ellen Tebbits 

Henry Huggins (any of the series) 

Muggie Maggie 

Socks 

Strider 
 
Clements, Andrew 
 Janitor's Boy 
 
Coerr, Eleanor 
 Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes 
 
Colfer, Eoin 
 Artemis Fowl   (series) 
 
Colville, Ann 
 My Teacher Fried My Brains 
 
Colville, Bruce 
 I Was a Sixth Grade Alien 
 
Creech, Sharon 
 Bloomability 

Love That Dog 

Walk Two Moons 
 
Curtis, Christopher 
 Bud, Not Buddy 
 
Curtis, Christopher 
 The Watsons Go to Birmingham 
 
Cutler, Jane 
 No Dogs Allowed 
 
Dahl, Roald   
 The B.F.G.

Esio Trot 

Witches (and any other book by Roald Dahl) 
 
Davidson, Margaret 
 The Story of Jackie Robinson, the Bravest Man In Baseball 
 
DeCamillo, Kate 
 Because of Winn Dixie 

The Tale of Despereaux 
 
Denenberg, Barry 
 Stealing Home: A Story of Jackie Robinson 
 
Edmonds, Walter 
 The Matchlock Gun 
 
Estes, Eleanor 
 The Moffats   (series) 
 
Fitzhugh, Louise 
 Harriet the Spy 
 
Fleischman, Paul 
 Bull Run 
 
Fritz, Jean 
 And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? 

Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? 

George Washington's Breakfast 

Shh! We're Writing the Constitution 

The Double Life of Pocahontas 

What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? 

Where Do You Think You're Going, Columbus? 
 
Gardiner, John 
 Stone Fox 
 
Giff, Patricia 
 Lily's Crossing Nory Ryan's Song 

 
 
Gipson, Fred 
 Old Yeller 
 
Gutman, Dan 
 Honus and Me 
 
Haywood, Carolyn 
 Betsy    (series, any books)

The Eddie   (series)
 
Henry, Marguerite 
 Black Gold 

King of the Wind (series) 
 
Hiaasen, Carl 
 Hoot 
 
Holling, Holling 
 Paddle-to-the Sea 
 
Howe, Deborah 
 Bunnicula 
 
Howe, James 
 Howliday Inn 
 
Hughes, Langston 
 The Dreamkeeper and other Poems 
 
Hunter, Mollie 
 The Mermaid Summer 
 
Hurwitz, Johanna 
 Aldo  (any in the series) 
 
Jacques, Brian 
 Redwall   (series) 
 
Jerry Spinelli, 
 Wringer 
 
Joseph, Lynn 
 The Color of My Words 
 
Juster, Norton
 The Phantom Tollbooth
 
King-Smith, Dick 
 Pigs Might Fly 
 
Konigsburg, E. L. 
 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 
 
Krumgold, Joseph 
 Onion John 
 
Lawson, Robert 
 Ben and Me 
 
L'Engle, Madeleine 
 A Wind in the Door 

A Wrinkle in Time (series)
 
Levers, Gail Carson 
 Ella Enchanted 
 
Lewis, C. S. 
 Chronicles of Narnia  (series) 
 
Lindgren, Astrid 
 Pippi Longstocking   (series) 
 
Lovelace, Maud Hart 
 Betsy-Tacy   (series) 
 
Lowry, Lois 
 All About Sam 

Anastasia   (series)

Attaboy, Sam 

Number the Stars 
 
MacLachlan, Patricia 
 Sarah, Plain and Tall 
 
Martin, Rafe 
 Rough Face Girl 
 
McDonald, Betty 
 Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle  (series) 
 
Mochizuki, Ken 
 Baseball Saved Us 
 
Naylor, Phyllis 
 Beetles Lightly Toasted 

Saving Shiloh 
 
Norton, Mary 
 The Borrowers    (series) 
 
O'Dell, Scott 
 Sing Down the Moon 
 
Park, Linda Sue 
 A Single Shard 
 
Peck, Richard 
 A Long Way From Chicago 

A Year Down Under 

Voices After Midnight 
 
Peck, Robert Newton 
 Soup  (series) 
 
Porter, Eleanor 
 Pollyanna 
 
Reid Banks, Lynn 
 The Indian in the Cupboard 
 
Reilly Giff, Patricia 
 Fourth Grade Celebrity 

Pictures of Hollis Woods 
 
Robinson, Barbara 
 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 
 
Rockwell, Thomas 
 How to Eat Fried Worms 
 
Rowling, J. K. 
 Harry Potter (series) 
 
Ryan, Pam 
 Esperanza Rising 
 
Rylant, Cynthia 
 A Blue-Eyed Daisy 
 
Sachar, Louis 
 Holes 

Sixth Grade Secrets 

There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom 

Wayside School is Falling Down 

 
 
Various authors 
 Dear America (series)  
 
Scieska, Jon 
 Summer Reading Is Killing Me The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly 
Stupid Tales

 
 
Silverstein, Shel 
 Falling Up 

The Giving Tree
 
Simon, Seymour 
 Big Cats 
 
Snicket, Lemony 
 Bad Beginning (series) 
 
Sobol, Donald J. 
 Encyclopedia Brown  (series) 
 
Sperry, Armstrong 
 Call It Courage 
 
Spinelli, Jerry 
 Fourth Grade Rats 

Stargirl 

Knots in My Yo-Yo String 
 
Steig, William 
 The Real Thief 
 
Stein, R. Conrad 
 Ellis Island 

The Underground Railroad 
 
Taylor, Mildred 
 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 
 
Taylor, Syndey 
 All-of-a-Kind Family series 
 
Voight, Cynthia 
 Bad, Badder, Baddest 
 
Warner, Gertrude Chandler 
 The Boxcar Children  (series) 
 
White, E. B. 
 Charlotte's Web

Stuart Little 

The Trumpet of the Swan 
 
Wilder, Laura Ingalls 
 The Little House  (series) 
 
Yolen, Jane 
 Devil's Arithmetic 

The Dragon's Boy 

Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast


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