Summer Reading Lists for Grades 3 - 5

        The Peter L. Flaherty Library strongly urges students to select books that are "just right" for their reading level using "book match" strategies will help your student reinforce their reading skills and progress at a pace that is appropriate for each individual student.  

                                All books are listed by suggested grade level reading.

	Series Books
Grade 3
	A to Z Mysteries	by Ron Roy
	Bailey School Kids	by Debbie Dady
	Horrible Harry	by Suzie Kline
	Jake Drake	by Andrew Clements
	Junie B. Jones	by Barbara Park
	Magic Tree House	by Mary Pope Osborne
	My Weird School	by Dan Gutman
	Polk Street School	by Patricia Reilly Giff
	Time Warp Trio	by John Scieszka
	Zach Files	by Dan Greenburg
Grade 4	Animal Ark	by Ben Baglio
	Animorphs	by K. A. Applegate
	Babysitters Club	by Ann M. Martin
	Baseball Card Adventures	by Dan Gutman
	Boxcar Children	by Gertrude Warner
	Dive/Everest/Kidnapped	by Gordon Korman
	Goosebumps	by R. L. Stine
	The Hardy Boys	by Frank L. Dixon
	The Indian in the cupboard	by Lynne Reid Banks
	Little house on the prairie	by Laura Ingalls Wilder
	Nancy Drew	by Caroly Keene
Grade 5	The Borrowers	by Mary Norton
	John Bellairs Mysteries	by John Bellairs
	Guardians of Ga'hoole	by Kathryn Lasky
	Sammy Keyes Mysteries	by Wendelin Van Draanen
Accellerated  Gr. 6  & up	The Chronicles of Narnia	by C. S. Lewis
	The Dark is Rising	by Susan Cooper
	The Edge Chronicles	by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell
	Harry Potter Series	by J. K. Rowling
	The Redwall Series	by Brian Jacques
	Suggested Reads
	Author	Title
(A)	Armstrong, Willima H.	Sounder
	Avi	Poppy
		Poppy & Rye
(B)	Blume, Judy	Fudge
		Double Fudge
(C)	Cleary, Beverly	The Mouse and the Motorcycle
		(Any book by her)
(D)	Dahl, Roald	The Witches  (or any book by him)
	Danzinger, Paula	P. S. longer letter later
		Snail mail no more
	DiCamillo, Kate	Because of Winn-Dixie
		Tale of Despereaux
(L)	L'Engle, Madeline	A wrinkle in time
	Lowry, Lois	Number the stars
(M)	MacLachlan, Patricia	Sarah plain and tall
	Martin, Ann M.	A Corner of the Universe
		Pictures of Hollis Wood
(N)	Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	Shiloh
(P)	Paulsen, Gary	Hatchet
	Peck, Richard	A long way from Chicago
		A Year Down Yonder
(S)	Spinelli, Jerry	Crash
		Loser
		Maniac Magee
(T)	Taylor, Theodore	The Cay

                                        

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