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Recommended Reading from 2024

Reece Ennis

Explore a sampling from our list of recommended books for grades 1-8


Selecting a book that will be appropriately challenging for your student while also captivating their interest is often easier said than done! Fortunately, there are tried and true classics for every age group that have ignited an appreciation for reading among generations of former students. Below, you'll find some tried and true selections to fill your child's bookshelves. We'd encourage you to explore these titles with them to see what might peak their interest!

"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." -Margaret Fuller


 

Grade One

  1. Ivy and Bean Series by Annie Barrows

  2. Gerald and Piggie Series by Mo Willems

  3. The Berenstein Bears Series by Stan Berenstain

  4. Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

  5. The Fly Guy Series by Ted Arnold

  6. First Little Readers Parent Pack Sets Levels D-H from Scholastic

  7. Little Critter Series by Mercy Mayer

  8. I Can Read Phonics! the Biscuit Series

  9. I Like Books by Anthony Browne


Grade Two

  1. Freckle Juice by Judy Blume

  2. The Goosebumps Series by R.L. Stine

  3. The Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne (the earliest books)

  4. InvestiGators Series by John Patrick Green

  5. Gooney Bird Green Series by Lois Lowry

  6. Junie B. Jones Series by Barbara Park

  7. Dory Fantasmagory Series by Abby Hanlon

  8. Julian, Secret Agent by Ann Cameron

  9. Matilda by Roald Dahl


Grade Three

  1. The Judy Moody Series by Megan McDonald

  2. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

  3. Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary

  4. George's Marvelous Mysteries by Roald Dahl

  5. The Zach and Zoe Mystery Series by Mike Lupica

  6. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

  7. Zoe and Sassafras Series by Asia Citro

  8. The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

  9. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series by Jeff Kinney


Grade Four

  1. Frindle by Andrew Clements

  2. Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs

  3. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

  4. We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly

  5. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba

  6. Kick by Mitch Johnson

  7. The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois

  8. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

  9. The Wild Robot Series by Peter Brown


Grade Five

  1. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

  2. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

  3. The Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer

  4. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit

  5. When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

  6. The Wanderer by Sharon Creech

  7. The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

  8. A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett

  9. The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill


Grade Six

  1. Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell

  2. Schooled by Gordon Korman

  3. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

  4. The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

  5. Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate

  6. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

  7. One Came Home by Amy Timberlake

  8. Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan

  9. Agatha Christie's Novels


Grade Seven

  1. The Giver by Lois Lowry

  2. The Call of the Wild by Jack London

  3. Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

  4. Promises to Keep by Sharon Robinson

  5. The Book Thief by Markus Zusack

  6. Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson

  7. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt

  8. The Tillerman Cycle Series by Nancy Voigt

  9. The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolan


Grade Eight

  1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

  2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

  3. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

  4. True Grit by Charles Portis

  5. Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

  6. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein

  7. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

  8. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

  9. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green


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