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Title

Author

Genre

Summary Snapshot

No Talking

Andrew Clements

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Elizabeth Speare

Historical Fiction

Anne of Green Gables

L.M. Montgomery

Historical Fiction

The Silver Chair

C.S. Lewis

Fantasy

Maniac Magee

Jerry Spinelli

Realistic Fiction

Encyclopedia Brown Solves the Case

Donald J. Sobol

Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

Historical Fiction

Hatchet

Gary Paulsen

Realistic Fiction

Rules

Cynthia Lord

Realistic Fiction

Around the World in Eighty Days

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil
E. Frankweiler

Jules Verne

Realistic Fiction

E.L. Konigsburg

Realistic Fiction

A Little Princess

Frances Hodgens Burnett

Realistic Fiction

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

J.R.R. Tolkien

Fantasy

Treasure Island

Robinson Crusoe

Adventure Fiction

Eragon

Palini

Fantasy

Inkheart

Cornelia Funke

Fantasy

The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster

Fantasy

Percy Jackson & the Lightening Thief

Rick Riordian

Fantasy/ Mythology

The Cay

Theodore Taylor

Historical Fiction

Percy, using his newly found powers, must save the

world of the Greek gods and goddesses.
Philip is shipwrecked and must survive, learning the
importance of what really matters in the meantime.

The Sign of the Beaver

Elizabeth Speare

Historical Fiction

Revoluntionary War setting.

A contest goes on to see if boys or girls can stay

silent the longest.
Adventerous Kit struggles to live in a very
conservative town, where there are accusations of
witchcraft.
Free spirited Anne is adopted into a family and a
lifetime of adventures ensue.
Eustace & Jill search in Narnia for a missing prince.
A phenomenal athlete and a boy without a home,
Maniac Magee looks for a place to fit in.
A young detective solves a series of short, tricky
cases, with the answers to the mysteries in the back
of the book.
Annemarie must try to save her friend Ellen from the
Nazis during World War II in Holland.
Brian must survive in the wild after a plane crash.
Catherine struggles with figuring her identity with a
disabled brother and close friend.
A man races against the clock to win a bet.
Claudia and her brother Jamie run away to the Met
in NYC and live there.
Sara is left at a boarding school while her father
goes to war, and she lets her imagination thrive.
Frodo must travel to Mordor to destroy an ancient
evil.
Jim travels as a cabin boy to find buried treasure.
Eragon finds a dragon and the two must fight an evil
overlord for their freedom.
Meggie must save her family using a unique talent.
Milo explores a mythical land from his magical
tollbooth.

Johnny Tremain

Esther Forbes

Historical Fiction

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle

Fantasy

The Princess Bride

William Goldman

Fantasy

Young Johnny Tremain acts as a spy for the

infamous Sons of Liberty during the American
Revolution.
Meg must try to save her family in a mysterious land
with her friend and unique brother.
Wesley must try to save his beloved from a
marriage, with plenty of swordfights and adventures
along the way.

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