Recommended Book List for Boys...
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert De Jong
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Ink Heart (trilogy with Ink Spell and Ink Death) by Cornelia Funke
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Mr. Tucket (series) by Gary Paulsen
My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George
Holes by Louis Sachar
Science Fair by Dave Barry
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
Stories to Solve by George Shannon
Great Illustrated Classics – Frankenstein, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Robinson Crusoe, Treasure Island
The Lightning Thief (series) by Rick Riordan
Recommended Book List for Girls...
Sable by Karen Hesse
Yolonda's Genius by Carol Fenner
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell, Scott
The Story of Amelia Earhart by Patricia Lauber
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman, Russell
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
Ink Heart (trilogy) by Cornelia Funke
The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
The Doll People (and sequels) by Ann Martin
The Lightning Thief (series) by Rick Riordan
The Sisters Grimm (series) by Michael Buckley
