Lexile Reading List
Realistic Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Biography/Autobiography/Memoir
Traditional Literature
Informational
REALISTIC FICTION
Stories that can be true to life but are mostly from the author's imagination.
Big Nate: In a Class by Himself – Lincoln Peirce – J Comics 741.5 Pei - 500
Anne of Green Gables – L.M. Montgomery – T Mon – 560 (Classic)
Operation Oleander - Valerie Patterson - T Pat - 560
Haunting of Apartment 101 - Megan Atwood - T Atw - 580 (Mystery)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares - T Bra - 600
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood - Ann Brashares - T Bra - 610
Kidnapped – Robert Louis Stevenson – J Ste – 630 (Adventure)
The Lemonade War – Jacqueline Davies – J Dav - 630
The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen - Susie Neilsen - T Nie - 630
Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson – J Ste – 630 (Adventure)
Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood - Ann Brashares - T Bra - 640
Millions – Frank Cotrell Boyce – J Cot - 650
White Fang – Jack London – T Lon – 650 (Adventure)
How to Rock Break-Ups and Make-Ups - Meg Haston - T Has - 660
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood - Ann Brashares - T Bra - 670
Touching Spirit Bear – Ben Mikaelsen – T Mik – 670 (Adventure)
Shadow Boxer - Chris Lynch - T Lyn - 680
Beyond the Western Sea: The Escape from Home – Avi – T Avi – 690 (Adventure)
Robinson Crusoe – Daniel DeFoe – T DeF – 690 (Adventure)
Tex – S.E. Hinton – T Hin – 710
Thank You, Jackie Robinson – J Barbara Cohen – J Coh - 730 (Fictional Memoir)
Money Run - Jack Heath - T Hea - 730 (Suspense)
Fitz - Mike Cochrane - T Coc - 750
Slam – Walter Dean Myers – YA Mye – 750 (Sports)
The Westing Game – Ellen Raskin – J Ras – 750 (Mystery)
Pop – Gordon Korman – YA Kor – 760
Pretty Little Liars series - Sara Shepherd - T She - 760-780
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life - Wedny Mass - T Mas - 770
Pride and Prejudice (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 770
When I was Joe - Keren David - T Dav - 770 (Suspense/Witness Protection)
That was Then, This is Now – S.E. Hinton – T Hin – 780
Little Women (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 790
Three Musketeers (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 790 (Adventure)
Oliver Twist (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 800 (Classic)
The Penderwicks – Jeanne Birdsall – J Bir - 800
Sons from Afar – Cynthia Voigt – T Voi – 800
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 810
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain - Adult Fiction Twa and T Twa – 810 (Classic)
The Red Pony – John Steinbeck – Adult Fiction Ste – 810 (Classic)
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 810 (Thriller and Suspense)
The Misadventures of Maude March - Audrey Couloumbis - T Cou - 810 (Western Adventure)
Call of the Wild (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 820 (Adventure)
The Saturdays – Elizabeth Enright – J Enr - 820
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 830
Count of Monte Cristo (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 830
David Copperfield (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 830
Frindle – Andrew Clements – J Cle - 830
Anne of Green Gables (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 850
Black Beauty (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 850 (Animals)
True Legend – Mike Lupica – T Lup – 850 (Sports)
Jack Plank Tells Tales – Natalie Babbit – J Bab - 860
Heidi (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 870
The Hundred Dresses – Eleanor Estes – J Est - 870
Phineas L. MacGuire gets Slimed! - Frances O'Roarke Dowell - J Dow - 870
Treasure Island (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 870 (Adventure)
Great Expectations (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 880
Lemonade Mouth Puckers Up - Mark Peter Hughes - T Hug - 880
Long Lankin – Lindsey Barraclough – T Bar – 890 (Horror)
Prince and the Pauper (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 890
Dear Mr. Henshaw – Beverly Cleary – J Cle - 910
Mr. Popper's Penguins - Richard Atwater - J Atw - 910
Swiss Family Robinson (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 910 (Adventure)
Moby Dick (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 920 (Adventure)
The Mutiny on Board the H.M.S. Bounty (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 930 (Adventure)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain – T Twa– 930 (Classic)
Hunchback of Notre Dame (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 950
Pigman – Paul Zindel – T Zin – 950
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 960 (Mystery)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 960
The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Adult Fiction Lon and T Lon - 970 (Adventure)
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key – Jack Gantos – J Gan - 970
Ironman - Chris Crutcher - T Cru - 980 (Sports)
Mr. Chickee’s Messy Mission - Christopher Paul Curtis – J Cur – 990
All of the Above - Shelley Pearsall - T Pea- 1000
Bucking the Sarge - Christopher Paul Curtis – YA Cur – 1000
The Miserable Mill (Series of Unfortunate Events) – Lemony Snicket - J Sni – 1000 (Absurdist Humor)
Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens- Adult Fiction Dic – 1000 (Classic)
The Bad Beginning (Series of Unfortunate Events) – Lemony Snicket - J Sni – 1010 (Absurdist Humor)
The Higher Power of Lucky - Susan Patron - J Pat - 1010
Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money - Christopher Paul Curtis – J Cur – 1010
The Best School Year Ever - Barbara Robinson - J Rob - 1020
Hatchet – Gary Paulsen – T Pau – 1020 (Adventure)
Clarice Bean Spells Trouble - Lauren Child - J Chi - 1040
The Reptile Room (Series of Unfortunate Events) – Lemony Snicket - J Sni – 1040 (Absurdist Humor)
The Island - Gary Paulsen - T Pau - 1050
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson – Adult Fiction Ste and T Ste – 1060 (Thriller and Suspense/Classic)
David Copperfield – Charles Dickens – Adult Fiction Dic – 1070 (Classic)
The Vile Village (Series of Unfortunate Events) – Lemony Snicket - J Sni – 1080 (Absurdist Humor)
Buddha Boy - Kathe Koja - T Koj - 1090
Hound of the Baskervilles – Arthur Conan Doyle –Adult Mystery Doy – 1090 (Mystery)
The Ersatz Elevator (Series of Unfortunate Events) – Lemony Snicket - J Sni – 1110 (Absurdist Humor)
The Hostile Hospital (Series of Unfortunate Events) – Lemony Snicket - J Sni – 1110 (Absurdist Humor)
The Austere Academy (Series of Unfortunate Events) – Lemony Snicket - J Sni – 1120 (Absurdist Humor)
Call of the Wild – Jack London – T Lon – 1120 (Adventure)
Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now - Lauren Child - J Chi - 1120
The Carnivorous Carnival (Series of Unfortunate Events) – Lemony Snicket - J Sni – 1120 (Absurdist Humor)
The Grim Grotto (Series of Unfortunate Events) – Lemony Snicket - J Sni – 1120 (Absurdist Humor)
The Prince and the Pauper – Mark Twain – T Twa – 1120 (Classic)
Up a Road Slowly - Irene Hunt - J Hun - 1130
Brian's Winter - Gary Paulsen - T Pau - 1140 (Adventure)
Dancing Carl - Gary Paulsen - T Pau - 1150
The Slippery Slope (Series of Unfortunate Events) – Lemony Snicket - J Sni – 1150 (Absurdist Humor)
The Wide Window (Series of Unfortunate Events) – Lemony Snicket - J Sni – 1150 (Absurdist Humor)
The Winter Room - Gary Paulsen - T Pau - 1170
Brian's Hunt - Gary Paulsen - T Pau - 1180 (Adventure)
Ethan Frome – Edith Wharton – Adult Fiction Wha – 1200 (Classic)
Dodger - Terry Pratchett - T Pra - 1210 (Mystery/Adventure)
The Pickwick Papers – Charles Dickens – Adult Fiction Dic – 1210 (Classic)
Moby Dick – Herman Melville – T Mel – 1200 (Adventure/Classic)
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens – Adult Fiction Dic – 1230 (Classic)
The Night the White Deer Died - Gary Paulsen - T Pau - 1250
Penultimate Peril (Series of Unfortunate Events) – Lemony Snicket - J Sni – 1280 (Absurdist Humor)
Incredible Journey – Sheila Burnford – Adult Fiction Bur and T Bur – 1320 (Realistic Fiction/Animal Adventure)
The Deerslayer – James Fenimore Cooper – YA Coo– 1340 (Classic)
The End (Series of Unfortunate Events) – Lemony Snicket - J Sni – 1370 (Absurdist Humor)
The Rifle - Gary Paulsen - T Pau - 1480
FANTASY
Made-up stories that have some elements that could not be true or could not happen in this world (e.g. fairies, talking animals)
Dracula (Great Illustrated Classics) - J Series Gre – 590
Battle of the Labyrinth – Rick Riordan – T Rio – 590
Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer – T Col – 620
The Last Olympian – Rick Riordan – T Rio – 630
Demigod Files – Rick Riordan – T Rio – 630
Titan’s Curse – Rick Riordan – T Rio – 630
Son of Neptune – Rick Riordan – T Rio – 640
The Red Pyramid – Rick Riordan – T Rio – 650
King of the middle March - Kevin Crossley-Holland - T Cros - 680
The Lost Hero – Rick Riordan – T Rio – 660
As Dead as it Gets - Katie Alexander - T Ale - 670 (Vampires)
The Liberator - Richard Harland - T Har - 680
The Wee Free Men – Terry Pratchett – T Pra – 680
The Treachery of Beautiful Things - Ruth Frances Long - T Lon - 690
Twelfth Grade Kills - Heather Brewer - T Bre - 700 (Vampires)
Eragon – Christopher Paolini – T Pao – 710
Throne of Fire – Rick Riordan – T Rio – 710
City of Ashes – Cassandra Clare – T Cla – 720 (Urban Fantasy)
Crown of Embers - Rae Carson - T Car - 730
Dark Fire - Chris D'Lacey - T DLa - 740
The Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan – T Rio – 740
Sea of Monsters – Rick Riordan – T Rio – 740
Bloody Valentine (Blue Bloods novella) - Melissa de la Cruz – YA Del – 760 (Vampires)
Society of Unrelenting Vigilance - Glenn Dakin - T Dak - 760 (Adventure/Mystery)
Eleventh Grade Burns - Heather Brewer - T Bew - 770 (Vampires)
The Van Alen Legacy (Blue Bloods series) - Melissa de la Cruz – YA Del – 770 (Vampires)
Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising - Jason Henderson - T Hen - 780 (Vampires)
Revelations (Blue Bloods series) - Melissa de la Cruz – YA Del – 780 (Vampires)
Last Apprentice: Wrath of the Bloodeye – Joseph Delaney – T Del – 790
Faerie Wars – Herbie Brennan – T Bre – 800
Last Apprentice: Clash of the Demons – Joseph Delaney – T Del – 800
Devine Intervention - Martha Brockenbrough - T Bro - 810 (Guardian Angels)
The Hound of Rowan - Henry H. Neff - J Nef - 810
Last Apprentice: The Attack of the Fiend – Joseph Delaney – T Del – 810
Last Apprentice: Night of the Soul Stealer – Joseph Delaney – T Del – 810
Last Apprentice: Rage of the Fallen – Joseph Delaney – T Del – 810
Last Apprentice: Rise of the Huntress – Joseph Delaney – T Del – 810
Misguided Angel (Blue Bloods series) - Melissa de la Cruz – YA Del – 810 (Vampires)
Two Towers – J.R.R. Tolkien – Adult Fiction Tol – 810
Blue Bloods – Melissa de la Cruz – YA Del – 820 (Vampires)
Tenth Grade Bleeds - Heather Brewer - T Bre - 820 (Vampires)
First Kill - Heather Brewer - T Bre - 830 (Vampires)
The Foundation Novels - Isaac Asimov - Adult Science Fiction Asi - 830
Masquerade (Blue Bloods series) - Melissa de la Cruz – YA Del – 830 (Vampires)
Tales of Mystery and Terror (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 840 (Supernatural)
The Last Dragonslayer - Jasper Fforde - T Ffo - 850
Trickster's Girl - Hilari Bell - T Bel - 850
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone– J.K. Rowling – T Row – 880
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban– J.K. Rowling – T Row – 880
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire– J.K. Rowling – T Row – 880
City of Fire – Laurence Yep – T Yep – 900 (Adventure Fantasy)
Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien – Adult Fiction Tol – 920
Peter Pan – James M. Barrie – J Bar – 920
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – J.K. Rowling – T Row – 940
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix– J.K. Rowling – T Row – 950
Eldest – Christopher Paolini – T Pao – 970
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll - J Car – 980
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows– J.K. Rowling – T Row – 980
Emerald City of Oz – L. Frank Baum – J Bau – 990
The Hobbit – J.R. R. Tolkien – Adult Fiction Tol and J Tol - 1000
Inheritance – Christopher Paolini – T Pao – 1010
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic - Betty Bard MacDonald - J Mac - 1010
The Overlord Protocol – Mark Walden – T Wal - 1010
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz – L. Frank Baum – J Rio – 1020
Fire – Robin McKinley – T McK – 1020
The Blue Sword – Robin McKinley – T McK – 1030
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling – T Row – 1030
Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathan Swift – Adult Fiction Swi– 1040 (Adventure Fantasy/Classic)
Brisingr – Christopher Paolini – T Pao – 1050
Ozma of Oz – L. Frank Baum – J Bau – 1070
Pegasus – Robin McKinley – T McK – 1070
Savvy - Ingrid Law - J Law - 1070
The Once and Future King – T.H. White – Adult Fiction Whi and T Whi- 1080
Gulliver’s Travels (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 1090 (Adventure Fantasy)
Tin Woodman of Oz – L. Frank Baum – J Bau – 1090
Keys to the Repository (Blue Bloods series) - Melissa de la Cruz – YA Del – 1100 (Vampires)
Magic of Oz – L. Frank Baum – J Bau – 1110
Cats of the Clans - Erin Hunter - T Hun - 1120
Hero and the Crown – Robin McKinley – T McK -1120
Glinda of Oz – L. Frank Baum – J Bau – 1130
Animal Farm – George Orwell – Adult Fiction Orw – 1170 (Dystopian Animal Fiction/Satire)
Water – Robin McKinley – T McK – 1180
Rose Daughter – Robin McKinley – T McK – 1210
Dragon Haven – Robin McKinley – T McK – 1230
Spindle’s End – Robin McKinley – T McK – 1230
Tales of Beedle the Bard- J.K. Rowling- T Row – 1290
SCIENCE FICTION
A type of fantasy book that uses science and technology (e.g. robots, time machines)
Around the World in Eighty Days – Jules Verne – Adult Science Fiction Ver – 550
No Passengers Beyond this Point – Gennifer Choldenko – T Cho - 620
House of the Scorpion – Nancy Farmer – T Far - 660
School’s Out – Forever (Maximum Ride series) – James Patterson – T Pat – 660
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (Daniel X series) – James Patterson – T Pat - 680
Fang (Maximum Ride series) – James Patterson – T Pat - 680
Gathering Blue (The Giver quartet) Lois Lowry T Low – 680
Angel (Maximum Ride series) – James Patterson – T Pat – 700
The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride series) – James Patterson – T Pat - 700
The Final Warning (Maximum Ride series) – James Patterson – T Pat – 720
Messenger (The Giver quartet) Lois Lowry T Low – 720
Torn (The Missing series) – Magaret Peterson Haddix – T Had - 720
Caught (The Missing series) – Magaret Peterson Haddix – T Had - 730
Sabotaged (The Missing series) – Magaret Peterson Haddix – T Had - 730
Sent (The Missing series) – Magaret Peterson Haddix – T Had - 730
Max (Maximum Ride series) – James Patterson – T Pat - 740
Saving the World and other Extreme Sports (Maximum Ride series) – James Patterson – T Pat - 740
A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle – T LEn – 740
Found (The Missing series) – Magaret Peterson Haddix – T Had - 750
Glow – Amy Kathleen Ryan – T Rya - 750
The Giver – Lois Lowry – T Low – 760
Life as we Knew It – Susan Beth Pfeffer - 770
Max - James Patterson - T Pat - 770 (A Maximum Ride Novel)
Maze Runner – James Dashner – T Col -770 (Dystopian Science Fiction)
Scorch Trials – James Dashner – T Col – 770 (Dystopian Science Fiction)
Uglies – Scott Westerfeld – T Wes - 770
Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card – Adult Science Fiction Car - 780
Demons and Druids (Daniel X series) – James Patterson – T Pat - 790
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea – Jules Verne – Adult Science Fiction Ver and T Ver – 800 (Classic)
Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - T Col– 800 (Dystopian Science Fiction)
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins - T Col- 810 (Dystopian Science Fiction)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 810 (Science Fiction Adventure)
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - T Col – 820 (Dystopian Science Fiction)
Heir Apparent – Vivian Vande Velde – T Van - 820
Interworld – Neil Gaiman – T Gai - 830
Unwholly – Neal Shusterman – T Col – 860 (Dystopian Science Fiction)
The Time Machine (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 860
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley – Adult Science Fiction Hux – 870
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 870 (Science Fiction Adventure)
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury - Adult Science Fiction Bra- 890 (Classic)
The Roar – Emma Clayton – T Cla - 910
The Invisible Man (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 920
Pathfinder – Orson Scott Card – YA Car - 920
Frankenstein (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 940 (Horror)
Journey to the Center of the Earth –Jules Verne – Adult Science Fiction Ver and T Ver– 960
George and the Big Bang - Lucy Hawking - J Haw - 960
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams - Adult Science Fiction Ada - 970
Game Over (Daniel X series) – James Patterson – T Pat - 980
2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur Clarke - Adult Science Fiction Cla – 990
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - Adult Science Fiction Ada- 1000
Watch the Skies (Daniel X series) – James Patterson – T Pat - 1010
So Long and Thanks for all the Fish - Douglas Adams - Adult Science Fiction Ada - 1050
The Glitch in Sleep - John Hulme - J Hul - 1060
The Time Machine – H.G. Wells – Adult Fiction Wel – 1070
Dracula – Bram Stoker – Adult Fiction Sto – 1070 (Supernatural/Classic)
Life, the Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams - Adult Science Fiction Ada - 1080
1984 – George Orwell – Adult Science Fiction Orw – 1090 (Dystopian Science Fiction)
Larklight - Philip Reeve - T Ree - 1170
HISTORICAL FICTION
Stories that take place in the past and are from the author's imagination. They have some truth in them.
Milkweed – Jerry Spinelli – T Spi – 510
Amelia’s War – Ann Rinaldi – T Rin – 580
Fever, 1793 – Laurie Halse Anderson – T And - 580
Eyes of the Emperor – Graham Salisbury – T Sal – 630
Fire in the Streets - Kekla Magoon - T Mag - 650
Behind the Bedroom Wall – Laura Williams – J Wil - 660
The Barn – Avi – J Avi – 670
Number the Stars – Lois Lowry – J Low – 670
Wicked Girls – Stephanie Hemphill – T Hem - 700 Five 4ths of July – Pat Raccio Hughes – T Hug - 710
Lost in America – Marilyn Sachs – T Sac – 720
On the Banks of Plum Creek – Laura Ingalls Wilder – J Wil – 720
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak - T Zus - 730
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson – Bette Lord - J Lor – 730
Radical Red – James Duffy – J Duf - 730
The Mighty Miss Malone - Christopher Paul Curtis – J Cur – 750
The Ravenmaster's Secret - Elvira Woofdruff - J Woo - 750
The Boy who Dared – Susan Campbell Bartoletti – T Bar – 760
Heart of a Samurai – Margi Preus – T Pre – 760
Little House on the Prairie – Laura Ingalls Wilder – J Wil – 760
Red Moon at Sharpsburg – Rosemary Wells – T Wel – 760
My Brother Sam is Dead – James Lincoln Collier – T Col - 770
Nightjohn – Gary Paulsen – T Pau – 770
Sign of the Beaver - Elizabeth George Speare – J Spe - 770
Chains – Laurie Halse Anderson – T And – 780
Soldier’s Secret – Shelia Solomon Klass – T Kla - 790
Countdown – Deborah Wiles – T Wil – 800
Shades of Gray – Carolyn Reeder – J Ree - 800
Summer of my German Soldier – Bette Green – T Gre – 800
Alchemy and Meggy Swan – Karen Cushman – T Cus – 810
By the Shores of Silver Lake – Laura Ingalls Wilder – J Wil – 820
Farmer Boy – Laura Ingalls Wilder – J Wil – 820
The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznick - T Sel - 820
With Every Drop of Blood – James Lincoln Collier – T Col – 820
These Happy Golden Years – Laura Ingalls Wilder – J Wil – 840
Little Town on the Prairie – Laura Ingalls Wilder – J Wil – 850
Forged in the Fire – Ann Turnbull - T Tur – 880
Come August, Come Freedom - Gigi Amateau - T Ama - 900
Red Badge of Courage – Stephen Crane – Adult Fiction Cra and T Cra – 900
Code Talker – Joseph Bruchac – T Bru – 910
Cleopatra Confesses – Carolyn Meyer – T Mey - 920
The Red Badge of Courage (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 920
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry – Mildred Taylor – T Tay - 920
Little House in the Big Woods – Laura Ingalls Wilder – J Wil – 930
Jump Into the Sky - Shelley Pearsall - T Pea - 940
Bud, Not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis – J Cur - 950
The Year We Were Famous - Carole Estby Dagg - T Dag - 950
Anne of Avonlea - Lucy Maud Montgomery - T Mon - 990
Soldier's Heart: A Story of the Civil War - Gary Paulsen - T Pau - 1000
The Watsons go to Birmingham 1963 - Christopher Paul Curtis – T Cur - 1000
Jepp, Who Defied the Stars - Katherine Marsh - T Mar - 1010
Perilous Gard – Elizabeth Pope – T Pop – 1020
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple – Karen Cushman – J Cus - 1030
The First Four Years – Laura Ingalls Wilder – J Wil – 1030
Elijah of Buxton – Christopher Paul Curtis – J Cur - 1070
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi – Jim Murphy – J Series Dea– 1070
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne – T Boy - 1080
Across Five Aprils - Irene Hunt - T Hun - 1100
The Scarlet Pimpernel – Emmuska Orczy – Adult Fiction Orc – 1140
Catherine, Called Birdy – Karen Cushman – T Cus- 1170
The Prince and the Pauper - Mark Twain - T Twa - 1170
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba - Margarita Engle - T Eng - 1170
Down Sand Mountain – Steve Watkins – T Wat - 1200
Incident at Hawk's Hill - Allan W. Eckert - J Eck - 1200
Sword Song - Rosemary Sutcliffe - T Sut - 1210
Return to Hawk's Hill - Allan W. Eckert - J Eck - 1230
Midwife’s Apprentice – Karen Cushman – T Cus – 1240
The Last of the Mohicans – James Fenimore Cooper – Adult Fiction Coo – 1350
Frenchtown Summer - Robert Cormier - T Cor - 1380
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Biography - The author tells the story of a real person's life
Autobiography - The person tells the story of his/her own life.
Memoir - The author tells about an experience or a part of his or her life.
A Shaman’s Nephew: A Life in the Far North – Simon Tookoome – J 571.9 Too – 610 (Autobiography)
Who was Anne Frank? – J-B Frank – 660
Who was Thomas Jefferson? –J-B Jefferson– 680
Who was Pablo Picasso? – J-B Picasso – 700
Harry Houdini: Master of Magic – J-B Houdini – 710
Who was Paul Revere? – J-B Revere – 710
I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing up in the Holocaust – Livia Bitton Jackson – T 940.53 Jac - 720 (Memoir)
Knucklehead – Jon Scieszka – J-B Scieszka – 750 (Memoir)
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War – Anita Lobel - T-B Lobel – 750 (Memoir)
Who was Queen Elizabeth? – J-B Elizabeth – 750
Marley: A Dog Like no Other – John Grogan – J 636.752 Gro – 760 (Memoir)
The Story of Jackie Robinson, Bravest Man in Baseball – J-B Robinson – 760
Miles to Go – Miley Cyrus – J-B Cyrus – 780 (Autobiography)
Who was Albert Einstein? – J-B Einstein – 810
Shoes for Everyone: A Story about Jan Matzeliger – J-B Matzelinger - 840
Sitting Bull and His World - Albert Marrin - T-B Sitting Bull - 890
Small Steps: The Year I got Polio – Peg Kehret – J-B Kehret – 890 (Memoir)
John Paul Jones: The Pirate Patriot – Armstrong Sperry - J-B Jones – 900
Rosa – Nikki Giovanni – J-B Parks – 900
The Lost Childhood – Yehuda Nir – T-B Nir – 920 (Memoir)
Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany – Eleanor R. Garner – T 940.54 Gar – 940 (Memoir)
Marooned: The Strange but True Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe - Robert Kraske - J-B Selkirk - 960
Leon's Story - Leon Walter Tillage - J 975.6 Til - 970 (Memoir)
Knots in my Yo-Yo String – Jerry Spinelli – J-B Spinelli – 980 (Memoir)
The Notorious Benedict Arnold – Steve Sheinkin – J-B Arnold – 990
Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille – Russell Freedman – J-B Braille – 1000
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice – Phillip M. Hoose - T-B Colvin - 1000
Geronimo: Wolf of the Warpath - T-B Geronimo – 1010
Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith – J-B Darwin – 1020
Anne Frank, Beyond the Diary – Ruud van der Rohl – J-B Fra – 1030
Students on Strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown and Me - John A. Stokes - J 371.8 Sto (Memoir) 1030
A Friend Called Anne – Jacqueline van Maarsen – J-B Frank – 1040
A Girl from Yamhill – Beverly Cleary – T-B Cleary – 1040 (Memoir)
Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion - Russell Freedman – T-B Zaharias – 1060
Stolen into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man - Judith and Dennis Fradin - T-B Northup - 1060
All Things Bright and Beautiful - James Herriot - Adult Bio Herriot - 1070
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun - Rhoda Blumberg - T 952 Blu - 1070
Franklin Delano Roosevelt – Russell Freedman – J-B Roosevelt - 1070
Babe Ruth: Legendary Slugger – David Fischer – J-B Ruth – 1080
Confucius: The Golden Rule – Russell Freedman – J-B Confucius - 1080
Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank – Adult Bio Frank and T-B Frank – 1080 (Memoir)
General George Patton: Old Blood and Guts – Alden Hatch – J-B Patton – 1080
Boy – Roald Dahl – J-B Dahl – 1090 (Memoir)
Woodsong - Gary Paulsen - T 796.5 Pau - 1070 (Memoir)
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery – Russell Freedman – T-B Roosevelt - 1100
Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt – Adult Bio McCourt – 1110 (Memoir)
My Own Two Feet – Beverly Cleary – T-B Cleary – 1110 (Memoir)
Martha Graham: A Dancer’s Life – Russell Freedman – T-B Graham - 1130
Rascal, a Memoir of a Better Era – Sterling North – Adult and T 599.7632 Nor – 1140 (Memoir)
The Story of My Life - Helen Keller - Adult Bio Keller - 1150 (Autobiography)
The Wright Brothers: How they Invented the Airplane – Russell Freedman – J-B Wright - 1160
Becoming Ben Franklin: How a Candle-Maker's Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty - Russell Freedman - J-B Franklin - 1170
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant - Daniel Tammett – Adult Bio Tammett – 1170 (Memoir)
Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing - Ann Angel - T-B Joplin - 1170
How Angel Peterson got his Name – Gary Paulsen – T-B Paulsen – 1180 (Memoir)
The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights – Russell Freedman – T-B Anderson - 1180
Chewing the Cud – Dick King-Smith – J-B King-Smith – 1200 (Memoir)
The Cat who Came for Christmas - Cleveland Amory - Adult 818.54 Amo - 1230 (Memoir)
The Real Benedict Arnold – Jim Murphy – J–B Arnold – 1240
The Adventures of Marco Polo - Russell Freedman - T 915 Fre - 1270
Millicent Fenwick: Her Way - Amy Schapiro - Adult Bio Fenwick - 1270
The Mind of Adolf Hitler - Walter C. Langer - Adult Bio Hitler - 1270
Tree Shaker: The Story of Nelson Mandela - Bill Keller - J-B Mandela - 1270
Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers: Reflections on Being Raised by a Pack of Sled Dogs – Gary Paulsen – T 798.8 Pau – 1280 (Memoir)
Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown - Clinton Cox - T-B Brown - 1290
The Seuss, the Whole Seuss and Nothing but the Seuss - Charles Cohen - 1310 (This title is available through interlibrary loan.)
Up from Slavery – Booker T. Washington – Adult Bio Washington – 1320 (Autobiography)
Muhammad Ali: The World's Champion - John Tessitore - 1330 (This title is available through interlibrary loan.)
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time - Dava Sobel - Adult Nonfiction 526.62 Sob - 1360
My Dog Skip - Willie Morris - Adult Bio Morris - 1380
TRADITIONAL LITERATURE
Stories that are passed down orally from one group to another in history. This includes folktales, fairy tales, fables, legends, and myths from different cultures. (This does not include Classics, per se.)
A Ring of Tricksters – Virginia Hamilton J 398.2 Ham - 540
In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World – Virginia Hamilton – J 291.2 Ham - 640
The Rainbow People – Laurence Yep – J 398.20951 Yep – 680
The One-Eyed Giant – Mary Pope Osborne – J Osb – 700
Aesop’s Fables – Jerry Pinkney – J 398.2 Aes – 760
Gray-Eyed Goddess – Mary Pope Osborne – J Osb – 760
Sirens and Sea Monsters – Mary Pope Osborne – J Osb - 760
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 770 (Ghost)
Tales from Shakespeare – Tina Packer – J 822.3 Pac – 770
Gilgamesh – Geraldine McCaughrean – J 398.22 McC - 780
Favorite Norse Myths – Mary Pope Osborne – J 293 Osb - 810
The Random House Book of Fairy Tales – Amy Erhlich – J 398.2 Erh – 810
The Final Battle – Mary Pope Osborne – J Osb – 840
Thor’s Wedding Day – Bruce Coville – J Cov - 850
Treasury of Greek Mythology – Donna Jo Napoli – J 292.13 Nap - 860
Return to Ithaca – Mary Pope Osborne – J Osb – 880
The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women – Katrin Tchana - J 398.2 Tch - 890
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 940
American Tall Tales – Mary Pope Osborne – J 398.20973 - 970
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 980
Ivanhoe (Great Illustrated Classics) – J Series Gre – 990
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp – Andrew Lang – J 398.2 Lan – 1020
D’Aulaires’ Book of Trolls – Ingi and Edgar D’Aulaire – J 293.13 DAu - 1020
The Outlaws of Sherwood – Robin McKinley – T 398.22 Rob – 1020
D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths – Ingi and Edgar D’Aulaire – J 292 DAu - 1070
The Sword in the Stone – Terrance White – Adult Fiction Whi - 1120
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood – Howard Pyle – J 398.22 Rob - 1260
Tales from Shakespeare – Charles and Mary Lamb – T 823 Lam - 1390
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights – Howard Pyle - J 398.22 Pyl – 1430
INFORMATIONAL
Texts that provide factual information to readers.
Pilgrims - Mary Pope Osborne – J 974.4 Osb - 550
Ancient Greece and the Olympics - Mary Pope Osborne – J 796.48 Osb - 590
Mummies and Pyramids - Mary Pope Osborne – J 932 Osb - 650
Pirates - Will Osborne – J Osb - 680
Twisters and other Terrible Storms - Will Osborne – J 551.55 Osb – 680
Tsunamis and other Natural Disasters – Mary Pope Osborne – J 551.47 Osb - 720
Dolphins and Sharks - Mary Pope Osborne – J 599.53 Osb - 730
The Moon – Seymour Simon – J 523.3 Sim – 730
Polar Bears and the Arctic - Mary Pope Osborne – J 599.786 Osb - 730
Ancient Rome and Pompeii - Mary Pope Osborne – J 937 Osb - 750
Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine and a Miracle – Brian Dennis – J 637.7 Den – 810
Greatest Moments in Sports – Len Berman – J 796 Ber – 820
Spiders – Nic Bishop – 595.44 Bis - 820
Stars – Seymour Simon – J 523.8 Sim - 830
Six Million Paper Clips: The Making of a Children's Holocaust Memorial - Peter W. Schroeder - J 940.53 Sch - 870
Lizards – Nic Bishop – 597.95 Bis - 880
Frogs – Nic Bishop – 597.8 Bis – 890
Tarantula Scientist – Sy Montogomery – J 595.44 Mon - 890
Kids on Strike! – Susan Campbell Bartoletti – 331.892 Bar - 920
Bomb: The Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon - Steve Sheinkin - T623.45 She
Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship – Isabella Hatkoff – J 599.635 Hat – 920
Seymour Simon’s Book of Trains – Seymour Simon – J 625.1 Sim - 940
Global Warming – Seymour Simon – J 363.738 Sim - 980
Bridges – Seymour Simon – J 642.2 Sim - 1000
Children of the Wild West – Russell Freedman – J 978 Fre – 1010
Lives of the Musicians - Kathleen Krull - J 780.92 Kru - 1010
The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party - Marian Calabro - T 979.4 Cal - 1020
Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 – Susan Campbell Bartoletti – T 941.5081 Bar - 1040
Black and White Airmen – John Fleischman – T 940.54 Fle – 1050
Hitler Youth – Susan Campbell Bartoletti – T 943.086 Bar - 1060
The Boy’s War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk about the Civil War– Jim Murphy – T 973.7 Mur– 1060
Building the Book Cathedral – David Macaulay – Adult 726.6 Mac – 1070
Give me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence – Russell Freedman – J 973.313 Fre - 1070
Lives of the Writers - Kathleen Krull - T 809 Kru - 1070
Long Road to Gettysburg – Jim Murphy – T 973.7 Mur– 1070
Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert - Marc Aronson - T 363.11 Aro - 1070
Blizzard: The Storm that Changed America – Jim Murphy – J 974.7 Mur – 1080
To Be a Slave – Julius Lester – T 973.7115 Les – 1080
The Crossing: How George Washington Saved the American Revolution- Jim Murphy – T 973.3 Mur – 1080
Shipwreck at the Botton of the World - Jennifer Armstrong - T 919.8 Arm - 1090
City : A Story of Roman Planning and Construction – David Macaulay – J 711 Mac – 1100
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott – Russell Freedman – J 323.1196 – 1110
Growing up in Coal Country – Susan Campbell Bartoletti – J 331.3 Bar - 1110
A Short Walk Around the Pyramids and Through the World of Art - Philip M. Isaacson - J 700 Isa - 1110
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 – Jim Murphy – T 614.5 Mur– 1130
The Great Fire – Jim Murphy – J 977.3 Mur– 1130
Young Patriot: the American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy – Jim Murphy –T 973.38 Mur -1140
Gone A-Whaling: The Lure of the Sea and the Hunt for the Great White Whale – Jim Murphy – T 639.28 Mur – 1150
An Indian Winter – Russell Freedman – J 917.804 Fre - 1150
The Witchcraft of Salem Village - Shirley Jackson - J 133.43 Jac - 1150
Children of the Great Depression – Russell Freedman – J 973.917 Fre - 1170
Navajo Code Talkers – Nathan Aasang – T 940.54 Aas – 1170
Across America on an Emigrant Train – Jim Murphy – T 828 Mur– 1180
Castle – David Macaulay – T 623.19 Mac – 1180
The New Way Things Work – David MacAulay – Adult and T 600 Mac -1180
They Called Themselves the KKK – Susan Campbell Bartoletti – T 322.4 Bar - 1180
Washington at Valley Forge – Russell Freedman – J 973.3 Fre - 1210
Bound for America: The Forced Migration of Africans to the New World - James Haskins and Kathleen Cooper - T 326 Has - 1220
The War to End All Wars: World War I – Russell Freedman – T 940.3 Fre – 1220
Ship - David Macauley - J 387.2 Mac - 1250
Left for Dead - Peter Nelson - J 940.54 Nel - 1260
The Adventures of Marco Polo – Russell Freedman – T 915 Fre - 1270
In Defense of Liberty – Russell Freedman – T 342.73 Fre - 1270
Of Wolves and Men - Barry Holstun Lopez - Adult 599.74442 Lop - 1280
1776 - David G. McCullough - Adult 973.3 McC - 1300
Black Women Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement - Zita Allen - 1310 (This title is available through interlibrary loan.)
Who was First? Discovering the Americas – Russell Freedman – J 970.01 Fre - 1310
Black Heroes of the American Revolution - Davis Burke - J 973.344 Dav - 1330
Never Cry Wolf – Farley Mowat – Adult LP 559.7442 Mow - 1330
T. Rex and the Crater of Doom - Walter Alvarez - Adult - 516.8 Alv- 1380