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Entering Fourth Grade

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The Cuckoo Sister

A scruffy, undernourished teenager appears at the door of Kate's parents' London home bearing a note that she is their long-lost child, stolen from her pram as a baby.

Taran, the assistant pig-keeper, longs to be a hero. He begins his journey with a strange assortment of companions on a dangerous mission to save his beloved land, Prydain.

Town Cats

Stories about cats that can do remarkable things.

Black-eyed Susan

Susie and her father love living on the South Dakota prairie with its vast, uninterrupted view of land and sky, but Susie's mother greatly misses her old life in Ohio.

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: Shackleton’s Amazing Voyage

The story of the early 20^th century expedition of the captain and crew of the "Endurance", who attempted to be the first to cross the Antarctic continent from one side to the other.

Susannah, an orphan, and Bethlehem, a slave, are runaways. They are traveling from Virginia to Vermont in hope of a new life of freedom.

Avi

Ereth, a cranky porcupine, finds a dying vixen in the woods and agrees to become foster parent to her three energetic fox kits.

Midnight Magic

When Princess Teresina claims to have seen the ghost of her murdered brother in the hallway of her medieval Italian castle, the royal family summons a retired magician to solve the mystery.

Long before Ragweed finds his way to Dimwood Forest he leaves his family and serene country home behind and sets off by train for the big city, a place fraught with cars, buses, music, pleasure, excitement, attitude, and danger, chiefly in the form of cats.

Banks, Lynne Reid

The Fairy Rebel

A rebellious fairy named Tiki, already in trouble for breaking the rule against wearing jeans, risks the further wrath of the Fairy Queen by trying to fulfill a human's special request for help.

Bawden, Nina

Humbug

When eight-year-old Cora is sent to stay next door with the seemingly pleasant woman called Aunt Sunday, she is tormented by Aunt Sunday's mean-spirited, deceitful daughter but finds an ally in Aunt Sunday's elderly mother.

Bellairs, John

Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger are faced with a dilemma when their discovery of an unpublished opera score unleashes a wicked sorcerer who plans to rule the world by bringing back the dead.

Blubber

Jill goes along with the rest of a fifth-grade class in tormenting a classmate and then finds out what happens when she, too, becomes a target.

Baby Island

Mary and Jean Wallace survive the wreck of an ocean liner on its way to Australia and manage to make it to a seemingly deserted island in a lifeboat with four babies.

Coffin on a Case

A spirited young detective shares his first solo case with the girl of his dreams when Lily walks into his father’s detective agency and claims that she has lost her mother.

When night falls the gargoyles high on the corners of the art museum some to life. From their shadowy corners, they creep along ledges, swoop down to the fountain, and gleefully terrify the night watchman.

Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies, but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.

Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

Disappearing Acts

Frizzing up whenever danger threatens, amateur sleuth Herculeah Jones’ hair gets a real workout in this tale of murder, weight, and family secrets.

Anna Glory, the one non-singing member of a gospel singing family, feels left out like her misfit Uncle Newt, until the day the family bus is involved in a terrible accident.

McMummy

While Professor Orloff is away, it’s Mozie’s job to look after his greenhouse. Mozie is afraid to go inside. The oversized vegetables are creepy, and the air is thick. He finds himself moving like a zombie, drawn deep among the enormous plants, until he’s face-to-stem with a humming, mummy-shaped, human-sized pod.

Cameron, Eleanor

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet

A mystery man inspires two boys to build a space ship which takes them to the planet of Basidium to help the Mushroom people.

Baseball Turnaround

Sandy Comstock has a checkered past and his teammates aren't willing to forget it. The pressure builds forcing Sandy to quit the team and turning him into a loner.

The Comeback Challenge

When his parents’ divorce escalates into a bitter custody battle, twelve-year-old Mark Conway moves in with his grandparents. Although Mark seems to be coping well with the change, one day on the soccer field he loses his temper, and his rage surprises everyone even himself.

Cleary, Beverly

This book follows the popular children’s author from her childhood years in Oregon through high school and into young adulthood, highlighting her family life and her growing interest in writing.

Ramona’s World

Now in the fourth grade, Ramona is adjusting to life as a big sister to baby Roberta, finding out what it means to have a best friend and experiencing the very first twinges of romance with her old buddy, Yard Ape.

In a series of diary entrees, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his family's divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school.

Coerr, Eleanor

Ten-year-old Mieko dreams of becoming a great artist, but when the atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Mieko’s hand is severely injured.

213 Valentines

Wade has trouble adjusting when he is transferred to a special fourth grade class for the gifted and talented, so he plans to send himself 213 valentines signed by celebrities.

Cooper, Susan

The Boggart

The boggart, an ancient mischievous spirit, has lived in the Castle Keep for centuries. When the Volnik family visits Scotland, they unwittingly take the boggart back to Toronto where he takes up residence in their computer.

Dawn of Fear

Derek and his friends living outside of London during World War II, explore bomb craters and build a secret camp. A clash with a rival gang changes their feelings about the war forever.

Dahl, Roald

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.

26 Fairmount Avenue

Children’s author-illustrator, Tomie dePaola, describes his childhood experiences at home and in school through funny, dramatic, and memorable moments.

Seven Day Magic

Five children find a book in the library that combines their real lives with their favorite books.

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

Until Professor Savant told them about the Whangdoodles--the wise and magical creatures who disappeared to live apart for and forgotten by people--the Potter children led ordinary lives.

By the Great Horn Spoon

It is 1849 and Jack Flagg stows away on a ship headed for the California gold fields where he plans to recoup his Auntie Arabella’s fortune.

My Life Among the Aliens

Two brothers begin to wonder if it is their mother's unusual cooking that is attracting the aliens that keep showing up at their house.

Dance with Rosie

Rosie tries to make up with he former best friend and get into ballet class after the sign-up deadline.

Nory Ryan’s Song

Nory Ryan’s family has lived on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by. This year a terrible blight attacks the potatoes. Twelve-year-old Nory must summon the courage and ingenuity to find a way to help her family survive.

Grahame, Kenneth

The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside-Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.

Just Juice

Letters and numbers still don’t make sense to Juice. She’d rather skip school and spend the day at home in the North Carolina hills, anyway. But when the bank threatens to repossess her family’s home, Juice faces her first life-size problem.

Hill, Kirkpatrick

Two children are left alone at their isolated family fish camp on the Yukon River far away from their Alaskan village.

The Year of Miss Agnes

Ten-year-old Fred (short for Fredrica) narrates the story of school and village life among the Athapascans in Alaska during 1948 when Miss Agnes arrived as a new teacher.

The Puppy Sister

Nick and his parents get more than they bargained for when their newly adopted puppy, Aleasha, decides she'll have more fun with her new family if she becomes human, too.

The Ghost in Tokaido Inn

While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seiku, a merchant’s son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth century Japan.

The Trolls

Aunt Sally has come all the way from Vancouver Island, Canada to take care of the children while their parents are away. Right from the start Aunt Sally enchants them with tales of her childhood with their father.

Young sleuth Sebastian and three friends probe the mystery of poisoning in their school cafeteria.

Right before he moved away, Sebastian Bath's friend Eric had an unfortunate accident. Now he's sending Sebastian mysterious notes hinting it wasn't an accident at all.

Jacques, Brian

Ordinary Princess

At her christening a princess is given the gift of "ordinariness" by a fairy, and the consequences of that eventually take her to a nearby palace where as the fourteenth assistant kitchen maid, she meets just the prince for her.

Babe, the Gallant Pig

A piglet destined for eventual butchering arrives at the farmyard, is adopted by a dog, and discovers a special secret to success.

On her seventy-fifth birthday, Henny Hickathrift leaves the old folks home and begins a journey that lands her in a seaside resort with one penny in her pocket.

Konigsburg, E.L.

Being the new kid in town isn't easy for Elizabeth until she meets Jennifer, an honest-to-goodness witch.

How I Saved Hanukkah

Marla decides to find out what Hanukkah is really about and soon she and her family have made the Festival of Lights the biggest party in town.

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth

Describes the life and work of Eratosthenes, the Greek geographer who accurately measured the circumference of the earth.

Levy, Elizabeth

Robert feels that his plastic Dracula doll is responsible for spooky doings at his sleep away camp.

My Life as a Fifth Grade Comedian

Bobby, the class clown, can always be counted on the crack up his friends and teachers. But he can’t always be counted on to stay out of trouble–and that’s no joke when you’re in danger of being shipped off to a special school for kids with behavioral problems.

Lindgrin, Astrid

Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey-but without any parents-at the edge of a Swedish village.

The Gold Dust Letters

Mystified by the strange sparkly messages on the mantel every night, Angela and her friends learn the story of a lonely fairy that longs to communicate with humans so the girls plan an investigative sleepover.

A Message from the Match Girl

Georgina and Poco thy to help their friend Walter who is suffering from an identity crisis and receiving strange messages from his dead mother.

Betsy in the Great World

Betsy's childhood dream is coming true. She's off to Europe just like she and Tacy planned so long ago. Despite her travels and many adventures, Betsy's heart won't let her forget Joe Willard, her high school sweetheart.

Lowry, Lois

Anastasia Absolutely

Anastasia finds herself in another hilarious and embarrassing mess when she accidentally puts her dog's droppings into a mailbox.

The adventures of Sam, Anastasia Krupnik's younger brother, from his first day as a newborn through his mischievous times as a toddler.

MacDonald, George

A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from Goblin miners who live beneath the castle.

Mahy, Margaret

The Five Sisters

A row of five linked paper dolls is whisked away by the wind before Sally’s Nana can draw all their faces. Scorched by fire and drenched by water, the five sisters acquire their won names, faces and unique personalities along the way.

Saracen Hobday lives a quiet, peaceful life until the day his Granny, a detective, rushes off in pursuit of the dreaded pirate Grudge Gallows.

Rats on the Roof and Other Stories

An illustrated collection of seven stories about various animals including a frog with magnificent legs, a hungry brontosaurus, and a mouse who gets married.

Saffy’s Angel

After learning that she was adopted, thirteen-year-old Saffron’s relationship with her eccentric, artistic family changes until they help her get back to Italy while she was born to find a special memento of her past.

The Worst Witch At Sea

Young Mildred Hubble, an apprentice witch with a reputation for being the worst student at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, smuggles her Cat, Tabby, on a class trip to Gloomy Cove with unexpected results.

Myers, Walter Dean

T.J., his younger brother, Moondance, and Mop grew up together in the same orphanage. Now T.J. and Moondance have been adopted, and Mop has to find a family before the orphanage closes and "leftover" kids are sent away.

Nesbit, Edith

A cranky Psammead grants wished to the five children who unearth him–wishes that never quite turn out as expected.

When their father is taken away, three children move to the country where they stay busy saving the train from accidents, befriending a nice Old Gentleman, and trying not to quarrel.

Norton, Mary

Adventures of a family of leprechaunlike creatures forced to flee their country house for the wild world.

The Borrowers, a family of miniature people, journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood before finding a new home.

O'Brien, Robert C.

Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.

Soup

The adventures and misadventures of two boys growing up in a small Vermont town.

Fat Camp Commandoes

When Ralph and Sylvia Nebula’s pudgy parents get suckered into sending their chubby offspring to fat camp, the siblings first get angry–then they get revenge.

The Lunchroom of Doom

Since Billy Furball’s banning from the school lunchroom, he and his werewolf club mates Lucy Fang, Ralf Alfo and Norman Gnormal repair to Honest Tom’s Tibetan-American Lunchroom for midday meals with an assorted clientele.

It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles

Puns, jokes, wordplay, wit, silliness, slapstick and joy abound in this collection of more than 100 poems.

Clockwork: Or All Wound Up

Fritz, a local writer, tells the company gathered in a tavern a story about a magician and a clockmaker.

Lila will do anything to become a Firework-Maker like her father. With the help of her ally, a talking white elephant named Hamlet, Lila will face-off with pirates, demons, the Fire-Fiend and anyone else who gets in the way of her quest.

Spring-Heeled Jack

Three children make their escape from a London orphanage and after a series of misadventures are reunited with their father through the efforts of the legendary Spring-Heeled Jack.

Witch Twins

Troubled about being separated at school and preoccupied with sabotaging their fathers marriage, ten-year-old witches Claire and Luna, have little time to think of something good, smart, and tricky to do that will finally make them one-star witches.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

An owl messenger changes Harry's life with an invitation to attend Hogwart's school for witches and wizards where it turns out he is already famous.

The Ink Drinker

A young boy has to help his dad out with his bookstore, and he absolutely hates to read! His job is to watch the store for shoplifters, but things take a twisted turn when he spies a pale character who seems to float through the aisles of the store.

Scieszka, Jon

Fred, Sam, and Joe -- the Time Warp Trio -- find themselves in a wild adventure in the future where they encounter robotic thieves, fight off 3-D adds, and come face-to-face with their own great-grandchildren.

In a Blue Velvet Dress

When Jane Reid encounters the ghost of a young girl, she at first thinks the girl needs her help, but later discovers that the ghost is the one helping her.

Black and Blue Magic

Twelve-year-old Harry Houdini Marco is awkward and clumsy bearing little resemblance to his magic namesake, until he acquires the gift of flight.

The Vampire in Love

Tony's exciting friendship with several vampires is complicated when their creepy Cousin Olga comes to visit and develops a crush on him.

Spinelli, Jerry

Fourth Grade Rats

Suds wishes he were still in third grade so he could keep on being an angel but his best friend, Joey, is proud to be a rat, which he calls the next step to being a man.

Who Put that Hair in My Toothbrush?

Rival siblings Megan and her brother Greg alternately tell their version of life in the family trenches.

Stealing Home

Though they still listen to baseball and go fishing, Thomas and his grandfather find life in their small house in Florida changed when Great-aunt Linzy comes to stay.

Taylor, Mildred D.

Song of the Trees

During the depression a rural black family deeply attached to a forest on their land tries to save it from being cut down by an unscrupulous white man.

Smart Dog

Fifth grader Amy finds her life growing complicated when she meets and tries to hide an intelligent talking dog who has escaped from a university lab.

Sad Underwear and Other Complications

Poems for explorers and dreamers, for people who love unicorns, for people who’d rather have pets than baby sisters.

Earthborn

Upon suddenly learning that her parents are researchers from another planet and they must leave in seven days or risk discovery, twelve-year-old Nesta decides to stay in their York England home whether or not her parents go.

Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories

In 1923, there were no doctors or hospitals in the isolated mountains of Appalachia. Then Mary Breckinridge came. Trained as a nurse she made the Appalachians her life work.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Nine-year-old Almanzo lives with his family on a big farm in New York State at the end of the nineteenth century. He raises his own two calves, helps cut ice and sheer sheep, and longs for the day he can have his own colt.

The Long Winter

After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.