Series

All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor Jewish life in America
*Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer fantasy/adventure; funny!
Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud fantasy
Baseball Card Adventures by Dan Gutman historical fiction
Chasing Vermeer/The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett mystery
Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell fantasy, adventure
Guardians of Ga’hoole by Kathryn Lasky animal adventure
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling fantasy
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman fantasy (difficult)
I Was a Sixth Grade Alien by Bruce Coville school story/science fiction
*Inheritance (Eragon, Eldest) by Christopher Paolini fantasy
*Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix fantasy
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osbourne historical fiction
Qwerty Stevens by Dan Gutman historical fiction
Redwall by Brian Jacques animal fantasy
Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket adventure/mystery
Shredderman by Wendelin van Draanen school story; funny!
Stravaganza by Mary Hoffman historical fiction/fantasy
Wayside School by Louis Sachar school stories — funny!

Individual Books

Adam Canfield of the Slash by Michael Winerip school story, mystery
The Anybodies by N.E. Bode fantasy
Backwater by Joan Bauer realistic fiction
Bagels From Benny by Aubrey Davis tzedakah tale
Belle Prater’s Boy by Ruth White realistic fiction/mystery; funny
Bloomability by Sharon Creech realistic fiction
The Boxes by William Sleator science fiction
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis realistic fiction; Newbery
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling fantasy/funny!
*The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau science fiction
*Crash by Jerry Spinelli realistic fiction, funny
The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen Holocaust
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine updated Cinderella story
*Frindle by Andrew Clements school story: funny!
Gershon’s Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year by Eric Kimmel Jewish holiday
Ghost Girl: A Blue Ridge Mountain Story by Delia Ray historical fiction
The Golden Hour by Maiya Williams historical fiction/French revolution
Grandma’s Latkes by Malka Drucker Jewish holiday
*Hatchet by Gary Paulsen adventure
*Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde science fiction/fantasy
The Hermit Thrush Sings by Susan Butler science fiction
*Holes by Louis Sachar realistic fiction with some magical realism
*Hoot by Carl Hiaasen realistic fiction
*Ida B., and her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and Possibly Save the World by Katherine Hannigan realistic fiction
*Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson historical fiction/19th c. Brazil
King of Shadows by Susan Cooper historical fiction/Shakespeare
*The Landry News by Andrew Clements realistic fiction
Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse Jewish life in America in 1919
*A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck historical fiction, 1930’s; funny!
*Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles realistic fiction; funny!
The Magnificent Mummy Maker by Elvira Woodruff realistic fiction — Egyptology -- funny!
Masada: The Last Fortress by Gloria Miklowitz historical fiction/Jewish revolt
Matilda by Roald Dahl fantasy
Miriam’s Cup: A Passover Story by Fran Manushkin
Molly’s Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen Jews in America
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve science fiction
My Grandmother’s Stories: A Collection of Jewish Folktales by Adele Geras folktales
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George adventure
*No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman school story; funny!
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Holocaust
Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan modernized Greek myths
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry “prequel” to Peter Pan
Queen Esther the Morning Star by Mordecai Gerstein biblical tale
The Rabbi and the 29 Witches by Marilyn Hirsch folktale
Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer realistic fiction
School Story by Andrew Clements realistic fiction; school story
*Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer fantasy/historical fiction, Vikings
The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer science fiction
*Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan realistic fiction; funny!
Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo fairy tale; Newbery
*Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements science fiction/realistic fiction
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt realistic fiction/fantasy
The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine fairy tale
A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements adventure
Whales on Stilts by M.T.Anderson adventure/science fiction/funny!
What Zeesie Saw on Delancey Street by Elsa Rael Jewish historical fiction
*Wild Man Island by Will Hobbs adventure
*The Wind Singer by William Nicholson fantasy
You Never Know: A Legend of the Lamed Vavniks by Francine Prose Jewish folktale

* CLASS OF 2005 FAVORITE