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Secrets by Michelle Harrison

Fantasy
The Accidental Hero by Matt Myklusch

Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel

Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series, Fantasy
All The Answers by Kate Messner

Fantasy
The Apothecary by Maile Meloy

Action/Adventure, Historical, Realistic
The Arrival by Shaun Tan

Realistic, Graphic
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Action/Adventure, Fantasy
Avalon High by Meg Cabot

Realistic, Fantasy
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea

Realistic
Behind The Bedroom Walls by Laura E. Williams

Historical
Black Duck by Janet Taylor Lisle

Mystery, Historical
Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

Historical
Cold Sassy Tree by Olivia Ann Burns

Historical, Short Stories
Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Horror, Fantasy
The Divide by Elizabeth Kay

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy

Eleven Seconds by Travis Roy

Non-Fiction, Sports, Biography
First Light by Rebecca Stead

Action/Adventure, Realistic
Fish by L.S. Matthews

Action/Adventure, Historical
Flush by Carl Hiaasen

Realistic
The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler

Action/Adventure, Fantasy
From Norvelt to Nowhere by Jack Gantos

Funny, Mystery, Realistic
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages

Historical
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy
Heads or Tails by Jack Gantos

Funny, Realistic, Story Collection
Heart Of A Samurai by Margi Preus

Historical
Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher
Healy

Funny, Fantasy
The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riodan

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy
Holes by Louis Sachar

Funny, Action/Adventure, Realistic
The Hoops Whisperer by Idan Ravin

Sports, Non-Fiction, Biography

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before. Use this list to get ideas! It is made up of

recommendations
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easier,
and a to identify books that are a little

harder
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Hoot by Carol Hiaasen

Mystery, Realistic
How I Survived my Summer Vacation by Robin
Friedman


Realistic
The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins

Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series
Invasion of The Road Weenies by David Lubar

Horror, Story Collection
Iron Trial by Holly Black

Action/Adventure, Fantasy
Jack Henry series by Jack Gantos

Funny, Realistic, Series
Jake and Lily by Jerry Spinelli

Realistic
Joey Pigza series by Jack Gantos

Funny, Realistic, Series
The Julian Chapter by P.J. Palacio

Realistic
The Lemonade Wars by Jacqueline Davies

Realistic, Series
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristen Levine

Historical
Listening for Lucca by Suzanne LaFleur

Fantasy
The Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls
Wilder

Historical, Realistic, Classic, Series
Lockwood & Co. by Jonathan Stroud

Action/Adventure, Horror, Series

The Lost Children by Carolyn Cohagan

Action, SciFi, Fantasy
The Lost Hero series by Rick Riordan

Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Series
Magyk series by Angie Sage

Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Series
A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

Realistic
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

Realistic, Sports
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by
Ransom Riggs

Mystery, Fantasy
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

Realistic
Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking by Erin Dionne

Action/Adventure, Mystery, Realistic
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee
Stewart

Funny, Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Action/Adventure, Fantasy
One for the Murphys by Linda Mullaly Hunt

Realistic
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother
Dies by Sonya Sones

Realistic
Part of Me by Kimberly Willis Holt

Historical, Story Collection
Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan
Auxier

Action/Adventure, Fantasy
The Potato Chip Puzzles by Eric Berlin

Mystery, Realistic
The Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan

Action/Adventure, Historical, Series, Fantasy
The Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz

Action/Adventure, Horror, Series, Fantasy
The Red Blazer Girls by Michael D. Beil

Mystery, Realistic
The Red Pencil by Andrea David Pinkney

Realistic

Redwall by Brian Jacques

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy
Reel Life Starring Us by Lisa Greenwald

Realistic
Revolution is Not a Dinner Party by Yin Chong
Compenstine

Historical, Realistic
Savvy by Ingrid Law

Fantasy, Series
Shiloh by Phyllis by Reynolds Naylor

Realistic, Classic
Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Jacobson

Action/Adventure, Realistic
Smile by Raina Telgemeier

Realistic, Biography, Graphic
Spy School by Stuart Gibbs

Mystery, Realistic
Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time by Lisa Yee

Funny, Realistic, Sports
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Realistic
Swindle series by Gordon Korman

Funny, Mystery, Realistic, Series
Sylo Chronicles by D.J. MacHale

Mystery, SciFi, Series
A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz

Fantasy
The Tattooed Potato by Ellen Raskin

Mystery, Realistic
True Stories of Children From the Holocaust by Allan
Zullo

Historical, Non-Fiction
The Undrowned Child by Michelle Lovric

Historical, Fantasy
Ungifted by Gordon Korman

Funny, Realistic
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann

Series, Fairy Tale
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

Mystery, Realistic
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Mystery, Realistic, SciFi
Where The Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace
Lin
Fantasy, Fairy Tale

A Whole Nother Story by Cuthbert Soup

Funny, Action/Adventure, Mystery, Scifi
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Action/Adventure, Classic, SciFi, Fantasy
Young Bond series by Charlie Higson

Action/Adventure, Mystery, Realistic, Series

Ms. Chessmans Recommendations

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Realistic, Biography
The Candy Shop Wars by Brandon Mull

Action/Adventure, Fantasy
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

Mystery, Realistic, Series
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg.

Realistic
I, Freddy by Dietlof Reiche

Fantasy, Animals
Icefall by Matthew Kirby

Action/Adventure, Fantasy
One Crazy Summer by Rita Garcia Williams

Historical, Realistic
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

Series, Fantasy
Saffys Angel by Hillary McKay

Realistic, Series
So B It by Sarah Weeks

Realistic
Stir it Up by Ramin Ganeshram

Realistic
When Audrey Met Alice by Rebecca Behrens

Historical, Realistic