Super Series
Ivy & Bean by Annie Barrows
Julian Rodriguez by Alexander Stadler
Oggie Cooder by Sarah Weeks
Phineas L. Macguire by Francis O’Roark Dowell
Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist by Jim Benton
Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Inheiritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
Sammy Keyes by Wendelin Van Draanen
Shredderman by Wendelin Van Draanen
Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos
My Weird School by Dan Gutman
Baseball Card Adventures by Dan Gutman
The Floods by Colin Thompson
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
The 39 Clues by various authors
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Chet Gecko Mysteries by Bruce Hale
Fantastic Fiction
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
The BFG by Roald Dahl
The Giggler Treatment by Roddy Doyle
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Hoot by Carl Hiassen
Love, Ruby Lavendar by Deborah Wiles
Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan
The Legend of Bass Reeves by Gary Paulsen
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Thieves of Ostia: A Roman Mystery by Caroline Lawrence
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Olivia Kidney by Ellen Potter
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
The Several Lives of Orphan Jack by Sarah Ellis
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
Stop the Train! by Geraldine McCaughrean
The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley… by Martine Murray
The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson
Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue by Jack Gantos
Big Nate: In a Class by Himself by Lincoln Peirce
Mount Olympus Basketball by Kevin O'Malley
The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett
Swindle by Gordon Korman
Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It by Sundee Tucker Frazier
Bunnicula by Deborah Howe
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
Nifty Nonfiction
First to Fly: How Wilbur & Orville Wright Invented the Airplane by Peter Busby
The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss by Kathleen Krull
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Cowboys & Longhorns by Jerry Stanley
One and Zero by Kathryn Otoshi
When Royals Wore Ruffles: A Funny & Fashionable Alphabet! by Chesley McLaren and Pamela Jaber
A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Sing and Shout by Paul Janeczko
Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
The Fastest Game on Two Feet: And Other Poems About How Sports Began by Alice Low.
Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex
Hey Batta Batta Swing!: The Wild Old Days of Baseball by Sally Cook and James Charleton
How Strong Is It? A Mighty Book All About Strength by Ben Hillman
I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer by Carole Boston Weatherford
If America Were a Village by David J. Smith
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True… by Jon Scieszka
Authors to Look For
Judy Blume
Matt Christopher
Beverly Cleary
Andrew Clements
Bruce Coville
Roald Dahl
Kate DiCamillo
Jack Gantos
Patricia Reilly Giff
Dan Gutman
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Mary Downing Hahn
James Howe
Gordon Korman
Kathleen Krull
Gail Carson Levine
Lois Lowry
David Lubar
Mike Lupica
Gary Paulsen
Katherine Paterson
Dav Pilkey
Rick Riordan
Pam Munoz Ryan
Louis Sachar
Jerry Spinelli
Lawrence Yep
Grand Graphic Novels
Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi
Lunch Lady and the… series by Jarrett Krosoczka
Babymouse series by Jennifer Holm
Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires
Into the Volcano: A Graphic Novel by Don Wood
Coraline by Craig P. Russell
Bone series by Jeff Smith
Robot Dreams by Sara Varon
Magic Pickle by Scott Morse
Joey Fly, Private Eye in Creepy Crawly Time by Aaron Reynolds
The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea by Anne Sibley O’Brien
The Secret Alliance series by Eleanor Davis
Berryessa Union School District
Summertime Recommended Reads
For Fourth and Fifth Graders