Biography
"Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code" by Laurie Wallmark
"I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark" by Debbie Levy
*"A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats" by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Realistic Fiction
*"Just My Luck" by Cammie McGovern
*"A Long Pitch Home" by Natalie Dias Lorenzi
*"Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
"Slacker" by Gordon Korman
*"A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
Informational
"Where is the Parthenon? (Where Is? Series)" by Roberta Edwards
"What was Pompeii? (What Was It? Series)" by Jim O’Connor
"Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas" by Molly Bang & Penny Chisholm
*"The Hole Story of the Doughnut" by Pat Miller
"The Marvelous Thing that Came from a Spring" by Gilbert Ford
"Helen Thayer's Arctic Adventure (Encounter Series)" by Sally Isaacs
Fantasy
"The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles, #1)" by Rick Riordan
"Story Thieves (Book #1)" by James Riley
"The Secrets of Hexbridge Castle" by Gabrielle Kent
"Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
"Fish Girl" by David Wiesner & Donna Jo Napoli
"The Adventures of Henry Whiskers (Henry Whiskers, #1)" by Gigi Priebe
Mystery
"The Secret Zoo (Book #1)" by Bryan Chick
"Framed (Book #1)" by James Ponti
"Friday Barnes: Girl Detective (Book #1)" by R.A. Spratt
*"The Great Shelby Holmes" by Elizabeth Eulberg
"Secret of the Skeleton Key (Code Busters Club, Case #1)" by Penny Warner
*"My Dog is Better than Your Dog (Crime Biters!, #1)" by Tommy Greenwald
Science Fiction
"Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab" by Bob Pflugfelder & Steve Hockensmith
"Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon" by Torben Kuhlmann
Historical Fiction
"The American Revolution, 1776 (I Survived Series, #15)" by Lauren Tarshis
"The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906" by Laurence Yep
Poetry
"The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary" by Laura Shovan
Traditional Literature / Myth
"The Wooden Horse of Troy (Greek Myths)" by Cari Meister
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