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Books we recommend for 4th graders

J Fiction – alphabetical by author

Tuck Everlasting book jacket

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Naked Mole-Rat Letters [2] by Mary Amato
Tuck Everlasting [1] by Natalie Babbitt
The Incredible Journey [3] by Sheila Every Burnford
Because of Mr. Terupt [4] by Rob Buyea
Saxby Smart (series) [5] by Simon Cheshire
Frindle [6] by Andrew Clements
Waiting for Normal [7] by Leslie Connor
The BFG [8] by Roald Dahl
Magician's Elephant [9] by Kate DiCamillo
Tale of Despereaux [10] by Kate DiCamillo
Bravo Zulu, Samantha [11] by Kathleen Duble
The Problem with the Puddles [12] by Kate Feiffer
Year the Swallows Came Early [13] by Kathryn Fitzmaurice
The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School [14] by Candace Fleming
Wild Girl [15] by Patricia Giff

Found book jacket

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Found (first book in series) [16] by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Turtle in Paradise [17] by Jennifer L. Holm
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series) [18] by Jeff Kinney
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basel E Frankweiler [19] by E. L. Konigsburg
A Wrinkle in Time (first book of a series) [20] by Madeleine L'Engle
Akimbo (series) [21] by Alexander McCall Smith
Midnight for Charlie Bone (first book in series) [22] by Jenny Nimmo
A Single Shard [23] by Linda Sue Park
Holes [24] by Louis Sachar
Magyk (first book in Septimus Heap series) [25] by Angie Sage
Toes [26] by Tor Seidler
Shredderman: Secret Identity (first book in series) [27] by Wendelin Van Draanen
Hank Zipzer (series) [28] by Henry Winkler

Non-fiction, call numbers noted

Grossology book jacket

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Grossology [29] by Sylvia Branzei, J 612 B82g
Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka [30] by Jon Scieszka, J 813.54 S41r

Source URL (retrieved on 05/24/2013 - 6:01pm): http://www.kclibrary.org/kids/books-we-recommend-4th-graders

Links:
[1] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Natalie+Babbitt%22+title:%22Tuck+Everlasting%22
[2] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Mary+Amato%22+title:%22Naked+Mole-Rat+Letters%22
[3] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Sheila+Every+Burnford%22+title:%22The+Incredible+Journey%22
[4] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Rob+Buyea%22+title:%22Because+of+Mr.+Terupt%22
[5] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=Saxby+Smart+author:%22Simon+Cheshire%22
[6] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Andrew+Clements%22+title:%22Frindle%22
[7] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Leslie+Connor%22+title:%22Waiting+for+Normal%22
[8] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Roald+Dahl%22+title:%22The+BFG%22
[9] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Kate+DiCamillo%22+title:%22Magician%27s+Elephant%22
[10] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Kate+DiCamillo%22+title:%22Tale+of+Despereaux%22
[11] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Kathleen+Duble%22+title:%22Bravo+Zulu?+Samantha%22
[12] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Kate+Feiffer%22+title:%22The+Problem+with+the+Puddles%22
[13] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Kathryn+Fitzmaurice%22+title:%22Year+the+Swallows+Came+Early%22
[14] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Candace+Fleming%22+title:%22The+Fabled+Fourth+Grades+of+Aesop+Elementary+School%22
[15] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Patricia+Giff%22+title:%22Wild+Girl%22
[16] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Margaret+Peterson+Haddix%22+title:%22Found%22
[17] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Jennifer+L+Holm%22+title:%22Turtle+in+Paradise%22
[18] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=Diary+of+a+Wimpy+Kid+author:%22Jeff+Kinney%22
[19] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22E.+L.+Konigsburg%22+title:%22From+the+Mixed-Up+Files%22
[20] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Madeleine+L%27Engle%22+title:%22A+Wrinkle+in+Time%22
[21] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=Akimbo+author:%22Alexander+McCall+Smith%22
[22] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Jenny+Nimmo%22+title:%22Midnight+for+Charlie+Bone%22
[23] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Linda+Sue+Park%22+title:%22A+Single+Shard%22
[24] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Louis+Sachar%22+title:%22Holes%22
[25] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Angie+Sage%22+title:%22Magyk%22
[26] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Tor+Seidler%22+title:%22Toes%22
[27] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Wendelin+Van+Draanen%22+title:%22Shredderman%22
[28] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=Hank+Zipzer+author:%22Henry+Winkler%22
[29] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Sylvia+Branzei%22+title:%22Grossology%22
[30] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Jon+Scieszka%22+title:%22Knucklehead%22