- Echo Lake Elementary
- Recommended Reading
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These lists are from https://teachbesideme.com/best-books-tween-girls/
and https://teachbesideme.com/books-tween-boys/
We have many of these titles in our class library.
I am removing the 'for boys' and 'for girls' headings from my copied list, because all of the books can be of interest to boys and girls :)
SERIES BOOKS
How to Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell
The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
The Five Kingdoms series by Brandon Mull
The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull (He loves ALL Brandon Mull books!!)
Deltora Quest series by Emily Rodda
The Spirit Animals series (various authors)
The Seekers series by Erin Hunter
Elementia Chronicles by Sean Fay Wolfe
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Leven Thumps series by Obert Skye
The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson
Mr. Lemoncello’s Library series by Chris Grabenstein
Horrible Histories/Math/Geography/Science (various authors)
Michael Vey series by Richard Paul Evans
The 39 Clues series various authors
Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
Hatchet series by Gary Paulsen
The Ranger’s Apprentice series by John A. Flanagan
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (if they are a more advanced reader) by J. R. R. Tolkien
Classics and Modern
Heidi by Joanna Spyri
The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie
Mary Poppins series by Dr. P. L. Travers
Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Island of Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
Roald Dahl books
Nancy Drew (original) series by Carolyn Keene
Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Misty of Chincoteague (series) by Marguerite Henry
A Wrinkle in Time trilogy, by Madeleine L’Engle
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
In Grandma’s Attic series by Arleta Richardson
Trixie Belden series by Julie Campbell
Tuesdays at the Castle series by Jessica Day George
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherine M. Valente
From the Mixed up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konisburg
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Recipe for Adventure series by Giada de Laurentiis
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatly Snyder
The Green Ember by S. D. Smith
The Wingfeather Saga series by Andrew Peterson
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester
The Secret Zoo by Bryan Chick
American Girl books (We prefer the older more historic ones, but the newer stories are fun, too!)
Cupcake Diaries series by Coco Simon
School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
The Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley
Rowan Hood by Nancy Springer
Enola Holmes series by Nancy Springer
Magic Attic Club by S. Gayle
Clementine series by Sara Pennypacker
The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler