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4 t h grade Summer Reading Suggest ions Berkeley School L ibrar ies , 2017

Favorite Chapter Book Series (*levels O–P–Q)

Anna Wang series, by Andrea Cheng

Bad Kitty, by Nick Bruel

Beast Quest, by Adam Blade

Bowling Alley Bandit, by Laurie Keller

Captain Awesome, by Stan Kirby

Clementine, by Sara Pennypacker

Dragonbreath, by Ursula Vernon

Dyamonde Daniel, by Nikki Grimes

Geronimo Stilton series

Jake Maddox Sports series

Judy Moody, by Megan McDonald

Lola Levine series, by Monica Brown

Mallory on the Move, by Laurie Friedman

Ramona the Pest, by Beverly Cleary

Zapato Power, by Jacqueline Jules

Adventure & Historical Fiction (levels Q–R–S)

Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko

Dash, by Kirby Larson

Full of Beans, by Jennifer Holm

I Survived series, by Lauren Tarshis

Island Treasures, by Alma Flor Ada

Some Kind of Courage, by Dan Gemeinhart

Storm Runners, by Roland Smith

What Elephants Know, by Eric Dinerstein

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Exciting Fantasy (levels Q–R–S)

An Awfully Beastly Business, by David Sinden

Castle Hangnail, by Ursula Vernon

Forest of Wonders, by Linda Sue Park

Poppy, by Avi

Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin, by Liesl Shurtliff

Shadows of Sherwood, by Kekla Magoon

A Tale Dark and Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz

Wings of Fire, by Tui Sutherland

* reading levels based on Fountas & Pinnell system

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Funny Stories (levels R – S – T)

The 13-Story Treehouse, by Andy Griffiths

Big Nate in a Class by Himself, by Lincoln Peirce

The BFG, by Roald Dahl

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, by Liz Pichon

Castle Hangnail, by Ursula Vernon

Frazzled: Everyday Disasters & Impending Doom, by Booki Vivat

Life of Zarf, by Rob Harrell

The Terrible Two, by Mac Barnett and Jory John

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, by Stephan Pastis

Stories that Touch Your Heart (levels R – S – T)

All the Answers, by Kate Messner

Amina’s Voice, by Hena Khan

Booked, by Kwame Alexander

A Boy Called BAT, by Elana K. Arnold

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground, by Rita Williams-Garcia

Drita, My Homegirl, by Jenny Lombard

Fish in a Tree, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Ghost, by Jason Reynolds

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary, by Laura Shovan

P.S. Be Eleven, by Rita Williams-Garcia

Rules, by Cynthia Lord

Tiger Boy, by Mitali Perkins

Words with Wings, by Nikki Grimes

New Graphic Novels!

5 Worlds: Sandwarrior, by Mark Siegel

Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier

Hilo, by Judd Winick

The Nameless City, by Faith Erin Hicks

Newsprints, by Ru Xu

Real Friends, by Shannon Hale

Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson

Phoebe and the Unicorn, by Dana Simpson

Secret Coders, by Gene Luen Yang

One Trick Pony, by Nathan Hale

Find more recommendations atMary Ann Scheuer’s website greatkidbooks.blogspot.com

BUSD Library Serviceslibrary.berkeleyschools.net

Fascinating Nonfiction

Baseball: Then to WOW, by Sports Illustrated Kids

Journey: Based on the True Story of OR7, the Most Famous Wolf in the West, by Emma Bland

Funny Bones: Posada and his Day of the Dead Calaveras, by Duncan Tonatiuh

Neighborhood Sharks, by Katherine Roy

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation, by Duncan Tonatiuh

Stephen Curry, by Eric Braun

Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions, by Chris Barton