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- Charlotte’s Web, by E.B.White
- A Wrinkle In Time, by Madeline L’Engle
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, by J.K.Rowling
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S.Lewis
- From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L.Konigsburg
- Holes, by Louis Sachar
- The Giver, by Louis Lowry
- The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Anne of Green Gables, by L.M.Montgomery
- Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster
- The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin
- The Hobbit, by J.R.R.Tolkein
- Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azbakan, by J.K.Rowling
- Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo
- Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh
- Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli
- Matilda, by Roald Dahl
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
- Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt
- The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan
- The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo
- Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, by J.K.Rowling
- Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
- Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen
- A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A.Milne
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
- The Dark is Rising (Book 2 in 5 book series), by Susan Cooper
- Half Magic, by Edward Eager
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O’Brien
- James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl
- The Watsons go to Birmingham — 1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K.Rowling
- Are you there, God? It’s me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K.Rowling
- When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by Lyman Frank Baum.
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare
- Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Ramona the Pest, by Beverly Cleary
- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, by Judy Blume
- The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman (Book 1 in 3-part Series)
- Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls
- Bud, not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis
- The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, an a Very Interesting Boy, by Jeanne Birdsall
- Frindle, by Andrew Clements
- Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell
- The Saturdays, by Elizabeth Enright
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick
- The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
- The BFG, by Roald Dahl
- The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson
- Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry
- Ramona Quimby, Age 8, by Beverly Cleary
- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, by Joan Aiken
- Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi
- Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli
- The Secret of the Old Clock, by Carolyn Keene
- Gone-Away Lake, by Elizabeth Enright
- A Long Way from the Chicago, by Richard Peck
- Ballet Shoes, by Noel Streatfeild
- Henry Huggins, by Beverly Cleary
- Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville
- Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech
- The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart
- Betsy Tacy, Maud Hart Lovelace
- A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)
- My Father’s Dragon, by Ruth Stiles Gannett
- My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George
- The Borrowers, by Mary Norton
- Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech
- Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse
- The City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau
- Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes
- All-Of-A-Kind Family, by Sydney Taylor
- The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
- Where The Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin
- The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander
- The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner
- The Little White Horse, by Elizabeth Goudge
- On the Banks of Plum Creek, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K.Rowling
- The View from Saturday, by E.L.Konigsburg
- The High King, by Lloyd Alexander
- Ramona and her Father, by Beverly Cleary
- Sarah, Plan and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School, by Louis Sachar
- Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine
- Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink
- Swallows and Amazons, by Arthur Ransome
- Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren
- The Witches, by Roald Dahl
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate DiCamillo
- Children of Green Knowe, by Lucy M. Boston
- The Indian in the Cupboard, by Lynne Reid Banks
- The Egypt Game, by Zipha Keatley Snyder