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Reviews by Grade:
PreK K First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth

ratingFeatured Book? 3 NB's of Julian Drew. Deem, James M. Novel. Grades 6 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Alida's Song. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials, Book 3. Pullman, Philip. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Anonymously Yours. Peck, Richard. Nonfiction. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Ape. Jenkins, Martin. Nonfiction. Grades 1 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Autumn Street. Lowry, Lois. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Balyet. Wrightson, Patricia. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Barn. Avi. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Basket Moon. Ray, Mary Lyn. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Beyond the Divide. Lasky, Kathryn. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Binge. Ferry, Charles. Novel. Grades 7 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Black and White. Macaulay, David. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Borning Room. Fleischman, Paul. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Breaker Boys. Hughes, Pat. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Bud, Not Buddy. Curtis, Christopher Paul. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Bull Run. Fleischman, Paul. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Carlos is Gonna Get It. Emerson, Kevin. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Catherine, Called Birdy. Cushman, Karen. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Charley Skedaddle. Beatty, Patricia. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Children of Christmas. Rylant, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Come Sing, Jimmy Jo. Paterson, Katherine. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Cry of the Wolf. Burgess, Melvin. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Dateline: Troy. Fleischman, Paul. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Devil's Race. Avi. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Everywhere. Brooks, Bruce. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. Kelly, Jacqueline. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt. MacLachlan, Patricia. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Far North. Hobbs, Will. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? A Fine White Dust. Rylant, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Foxman. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Freak the Mighty. Philbrick, Rodman. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Frenchtown Summer. Cormier, Robert. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Frog Scientist. Turner, Pamela S. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Ghost Belonged to Me. Peck, Richard. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Giver. Lowry, Lois. Novel. Grades 6 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Going Through the Gate. Anderson, Janet S. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Graceling. Cashore, Kristin. Novel. Grades 8 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Graveyard Book. Gaiman, Neil. Novel. Grades 6 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Hana's Suitcase. Levine, Karen. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Haymeadow. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Henry Hikes to Fitchburg. Johnson, P.D. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Holes. Sachar, Louis. Novel. Grades 6 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Homecoming. Voigt, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? I Am a Taxi. Ellis, Deborah. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? I Am Regina. Keehn, Sally M. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? I Am the Cheese. Cormier, Robert. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? In the Middle of the Night. Cormier, Robert. Novel. Grades 7 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? In the Shadow of the Master: Classic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe, Edgar Allan. Short Stories. Grades 6 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Jacob Have I Loved. Paterson, Katherine. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Journey. MacLachlan, Patricia. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Julie of the Wolves. George, Jean Craighead. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Kokopelli's Flute. Hobbs, Will. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Land. Taylor, Mildred D. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Letters from Inside. Marsden, John. Novel. Grades 7 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Letting Swift River Go. Yolen, Jane. Picture Book, Nonfiction. Grades PreK and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Light in the Forest. Richter, Conrad. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? A Long Way from Chicago. Peck, Richard. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? A Long Way from Chicago. Peck, Richard. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Lyddie. Paterson, Katherine. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. Gerstein, Mordicai. Picture Book, Nonfiction. Grades K and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Mary Had a Little Lamp. Lechner, Jack. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Midnight Hour Encores. Brooks, Bruce. Novel. Grades 6 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Midwife's Apprentice. Cushman, Karen. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel. Connor, Leslie. Picture Book. Grades 1 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Monkey Island. Fox, Paula. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Monument. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 6 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Moon and I. Byars, Betsy. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Morning Girl. Dorris, Michael. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Moves Make the Man. Brooks, Bruce. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Nightfather. Friedman, Carl. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Nory Ryan's Song. Giff, Patricia Reilly. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Nothing But the Truth. Avi. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Number the Stars. Lowry, Lois. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Olive's Ocean. Henkes, Kevin. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? On My Honor. Bauer, Marion. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth. Rockwell, Anne. Picture Book, Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Out of the Dust. Hesse, Karen. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Pinballs. Byars, Betsy. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Pink and Say. Polacco, Patricia. Picture Book. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Place of Lions. Campbell, Eric. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Prairie Songs. Conrad, Pam. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Prairie Visions. Conrad, Pam. Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Rabble Starkey. Lowry, Lois. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Redwall. Jacques, Brian. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? A Restless Spirit: The Story of Robert Frost. Bober, Natalie S. Nonfiction. Grades 6 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? River Rats. Stevermer, Caroline. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Root Cellar. Lunn, Janet. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Round Buildings, Square Buildings, and Buildings that Wiggle Like a Fish. Isaacson, Phillip M. Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? A Seed Is Sleepy. Aston, Dianna Hutts. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Shades of Gray. Reeder, Carolyn. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? A Single Shard. Park, Linda Sue. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Snowflake Bentley. Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. Picture Book, Nonfiction. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Storm in the Barn. Phelan, Matt. Graphic Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Strange Night Writing of Jessamine Colter. DeFelice, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Table Where Rich People Sit. Baylor, Byrd. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Taste of Salt. Temple, Frances. Novel. Grades 6 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Three Golden Keys. Sis, Peter. Picture Book. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Through the Lock. Hurst, Carol Otis. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Tom's Midnight Garden. Pearce, Philippa. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Train to Somewhere. Bunting, Eve. Picture Book. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold. Fritz, Jean. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Truth to Tell. Bond, Nancy. Novel. Grades 6 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Tuck Everlasting. Babbitt, Natalie. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Tuesday. Wiesner, David. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Village by the Sea. Fox, Paula. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Walk Two Moons. Creech, Sharon. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The War of Jenkins' Ear. Morpurgo, Michael. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963. Curtis, Christopher Paul. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body. Macaulay, David. Nonfiction. Grades 6 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Weasel. DeFelice, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? What Hearts. Brooks, Bruce. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Where the Wild Things Are. Sendak, Maurice. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Widow's Broom. Van Allsburg, Chris. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Winter Room. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Wolves. Lawrence, R. D. Nonfiction. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Woodsong. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? A Writer's Story. Bauer, Marion Dane. Nonfiction. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland. Walker, Sally M. Nonfiction. Grades 6 and up.

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