So what are you going to read

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So what are you going to read?
Fiction !
Fiction !
Fiction !
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What kind of fiction?

• Historical
• Realistic
• Mysteries
• Adventure
• Fantasy
• Science Fiction
• Humorous

• Animal Fiction
• Sport Fiction
• Animal Fantasy

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How do you choose the right book?
Ask yourself.

• What is the purpose of the reading?
• What type of fiction are you interested in?
• How difficult are you looking for?
• Have I picked something that will make me
  think? Or is this something that will make me do
  some research? Or am I just reading words?
• Do you have a favorite author or style you look
  for?
• Look at the format of the booklong
  chapters/short chapters, pictures or no pictures.

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Recommended Authors High Interest
Louis Sachar Wayside Stories, Holes, Theres a
Boy in the Girls Bathroom and more Judy Blume
Fudge-a-mania, Blubber, Otherwise Known as Sheila
the Great Johanna Hurwitz Class Clown, Class
President, Schools Out John Erickson Hank the
Cowdog Series Bill Wallace Danger on Panther
Peak, A Dog Called Kitty, The Great Escape Robert
Newton Peck Soup Series, Banjo Barbara Park
Skinnybones, The Kid in the Red Jacket,
Beanpole Beverly Cleary My Own Two Feet, Ramona
Series, Ellen Tibbits, Emilys Runaway
Imagination
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More High Interest Authors and their fiction
books.
Andrew Clements School Story, Frindle Kate
DiCamillo Because of Winn Dixie, Sid Fleishman
The 13th Floor, The Whipping Boy, Jim Ugly E.
L. Konigsburg Mixed up Files from Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler, A View from Saturday, Jennifer,
Hecate.and Me, Elizabeth Lois Lowry Anastasia
Series, SwitchAround, Us and Uncle Fraud, Rable
Starkey, Number the Stars Betty Ren Wright
Ghost Beneath my Feet, Dollhouse Murders, Betsy
Byars The TV Kid, Bingo Brown Series, Pinballs,
The Cybil War Paula Danzinger Earth to Matthew,
Everyone elses parents said Yes.
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More High Interest Authors and their Fiction Books
Patricia Reilly Giff Love, from the Fifth Grade
Celebrity, Nory Ryans Song Matt Christopher
sports fiction series Cynthia DeFelice The
Ghost of Fossil Glen, Weasel, Devils
Bridge Kathryn Lasky Dear America Series, The
Weavers Gift James Howe Howliday Inn, Eat Your
Poison Dear, Morgans Zoo Gordon Korman Radio
Fifth Grade, No Coins Please, Our Man
Weston Willo Davis Roberts The Magic Book,
Meagans Island, Babysitting is a Dangerous
Job Barbara Robinson The Best school Year Ever,
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
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Authors of Challenging FictionTitles.Stretch
yourself!
Richard Peck A Long Way from Chicago, Fair
Weather, A Year Down Yonder Sharon Creech Walk
Two Moons, Ruby Holler, Love That Dog Gary
Paulsen Hatchet, River, Brians
Winter Katherine Paterson Jacob I have Loved,
Bridge to Terabithia, Come Sing Jimmy Jo Lloyd
Alexander Westmark, The Kings Fountain, The
Fortune Tellers Avi Crispin, Who was that
Masked man Anyway?, Secret Confessions of
Charlotte Doyle Ellen Rasking The Westing Game,
Phiggs and Phantoms
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More ChallengingAuthors of Fiction Stories
Stretch yourself
T. A. Barron Merlin series, Heroes
Trail Cynthia Voight Diceys Song,
Homecoming John D. Fitzgerald Great Brain
Series
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Good Classics to Try..theyve been aroundbut
they are still good.
Jean Craighead George Julie of the Wolves,
Julie, Cliff Hanger Frances Hodgson Burnett The
Little Princess, The Secret Garden Carol Ryrie
Brink Caddie Woodlawn Stephen Crane The Red
Badge of Courage Mark Twain The Prince and the
Pauper, Tom Sawyer P. L. Travers Mary Poppins
Series Doris Buchanan Smith A Taste of
Blackberries Margaret Sidney Five Little
Peppers and how they Grew
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Authors that write both high interest and
challenging
Patricia Reilly Giff Robert Newton Peck Paula
Danzinger E. L. Konisburg Lois Lowry Richard
Peck Betsy Byars Roald Dahl
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Award Winning Books
Newberry Books Coretta Scott King
Awards Bluebonnet Awards Lists of Awards and
their books Childrens Choice Awards
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Recommended Reading Lists
Recommended Lists by 6th grade students Annotated
Booklists from around the states International
Librarian List Serve Lists check your interest
and your grade level. Sponsored by Hooked on
Phonics - grades 5/6 International Reading
Association Lists of lists of books to readfind
your favorite Read me a Book List
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Recommended Reading Lists

• General Fiction from Houston Librarians
• General Fiction from Librarian Joan Kimbell
• Fairfax Library Reading List
• Boston Public Reading List
• Readings Fundamental List
• General Fiction List
• Houston Public Librarys Lists of Lists
• Hedgehogs list of recommended reading
  (multiple pages of suggestions)
• List of longer Fiction Titles