Recommended books

Listed below are some possible books for your child to check out. They still need to try the five finger test and read the fly before reading the book.

Good authors to try:

• Byars, Betsy
• Clearly, Beverly
• George, Jean Craighead
• Smith, Robert Kimmel
• Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
• L'Engle, Madeleine
• Scieszka, Jon

Good series or multiple book sets to try:

• Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys
• Ramona books
• Henry Reid books
• A Wrinkle in Time series
• American Girl and Dear America series

Individual titles to try:

• Time Cat by L. Alexander
• Boys Against Girls by P. Naylor
• True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
• BFG by R. Dahl
• My Side of the Mountain by J. George
• Time Warp Trio by R. Smith
• The Landry News by A. Clements
• Trout Summer by J. Conly
• Island of the Blue Dolphins by S. O'Dell