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Recommended Reading Lists

Popular Fiction Books

Cupcake Diaries by Coco Simon – F SIM (Realistic Fiction) Timmy Failure series by Stephan Pastits – F PAS (Humor) Dragon Slayers’ Academy by Kate McMullen – F MCM (Fantasy)
Amelia series by Marissa Moss – F MOS (Realistic Fiction) Goosebumps series by R.L Stine – F STI (Scary) iHero series by Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow – F BAR (Adventure)
Notebook of Doom by Troy Cummings – ECB CUM Dragon Masters by Tracey West – ECB WES Owl Diaries by Rebecca Elliott – ECB ELL
Press Start! series by Thomas Flintham – ECB FLI Anything by Raina Telgemeier – GN TEL Geronimo Stilton series – GN STI or ECB STI
Squish series by Matt Holm – GN HOL BabyMouse series by Matt Holm – GN HOL  

Popular Non-Fiction books

Numbers to the right of the title are the call numbers.

Look for that number on the spine of the book.

Yellow stickers over the spine label indicate harder books.

Red/pink stickers over the spine label indicate easier books.

Minecraft – 793 to 795 Animals – 590s
Rocks and minerals – 549 Lego Creative books – 688
Joke and riddle books – 818 “Amazing But True” and other list books – 031
Max Atiom science series – 741.5 MAX  

Popular Fiction Books

Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling – F ROW (Fantasy) DogMan by Dav Pilkey – GN PIL/741.5 PIL 39 Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths – F GRI (Humor)
Diary of Wimpy Kid by Greg Kinney – F KIN (Humor) Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell – F RUS (Humor) Goosebumps by R.L. Stine – F STI (Scary)
Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey – ECB PIL Ricky Ricotta by Dav Pilkey – ECB PIL Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger – F MES (Fantasy)
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann – F MCM (Fantasy) I Funny by James Patterson – F PAT (Humor) My Weird School by Dan Gutman – F GUT (Humor)
Anything written by Gordon Korman – F KOR (Adventure or Animals or Science Fiction) Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume – F BLU (Realistic Fiction) Wings of Fire by Tui Sutherland – F SUT (Fantasy)
Any books written by Roald Dahl – F DAH (Adventure)   Puppy Place series by Ellen Miles – F MIL (Animals)

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Popular Non-Fiction books

Numbers to the right of the title are the call numbers.

Look for that number on the spine of the book.

Yellow stickers over the spine label indicate harder books.

Red/pink stickers over the spine label indicate easier books.

Anything about animals but especially sharks and big cats – 590s Minecraft – 793 to 795
Space vehicles – 629 Outer space – 523
Lego Creative books – 688 Joke and riddle books – 818
“Amazing But True”, Guinness Book of Records, and other list books – 031

Biographies of athletes – BIO followed by athlete name

(example: BIO MES for Lionel Messi)

Popular Fiction Books

Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan – F RIO (Fantasy) Warriors series by Erin Hunter – F HUN (Fantasy) The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann – F MCM (Fantasy)
Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger – F MES (Fantasy) Land of Stories by Chris Colfer – F COL (Fantasy) Gregor the Overlander by Susan Collins – F COL (Fantasy)
George by Alex Gino – F GIN (Realistic Fiction) Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies – F DAV (Realistic Fiction) Anything written by Gordon Korman – F KOR (Adventure or Animals or Science Fiction)
Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell – F RUS (Humor) TinTin/丁丁 by Herge – 741.5 HER/GN HER/CH 741.5 HER Bone series by Jeff Smith – 741.5 SMI/GN SMI
Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi – GN KIB/741.5 KIB Real Friends by Shannon Hale – GN HAL Any books by Raina Telgemeier – GN TEL (especially “Ghosts” and “Drama”)

Popular Non-Fiction books

Numbers to the right of the title are the call numbers.

Look for that number on the spine of the book.

Yellow stickers over the spine label indicate harder books.

Red/pink stickers over the spine label indicate easier books.

“Amazing But True”, Guinness Book of Records, and other list books – 031 Mythology – 292
Minecraft – 793 to 795 Biographies of soccer stars and basketballers – BIO followed by athlete name (example: BIO MES for Lionel Messi)
Second World War – 940.53 History books – 940s

Student Reading Recommendations

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