Some of my favorite books for upper elementary...
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Flora and Ulysses by Kate Di Camillo
Frindle by Andrew Clements
The Heroes of the Olympus (Series) by Rick Riordan
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (A graphic novel! I loved this book so much I wrote a unit of study on graphic novels!)
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (I read this as a child and LOVED it! I always tell students how I imagined as a young girl going on my own adventure into the mountains.)
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (I know it's on the middle school list too! )
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Smile by Raina Telgemeier (The whole trilogy is loved by girl readers.)
Sugar by Jewel Parker Rhodes
Tiger Rising by Kate Di Camillo (A great metaphor)
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Cristopher Paul Curtis
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (Seriously...who can read this aloud?)
Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
I promise to update this page as I come across new titles! These are just a few of many, many, books I love to recommend to readers for both reading and writing purposes.
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Flora and Ulysses by Kate Di Camillo
Frindle by Andrew Clements
The Heroes of the Olympus (Series) by Rick Riordan
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (A graphic novel! I loved this book so much I wrote a unit of study on graphic novels!)
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (I read this as a child and LOVED it! I always tell students how I imagined as a young girl going on my own adventure into the mountains.)
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (I know it's on the middle school list too! )
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Smile by Raina Telgemeier (The whole trilogy is loved by girl readers.)
Sugar by Jewel Parker Rhodes
Tiger Rising by Kate Di Camillo (A great metaphor)
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Cristopher Paul Curtis
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (Seriously...who can read this aloud?)
Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
I promise to update this page as I come across new titles! These are just a few of many, many, books I love to recommend to readers for both reading and writing purposes.
