Suggested 4th Grade Reading

Adventure/ Suspense Stories
Everest: The Climb -  Gordon Korman
Hatchet -  Gary Paulsen
Night of the Twisters -  Ivy Ruckman
My Side of the Mountain -  Jean Craighead George
View from the Cherry Tree -  Willo Roberts
Peak -

Animal Stories
Love That Dog - Sharon Creech
No More Dead Dogs - Gordon Korman
Shelter Dogs: Amazing stories of adopted strays - Peg Kehret
Because of Winn Dixi

Award Winners
Whittington - Alan Armstrong
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. - Frankweiler E.L. Konigsburg
Bridge to Terabithia -  Katerine Paterson
Picture of Hollis Woods -  Patricia Giff Reilly
Walk Two Moons -  Sharon Creech
Rules -  Cynthia Lord

Fantasy/ Science Fiction
Peter and the Star Catchers -  Dave Barry
Dragon’s Boy -  Jane Yolen
Wrinkle in Time -  Madeleine L’Engle
Phantom Toll Booth -  Norton Juster
The Lightning Thief (challenging read) -

Just for Fun
Operation Dump the Chump -  Barbara Park
Danny Champion of the World -  Roald Dahl
The Reptile Room -  Lemony Snicket
Shakespeare Secret -  Elise Broach
Diary of a Wimpy Kid -