Top 22 Book List:

Recommended: 4th Grade

Summer Reading- 2020-2021

• Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis

• Tuesdays at the Castle (series) by Jessica Day George

• Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi (graphic novel series)

• Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series) by Rick Riordan

• The Land of Stories (series) by Chris Colfer

• Dragon Slippers (series) by Jessica Day George

• Elements of Genius: Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray by Jess Keating

• Survivor Diaries: Avalanche!(series) by Terry Lynn Johnson

• Belly Up (series) by Stuart Gibbs

• Star Scouts (series) by Mike Lawrence (graphic novel)

• The Last Kids on Earth (series) by Max Brallier

• Me, Frida, and the Secret is the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes

• Jada Sly, Artist & Spy by Sherri Winston

• Coo by Kaela Noel

• Guts by Raina Telgemeier

• Unteachables by Gordon Korman

• One-Third Nerd by Gennifer Choldenko

• Restart by Gordon Korman

• Click by Kayla Miller

• Hero by Jennifer Li Shotz

• Get to Work, Hercules! (Myth-O-Mania series) by Kate McMullan

• The Terrible Two (series) by Mac Barnett and Jory John

• Phoebe and Her Unicorn (series) by Dana Simpson

• The Worst Class Trip Ever (series) by Dave Barry

• Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja (series) by Marcus Emerson

• Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman

• Big Nate Welcome to My World  (series) by Lincoln Peirce

• American Girl Mysteries by various

• John Lincoln Clem Civil War Drummer Boy (series) by E.F. Abbott

• Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

• Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood (verse)

• Escape This Book Tombs of Egypt by Bill Doyle, illustrated by Sarah Sax & You

• Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park

• Frindle by Andrew Clements

• Holes by Louis Sachar

• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer 

• The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis

• The Lemonade War series by Jacqueline Davies

• Beverly Cleary books

• Johanna Hurwitz books

• Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

• Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

• Friends: Making Them and Keeping Them by Patty Kelley Criswell

• The 39 Clues series

• The Lightning Thief series

• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

• Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard

• The Winner's Walk by Nancy Ruth Patterson

• Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins

• Tofu Quilt by Ching Yeung Russell

• The Nina, the Pinta, and the Vanishing Treasure by Jill Santopolo (goes with our

• explorer unit)

• Oggie Cooder by Sarah Weeks

• Lincoln and His Boys by Rosemary Wells

• Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret (goes with our weather unit)

• My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

• Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki

• She Touched the World by Sally Hobart Alexander

• Give me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Russell Freedman

• Fourth Grade Celebrity, Gift Of The Pirate Queen, Girl Who Knew It All, Left-Handed

• Shortstop, Rat Teeth, Winter Worm Business, Nory Ryan's Song, Lily's Crossing, (and

• others) by Patricia Reilly Giff

• Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling

• A Series of Unfortunate Events books by Lemony Snicket

• Dear America books, My America books, and My Name is America (various authors)

• The Spiderwick Chronicle series by Tony DiTerlizzi

• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

• Math Curse by Jon Scieszka (a book for math phobics)

• 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth by the EarthWorks Group

• Natural Disasters by Claire Watts (goes with our weather unit)

• Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing by Paul B. Janeczko