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Book Suggestions

Looking for something to read?  Check out the lists below for some suggestions.  All books listed are in our collection at the Pollard Library - stop by or call to see if they are checked in!  And remember, we can always put you on the list for any books we don’t own, or don’t have checked in.  






Adventure
Animal Stories
Beginning Chapter Books
Fantasy/Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mysteries
Scary Stories
School Stories
Sports


Adventure
39 Clues (series)
Spy Force (series) by Deborah Abela
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
The Shield of Stars by Hilari Bell
Victory by Susan Cooper
Jimmy Coates, Assassin? by Joe Craig
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
The 7 Professors of the Far North by John Fardell
My Side of the Mountain by Jean George
Prince of Underwhere by Bruce Hale
Island (trilogy) by Gordon Korman
The Lost Treasure of Captian Kidd by Peter Lourie
The Boy Who Spoke Dog by Clay Morgan
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
The Knights’ Tales (series) by Gerald Morris
Wind Tamer by P. R. Morrison
North by Donna Jo Napoli
Roxy and the Hooligans by Phyllis Renolds Naylor
Blind Mountain by Jane Resh
Scared Stiff by Willo Davis Roberts
Sea Legs by Alex Shearer
The Trimmoni Twins and the Sunken Treasure by Pam Smallcomb
Sisters of the Sword by Maya Snow
Rowan Hood, Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest by Nancy Springer
Corby Flood by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
Ice Drift by Theodore Taylor


Animal Stories
The Underneath by Kathi Applet
A Dog on His Own by Mary Jane Auch
The Good Dog by Avi
Poppy by Avi
The World According to Humphfrey by Betty G. Briney
Masterpiece by Elise Broach
Bad Kitty Gets a Bath by Nick Bruel
The Incredible Journey by Shiela Burnford
The Secret Zoo by Bryan Chick
Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Puppy Power by Judy Cox
Notso Hotso by Anne Fine
Spy Mice: For Your Paws Only by Heather Vogel Frederick
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Toad Rage by Morris Gleitzman
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
The Stink Files: The Postman Always Brings Mice by Holm & Hamel 
Bunnicula by Deborah Howe
Waggit's Tail by Peter Howe
The Secret Country by Jane Johnson
Snakes Don't Miss Their Mothers by M. E. Kerr
Guardians of Ga'hoole (series) by Kathryn Lasky 
A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin
Shiloh by Phyllis Renolds Naylor
I, Freddy by Dietlof Reiche
The Rescuers by Margery Sharp
Gully’s Travels by Tor Seidler
Jimmy Dabble by Frans Vischer
Angus and Sadie by Cynthia Voigt
Stuart Little by E. B. White
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
Little Wolf, Forest Detective by Ian Whybrow
Stray by A. N. Wilson
Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole by Wong Herbert Yee 


Beginning Chapter Books
Roscoe Riley Rules by Katherine Applegate
Ivy and Bean (series) by Annie Barrows
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Arthur Chapter Books (series) by Marc Brown
Bad Kitty Gets a Bath by Nick Bruel
Puppy Power by Judy Cox
Amber Brown (series) by Paula Danziger
Nikki & Deja by Karen English
Honestly, Mallory! by Laurie Friedman
Mostly Monty by Johanna Hurwitz
Winnie Dancing On her Own by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Lenny and Mel: After-School Confidential by Eric P. Kraft
Martin Bridge (series) by Jessica Scott Kerrin
Molly Gets Mad by Suzy Kline 
Dog Days by David Lubar
Judy Moody (series) by Megan McDonald
Stink (series) by Megan McDonald
Rufus the Scrub Does Not Wear a Tutu by Jamie McEwan
Sly the Sleuth (series) by Donna Jo Napoli and Robert Furrow
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Stuart’s Cape by Sara Pennypacker
The Time Warp Trio (series) by Jon Scieszka
Daisy Dawson is on Her Way! by Steve Voake
Only Emma by Sally Warner
Spider Storch (series) by Gina Willner-Pardo
Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole by Wong Herbert Yee 


Fantasy/Science Fiction
Star Jumper: Diary of a Cardboard Genius by Frank Asch
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Shield of Stars by Hilari Bell
The Extra Ordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy (series) by William Boniface
The Rudest Alien on Earth by Jane Leslie Conly
How to be a Pirate by Cressida Cowell
Whispering to Witches by Anna Dale
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Spiderwick Chronicles (series) by Tony DiTerlizzi
Hatching Magic by Ann Downer
Ibby's Magic Weekend by Heather Dyer
Half Magic by Edward Eager
The Ear, The Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
The Everyday Witch by Sandra Forrester
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Into the Woods by Lyn Gardner
Magical Kids (series) by Sally Gardner
Pure Dead Magic by Debi Gliori
Dude, Where's My Space Ship? by Dan Greenburg
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Cal and the Amazing Anti-Gravity Machine by Richard Hamilton
Horns and Wrinkles by Joseph Helgerson
Away is a Strange Place to Be by H. M. Hoover
The Secrets of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
Troll Fell  by Katherine Langrish
Savvy  by Ingrid Law
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
Cyberia by Chris Lynch 
Quiet! You’re Invisible by Margaret Meacham
The Comic Book Kid by Adam Osterweil
The Time Hackers by Gary Paulsen
Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett
The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
Simon Bloom: Gravity Keeper by Michael Reisman
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
Fairy Realm (series) by Emily Rodda
Simon's Dream by Susan Schade
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Short
The Unseen by Zipha Keatley Snyder
Rowan Hood, Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest by Nancy Springer
The Edge Chronicles (series) by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
The Fairies of Nutfolk Wood by Barb Bentler Ullman 


Historical Fiction
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Fire Eaters by David Almond
American Girl (series)
Hard Gold by Avi
The Copper Treasure by Melvin Burgess
Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone
Saving Grace by Pricilla Cummings
Just Like Martin by Ossie Davis
Dear America (series)
My Last Skirt by Linda Durrant
The Education of Patience Goodspeed by Heather Vogel Frederick
The Eternal Spring of Mr. Ito by Sheila Garrigue
Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Truth About Sparrows by Marian Hale 
Crossing to Paradise by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
My Lady Pocahontas by Kathleen V. Kudlinski
Catch a Tiger by the Toe by Ellen Levine 
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLauchlan
Run Away Home by Patricia C. McKissack
How I Found the Strong by Margaret McMullan
Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Patterson
Thin Wood Walls by David Patneaude
Trouble Don’t Last by Shelley Pearson
Lost in America by Marilyn Sachs
Sisters of the Sword by Maya Snow 
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
Cabin on Trouble Creek by Jean van Leeuwen
After the Train by Gloria Whelan
Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Rosemary Wells
Little Audrey by Ruth White
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Counting On Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop
Bat 6 by Virginia Euwer Wolff
My Name is Sally Little Song by Brenda Woods
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
Dear Papa by Anne Yivisaker 


Mysteries
The 39 Clues (series)
Skellig by David Almond
The Traitor’s Gate by Avi
The Calder Game by Blue Balliett
The Sherlock Files (series) by Tracy Barrett
Groove: A Kind of Mystery by Kevin Brockmeier
Saxby Smart: The Curse of the Ancient Mask by Simon Cheshire
The Secret Zoo by Bryan Chick
Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer
Dawn Undercover by Anna Dale
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Harriet the Spy by Helen Ericson
The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo
Who Stole Uncle Sam? by Martha Freeman
Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The House on the Gulf by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Farewell My Lunchbag: A Chet Gecko Mystery by Bruce Hale
The Stink Files: The Postman Always Brings Mice by Holm & Hamel
The Diamond Brothers Mysteries (series) by Anthony Horowitz
A Killing In Plymoth Colony by Carol Otis Hurst & Rebecca Otis
The Secret of Dead Man's Mine: A Rinnah Two Feathers Mystery by Rodney Johnson 
Shadowmaker by Joan Lowery Nixon
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Canned by Alex Shearer
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Short
A Sam and Dave Mystery Story (series) by Marilyn Singer
Encyclopedia Brown (series) by Donald Sobol
The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets by Nancy Springer
Sammy Keys (series) by Wendelin Van Draanen
Super Sleuth by Jackie Vivelo
Little Wolf, Forest Detective by Ian Whybrow 



Scary Stories
The Seer of Shadows by Avi
Something Upstairs by Avi
Bearwalker by Joseph Bruchac
The Ghost of Windy Hill by Clyde Robert Bulla
The Empty Mirror by James Lincoln Collier
The Great Sockathon by Michael Delaney
Walking with the Dead by L. M. Falcone
Disappearing Act by Sid Fleischman
Great Writers and Kids Write Scary Stories
Overnight by Adele Griffin
The Ghost Sitter by Peni R. Griffin
Groosham Grange by Anthony Horowitz
The Beasts of Clawston Castle by Eva Ibbotson
The Whitby Witches by Robin Jarvis 
The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kchret
Horror at the Haunted House by Peg Kehret
Haunts by Angela Shelf Medearis
The Witch Doll by Helen Morgan
More Bones: Scary Stories From Around the World by Arielle North Olson
Clockwork by Philip Pullman
Scared Stiff by Willo Davis Roberts
Sweet Miss Honeywell’s Revenge by Kathryn Reiss
The Vampire Moves In by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg
The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine Diane Stanley
Mostly Ghostly (series) by R. L. Stine
Who's There? by Stephanie Tolan
Rosemary's Witch by Ann Turner
There's a Dead Person Following my Sister Around by Vivian Vande Velde
Stolen by Vivian Vande Velde
Ghosts Don't Get Goosebumps by Elvira Woodruff
Crandall's Castle by Betty Ren Wright


School Stories
Please Write in this Book by Mary Amato
Dustin Grubbs, One-Man Show by John J. Bank
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
anything written by Andrew Clements
The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of 5th Grade by Ken Derby
Nikki & Deja by Karen English  
Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue by Jack Gantos
A Midsummer's Night Dork by Carol Gorman
Dork in Disguise by Carol Gorman
The Girl With 500 Middle Names by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Herbie Jones (series) by Suzy Kline
Raymond and Graham Rule the School by Mike Knudson
The Chicken Doesn’t Skate by Gordon Korman
The Year of the Rat by Grace Lin
Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowery
Larger-Than-Life Lara by Dandi Daley Mackall
Boys are Dogs by Leslie Margolis
Amelia (series) by Marissa Moss
Live from the 5th Grade by Colleen O’Shaughnessy McKenna
Agnes Parker…(series) by Kathleen O’Dell
Sixth-Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me by Lisa Papademetrion
How Do You Spell Geek? By Julie Anne Peters
Along Came Spider by James Preller
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis
Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee
Benny and the No-Good Teacher by Cheryl Zach
Don't Bug Me! by Pam Zollman
Wayside School is Falling Down by Louis Sachar
Only Emma by Sally Warner
H.I.V.E. Higher-Institute-of-Villainous-Education by Mark Walden
How to Lose Your Class Pet by Valerie Wilson Wesley
Hank Zipper (series) by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver 


Sports
The Prince of Fenway Park by Julianna Baggott
Winners Take All by Fred Bowen
Full Court Fever by Fred Bowen
The Final Cut by Fred Bowen
Throwing Smoke by Bruce Brooks
The Wolfbay Wings (series) by Bruce Brooks
Lay Ups and Long Shots: An Anthology of Short Stories by Joseph Bruchac
Snowboarding on Monster Mountain by Eve Bunting
anything by Matt Christopher
Thank You, Jackie Robinson by Barbara Cohen
Getting in the Game by Dawn Fitzgerald 
Left-Handed Short Stop by Patricia Riley Giff
Football Champ by Tim Green
anything by Dan Gutman
Two Hotdogs with Everything by Paul Haven
Goof-Off Goalie by Betty Hicks
Emma Dilemma and the Soccer Nanny by Patricia Hermes
Team Picture by Dean Hughes
Out Standing in my Field by Patrick Jennings
The Scarlet Stockings by Charlotte Kandel
The Basement Baseball Club by Jeffrey Kelly
Molly Gets Mad by Suzy Kline
Swindle by Gordon Korman
Tackling Dad by Elizabeth Levy
Breakaway by Kimberly Griffiths Little
Heat by Mike Lupica
Travel Team by Mike Lupica
Skinnybones by Barbara Park
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
Some Kind of Pride by Maria Testa
Bat 6 by Virginia Euwer Wolff