Guided Reading Levels S-V Book List

Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they're both stuck in the same place: school.

Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger—a real-life, very large tiger—pacing back and forth in a cage.

As German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, 10-year-old Annemarie Johansen's family takes in Annemarie's best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her by pretending she's part of the family.

This winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award features Stanley Yelnats, a kid who is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats.

Inspired by the true story of a gorilla who spent 30 years alone in a cage at an indoor zoo in a mall, this beautiful book imagines what that gorilla might have felt and said about his life.

Twelve-year-old Rosie and her best friend, Bailey, are upset with each other. With the help of Rosie's Granny Torrelli, the two overcome their differences as they help Granny in the kitchen.

A timeless tale by the incomparable Kate DiCamillo, complete with stunning full-color plates by Bagram Ibatoulline, which honors the enduring power of love.

First published in 1961, this imaginative novel remains a favorite for young readers decades later.

Jack hates poetry, but his teacher, Ms. Stretchberry, won't stop giving her class poetry assignments. But then he discovers the more he writes, the more he learns he does have something to say.

This brilliant, sensitive story takes an insightful look at how one person's differences can affect the lives of so many others.

Set in San Diego in 1941-42, this novel vividly evokes life on the home front during World War II. As the U.S. battles tyranny overseas, 11-year-old Foster Simmons finds a way to make peace at home.

Enter the world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family. When Momma and Dad decide it's time for a visit to Grandma, Dad comes home with the amazing Ultra-Glide, and the Watsons head South to Birmingham, Alabama... toward one of the darkest moments in America's history.

Gary Paulsen's comic story about a summer job becomes a slapstick lesson in business as one boy turns a mountain of grass into a mountain of cash.

It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but he's on a mission to hit the road and find his father, and nothing can stop him.

This first installment of C.S. Lewis' renowned series, first published in 1950, has been enchanting the hearts and imaginations of millions for generations with its story of four siblings who, with the help of a lion named Aslan, must overcome their own failings to become heroes of a better world.

Kidsnatched from her orphange by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts a plan with him to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.

It's 1776 and the Revolutionary War is raging as the colonists fight for freedom from Great Britain. Will eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox find his father and get out alive?

At a time when being a woman and an African American limited what a mathematician might achieve, meet women who helped NASA win the space race. “An important story” -Kirkus

A powerful story of love, prejudice, and survival.

As John Borne closes in on the doe he's been tracking for two days, he comes to believe she has the mysterious power to cheat death and save the life of his beloved grandfather, who is dying of cancer.

This moving adaptation of the classic children's story Cinderella tells how a disfigured Algonquin girl wins the heart of a mysterious being who lives by the lake near her village.

In this powerful novel researched in NYC schools, Newbery Medalist Virginia Hamilton documents the struggle young people face as they simultaneously assert their independence and yearn for guidance.

Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw has had a lot to contend with in her young life, her name for one. But according to Gram, most problems can be overcome with positive thinking...until their mother reappears after seven years of being gone, stirring up all sorts of questions and challenging Naomi to discover and proclaim who she really is.

Armani Curtis can think about only one thing: her tenth birthday.

Twelve-year-old Trevor McKinney accepts his teacher's challenge to earn extra credit by coming up with a plan to change the world. Trevor's idea is simple: Do a good deed for three people and, instead of asking them to return the favor, ask them to "pay it forward" to three others who need help.

Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood.

Thirty years after the publication of her Newbery Honor Book My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George gives young readers a worthy sequel to add to their collection.

Whether testing their own sleuthing abilities by working against the clock, or enjoying the intrigue of unraveling each case, readers get lots of spine-tingling mystery with these thrilling puzzlers.

Can you imagine crossing enemy lines to deliver a secret message? Or spying on your enemy from the attic of their hideout? Read the 10 True Tales from kids just like you who risked their lives to be spies!

In the irresistible first novel by the author of The Hunger Games, a boy embarks on a dangerous quest in order to fulfill his destiny and find his father.

Bursting with information about the biggest volcanic eruptions and earth-shattering earthquakes, this book takes a fun approach to science, introducing readers to plate tectonics and the tumultuous forces brewing beneath Earth's surface.

When sixteen people are called together for the reading of wealthy Sam Westing's will, they are surprised to learn that the will is actually a contest in which they are all to participate.

In a fanciful and rich story, Dominic Cantori hides from his class tour of Ellis Island because he doesn't want anyone to know that he is an orphan. He falls asleep and is transported back in time to Italy in 1908.

The Great Earthquake of 1906 destroyed 500 blocks of San Francisco in one minute. Leo's world is shaken—literally—and now every second could mean the difference between life and death.

In this celebration of nonconformity, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the perils of popularity and the thrill and inspiration of first love.

Inspired by the author's own childhood experience of fleeing Vietnam as a refugee and immigrating to Alabama, this Newbery Honor Book and National Book Award winner told in verse is sure to capture young readers' hearts and open their eyes.

Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico, and that she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers.