Classroom Novels
The following is a list of suggested and available novels
for each grade level. The alternate list is for sets of novels with little or
no information and/or novels that are sequels; however, these books may still
be used in your classroom. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are part of the
literature series and are required to be taught for that grade.
5th
Grade: 5th
Grade Alternates:
Bridge to Terabithia Bunnicula
Island of the Blue Dolphins Casper
Maniac Magee Homeward
Bound
On My Honor Joey
Pigza Swallowed the Key
Sarah, Plain and Tall Jurassic
Park
Shiloh Night
of the Twisters
Summer of the Swans Saving
Shiloh (Sequel)
Walk Two Moons
6th
Grade: 6th
Grade Alternates:
Belle Prater’s Boy Crazy
Lady
Hatchet* Face
on the Milk Carton
My Side of the Mountain Fear
Street
One-Eyed Cat Monkey
Island
Sounder* Voice
on the Radio (Sequel)
The Cay*
Tuck Everlasting
Where the Red Fern Grows
7th
Grade: 7th
Grade Alternates:
A Wrinkle in Time A
Wind in the Door (Sequel)
Holes Ice
M.C. Higgins the Great* I’ll
Be Seeing You
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Let the Circle
Be Unbroken (Sequel)
The Giver The
Young Landlords
The Glory Field* Twister
The Slave Dancer
The Yearling*
8th
Grade: 8th
Grade Alternates:
1984
Forgotten Tales
A Christmas Carol* In
My Father’s House
Call of the Wild* Road
to Memphis (Sequel)
Fahrenheit 451 The
Martian Chronicles
House of Dies Drear Troubling
a Star
Johnny Tremain
Nothing But the Truth
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Outsiders
Treasure Island