ELPS RESERVED
GRADES 1-12
Revised 6/26/2006
The following books are
reserved at the specified grade levels for study as literary units. Please do not select any titles reserved for
study at a grade higher than your own. Note that for grades K– 8, where
possible, the Fountas & Pinnell level has been noted in parenthesis and a
K-8 Fountas & Pinnell level to grade level conversion chart has been
included at the end of this document.
Thank you.
First Grade
Frog and Toad,
Henry and Mudge, Cynthia Rylant (J)
A
to Z mysteries,
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Arthur
Books, Marc
Brown (M)
Balto, Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Magic
Treehouse Series, Midnight On The Moon, Mary Pope Osborn
(N)
Mr.
Putter- Series, Cynthia Rylant (J)
Nate
the Great Books, Marjorie Weinman (K)
One
Small Dog,
Johanna Hurwitz
The
Boxcar Children, Gertrude Warner
The
Kids of the
The
Littles- Series, John Peterson (M)
Third grade --In
addition to the books listed below the 3rd grade will introduce
American tall tales and legends.
A
Hundred Dresses- Estes, Eleanor (O)
Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory- Dahl, Roald (R)
Flat
Stanley,
Jeff Brown (N)
Freckle
Juice, Blume, Judy – (M)
George
the Drummer Boy, Benchley, George (K)
Grandfather’s
Journey,
Say, Allen
Invisible
Stanley-
Brown, Jeff (N)
James
and the Giant Peach- Dahl, Roald (Q)
Molly’s
Pilgrim,
Cohen, Barbara ( M)
More Stories Julian Tells,
Cameron, Ann (N)
Much
Muggie
Maggie-
Clearly, Beverly (O)
Ralph
S Mouse,
Clearly, Beverly (O)
Ramona Quimby Age 8,
Ramona
the
Sam
the Minute Man,
Benchley, George (J)
Seven Kisses In A Row (0)
Sheila
The Great-
Blume, Judy (Q)
Stories
Julian Tells,
Cameron, Ann (N)
Tales
of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Blume, Judy (Q)
The
Mouse and the Motorcycle,
The
One in the Middle is a Green Kangaroo. Blume, Judy (M)
The
Secret Soldier-
McGovern, Ann (O)
Fourth Grade
Bright Shadows, Avi
Bunnicula, James Howe (Q)
Chocolate Fever, Robert Kimmel Smith (O)
Cricket In
Dear Mr. Henshaw,
Dollhouse Murders, Betty Ren Wright (R)
Family Under The Bridge, Natalie Carlson (R)
Frindle, Andrew Clements
Fudgemania, Judy Blume (R)
How To Be A Perfect Person, Stephen Manes (Q)
How To Eat Fried
Love That Dog, Sharon Creech
Owls In The Family, Farley Mowat (P)
Poppy, Avi (S)
Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes, Eleanor Coerr
(R)
Search For Delicious, Natalie Babbitt (U)
Starting With Alice, Phyllis Naylor
Stone Fox, John Reynolds Gardiner (P)
Strider,
The Bfg, Roald Dahl (U)
The
The Whipping Boy,
Sid Fleischman (R)
A Wrinkle in Time,
Madeleine L'Engle (V)
Because of Winn Dixie, Kate
DiCamillo (S)
Bud Not Buddy, Christopher
Paul Curtis
Esperanza Rising,
From the Mixed-Up files of
Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E.L. Konigsburg (S)
In the Year of the Boar and
Jackie Robinson, Bette Bao Lord (S)
Maniac Magee, Jerry
Spinelli (W)
My Brother Sam is Dead,
James and Christopher Collier (Y)
Phantom
Tollbooth (W)
Return of the Indian, Lynne
Reid Banks (R)
Sign of the Beaver,
Elizabeth Speare (U)
Soup (Q)
Star Girl, Jerry Spinelli
The Big Storm, (Q)
The Cabin Faced West, Jean
Fritz (R)
The Legend of Jimmy Spoon,
Kristianna Gregory
The Midnight Fox, Betsy
Byars (R)
The Secret of Platform
Thirteen, Eva Ibbotson
The Watsons Go To
The Witch of Blackbird
Pond, Elizabeth George Speare (W)
Walk Two Moons, (V)
Which Witch, Eva Ibbotson
Bridge
to Terebithia, Kathering Paterson* (S)
Hatchet,
Gary Paulson* (R)
Holes,
Lewis Sachar (V)
Julie
of the Wolves, Jean Craighead George* (U)
Mrs.
Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, Robert C. O’Brien (V)
Number
the Stars, Lois Lowry* (U)
On
My Honor, Marion Bauer (S)
Pinballs,
Betsy Byres (S)
Summer
of the Swans, Betsy Byars (S)
The
Flunking of Joshua T. Bates, Susan Shreve (N)
The
Friendship and the Gold Cadillac, Mildred Taylor* (S)
The
Great Gilly Hopkins, Katherine Patterson* (S)
The
Report Card, Andrew Clements
The
River, Gary Paulson* (R)
The
Sword in the Stone, T.H. White*
The
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi* (V)
The
Westing Game, Ellen Raskin (V)
They
Cage the Animals at Night,
This
Can’t be Happening at MacDonald Hall, Gordon Korman (S)
Tuck
Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt* (U)
Where the Red Fern Grows,
Wilson Rawls (X)
A
Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens*
A
House Called Awful, Philip Ardagh
A
Stitch in Time, Ann Rinaldi
Banner
in the Sky, James Ramsey
Brian’s
Hunt, Gary Paulson
Crash,
Jerry Spinelli
Dragonwings,
Laurence Yep* (W)
Gentle
Hands, M.E. Kerr* (Z)
Greater
Than Angels, Carol Matas
Homecoming,
Cynthia Voight* (X)
I
Know What You Did Last Summer, Lois Duncan*
Island
of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O’Dell* (V)
Lilly’s
Crossing, Patricia Reilly Giff (S)
Lyddie,
Katherine Patterson* (U)
Magician’s
Nephew, C. S. Lewis
Matilda,
Roal Dahl
Mick
Harte Was Here, Barbara Park
Missing
May, Cynthia Rylant* (W)
Ransom,
Lois Duncan
Something
for Joey, Richard Peck
Summer
of My German Soldier, Bette Green* (Z)
The
Acorn People, Ron Jones
The
Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket
The
Black
The
Cay, Theodore Taylor* (V)
The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis* (T)
The
Pigman, Paul Zindel* (Z)
The
Shadow Club, Neil Schusterman
The
Upstairs Room, Johanna Reis
Things
not Seen, Andrew Clements
Walkabout,
James Marshall
Where
the Lilies Bloom, Vera and Bill Cleaver* (Y)
Across
Five Aprils, Irene Hunt* (Z)
Behind
the Bedroom Wall, Laura E Williams (V)
Call
of the Wild, Jack London (Y)
Cheaper
By the Dozen, Frank Gilbreth & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Diary
of Anne Frank, Ann Frank (Y)
Dicey’s
Song, Cynthia Voight* (W)
I
Know What You Did Last Summer, Lois Duncan
Jacob
Have I Loved, Katherine Patterson* (S)
Johnny
Tremain, Ester Forbes*
Let
the Circle Be Unbroken, Mildred Taylor (X)
My
Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George* (U)
Nightjohn,
Gary Paulsen* (W)
Nothing
But the Truth, Avi (U)
Slave
Dancer, Paula Fox*
Soldier’s
Heart, Gary Paulson* (V)
Something
Upstairs, Avi* (T)
Tending
to Grace, Kimberly Newton Fuscoe
That
Was Then, This Is Now, S.E.Hinton* (Z)
The
Art Of Keeping Cool, Janet Taylor Lisle
The
Fighting Ground, Avi (V)
The
Giver, Lois Lowry* (Y)
The
Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien (Z)
The
Light in the
The
Light On Hogback Hill, Cynthia DeFelice
The
The
Red Pony, John Steinbeck
The
Wave, Todd Strasser
The
Year of the Hangman, Gary Blackwood
To
Be a Slave, Julius Lester* (Z)
Tom
Sawyer, Mark Twain*
Transall
Saga, Gary Paulson*
Warriors
Don’t Cry, Melba Paltillo Beals
Ninth
Grade:
Catcher
in the
Finding
Forrester -
James Ellison
Flowers
for Algernon –
Daniel Keyes
Miracle
Worker –William
Gibson
Narrative
of Fredrick Douglas - Fredrick Douglas
Odyssey Parts 1+2 - Homer
Romeo
and Juliet -
Shakespeare
Tenth
Grade:
Babbitt
– Sinclair
Lewis
Crucible
– Arthur
Miller
Ethan
Frome –
Edith Wharton
Grapes
of Wrath –
John Steinbeck
House
of the Seven Gables – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Huckleberry
Finn – Mark
Twain
Moby
Dick –
Herman Melville
My
Antonia –
Willa Cather
Of
Mice and Men –
John Steinbeck
Eleventh
Grade:
1984
– George
Orwell
Brave
New World –
Aldous Huxley
Frankenstein
- Mary
Shelley
Great
Expectations –
Charles Dickens
Grendel
– John
Gardner
Macbeth
- Shakespeare
Pride
and Prejudice
– Jane Austin
Return
of the Native –
Thomas Hardy
Robinson
Crusoe –
Daniel Defoe
Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern are Dead– Tom Stoppard
Twelfth
Grade:
“Metamorphosis”
– Franz Kafka
Angela’s
Ashes –
Frank McCourt
Antigone
- Sophocles
As
I Lay Dying
– William Faulkner
Billy
Budd –
Herman Melville
Cracking
the SAT –
Crime
and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Death
of a Salesman
– Arthur Miller
Farewell
to Manzanar –
Jeane and James Houston
I
Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
Invisible
Man – Ralph
Ellison
Kite
Runner -
Khaled
Hosseini
Long
Day’s Journey into Night – Eugene O’Neill
Night
– Elie
Weisel
Oedipus - Sophocles
Sound
and the Fury -
William Faulkner
Streetcar
Named Desire -
Sun
Also Rises -
Ernest Hemingway
Fountas
and Pinnell level to grade level conversion chart
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Grade 1 |
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Grade 2 |
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Grade 5 |
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Grade 6 |
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* Professional texts used in the leveling or grouping: