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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Level V
5 Novels Pinkwater, Daniel V 5.3
Absolutely Normal Chaos Creech, Sharon V 5.3
Alexander Graham Bell Petrie, A. Roy V 5.3
American Revolution, The Carter, Alden R. V 5.3
Amos Fortune: Free Man Yates, Elizabeth V 5.3
And One For All Nelson, Theresa V 5.3
Anna Is Still Here Vos, Ida V 5.3
Anne of Green Gables Montgomery, L.M. V 5.3
Are All The Giants Dead? Norton, Mary V 5.3
Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Fritz, Jean V 5.3
Autumn Street Lowry, Lois V 5.3
Bad Beginning, The Snicket, Lemony V 5.3
Bearstone Hobbs, Will V 5.3
Beauty Wallace, Bill V 5.3
Behind The Bedroom Wall Williams, Laura E. V 5.3
Belle Prater's Boy White, Ruth V 5.3
Beyond the Mango Tree Zemser, Amy Bronwen V 5.3
Biggest Klutz in Fifth Grade, The Wallace, Bill V 5.3
Birthday Room, The Henkes, Kevin V 5.3
Black Star, Bright Dawn O'Dell, Scott V 5.3
Bloomability Creech, Sharon V 5.3
Blue Willow Gates, Doris V 5.3
Brady Fritz, Jean V 5.3
Brain You And Your Body V 5.3
But I'll Be Back Again Rylant, Cynthia V 5.3
By the Great Horn Spoon! Fleischman, Sid V 5.3
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Calico Bush Field, Rachel V 5.3
Canyons Paulsen, Gary V 5.3
Cay, The Taylor, Theodore V 5.3
CD and the Giant Cat Odgers, Darrel and Sally V 5.3
Chasing Redbird Creech, Sharon V 5.3
Choosing Up Sides Ritter, John H. V 5.3
Circle Unbroken, A Hotze, Sollace V 5.3
City of Gold & Lead, The Christopher, John V 5.3
Clay Marble, The Ho, Minfong V 5.3
Cold Shoulder Road Aiken, Joan V 5.3
Come Morning Guccione, Leslil Davis V 5.3
Come Sing, Jimmy Jo Patterson, Katherine V 5.3
Dark Stairs Byars, Betsy V 5.3
Daughter of the Mountains Rankin, Louise V 5.3
Death's Door Byars, Betsy V 5.3
Dogsong Paulsen, Gary V 5.3
Dragon Chronicles, The: Dragon's Milk Fletcher, Susan V 5.3
Dragonsong McCaffrey, Anne V 5.3
Drylongso Hamilton, Virginia V 5.3
Dustland Hamilton, Virginia V 5.3
Eyes of the Amaryllis, The Babbitt, Natalie V 5.3
Father Water, Mother Woods Paulsen, Gary V 5.3
Favorite Greek Myths Konigsburg, E. L. V 5.3
Fighting Ground, The Avi V 5.3
Final Freedom, The Wallace, Bill V 5.3
Foster's War Reeder, Carolyn V 5.3
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedman, Russell V 5.3
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Gathering of Flowers, A Thomas, Joyce Carol V 5.3
Gathering, The Hamilton, Virginia V 5.3
Get on Board: The Story of..Underground Haskins, Jim V 5.3
Getting Lincoln's Goat Goldman, E. M. V 5.3
Ghost Belonged to Me, The Peck, Richard V 5.3
Gib Rides Home Snyder, Zilpha Keatley V 5.3
Gone-Away Lake Enright, Elizabeth V 5.3
Good-Bye, Billy Radish Skurzynski, Gloria V 5.3
Goodbye, Vietnam Whelan, Gloria V 5.3
Goody Hall Babbitt, Natalie V 5.3
Grab Hands and Run Temple, Frances V 5.3
Green Book, The Walsh, Jill Paton V 5.3
Habibi Nye, Naomi Shihab V 5.3
Harris and Me Paulsen, Gary V 5.3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling, J. K. V 5.3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. V 5.3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Rowling, J. K. V 5.3
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Rowling, J. K. V 5.3
Hobby, Find Your Fate Yolen, Jane V 5.3
Holes Sachar, Louis V 5.3
House of Dies Drear Hamilton, Virginia V 5.3
I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade Wilson, Diane Lee V 5.3
If I Forget, You Remember Williams, Carol Lynch V 5.3
Incident at Hawk's Hill Eckert, Allen W. V 5.3
Incredible Journey The Burnford, Sheila V 5.3
Island of the Blue Dolphins O'Dell, Scott V 5.3
Jingo Django Fleischman, Sid V 5.3
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Jip His Story Paterson, Katherine V 5.3
John F. Kennedy World Leaders: Past and V 5.3
John James Audubon: Wildlife Artist Anderson, Peter/A First Book V 5.3
Joseph: 1861 -A Rumble of War Pryor, Bonnie V 5.3
Journey Home Uchida, Yoshika V 5.3
journey Outside Steele, Mary Q. V 5.3
Journey to an 800 Number Konigsburg, E. L. V 5.3
Keep Smiling Through Rinaldi, Ann V 5.3
Keeping Room, The Myers, Anna V 5.3
Letters from Camp A Mystery Klise, Kate V 5.3
Lincoln: A Photobiography Freedman, Russell V 5.3
Long Way from Chicago, A Peck, Richard V 5.3
Manatee, The Silverstein, A. and Nunn, L. V 5.3
Maniac Magee Spinelli, Jerry V 5.3
Many Waters L'Engle, Madeleine V 5.3
Marian Anderson: Singer Tedards, Anne V 5.3
Maze, The Hobbs, Will V 5.3
Merlin, A Wizard is Born Yolen, Jane V 5.3
Midnight Horse, The Fleischman, Sid V 5.3
Monkey Island Fox, Paula V 5.3
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH O'Brien, Robert C. V 5.3
Music of Dolphins, The Hesse, Karen V 5.3
My Brother, My Sister, and I Watkins, Yoko Kawashima V 5.3
My Name is Not Angelica Dell, Scott V 5.3
My Wartime Summers Cutler, Jane V 5.3
Night Birds on Nantucket Aiken, Joan V 5.3
Not That I Care Vail, Rachel V 5.3
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Old Yeller Gipson, Fred V 5.3
On The Far Side Of The Mountain George, Jean Craighead V 5.3
One More River Banks, Lynne Reid V 5.3
Pleasing the Ghost Creech, Sharon V 5.3
Pocket Full of Seeds, A Sachs, Marilyn V 5.3
Pool of Fire, The Christopher, John V 5.3
Promise Me the Moon Barnes, Joyce Annette Barnes V 5.3
Rainbow People, The Yep, Laurence V 5.3
Rascal North, Sterling V 5.3
Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen, The Alexander, Lloyd V 5.3
Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, The Giblin, James Cross V 5.3
Root Cellar, The Lunn, Janet V 5.3
Scared Stiff Malcolm, Jahnna N. V 5.3
Secret of Nimh, The Brien, Robert C. V 5.3
Silent to the Bone Konigsburg, E. L. V 5.3
Skateway to Freedom Alma, Ann V 5.3
So Far From the Bamboo Grove Watkins, Yoko Kawashima V 5.3
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? McKissack, Patricia V 5.3
Soldier's Heart Paulsen, Gary V 5.3
SOS Titanic Bunting, Eve V 5.3
Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Denenberg, Barry V 5.3
Tent, The Paulsen, Gary V 5.3
Thief in the Village, A Berry, James V 5.3
Thief of Hearts Yep, Laurence V 5.3
Tom's Midnight Garden Pearce, Philippa V 5.3
Tree by Leaf Voigt, Cynthia V 5.3
Troubling a Star L'Engle, Madeleine V 5.3
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, The Avi V 5.3
Twenty-One Balloons, The DuBois, William V 5.3
Underground Railroad, The Bial, Raymond V 5.3
Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon V 5.3
Wanderer, The Creech, Sharon V 5.3
Watchers: Island Lerangis, Peter V 5.3
Watchers: J.D. Lerangis, Peter V 5.3
Watchers: Lab 6 Lerangis, Peter V 5.3
Watchers: Last Stop Lerangis, Peter V 5.3
Watchers: Rewind Lerangis, Peter V 5.3
Watchers: War Lerangis, Peter V 5.3
Westing Game, The Raskin, Ellen V 5.3
Wflliwaw! Bodoff, Tom V 5.3
When the Tripods Came Christopher, John V 5.3
White Mountain, The Christopher, John V 5.3
Wind in the Door, A L'Engle, Madeleine V 5.3
Window, The Ingold, Jeanette V 5.3
Witches of Worm, The Jackson, Shirley V 5.3
Wolves of Willoughby Chase, The Aiken, Joan V 5.3
Words of Stone Henkes, Kevin V 5.3
Wrinkle in Time, A L'Engle, Madeleine V 5.3
Yolonda's Genius Fenner, Carol V 5.3
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Level W
Across the Lines Reeder, Carolyn W 5.7
After the Dancing Days Rostkowski, Margaret I W 5.7
After the War Matas, Carol W 5.7
An Island Far from Home Donahue, John W 5.7
Anne Frank: Life in Hiding Hurwitz, Johanna W 5.7
Arkadians, The Alexander, Lloyd W 5.7
Banished, The Levin, Betty W 5.7
Between the Dragon and the Eagle Schneider, Mical W 5.7
Black Pearl, The O'Dell, Scott W 5.7
Blue Heron Avi W 5.7
Blue-Eyed Daisy, A Rylant, Cynthia W 5.7
Call Me Francis Tucker Paulsen, Gary W 5.7
Castle of Llyr, The Alexander, Lloyd W 5.7
Child of the Owl Yep, Laurence W 5.7
Christa McAuliffe: Teacher in Space Naden, Corinne J. & Blu W 5.7
Danger In Quicksand Swamp Wallace, Bill W 5.7
Dicey's Song Voigt, Cynthia W 5.7
Dog in The Freezer, The Mazer, Harry W 5.7
Dragon Cauldron Yep, Laurence W 5.7
Dragon of the Lost Sea Yep, Laurence W 5.7
Dragon Steel Yep, Laurence W 5.7
Dragon War Yep, Laurence W 5.7
Dragon Wings Yep, Laurence W 5.7
Dragon's Gate Yep, Laurence W 5.7
Dragonwings Yep, Laurence W 5.7
Easter Island: Giant Stone Statues Tell of a Arnold Caroline W 5.7
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Eleanor Roosevelt, A Life of Discovery Freedman, Russell W 5.7
Exploring an Ocean Tide Pool Bendick, Jeanne W 5.7
Extraordinary American Indians Avery, Susan & Skinner, Linda W 5.7
Extraordinary Black Americans: From Altman, Susan W 5.7
Extraordinary Jewish Americans Brooks, Philip W 5.7
Extraordinary People with Disabilities Kent, D. & Quinlan, K. A. W 5.7
Extraordinary Women in Politics Gutatta, Charles W 5.7
Extraordinary Women Journalists Price-Groff, Claire W 5.7
Extraordinary Women of Medicine Stille, Darlene R. W 5.7
Extraordinary Women of the American Alter, Judy W 5.7
Extraordinary Women Scientists Stille, Darlene R, W 5.7
Extraordinary Young People Brill, Marlene Targ W 5.7
Eye, the Ear, and the Arm, The Farmer, Nancy W 5.7
Face to Face Bauer, Marion Dane W 5.7
Garden of Eden Motel, The Hamilton, Morse W 5.7
Girt From Yamhill, A Cleary, Beverly W 5.7
Gone from Home Johnson, Angela W 5.7
Grand Canyon Journey, A: Tracing Time in Anderson, Peter/A First Book W 5.7
Great Whales: The Gentle Giants Lauber, Patricia W 5.7
Guardian of the Dark Spencer, Bev W 5.7
Honorable Prison, The Becerra de Jenkins, Lyll W 5.7
Hope Was Here Bauer, Joan W 5.7
House on Mango Street, The Cisneros, Sandra W 5.7
I Am A Star: Child of the Holocaust Auerbacher, Inge W 5.7
In Search of the Grand Canyon Fraser, Mary Ann W 5.7
Iron Ring, The Alexander, Lloyd W 5.7
Jack's New Power: Stories From a Gantos, Jack W 5.7
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
John A Macdonald Waite, Peter B. W 5.7
Kiss the Dust Laird, Elizabeth W 5.7
Letters to Julia Holmes, Barbara Ware W 5.7
Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Peck, Ira W 5.7
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Lewis, C. S. W 5.7
Local News Soto, Gary W 5.7
Lost Garden, The Yep, Laurence W 5.7
Louis Riell Neering, Rosemary W 5.7
Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl, The Hamilton, Virginia W 5.7
Mama, Let's Dance Hermes, Patricia W 5.7
Mark Twain Cox, Clinton W 5.7
Maya Angelou: Greeting the Morning King, Sarah E. W 5.7
Meteorite!: The Last Days of the Dinosaurs Norris, Richard W 5.7
Missing May Rylant, Cynthia W 5.7
Moccasin Trail McGraw, Eloise W 5.7
Moon Bridge, The Savin, Marcia W 5.7
Moon Over Tennessee: A Boy's Civil War Crist-Evans, Craig W 5.7
Mouse Rap, The Myers, Walter Dean W 5.7
Mr. Lincoln's Drummer Wisler, G. Clifton W 5.7
My Own Two Feet Cleary, Beverly W 5.7
Nellie McClung Benham, Mary Lile W 5.7
Newbery Halloween, A: A Dozen Scary Greenberg, Martin H. & W 5.7
Night Flyers, The Jones, Elizabeth McDavid W 5.7
Nightjohn Paulsen, Gary W 5.7
Orphan Train Adventures: Nixon, Joan Lowery W 5.7
Orphan Train Adventures: Caught in the Act Nixon, Joan Lowery W 5.7
Orphan Train Adventures: Dangerous Nixon, Joan Lowery W 5.7
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Orphan Train Adventures: In the Face of Nixon, Joan Lowery W 5.7
Orphan Train Adventures: Keeping Secrets Nixon, Joan Lowery W 5.7
Orphan Train Adventures: Place to Belong, Nixon, Joan Lowery W 5.7
Our Endangered Planet (Oceans) Hoff, M. and Rodgers, M. W 5.7
People Could Fly, American Black Folktales Hamilton, Virginia W 5.7
Phantom Tollbooth, The Juster, Norton W 5.7
Phoenix Rising Hesse, Karen W 5.7
Pine Hollow: Changing Leads Bryant, Bonnie W 5.7
Pine Hollow: Conformation Faults Bryant, Bonnie W 5.7
Pine Hollow: Reining In Bryant, Bonnie W 5.7
Pine Hollow: The Long Ride Bryant, Bonnie W 5.7
Pine Hollow: The Trail Home Bryant, Bonnie W 5.7
Pride of Puerto Rico: The Life of Roberto Walker, Robert Paul W 5.7
Proud Taste For Scarlet And Miniver Konigsburg, E. L. W 5.7
Red Cap Wisler, G. Clifton W 5.7
Ring of Endless Light, A L'Engle, Madeleine W 5.7
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Taylor, Mildred W 5.7
Sarny: A Life Remembered Paulsen, Gary W 5.7
Saturnalia Flack, Marjorie W 5.7
Sea Otter Rescue: The Aftermath of an Oil Smith, Roland W 5.7
Selchie's Seed, The Levey Oppenheim, Shulamith W 5.7
Serpent's Children, The Yep, Laurence W 5.7
Seventh Tower, The: The Fall Nix, Garth W 5.7
Shades of Gray Reeder, Carolyn W 5.7
Sing for Your Father, Su Phan Pevsner, Stella and Tang, Fay W 5.7
Sister Greenfield, Eloise W 5.7
Slam! Myers, Walter Dean W 5.7
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Solitary Blue, A Voigt, Cynthia W 5.7
Spies on the Devil's Belt Haynes, Betsy W 5.7
Stowaway Hesse, Karen W 5.7
Swiftly Tilting Planet, A L'Engle, Madeleine W 5.7
Taste of Salt: T he Story of Modern Haiti Temple, Frances W 5.7
Tiger Eyes Blume, Judy W 5.7
Time of Angels, A Hesse, Karen W 5.7
Torn Thread Isaacs, Anne W 5.7
Twilight In Grace Falls Honeycutt, Natalie W 5.7
Under the Blood-Red Sun Salisbury, Graham W 5.7
Usborne Book of Inventors, The Reid, Struan and Fara, Patricia W 5.7
What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything? Avi W 5.7
Who Is Carrie? Collier, James and Christopher W 5.7
Wilfrid Laurier Spigelman, Martin W 5.7
Wings Yolen, Jane & Nolan, Dennis W 5.7
Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running Paulsen, Gary W 5.7
Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Speare, Elizabeth George W 5.7
Witches Dahl ,Roald W 5.7
Year of Impossible Goodbyes Choi, Sook Nyui W 5.7
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? Fritz, Jean W 5.7
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Level X
Abracadabra Kid, The Fleischman, Sid X 6
An Acceptable Time L`Engle, Madeleine X 6
Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary Van der Rol, R. & Verhoeven, R. X 6
April Morning Fast, Howard X 6At Her Majesty's Request: An African
Princess in Myers, Walter Dean X 6
Beyond Providence Schnur, Steven X 6
Bill Cosby: The Changing Black Image Rosenberg, Robert X 6
Black Eagles, African Americans in Aviation Haskins, Jim X 6
Black Heroes of the American Revolution Davis, Burke X 6
Blue Door, The Rinaldi, Ann X 6
Bone Dance Brooks, Martha X 6
Call It Courage Sperry, Armstrong X 6
Child in Prison Camp, A Takashima, Shizuye X 6
Children of the River Crew, Linda X 6
Children of the Wild West Freedman, Russell X 6
Childtimes: A Three -Generation Memoir Greenfield, E. & Little, L. J. X 6
Cleopatra Green, Robert X 6
Cowboys of the Wild West Freedman, Russell X 6
Danny's Desert Rats Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds X 6
Dark Is Rising, The Cooper, Susan X 6
Dawn of Fear Cooper, Susan X 6
Definitely Cool Wilkinson, Brenda X 6
Devil's Arithmetic, The Yep, Laurence X 6
Dragon's Blood Yolen, Jane X 6
Earthquake Terror Kehret, Peg X 6
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Echohawk Durrant, Lynda X 6
Fifteen Cleary, Beverly X 6
Find A Stranger, Say Goodbye Lowry, Lois X 6
Forever Friends Boyd, Candy Dawson X 6
Forgotten Hiding Place, The Cox, Clinton X 6Frost in the Night, A: A Girlhood on the Eve
of the Baer, Edith X 6
Gathering Blue Lowry, Lois X 6
Girl Named Disaster, A Farmer, Nancy X 6
Girl Who Owned a City, The Nelson, O.T. X 6
Glory Field, The Myers, Walter Dean X 6
Great Little Madison, The Fritz, Jean X 6
Greenwitch Cooper, Susan X 6
Grey King, The Cooper, Susan X 6
Growing Up in Coal Country Bartoletti, Susan Campbell X 6
Gulf Westfall, Robert X 6Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher
Preachers Fritz, Jean X 6
Heart's Blood Yolen, Jane X 6
Henry Reed, Inc. Robertson, Keith X 6
Homecoming Voigt, Cynthia X 6
Homesick, My Own Story Fritz, Jean X 6
Hoops Myers, Walter Dean X 6
Iceberg Hermit, The Roth, Arthur X 6
Island on Bird Street, The Orlev, Uri X 6
Izzy, Willy-Nilly Voigt, Cynthia X 6
Journey to the Center of the Earth, A Verne, Jules X 6
Journey, The: Japanese Americans, Racism, Hamanaka, Sheila X 6
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Katarina Winter, Kathryn X 6
Knot in the Grain (and Other Stories) McKinley, Robin X 6
Langston Hughes: An Illustrated Edition Meltzer, Milton X 6
Let the Circle Be Unbroken Taylor, Mildred X 6Letters From a Slave Girl: The Story of
Harriet Jacobs X Lyons, Mary X 6
Looking Back, A Book of Memories Lowry, Lois X 6
M.C. Higgins the Great Hamilton, Virginia X 6
Make Way for Sam Houston Fritz, Jean X 6
Mandela, Nelson No Easy Walk To Freedom Denenberg, Barry X 6
Master Puppeteer, The Paterson, Katherine X 6
Maura's Angel Banks, Lynne Reid X 6
Maya Angelou: Journey of the Heart Pettit, Jayne X 6
Memories of Anne Frank Gold, Alison Leslie X 6
Midwife's Apprentice, The Cushman, Karen X 6
Miracle Worker, The Gibson, William X 6
Moving Mama to Town Young, Ronder Thomas X 6
My Brother is a Superhero Sheldon, Dyan X 6Nelson Mandela: South Africa's Silent
Voice of Protest Hargrove, Jim X 6
Not Guilty Sullivan, George X 6
Novio Boy Soto, Gary X 6
Oddballs Sleator, William X 6
One More River to Cross Haskins, Jim X 6
One Who Came Back, The Mazzio, Joann X 6
Out of the Dust Hesse, Karen X 6
Over Sea, Under Stone Cooper, Susan X 6
Place To Hide, A Petit, Jayne X 6
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Rain Ghost, The Kilworth, Garry X 6
Road to Memphis, The Taylor, Mildred X 6
Sarah Bishop O'Dell, Scott X 6
Seaward Cooper, Susan X 6
Somehow Tenderness Survives: Stories of Rochman, Hazel X 6
Streams of Babel* Plum-Ucci, Carol X 6
Teen, Inc.* Petrucha, Stefan X 6
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break Namioka, Lensey X 6
Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold Fritz, Jean X 6
Tuck Everlasting Babbitt, Natalie X 6
Tucker's Countryside Selden, George X 6
When Plague Strikes Giblin, James Cross X 6
Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls, Wilson X 6
Yearling, The Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan X 6
Young Joan Dana, Barbara X 6
Young Land Lords, The Myers, Walter Dean X 6
Ztata's Diary Filipovic, ZIata X 6
Alida's Song Paulsen, Gary X 6.5
Among the Volcanoes Castaneda, Omar S. X 6.5
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Frank, Anne X 6.5Anthony Burns: Defeat and Triumph of a
Fugitive Slave Y Hamilton, Virginia X 6.5
Avion My Uncle Flew, The Fisher, Cyrus X 6.5
Black Pioneers of Science and Invention Haber, Louis X 6.5
Blue Sword, The McKinley, Robin X 6.5
Borning Room, The Fleischman, Paul X 6.5
Boy Who Reversed Himself, The Sleator, William X 6.5
Bull Run Fleischman, Paul X 6.5
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Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch Latham, Jean Lee X 6.5
Cesar Chavez Rodriguez, Consuelo X 6.5
Children of the Dust Bowl Stanley, Jerry X 6.5
Cookcamp, The Paulsen, Gary X 6.5
Count Karlstein Pullman, Philip X 6.5
Day Martin Luther King, Jr., Was Shot, The Haskins, Jim X 6.5
Diary of Anne Frank, The Frank, Anne X 6.5
Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff Myers, Walter Dean X 6.5
Fire in the Hills Myers, Anna X 6.5
First On The Moon Helmer, Barbara X 6.5
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew Sidney, Margaret X 6.5
For The Life of Laetitia Hodge, Merle X 6.5
Get On Out of Here, Philip Hall Greene, Bette X 6.5
Giver, The Lowry, Lois X 6.5
Great Interactive Dream Machine, The Peck, Richard X 6.5
House of Many Ways* Jones, Diana Wynne X 6.5I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up
in Bitton-Jackson, Livia X 6.5Instead of Three Wishes: Magical Short
Stories Turner, Megan Whalen X 6.5
Jackaroo Voigt, Cynthia X 6.5
Jacob's Rescue: A Holocaust Story Drucker, M. & Halperin, M. X 6.5
Jazz Kid, The Collier, James Lincoln X 6.5
Jesse Soto, Gary X 6.5Life and Death of Martin Luther King,
Jr.,The Haskins, James X 6.5
Living Up The Street Soto, Gary X 6.5
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Lost in Cyberspace Peck, Richard X 6.5
Love from Your Friend, Hannah Skolsky, Mindy Warshaw X 6.5
Moffats, The Estes, Eleanor X 6.5
Mo's-Flowcr Jacques, Brian X 6.5
New Kids In Town Bode, Janet X 6.5
Night of the Chupacabras Lee, Marie G. X 6.5
Night the Heads Came, The Sleator, William X 6.5
Nissa's Place LaFaye, A. X 6.5Now Is Your Time! The African-American
Struggle Myers, Walter Dean X 6.5
One Bird Mori, Kyoko X 6.5
One Fat Summer Lipsyte, Robert X 6.5
Only Earth and Sky Last Forever Benchley, Nathaniel X 6.5
Ordinary Miracles Tolan, Stephanie S. X 6.5
Outcast of Redwall, The Jacques, Brian X 6.5
Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe. Greene, Bette X 6.5
Place to Call Home, A Koller, Jackie French X 6.5
Pushcart War, The Merrill, Jean X 6.5
Ruby and the Smoke, The Pullman, Phillip X 6.5
Sacajawea Bruchac, Joseph X 6.5
Salamandastron Jacques, Brian X 6.5
Sons of Liberty Griffin, Adele X 6.5
Stories of the North London, Jack X 6.5
Strawberry Hill LaFaye, A. X 6.5Three Investigators, The Mystery of the
Fiery Eye Arthur, Robert X 6.5
Toning The Sweep Johnson, Angela X 6.5
Walk in My World, A Mazer, Anne X 6.5
Watership Down Adams, Richard X 6.5
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Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
We Remember the Holocaust Adler, David X 6.5
Where the Lilies Bloom Cleavers, Vera and Bill X 6.5
White Fang London, Jack X 6.5
Wright Brothers, The Freedman, Russell X 6.5
Year of the Sawdust Man, The LaFaye, A. X 6.5
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Level Y
40 Nights To Knowing the Sky Schaaf, Fred, Y 7
Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin To White House North, Sterling Y 7
Absolute Brightness* Lecesne, James Y 7.5
Across Five Aprils Hunt, Irene Y 7
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Twain, Mark Y 7
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Twain, Mark Y 7
After the Rain Mazer, Norma Fox Y 7
Amber Spyglass, The Pullman, Phillip Y 7American Eyes: New Asian-American Short
Stories Carlson, Lori M. Y 7
Among the Hidden Haddix, Margaret Peterson Y 7An Ancient Heritage: The Arab-American
Minority Ashabranner, Brent Y 7
An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio Cofer, Judith Ortiz Y 7
Animal Farm Orwell, George Y 7
Annie John Kincaid, Jamaica Y 7
Baby-Snatcher Terris, Susan Y 7
Between Earth and Sky: Legends of Native Bruchac, Joseph Y 7
Beyond Belief Steiger, Brad Y 7
Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of Arc Brooks, Polly Schoyer Y 7
Black Boy Wright, Richard Y 7
Bless Me, Ultima Anaya, Rudolfo Y 7
Bowman's Store: A Journey to Myself Bruchac, Joseph Y 7
Brian's Song Blinn, William Y 7
Broken Bridge, The Pullman, Philip Y 7
Brother To Shadows Norton, Andre Y 7
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Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Cage, The Sender, Ruth Minsky Y 7
Chameleon* Smith, Charles R. Y 7
Circle of Quiet, A L'Engle, Madeleine Y 7
Clockwork Pullman, Philip Y 7
Curse Dark as Gold, A Bunce, Elizabeth Y 7
Contender, The Lipsyte, Robert Y 7
Dark Dude* Hijuelos, Oscar Y 7.5
Day No Pigs Would Die, A Peck, Sylvia Y 7
Detective Stories P ullman, P hilip Y 7
Earthborn Card, Orson Scott Y 7
Earthfall Card, Orson Scott Y 7
EL Bronx Remembered Mohr, Nicholasa Y 7
Ellie Borntrager, Mary Christner Y 7
Eva Dickinson, Eva Y 7
Farewell to Manzanar Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki 8 Y 7
Farthest Shore, The Le Guin, Ursula Y 7
Flowers For Algernon Keyes, Daniel Y 7
Forged By Fire Draper, Sharon M. Y 7
Friends, The Guy, Rosa Y 7
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun Woodson, Jacqueline Y 7
Gentlehands Kerr, M. E. Y 7
Get Well Soon* Halpern, Julie Y 7
Ghost’s Child* Hartnett, Sonya Y 7
Golden Compass, The Pullman, Philip Y 7
Good Night, Mr. Tom Magorian, Michelle Y 7
Graveyard Book, The* Gaiman, Neil Y 7Gray Heroes Elder Tales from Around the
World Yolen, Jane Y 7
Great Chicago Fire, 1871, The Massie, Elizabeth Y 7
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Great Escapes of World War 11 Sullivan, George Y 7
Hanged Man, The Block, Francesca Lia Y 7
Hanged Man, The Block, Francesca Lia Y 7
Hero and the Crown, The McKinley, Robin Y 7
Hobbit, The Tolkien, J.R.R Y 7
House of Stairs Sleator, William Y 7
How They Met, And Other Stories* Levithan, David Y 7.5
I Am the Cheese Cormier, Robert Y 7In Short: A Collection of Brief Creative
Nonfiction Kitchen, J. & Jones, M. P. Y 7
Inn Keepers Apprentice Say, Allen Y 7
Invincible Louisa Meigs, Cornelia Y 7
Ironman Crutcher, Chris Y 7
Irrational Season, The L'Engle, Madeleine Y 7
It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It Fulghum, Robert Y 7
Jazmin's Notebook Grimes, Nikki Y 7
Keeping Days, The Johnston, Norma Y 7
King of Shadows Cooper, Susan Y 7
Lady with the Hat, The Orlev, Uri Y 7
Lavinia* Le Guin, Ursula K. Y 7.5
Leaving Home Keillor, Garrison Y 7Leaving Home: 15 Distinguished Authors
Explore Rochman, H. & McCampbel Y 7Lion Tamer's Daughter, The- And Other
Stories Dickinson, Peter Y 7
Lord of the Rings, The Token, J. R. R. Y 7
Louis Armstrong Brown, Sandford Y 7
Make Lemonade* Wolff, Virginia Euwer Y 7.5
Mariel of Redwall Jacques, Brian Y 7
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Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
MarIfox: A Novel of Redwall Jacques, Brian Y 7
Mattimeo: A Tale from Redwall Jacques, Brian Y 7
Mattimeo: A Tale from Redwall Jacques, Brian Y 7
Me, the Missing, and the Dead* Valentine, Jenny Y 7.5
Moves Make the Man, The Brooks,Bruce Y 7
Never Cry Wolf Mowat, Farley Y 7Night Terrors, Stories of Shadow and
Substance Duncan, Lois Y 7
Night the White Deer Died, The Paulsen, Gary Y 7
Nine Man Tree Peck, Robert Y 7
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War Lobel, Anita Y 7
No Promises in the Wind Hunt, Irene Y 7
Odder Than Ever Coville, Bruce Y 7
Oddly Enough Coville, Bruce Y 7
Of Mice and Men Steinbeck, John Y 7
On Fortune's Wheel Voigt, Cynthia Y 7
Others See Us Sleator, William Y 7
Outsiders, The Hinton, S.E. Y 7
Part of the Sky, A Peck, Robert Y 7
Pearl, The Steinbeck, John Y 7
Pigman & Me, The Zindel, Paul Y 7
Pigman's Legacy, The Zindel, Paul Y 7
Planet of Junior Brown, the Hamilton, Virginia Y 7
Powerhouse, Inside a Nuclear Power Plant Wilcox, Charlotte Y 7
Rabbit Hill Lawson, Robert Y 7Red Necklace: A Story of the French
Revolution, The* Gardner, Sally Y 7.5
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Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Red Scarf Girl: Memoir of the Cultural
Revolution Jiang, Ji Li Y 7
Rest Of The Story, The Harvey) Jr., Paul Y 7
Rosie the Riveter Colman, Penny Y 7
Runemarks* Harris, Joanne Y 7.5
Santa Clause in Baghdad* Marston, Elsa Y 7
Scorpions Myers, Walter Dean Y 7Sixteen Short Stories by Outstanding
Writers Gallo, Donald R. Y 7
Shooting the Moon* Dowell, Frances O’Roark Y 7
Steal Away-to Freedom Armstrong, Jennifer Y 7
Sterkarm Handshake, The Price, Susan Y 7
Subtle Knife, The Pullman, Philip Y 7
Summer Life, A Soto, Gary Y 7
Summer of My German Soldier Greene, Bette Y 7
Summer of the Great-Grandmother, The L'Engle, Madeleine Y 7
Tears of a Tiger Draper, Sharon M. Y 7
Tender Morsels* Lanagan, Margo Y 7.5
To Be a Slave Lester, Julius Y 7
Trouble* Schmidt, Gary D. Y 7
Treasure Island Stevenson, Robert Lewis Y 7
True Crimes and How They Were Solved Larsen, Anita Y 7
Two-Part Invention L'Engle, Madeleine Y 7
Watcher, The Howe, James Y 7
Undercover* Kephart, Beth Y 7.5
We Shall Not Be Moved Dash, Joan Y 7
Wizard of Earthsea, A LeGuin, Ursula K. Y 7
Woman Hollering Creek Cisneros, Sandra Y 7
You Know Where to Find Me Cohn, Rachel Y 7
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Level Z
Adventures of Robin Hood Green, Roger Lancelyn Z 8
African Princess Hansen, Joyce Z 8African Voices, African Lives: Personal
Narratives
From Ashwahili Village
Agnes Grey Bronte, Anne Z 8
Al Capone and the Roaring Twenties King, David C. Z 8.5Alien Life: The Search for
Extraterrestrials and Beyond Parker, Barry Z 8.5
All the King’s Men Warren, Robert Penn Z 8
Alter of the Dead, The Henry, James Z 8
America’s Dumbest Criminals: Jr. Edition Butler, Daniel Z 8American Plague, An: The True and
Terrifying
Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
America’s Most Haunted: True Scary Places Zullo, Allan Z 8.25
Amish Home Bial, Raymond Z 8.75
And Condors Danced Snyder, Zilpha Keatley Z 8
Angel for Solomon Singer, An Rylant, Cynthia Z 8
Aquero Sisters, The Garcia, Cristina Z 8
At her Majesty’s Request Myers, Walter Dean Z 8.25
Schulz, Carol d. and
Eve Nussbaun Soumerai
Babbitt Lewis, Sinclair Z 8
Accidents May Happen: Fifty Inventions
Discovered by Mistake
Murphy, Jim Z 8.75
A Voice from the Holocaust Z 8.5
Jones, Charlotte Foltz Z 8
Caplan, Pat Z+ 9
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Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Baby of the Family Ansa, Tina McElroy Z 8.75
Bad Seed, The March, William Z 8
Balls! Rosen, Michael J. Z 8Before their Time: The World of Child
Labor* Parker, David Z 8.5
Blackhawk Down Bowen, Mark Z 8
Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Boyne, John Z 8.5
Brian’s Winter Paulsen, Gary Z 8.5
Burger’s Daughter Gordimer, Nadine Z 8.5
Call of the Wild London, Jack Z 8
Catcher in the Rye, The Salinger, J. D. Z 8.5
Crossing, The Paulsen, Gary Z 8.75
Cry of the Icemark Hill, Stuart Z 8.5
Cure for Dreams, A Novel Gibbons, Kaye Z 8
Curious Incident of the Dog in Night Time Haddon, Mark Z+ 9
Devil in the White City Larson, Erik Z+ 9
Education of a Wandering Man L’Amour, Louis Z 8.75
Empire of the Sun Ballard, J.G. Z 8.25
Go Ask Alice Anonymous Z 8
Gone With the Wind Mitchell, Margaret Z 8.5
Grim Grotto, The Snicket, Lemony Z 8.5
House of Sand and Fog, The Dubus, Andres Z+ 9
Living up the Street Soto, Gary Z 8.5
Lost Garden, The Yep, Laurence Z 8
Luxe* Godbersson, Ana Z 8.25
Marley & Me Grogan, John Z 8
Memoirs of a Geisha Golden, Arthur Z+ 9
Moves Make the Man, The Brooks, Bruce Z 8.5
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Grade Six and Higher Book List: Levels V through Z
Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love,
Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park*No Choir Boy: Murder, Violence, and
Teenagers*
On Death RowNot Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word
* Fershleiser, Rachel &
Memoirs Smith, Larry
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft King, Stephen Z 8.5
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Kesey, Ken Z 8
Perfect Storm, The Junger, Sebastian Z 8.75
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A Joyce, James Z 8.25
Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane Z 8
Punk Rock Etiquette: The Ultimate How-ToGuide for DIY, Punk, Indie, and
Underground Bands*
Race: A History of Black and White* Aronson, Marc Z 8
Rascal North, Sterling Z 8.5
Right Stuff, The Wolfe, Tome Z 8
Schindler’s List* Keneally, Thomas Z+ 9
Sisters Hermanas Paulsen, Gary Z+ 9
Strength of the Strong, The London, Jack Z 8
Tale of Two Cities, A Dickens, Charles Z+ 9
Tiltawhirl John Paulsen, Gary Z+ 9
Time Machine/The War of the Worlds Wells, H.G. Z 8
Up a Road Slowly Hunt, Irene Z 8.75
Z 8
Nichols, Travis Z+ 9
Kluger, Steve Z 8.25
Kuklin, Susan Z+ 9
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Title Author Guided Reading Grade Level
Voices in the First Person: Reflections on
Latino*
Identity
Wind in the Willows Graham, Kenneth Z 8.75
You Come Too Frost, Robert Z 8.75
Carlson, Lori Marie Z 8.75
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