Grades 4–6, 2021–22

As his family struggles financially, Jackson deals with hardship with the help of his imaginary friend, a giant cat named Crenshaw.

Fourteen-year-old Ida dreams of becoming a teacher. When her town's one-room schoolhouse must shut down, Ida decides to secretly teach the other students and prepare for her own high school entrance exams.

In King Arthur's England, a young boy encounters knights and robbers as he tries to restore peace to the land.

It's boys against girls at Laketon Elementary School when fifth-grader Dave starts a class contest: who can say the fewest words over two days?

In this charming novel, a mouse searches for a comfortable home — and befriends a naturalist's apprentice.

For falling in love with a human princess, a mouse named Despereaux Tilling is sentenced to death in a rat-filled dungeon.

Stranded together on a deserted island after a shipwreck, a boy and a horse forge a close bond.

Once a week, Castle Glower magically expands. When her parents disappear, Princess Celie must use her knowledge of the castle's ever-changing layout to find them.

This novel traces a family's deep connection to the sport of baseball through nine generations.

Thanks to a magical baseball card, Joe Stoshack travels back in time to 1909 and meets baseball legend Honus Wagner.

Jessie learns that the 19th-century frontier village she lives in is actually a 20th-century tourist attraction — and she must venture out into the modern world to find life-saving medicine for her community.

In colonial Massachusetts, a fourteen-year-old girl joins the fight for American independence.

In this classic novel, Chester the cat is convinced that his family's new pet rabbit is a vampire.

In order to restore her grandmother's health, Lily makes a bargain with a magical tiger.

A sixth-grader and an elderly woman discover they have something in common — years of moving from one foster family to another.

When Claudia Kincaid and her brother run away from home, they find themselves caught up in a mystery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Learn these words from E. L. Konigsburg's award-winning novel.

Self-proclaimed slacker Cameron Boxer finds himself unexpectedly leading a club devoted to performing good deeds.

After her mother's death, Cally befriends a neighborhood dog.

While exploring an unfamiliar house, four siblings discover a portal to the mystical kingdom of Narnia, a perpetually frozen land under the control of a powerful witch.

Eleven-year-old Callum and his neighbor Iona attempt to protect an endangered osprey.

This Newbery Medal-winning novel tells the story of a boy's efforts to protect a beloved dog from abuse.

In 15th-century Korea, brothers Kee-sup and Young-sup impress the king with their ability to construct and fly kites.

After a disaster on Earth, the Mifune family is chosen to serve as ambassadors to Planet Choom, where they must convince the inhabitants to open their planet to other humans.

This collection of wacky tales explores the lives of the zany students and teachers at Wayside School.

Cousins Cody and Derek must fight to survive when they get lost during a kayaking trip in the Alaskan wilderness.

After taking a strange exam, four children are admitted to a secret society and tasked with infiltrating the sinister Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened.

Thirteen-year-old Helen refuses to give up on her pet dog, Friar Tuck, when he begins to go blind.

Zoe dreams of being a piano player — but when her father buys an old organ instead of a piano, she must learn to adapt.

After running away from home, Viji and her sister Rukku join up with a group of orphans struggling to survive in the city of Chennai, India.

Ryan Hart tries to meet a series of challenges — including a move and family financial troubles — with a positive attitude.

Two students who are struggling to fit in at school must contend with a bully.

A pet mouse has many adventures.

Twelve-year-old Saint and his dog, Shadow, grapple with the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

In this graphic novel, Hopper and Eni investigate strange creatures and happenings at their school.