Reading List
We all know finding an age appropriate book for our younger, but more advanced readers can be a challenge. Hoagies Gifted has a wonderful site with resources for higher level books, yet age appropriate. Here is a direct link to their reading list page: http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/reading_lists.htm
Books List for Upper Elementary/Middle
Adventure
Alex Rider series, Anthony Horowitz
The Mysterious Benedict Society series, Trenton Lee Stewart
Moby Dick, Herman Melville
Classics
Jane Eyre, Emily Bronte
Huck Finn, Mark Twain*
Count of Monte Cristo, Alexander Dumas
Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck*
Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
The Scarlett Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Vicar of Wakefield, Oliver Goldsmith
Animal Farm/1984 – George Orwell*
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
Shakespeare’s plays, Shakespeare
Fantasy
Artemis Fowl series, Eoin Colfer
Eragon series, Christopher Paolini
Charlie Bone series, Jenny Nimmo
Inkheart series, Cornelia Funke
His Dark Materials series, Phillip Pullman
The Keys to the Kingdom series, Garth Nix
Gone series, Michael Grant
Something Wicked this Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
Lord of the Rings series, J.R.R. Tolkien
Historical Fiction
Little Women series, Louisa May Alcott
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak
The Coffin Quilt and other books, Ann Rinaldi
Cry, The Beloved Country, Alan Paton*
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith*
Wait Till Next Year, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Historical Fiction/Autobiography
Night, Eli Weisel*
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou*
The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank*
Mystery
Murder on the Orient Express and others, Agatha Christie
Sherlock Holmes series, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Realistic Fiction
Holes, Louis Sacher
Small Steps, Louis Sacher
The Color of Water, James McBride*
Science Fiction
The Hunger Games series, Suzanne Collins
Farenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
Ender’s Game and series, Orson Scott Card*
I, Robot, Isaac Asimov
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series, Douglas Adams
*indicates high school content
Book List for Elementary Gifted Students
My Side of the Mountain, J.C. George
Rowan of Rin series, Emily Rodda
Hatchet/Mr. Tucket Series, Gary Paulsen
Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine
Catherine, Called Birdy, Karen Cushman
The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper
Book of Three, Lloyd Alexander
Dragon Rider, Cornelia Funke
The Lightening Thief, Rick Riordan
The Time Warp Trio series, John Scieszka*
The Borrowers, Mary Mortion*
Babe and others, Dick King-Smith
Matilda and others, Ronald Dahl*
Hank the Cowdog, John Erickson
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, M. Taylor
A-Z Mystery Series, Ron Roy*
Chasing Vermeer, Blue Balliett
Nate the Great, Marjorie Sharmatt*
Cam Jansen, David Adler*
Westing Game, E. Raskin
Encyclopedia Brown series, Donald Sobol*
Ramona series, Beverly Cleary*
Frindle/Things not Seen, Andrew Clements
Twinkie Squad/Schooled, Gordon Korman
View from Saturday, E.L. Konisburg
The Moffats Series, Eleanor Estes
The Great Brain, JD Fitzgerald
A Wrinkle in Time and others, M L’Engle
*indicates appropriate for lower elementary age gifted students
We all know finding an age appropriate book for our younger, but more advanced readers can be a challenge. Hoagies Gifted has a wonderful site with resources for higher level books, yet age appropriate. Here is a direct link to their reading list page: http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/reading_lists.htm
Books List for Upper Elementary/Middle
Adventure
Alex Rider series, Anthony Horowitz
The Mysterious Benedict Society series, Trenton Lee Stewart
Moby Dick, Herman Melville
Classics
Jane Eyre, Emily Bronte
Huck Finn, Mark Twain*
Count of Monte Cristo, Alexander Dumas
Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck*
Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
The Scarlett Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Vicar of Wakefield, Oliver Goldsmith
Animal Farm/1984 – George Orwell*
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
Shakespeare’s plays, Shakespeare
Fantasy
Artemis Fowl series, Eoin Colfer
Eragon series, Christopher Paolini
Charlie Bone series, Jenny Nimmo
Inkheart series, Cornelia Funke
His Dark Materials series, Phillip Pullman
The Keys to the Kingdom series, Garth Nix
Gone series, Michael Grant
Something Wicked this Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
Lord of the Rings series, J.R.R. Tolkien
Historical Fiction
Little Women series, Louisa May Alcott
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak
The Coffin Quilt and other books, Ann Rinaldi
Cry, The Beloved Country, Alan Paton*
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith*
Wait Till Next Year, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Historical Fiction/Autobiography
Night, Eli Weisel*
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou*
The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank*
Mystery
Murder on the Orient Express and others, Agatha Christie
Sherlock Holmes series, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Realistic Fiction
Holes, Louis Sacher
Small Steps, Louis Sacher
The Color of Water, James McBride*
Science Fiction
The Hunger Games series, Suzanne Collins
Farenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
Ender’s Game and series, Orson Scott Card*
I, Robot, Isaac Asimov
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series, Douglas Adams
*indicates high school content
Book List for Elementary Gifted Students
My Side of the Mountain, J.C. George
Rowan of Rin series, Emily Rodda
Hatchet/Mr. Tucket Series, Gary Paulsen
Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine
Catherine, Called Birdy, Karen Cushman
The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper
Book of Three, Lloyd Alexander
Dragon Rider, Cornelia Funke
The Lightening Thief, Rick Riordan
The Time Warp Trio series, John Scieszka*
The Borrowers, Mary Mortion*
Babe and others, Dick King-Smith
Matilda and others, Ronald Dahl*
Hank the Cowdog, John Erickson
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, M. Taylor
A-Z Mystery Series, Ron Roy*
Chasing Vermeer, Blue Balliett
Nate the Great, Marjorie Sharmatt*
Cam Jansen, David Adler*
Westing Game, E. Raskin
Encyclopedia Brown series, Donald Sobol*
Ramona series, Beverly Cleary*
Frindle/Things not Seen, Andrew Clements
Twinkie Squad/Schooled, Gordon Korman
View from Saturday, E.L. Konisburg
The Moffats Series, Eleanor Estes
The Great Brain, JD Fitzgerald
A Wrinkle in Time and others, M L’Engle
*indicates appropriate for lower elementary age gifted students
