 Harry
Potter
by J.K. Rowling It's as good as everyone says it is. Who can resist the young wizard and those stupid Muggles? Even adults are hooked. Good clean fun: here is teh joy of reading a good book! |
 Dear
Mr. Henshaw
by Beverly Cleary A wonderful series of letters written by a boy to his favorite author. Over the course of time, he confides his greatest worries, his dreams, and his growing maturity. |
 Holes
by Louis Sachar |
 Dicey's
Song
by Cynthia Voigt |
 Roll
of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor |
 The
Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman |
 A
Bone From a Dry Sea
by Peter Dickinson |
 The
Book of Night With Moon
by Diane Duane |
 Boy
of the Painted Cave
by Justin Denzel |
 The
Legend of Luke
by Brian Jacques |
 The
Birchbark House
by Louise Erdrich |
 Sarah,
Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLachlan This 1985 Newbery winner was about a mail-order bride from Maine transplanted to widowed family in the Midwest. Although Sarah is homesick, she makes a good home for the children and teaches them that home is where the heart is. |
