Unit Overview - Novel Study Choices
Novel of Choice
You are welcome to read a novel of choice. Please check with your teacher before starting this option to make sure your teacher agrees with your choice. Here are a few suggestions:
Adapted (Grade 3 - low Grade 4 Reading Level)
- Star Wars: Jedi Academy (by Jeffrey Brown)
- Sarah Plain and Tall (by Patricia MacLachlan)
- The Whipping Boy (by Sid Fleischman)
- Because of Winn Dixie (by Kate DiCamillo)
- Stone Fox (by John Reynolds Gardiner)
Grade 5 Reading Level
- An Ocean Apart: The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mai-Lin (by Gillian Chan)
- Counting by 7s (by Holly Goldberg)
- James and the Giant Peach (by Roald Dahl)
- Play Ball (by Matt Christopher)
- Into the Wild (by Erin Hunter) - Book #1 of a highly addictive series!
- Island of the Blue Dolphins (by Scott O'Dell)
- The Emily Carr Mystery (by Eric Wilson)
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (by E. L. Konigsburg)
- My Side of the Mountain (by Jean Craighead George)
- Owls in the Family (by Farley Mowat)
- The Tale of Desperaux (by Kate DiCamillo)
- The Zucchini Warriors (by Gordon Kormon) - Hilarious book for those who like to laugh out loud!
Advanced (Grade 6 + Reading Level)
- A Single Shard (by Linda Sue Park)
- Call it Courage (by Sperry Armstrong)