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What is "hi-low fiction?" It's high interest for lower reading level students. For example, a student might be in 7th grade but reading on a third grade level and would not want to read books geared to third graders.


Primary Fiction

List notes: Interest level k-3, reading level k-3, 1995-2001 dop, 8 reviews, 30-125 pages

10 minutes till bedtime- Rathmann, Peggy. : [WC SL* NB FO BK PW* KR* HB] {IL K-3,-E-} -- G.P. Putnam's, New York : c1998., RL 1.0, 48p A boy's hamster leads an increasingly large group of hamsters on a tour of the boy's house, while his father counts down the minutes to bedtime.

The adventures of sparrow boy- Pinkney, J. Brian. : [WC ES SL BK BL NY HB BC] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York : c1997., RL 1.9, 40p After an encounter with a sparrow, Henry finds he is able to fly just like his favorite comic book hero HawkMan.

Alex and the cat- Griffith, Helen V. : [WC ES SL BL BC KR LT LA] {IL K-3,-Fic-} -- Greenwillow Books, New York : 1997., RL 2.9, 50p The adventures of Alex the dog, who wants to be treated like the family cat, tries to restore a baby bird to a robin's nest, and attempts to migrate to avoid the winter snow.

Bearsie Bear and the surprise sleepover party- Waber, Bernard. : [ES SL HB* PW BL KR CR LA] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Mass. : 1997., RL 1.5, 40p In a cumulative story, one animal after another asks to come in out of the winter cold to sleep in Bearsie Bear's big bed.

Bill and Pete to the rescue- De Paola, Tomie. : [WC SL PW BL BC KR CR LA] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Putnam's, New York : c1998., RL 2.8, 48p Bill the crocodile and his toothbrush, Pete the plover, set out to save Bill's cousin, who has been captured along with other endangered animals and taken from Egypt to Bad Guy's Big Bad Brother's Exotic Animal Farm near New Orleans, Louisiana.

Cherry pies and lullabies- Reiser, Lynn. : [WC ES SL BK PW NY HB KR] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Greenwillow, New York : c1998., RL 2.2, 39p Four generations of mothers and daughtrs express their love through family traditions that are the same but different.

Cook-a-doodle-doo!- Stevens, Janet. : [WC SL BK BL* PW* HB BC LT] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1999., RL 1.3, 48p With the questionable help of his friends, Big Brown Rooster manages to bake a strawberry shortcake which would have pleased his great-grandmother, Little Red Hen.

Emma's magic winter- Little, Jean, 1932- : [SL* HB* BL BC KR MR RL LA] {IL K-3,-E-} -- HarperCollins, New York : c1998., RL 2.3, 64p With the help of her new friend who has magic boots just like her own, Emma overcomes her shyness and no longer hates reading out loud in school.

Goose- Bang, Molly. : [WC ES SL* BL* HB* PW BC KR] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Blue Sky Press, New York : c1996., RL 1.7, 36p Adopted by woodchucks at birth, a baby goose never feels she truly belongs--until the day she discovers she can fly.

Grandmother Bryant's pocket- Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. : [WC ES SL* NB BK HB* BL NY] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Ticknor & Fields Books for Young Readers, New York : 1996., RL 2.8, 48p A young girl, suffering from nightmares after the death of her dog in a fire, goes to live with her grandmother in eighteenth-century Maine.

I lost my bear- Feiffer, Jules. : [WC ES NB SL HB* PW BL NY] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Morrow Junior Books, New York : c1998., RL 2.2, 37p When she cannot find her favorite stuffed toy, a young girl asks her mother, father, and older sister for help.

Market day : a story told with folk art- Ehlert, Lois. : [SL PW* BL NY BC EL* KR LT] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Harcourt, Inc., San Diego : c2000., RL 1.5, 36p On market day, a farm family experiences all the fun and excitement of going to and from the farmers' market.

Miss Bindergarten gets ready for kindergarten- Slate, Joseph. : [ES SL* FO PW BL NY HB BC] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Dutton Children's Books, New York : c1996., RL 1.3, 42p Introduces the letters of the alphabet as Miss Bindergarten and her students get ready for kindergarten.

Mr. Putter and Tabby pick the pears- Rylant, Cynthi. : [ES NB SL BL NY HB KR] {IL K-3,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1995., RL 2.2, 44p When he gets too old to climb up the ladder, Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby figure out an ingenious way to pick pears for pear jelly.

River friendly : river wild- Kurtz, Jane. : [SL* FO BL* HB BC KR ] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York : c2000., RL 2.0, 40p A family experiences a renewed appreciation for home and community after they are evacuated during a spring flood and then return to survey the damage.

Sam and the tigers : a new telling of Little Black Sambo- Lester, Julius. : [WC ES SL* NB SL FO BL* PW*] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Dial Books for Young Readers, New York : c1996., RL 2.8, 40p Relates what happens when a little boy named Sam matches wits with several tigers that want to eat him (a retelling of Little Black Sambo).

The seven silly eaters- Hoberman, Mary Ann. : [ES SL BK PW BL NY HB BC] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1997., RL 2.8, 40p Seven fussy eaters find a way to surprise their mother.

To market, to market- Miranda, Anne. : [WC ES NB SL PW BL HB BC] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1997., RL 1.5, 36p Starting with the nursery rhyme about buying a fat pig at market, this tale goes on to describe a series of unruly animals that run amok, evading capture and preventing the narrator from cooking lunch.

What Zeesie saw on Delancey Street- Rael, Elsa. : [WC ES NB SL FO BK BL HB] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York : c1996., RL 2.8, 36p A young Jewish girl living on Manhattan's Lower East Side attends her first "package party" where she learns about the traditions of generosity, courage, and community among Jewish immigrants in the early 1900s.

When Sophie gets angry-- : really, really angry--- Bang, Molly. : [WC CM SL* FO PW BL BC KR] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Blue Sky Press, New York : c1999., RL 2.6, 36p A young girl is upset and doesn't know how to manage her anger but takes the time to cool off and regain her compsure.

Zelda and Ivy- Kvasnosky, Laura McGee. : [WC ES SL* NB BL* PW* HB BC] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA : 1998., RL 1.5, 44p In three brief stories, Ivy, the younger of two fox sisters, submits to her older sister's schemes, even when they seem a bit daring.

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Primary Hi-Low Fiction

List notes: Primary (K-3), fiction, reading level k-1, 5 reviews, 15-50 pages

10 minutes till bedtime- Rathmann, Peggy. : [WC SL* NB FO BK PW* KR* HB] {IL K-3,-E-} -- G.P. Putnam's, New York : c1998., RL 1.0, 48p

Daisy and the Beastie- Simmons, Jane. : [SL PW BL BC KR] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Little, Brown, Boston : 2000., RL 1.0, 32p

Good night, Good Knight- Thomas, Shelley Moore. : [SL* NB HB* PW* BL KR* BC] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Dutton Children's Books, New York : c2000., RL 1.0, 47p

Sail away- McNeil, Florence, 1937- : [SL PW BL BC RL] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Orca Book Publishers, Victoria, B.C. ; Custer, WA : c2000., RL 1.0,

Snowy flowy blowy : a twelve months rhyme- Tafuri, Nancy. : [WC SL PW EL* ] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Scholastic Press, New York : 1999., RL 1.0, 24p

Tell me a season- Siddals, Mary McKenna. : [ES SL PW BL BC KR LA] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Clarion Books, New York : c1997., RL 1.0,

What the sun sees ; What the moon sees- Tafuri, Nancy. : [WC SL FO PW BL KR LA] {IL K-3,-E-} -- Greenwillow Books, New York : c1997., RL 1.0, 18p

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Elementary Fiction

List notes: Elem. fiction, reading level 3-6, interest level 3-6, 1995-2001 dop, 8 reviews, 30-125 pages in length

Anastasia, absolutely- Lowry, Lois. : [WM ES PW BL NY HB BC] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin, Boston : c1995., RL 5.7,

A band of angels : a story inspired by the jubilee singers- Hopkinson, Deborah. : [WC SL* NB BK PW* BL KR* NY] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : c1999., RL 5.4,

Beautiful warrior : the legend of the Nun's kung fu- McCully, Emily Arnold. : [WC SL* NB BK PW BL BC MR] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Arthur A. Levine Books, New York : 1998., RL 4.8,

The belonging place- Little, Jean, 1932- : [WC WM SL BL BC KR RL CR] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Viking, Toronto ; New York : 1997., RL 3.5, 124p HRD

Bess's log cabin quilt- Love, D. Anne. : [SL BK PW BL BC VO KR] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Holiday House, New York : c1995., RL 4.8, 123p

The big bike race- Bledsoe, Lucy Jane. : [ES SL BK BL HB BC KR] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Holiday House, New York : c1995., RL 3.3, 90p

Birdie's lighthouse- Hopkinson, Deborah. : [WC ES SL FO BK PW BL HB] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Antheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : c1997., RL 4.8,

The Blue Hill Meadows- Rylant, Cynthia. : [WC ES SL BK PW* KR CR LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1997., RL 4.8,

The bobbin girl- McCully, Emily Arnold. : [WC SL HB* PW BL KR* BC CR] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Dial Books for Young Readers, New York : c1996., RL 3.9,

The collector of moments- Buchholz, Quint. : [WC FO BK BL* PW* BC KR LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York : 1999., RL 4.0, 48p HRD

Eric Knight's original 1938 classic Lassie come-home : in a new picture-book edition- Wells, Rosemary. : [WC SL* FO HB* PW BL EL* KR] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- H. Holt, New York : 1995., RL 5.8, 48p HRD

Freedom's gits : a Juneteenth story- Wesley, Valerie Wilson. : [SL BK PW BL NY BC MR LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York : c1997., RL 3.5,

Frindle- Clements, Andrew, 1949- : [WC SL BK HB* PW BL KR* BC] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York : c1996., RL 4.8,

Gulliver in Lilliput- Hodges, Margaret, 1911- : [WC SL* PW BL HB BC KR] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Holiday House, New York : c1995., RL 5.9, 32p HRD

I am the mummy Heb-Nefert- Bunting, Eve, 1928- : [SL FO BK BL KR* BC LT LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace & Co., San Diego : c1997., RL 4.2,

Little Oh- Melmed, Laura Krauss. : [WC ES SL* NB FO KR* HB BC] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, New York : c1997., RL 4.8, 32p HRD

Magid fasts for Ramadan- Matthews, Mary, 1928- : [WC ES SL FO BK PW BL HB] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Clarion Books, New York : c1996., RL 3.5, 48p HRD

Marven of the Great North Woods- Lasky, Kathryn. : [WC ES NB SL PW NY HB BC] {IL 3-6,-E-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1997., RL 4.8,

Meet Addy : an American girl- Porter, Connie Rose, 1959- : [SL PW BL HB BC EL* KR LT] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Pleasant Co., Middleton, Wis. : c2000., RL 5.1, 69p

Mister and me- Holt, Kimberly Willis. : [WC SL BK PW BL HB MR LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York : c1998., RL 4.3,

Moon over Tennessee : a boy's Civil War journal- Crist-Evans, Craig. : [NP PW BL KR* BC BR VO KL*] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin, Boston : 1999., RL 5.2, 60p

My life with the wave- Cowan, Catherine. : [WC SL* NB FO PW* NY HB BC] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, New York : c1997., RL 3.8, 32p HRD

Nim and the war effort- Lee, Milly. : [WC ES NB SL BK BL NY HB] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Farrar Straus Giroux, New York : 1997., RL 5.5,

Ozzie on his own- Hurwitz, Johanna. : [ES SL BL HB BC KR LT] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Morrow Junior Books, New York : c1995., RL 4.9,

A place in the sun- Rubalcaba, Jill. : [WM ES SL BL KR LT MR LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Clarion Books, New York : c199., RL 4.2,

Return of the wolf- Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. : [WC WM SL BK BC AP ST] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Clarion, New York : c1995., RL 4.7, 67p HRD

Rome antics- Macaulay, David. : [WC ES SL* PW* BL NY HB BC] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin, Boston : 1997., RL 5.5,

A school for Pompey Walker- Rosen, Michael J., 1954- : [WC ES NB SL BK BL NY BC] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace & Co., San Diego : c1995., RL 4.5,

Sing for your father, Su Phan- Pevsner, Stella. : [WM SL BK BL BC BR KR LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Clarion Books, New York : c1997., RL 4.8,

The storytellers- Lewin, Ted. : [WC ES SL BK BL BC LT LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, New York : c1998., RL 5.2,

Tornado- Byars, Betsy Cromer. : [WC ES SL FO BK BL HB BC] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- HarperCollins, New York : c1996., RL 3.5,

Treehouse tales- Isaacs, Anne. : [WC ES SL HB* PW* BL NY BC] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Dutton Children's Books, New York : c1997., RL 4.8,

The Van Gogh Cafe- Rylant, Cynthia. : [WC WM ES NB SL PW BL BC] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1995., RL 4.5,

The water horse- King-Smith, Dick. : [WC ES SL PW BL HB KR LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Crown, New York : 1998., RL 5.2, 118p HRD

When Jessie came across the sea- Hest, Amy. : [WC SL BK PW* BL BC LT LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA : 1997., RL 3.5,

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Elementary Hi-Low Fiction

List notes: Elem. fiction (grade 3-5), reading level K-3, 1990-2001 dop, 5 reviews, 25-100 pages.

Albertina the practically perfect- Fowler, Susi L. : [SL HB BC KR LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Greenwillow Books, New York : c1998., RL 2.8, 80p

America is her name- Rodriguez, Luis J., 1954- : [SL BK PW LT MR] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Curbstone Press, Willimantic, CT : c1997., RL 2.8,

Be well, beware- Haas, Jessie. : [WC ES SL BL HB BC] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Greenwillow Books, New York : c1996., RL 2.8,

Finding Providence : the story of Roger Williams- Avi, 1937- : [WC ES SL FO HB BC LA] {IL 3-6,974.5} -- HarperCollins Publishers, New York : c1997., RL 2.8,

The five sisters- Mahy, Margaret. : [WC ES SL* PW BL KR* HB LT] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Viking, New York : 1997., RL 2.5, 79p

Gettin' through Thursday- Cooper, Melrose. : [SL BK KR MR LA] {IL 3-6,-E-} -- Lee & Low Books, New York : c1998., RL 2.8, 32p

Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom- Kline, Suzy. : [WC SL BL CR LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Viking, New York : c1998., RL 2.2, 57p

Hot fudge hero- Brisson, Pat. : [SL FO BL HB BC KR] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Henry Holt and Company, New York : 1997., RL 1.5, 72p

FX King Long Shanks- Yolen, Jane. : [WC SL* PW BL CR LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1998., RL 2.8, 32p

Lost! : a story in string- Fleischman, Paul. : [BK PW BL KR* NY BC] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- H. Holt, New York : 2000., RL 3.0, 32p

Spotlight on Cody- Duffey, Betsy. : [WC SL BL HB CR LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Viking, New York : 1998., RL 2.2, 74p

Strong to the hoop- Coy, John, 1958- : [NB SL PW BL KR LT MR] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Lee & Low Books, New York : c1999., RL 3.0, 32p

Summer reading is killing me!- Scieszka, Jon. : [WC ES SL* BL KR LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Viking, New York : 1998., RL 2.8, 73p

Trin to Somewhere- Bunting, Eve, 1928- : [WC ES NB SL FO BL* KR* HB] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Clarion Books, New York : c1996., RL 2.8,

Virtual Cody- Duffey, Betsy. : [ES SL BL HB BC KR LT CR] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Viking, New York : c1997., RL 2.8, 83p

Voices in the park- Browne, Anthony. : [WC ES SL* NB FO HB* PW* BL] {IL 3-6,-E-} -- DK, New York : 1998., RL 2.8, 32p

Water dance- Locker, Thomas, 1937- : [SL BK BL BC ST LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, Calif. : c1997., RL 2.2, 32p

Weird stories from the Lonesome Cafe- Cox, Judy. : [SL PW BL BC KR ] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Harcourt, Inc., San Diego : c2000., RL 3.0, 72p

The well of the wind- Garner, Alan, 1934- : [PW* BL BC KR LA] {IL 3-6,-E-} -- DK Pub., New York : 1998., RL 2.8, 43p

Your move- Bunting, Eve, 1928- : [SL PW BL BC LA] {IL 3-6,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1998., RL 2.8, 32p HRD 1 13.6

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Middle School Fiction

List notes: Interest level Grade 5-8, reading level 5-8, 8 reviews, 1995-2001 dop, 100-200 pages long.

Achingly Alice- Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. : [WC WM SL NP BL HB BC VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : c1998., RL 8.0,

Adem's cross- Mead, Alice. : [NB SL BK NP PW BL BC VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Farrar Straus Giroux, New York : 1996., RL 5.0, 131p

Alice in lace- Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. : [WC WM SL HB* NP BL BC BR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : c1996., RL 6.0, 139p

Alice on the outside- Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. : [WC SL NP BL HB BC VO KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : c1999., RL 6.3, 169p

All alone in the universe- Perkins, Lynne Rae. : [WC SL* NB HB* NP PW BC KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Greenwillow Books, New York : c1999., RL 5.0, 140p

Almost a hero- Neufeld, John. : [WC SL PW BL BC BR VO KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : c1995., RL 7.0, 147p

The amah- Yep, Laurence. : [WC SL BL BR VO KR MR KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- G.P. Putnam's, New York : c1999., RL 7.5, 181p

The amber cat- McKay, Hilary. : [WC ES SL* BL* PW* KR* HB LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Margaret K. McElderry Books, New York : 1997., RL 7.2,

Annie's choice- Clark, Clara Gillow. : [SL BK PW BL HB BR VO KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Boyds Mills Press , Distributed by St. Martin's Press, Honesdale, Pa. : S.l. : 1996., RL 5.1,

The apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker- DeFelice, Cynthia C. : [WC WM ES SL* NB SL BK BL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Farrar Straus Giroux, New York : 1996., RL 5.5, 151p

As long as there are mountains- Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie. : [SL* NP BL BC BR VO KR CR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Cobblehill Books, New York : c1997., RL 5.6, 139p

The Ashwater experiment- Koss, Amy Goldman, 195- : [WC SL* BK HB* NP BL BC BR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Dial Books for Young Readers, New York : c1999., RL 6.4, 153p

The ballad of Lucy Whipple- Cushman, Karen. : [WC WM ES SL* SL BK BL* PW*] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Clarion Books, New York : c1996., RL 5.5, 195p

The beasties- Sleator, William. : [WM SL PW BL HB BC BR EL*] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Dutton Children's Books, New York : 1997., RL 5.5, 198p

The Beduins' gazelle- Temple, Frances. : [WM SL* HB* NP PW* BL KR* NY] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Orchard Books, New York : c1996., RL 6.7, 150p

Belle Prater's boy- White, Ruth, 1942- : [WC WM ES NM SL* NB SL HB*] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Farrar Straus Giroux, New York : 1996., RL 5.5, 196p

Beyond the mango tree- Zemser, Amy Bronwen. : [WC WM SL BL* NP PW* NY HB] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Greenwillow Books, New York : c1998., RL 5.5, 166p

The birthday room- Henkes, Kevin. : [WC FO HB* NP PW* BL NY BC] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Greenwillow Books, New York : c1999., RL 5.2, 152p

The Boggart and the monster- Cooper, Susan. : [WC WM ES SL BK PW* BL HB] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Margaret K. McElderry Books, New York : c1997., RL 6.6, 185p

The bomb- Taylor, Theodore, 1921- : [WM NB SL BL* NP PW KR* BC] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1995., RL 6.8, 197p

Brian's return- Paulsen, Gary. : [WM SL PW* BL KR* HB BC BR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, New York : c1999., RL 5.3, 117p

Brian's winter- Paulsen, Gary. : [WM SL HB* PW BL KR* BR VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, New York : 1996., RL 6.2, 133p

Bruises- Vries, Anke de, 1936- : [NB SL BK HB* NP PW* BL BC] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Front Street/Lumniscaat , Distributed by Publishers Group West, Arden, N.C. : Emeryville, Calif. : 1995., RL 6.0, 168p

Calling the swan- Thesman, Jean. : [SL* PW* BL HB BC VO KR KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Viking, New York, N.Y., U.S.A : 2000., RL 6.0, 147p

Can you feel the thunder?- McElfresh, Lynn E. : [SL PW BL BC BR VO KR KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : c1999., RL 7.1, 138p

Chicago blues- Deaer, Julie Reece. : [WM NB SL PW BC BR VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- HarperCollins, New York : c1995., RL 5.4, 170p

The circuit : stories from the life of a migrant child- Jimenez, Francisco, 1943- : [WC WM ES NB BK BL* MR KL] {IL 5-8,813} -- University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque : c1997., RL 5.5, 134p

Clockwork : or all wound up- Pullman, Philip, 1946- : [WC WM ES SL* BL* PW* KR* HB] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Arthur A. Levine Books, New York : 1998., RL 6.0, 112p

The cook's family- Yep, Laurence. : [WC WM SL NP BL BC BR VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Putnam, New York : c1998., RL 5.5, 184p

The cow of no color : riddle stories and justice tales from around the world- Jaffe, Nina. : [WC WM ES SL BL NY BC LT] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- H. Holt, New York : 1998., RL 7.5, 160p

A dangerous promise- Nixon, Joan Lowery. : [WM SL BK BL VO LT KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Gareth Stevens Pub., Milwaukee, Wis. : 2000., RL 6.3, 148p

A day no pigs would die- Peck, Robert Newton. : [WC WS WM WF NB SL BK ] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- A. Knopf , Distributed by Random House, New York : 1999., RL 5.0, 150p

A distant enemy- Vanasse, Deb. : [SL PW BL BC BR VO KR MR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Lodestar Books , Dutton, New York : c1997., RL 6.0, 179p

Dolphin luck- McKay, Hilary. : [WC ES SL* PW* BL HB BC KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- M. McElderry Books, New York : 1999., RL 6.3, 153p

Don't you dare read this, Mrs. Dunphrey- Haddix, Margaret Peterson. : [WM NB SL FO PW BL BC VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York : c1996., RL 6.2, 108p

The doom stone- Zindel, Paul. : [WS WM NB SL PW BL BR KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- HarperCollins, New York : c1995., RL 5.9, 173p

Drawing lessons- Mack, Tracy. : [SL FO PW BL BC BR VO KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Scholastic Press, New York : 2000., RL 7.5, 168p

The drummer boy of Vicksburg- Wisler, G. Clifton. : [WM SL NP BL BR KL CR LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Lodestar Books, New York : c1997., RL 5.8, 133p

The electric kid- Kilworth, Garry. : [SL BK BL HB BC VO KR KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Orcard Books, New York : 1995., RL 5.9, 137p

The exiles in love- McKay, Hilary. : [WC WM ES SL BL* HB* BC BR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Margaret K. McElderry Books, New York : 1998., RL 7.5, 170p

Fire in the hills- Myers, Anna. : [WM SL BL* HB BC BR VO KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Walker and Co., New York : 1996., RL 5.5, 161p

Fire, bed & bone- Branford, Henrietta, 1946- : [WC WM ES SL BL* PW* BC VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA : 1998., RL 6.2, 122p

Flying solo- Fletcher, Ralph J. : [WC WM ES SL BL* HB BC BR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Clarion Books, New York : c1998., RL 5.8, 138p

The Folk Keeper- Billingsley, Franny, 1954- : [WC SL* NB BK BL* NP PW* HB] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : c1999., RL 6.0, 162p

Francie- English, Karen. : [WC SL* NB KI PW* BL NY HB] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Farrar Straus Giroux, New York : 1999., RL 5.0, 199p

Ghost canoe- Hobbs, Will. : [WM ES SL BK NP BL BC VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Morrow Junior Books, New York : c1997., RL 5.5, 195p

The girls- Koss, Amy Goldman, 1954- : [NB SL PW* BL HB BC BR VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Dial Books for Young Readers, New York : c2000., RL 7.1, 121p

The good liar- Maguire, Gregory. : [WC SL FO BL* PW HB BC KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Clarion Books, New York : c1999., RL 5.9, 129p

Good night, Maman- Mazer, Norma Fox, 1931- : [WC SL BK BL* HB BC VO KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1999., RL 5.0, 185p

Gypsy Rizka- Alexander, Lloyd. : [WC ES SL NP PW HB BC KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Dutton Children's Books, New York : c1999., RL 7.6, 195p

Joey Pigza swallowed the key- Gantos, Jack. : [WC WM ES SL* NB FO HB* PW*] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York : 1998., RL 5.2, 153p

The journal of Joshua Loper : a Black cowboy- Myers, Walter Dean, 1937- : [WC SL BL BC VO KR MR KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Scholastic, New York : c1999., RL 6.4, 158p

A journey to the New World : the diary of Remember Patience Whipple- Lasky, Kathryn. : [WM SL BK NP PW BL BC VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} - Scholastic, New York : c1996., RL 6.0, 173p

Jungle dogs- Salisbury, Graham. : [WM ES NB SL BK PW BL HB] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, New York : 1998., RL 5.3, 183p

King of shadows- Cooper, Susan, 1935- : [WC SL* BL* HB* NP PW* NY BC] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Margaret K. McElderry Books, New York : c1999., RL 7.0, 186p

Let my people go : Bible stories told by a freeman of color to his daughter, Charlotte, in Charleston, South Carolina, 1806-1816- McKissack, Pat, 1944- : [WC WM ES SL BL* PW* BC LT] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : c1998., RL 7.5, 134p

The longest ride- Patrick, Denise Lewis. : [SL NP BL NY VO KR MR KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- H. Holt, New York : 1999., RL 7.2, 164p

Lost in cyberspace- Peck, Richard, 1934- : [WC WM ES SL BK BL* PW] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Dial Books for Young Readers, New York : c1995., RL 5.4, 151p

Man of the family- Karr, Kathleen. : [WC NB SL PW BL HB BC BR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York : 1999., RL 7.0, 178p

Marrying Malcolm Murgatroyd- Farrell, Mame. : [ES SL PW BL HB BC VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York : 1995., RL 6.0, 121p

Me and Rupert Goody- O'Connor, Barbara. : [WC SL* NB FO PW* BL HB BC] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York : 1999., RL 6.0, 105p

Memories of summer- White, Ruth, 1942- : [SL* NB HB* PW BL KR* BC VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Farrar Straus Giroux, New York : c2000., RL 5.2, 135p

Miracle's boys- Woodson, Jacqueline. : [SL* NB FO KI PW BL HB BC] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York : c2000., RL 5.3, 133p

Mr. Lincoln's drummer- Wisler, G. Clifton. : [WC ES BK BL BC VO KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Lodestar Books, New York : c1995., RL 6.4, 131p

Multiple choice- Tashjian, Janet. : [NP PW BL HB VO EL* KR KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- H. Holt, New York : 1999., RL 6.6, 186p

Music from a place called Half Moon- Oughton, Jerrie. : [SL BK NP PW BL HB BC] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin, Boston : 1995., RL 5.1, 160

My Angelica- Williams, Carol Lynch. : [WM SL NP HB BC BR EL* KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, New York : c1999., RL 5.2, 149p

My Louisiana sky- Holt, Kimberly Willis. : [WC WM ES NB SL BL* PW* HB] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Holt, New York : 1998., RL 5.9, 200p

Nowhere to call home- DeFelice, Cynthia C. : [SL PW HB BC BR VO KR KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York : 1999., RL 5.2, 199p

On different shores- McVeity, Jen. : [SL NP BL BC BR VO KR KL*] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Orchard Books, New York : c1998., RL 5.3, 167p

The other side of silence- Mahy, Margaret. : [WC WM NP KR* HB BC BR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Viking, New York : 1995., RL 6.2, 170p

Outrageously Alice- Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. : [WC WM NB SL NP BL NY HB] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : c1997., RL 6.9, 133p

The oxboy- Mazer, Anne. : [SL BL HB BC EL* KR LT KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Persea Books, New York : c2000., RL 6.9, 105p

Pawns- Roberts, Willo Davis. : [WM SL NP PW BL BC BR VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : c1998., RL 6.9, 154p

Petty crimes- Soto, Gary. : [WC WM NB SL BK NP PW BL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1998., RL 5.2, 157p

A picture of freedom : the diary of Clotee, a slave girl- McKissack, Pat, 1944- : [WC WM SL BK BL LT MR CR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Scholastic, New York : c1997., RL 5.2, 192p

Preacher's boy- Paterson, Katherine. : [WC ES SL* BL* PW* NY HB BC] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Clarion Books, New York : c1999., RL 5.6, 168p

Quicksand pony- Lester, Alison. : [WM SL* HB BC VO KL LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin, Boston : 1998., RL 6.8, 136p

Reaching Dustin- Grove, Vicki. : [WC WM SL* PW KR* HB BC BR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Putnam's, New York : c1998., RL 6.0, 199p

Real- Holman, Felice. : [WM ES BL BC VO KR LT LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : c1997., RL 6.7, 176p

Remembering Mog- Rodowsky, Colby F. : [WC WS WM ES SL* NB BK SQ] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Farrar Straus Girux, New York : 1996., RL 7.2, 135p

Running on eggs- Levine, Anna. : [SL NP PW BL BC BR VO ] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Front Street/Cricket Books, Chicago : 1999., RL 5.4, 128p

Running out of time- Haddix, Margaret Peterson. : [WM ES NB BK NP BR EL* LT] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Aladdin Paperbacks, New York : 1997, c1995., RL 6.4, 184p

Running out of time- Haddix, Margaret Peterson. : [WM ES NB BK NP BR EL* LT] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York : c1995., RL 6.4, 184p

Sacajawea : the story of Bird Woman and the Lewis and Clark Expedition- Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- : [SL* PW BL NY BC BR VO KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Hartcourt, Inc., San Diego : c2000., RL 6.5, 199p

Sammy Keyes and the hotel thief- Van Draanen, Wendelin. : [WC WM SL PW HB BR KR LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Knopf , Distributed by Random House, New York : c1998., RL 5.9, 163p HRD

The Schernoff discoveries- Paulsen, Gary. : [WM NB SL NP PW BL KR* BC] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, New York : c1997., RL 6.0, 103p

Search for the shadowman- Nixon, Joan Lowery. : [WM SL BK NP BL HB BC BR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, New York, N.Y. : c1996., RL 6.5, 149p

The skin I'm in- Flake, Sharon. : [WM NB SL BK PW* BL BC KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, New York : c1998., RL 6.0, 171p

The snake-stone- Doherty, Berlie. : [WM SL* HB* NP PW BL KR* NY] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Orchard Books, New York : 1996., RL 5.2, 166p

Songs of faith- Johnson, Angela. : [WC WM SL BL* HB BC VO KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Orchard Books, New York : c1998., RL 6.0, 103p

Split just right- Griffin, Adele. : [WM SL HB BC KR LT KL LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Hyperion Books for Children, New York : c1997., RL 5.5, 176p

Step by wicked step : a novel- Fine, Anne. : [WC WM SL* BK HB* PW* BL BC] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Little, Brown, Boston : c1996., RL 5.9, 138p HRD

A stolen life- Curry, Jane Louise. : [WC SL NP PW BL BC BR KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- M.K. McElderry, New York : c1999., RL 6.0, 198p

Stone water- Gilbert Barbara Snow, 1954- : [WM SL* FO NP PW BL BC VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Front Street, Arden, N.C. : 1996., RL 5.5, 169p

The storyteller's daughter- Thesman, Jean. : [WM SL BL HB BC BR VO KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin, Boston : 1997., RL 5.9, 180p

Stuck in neutral- Trueman, Terry. : [NB SL FO BL* HB BC BR VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- HarperCollins, New York : c2000., RL 6.7, 114p

Tae's sonata- Balgassi, Haemi. : [SL NP PW BL BC BR MR LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Clarion Books, New York : c1997., RL 5.2, 123p

Theo- Harrison, Barbara, 1936- : [WC SL BK BL HB BC BR KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Clarion Books, New York : c1999., RL 8.0, 166p

Tom, Babette, & Simon : three tales of transformation- Avi, 1937- : [ES SL PW BL BC KR LT] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Macmillan Books for Young Readers, New York : c1995., RL 7.6, 100p

Tonight, by sea : a novel- Temple, Frances. : [WC WM ES SL BK BL* NP] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Orchard Books, New York : c1995., RL 5.2, 152p

Torn thread- Isaacs, Anne. : [NB SL PW* BL KR* BC BR VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Scholastic Press, New York : c2000., RL 6.8, 188p

Tru confessions- Tashjian, Janet. : [FO NP PW* BL BC VO KR KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- H. Holt, New York : 1997., RL 5.9, 169p

Unbroken- Haas, Jessie. : [WC SL* PW* NY HB BC BR VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Greenwillow Books, New York : c1999., RL 5.2, 185p

Vanishing- Brooks, Bruce. : [SL BL* NY HB BC VO KR KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Laura Geringer Book/Harper Tempest, New York : c1999., RL 7.7, 103p

The virtual war- Skurzynski, Gloria. : [WC WM ES NB SL NP PW BL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York : c1997., RL 6.5, 152p

Visiting Miss Caples- Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody. : [SL PW BL HB BC VO KR KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Dial Books, New York : c2000., RL 6.5, 168p

We goddesses : Athena, Aphrodite, Hera- Orgel, Doris. : [SL FO PW BL NY BC EL* KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- DK, New York : 1999., RL 6.0, 112p

Weirdo's war- Coleman, Michael, 1946 May 12- : [WM BK HB* PW BL BC BR VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Orchard Books, NewYork : 1998., RL 5.9, 184p

What Jamie saw- Coman, Carolyn. : [WC WM ES NM SL* NB FO ] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Front Street, Arden, N.C. : 1995., RL 6.0, 126p

When I was older- Weyr, Garret. : [SL* PW BL HB BC VO KR KL*] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin, Boston : 2000., RL 5.6, 167p

The woman in the wall- Kindl, Patrice. : [WC WM NB NP KR* HB BC BR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin, Boston : 1997., RL 7.2, 185p

The year of our revolution : new and selected stories and poems- Ortiz Cofer, Judith, 1952- : [BK NP PW BL KR* BR VO MR] {IL 5-8,810.8} -- Pinata Books, Houston, TX : c1998., RL 5.2, 101p

Zebra and other stories- Potok, Chaim. : [WS WM NB SL BL* NP KR* HB] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Knopf , Distributed by Random House, New York : c1998., RL 5.3, 146p

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Middle School Hi-Low Fiction

List notes: Middle School, hi/low fiction. Reading level grade 3-5, 1990-2001 dop, 5 reviews, 25-150 pages

The 13th floor : a ghost story- Fleischman, Sid, 1920- : [WC WM ES SL BK BL HB] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Greenwillow Books, New York : c1995., RL 4.7, 134p

Adem's cross- Mead, Alice. : [NB SL BK NP PW BL BC VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Farrar Straus Giroux, New York : 1996., RL 5.0, 131p

All alone in the universe- Perkins, Lynne Rae. : [WC SL* NB HB* NP PW BC KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Greenwillow Books, New York : c1999., RL 5.0, 140p

All is well- Litchman, Kristin Embry. : [SL BL BC KR MR LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Delacorte Press, New York : c1998., RL 4.8, 115p

Anna is still here- Vos, Ida, 1931- : [WC ES SL BL* PW HB BR VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin, Boston : 1993., RL 4.9, 139p

Arthur, high king of Britain- Morpurgo, Michael. : [WC SL BL BC LT] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : 1995., RL 4.3, 137p

The bamboo flute- Disher, Garry. : [WM SL* SL PW BL NY HB KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin, Boston : 1993., RL 4.2, 82p

Blackwater- Bunting, Eve, 1928- : [WC SL* NP PW* BC KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Joanna Cotler Books, New York, NY : c1999., RL 5.0, 146p

The bones in the cliff- Stevenson, James, 1929- : [ES SL BL* PW HB KR LT] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Greenwillow Books, New York : c1995., RL 4.5, 119p

Chills in the night : tales that will haunt you- Vivelo, Jackie. : [WM ES SL BL LT LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- DK Ink, New York : 1997., RL 4.8, 123p

Cyberstorm- Skurzynski, Gloria. : [SL PW BC BR VO KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Macmillan Books for Young Readers, New York : c1995., RL 4.9, 137p

Daughter of the sea- Doherty, Berlie. : [ES SL BK NP PW* BL HB BC] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- DK Pub., New York : 1997., RL 3.5, 114p

A day no pigs would die- eck, Robert Newton. : [WC WS WM WF NB SL BK ] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- A. Knopf , Distributed by Random House, New York : 1999., RL 5.0, 150p

Dead letter- Byars, Betsy Cromer. : [WM SL FO BK BL BC LT] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Viking, New York : 1996., RL 4.8, 147p

A different kind of hero- Blakeslee, Ann R. : [WM SL BR KR LT CR LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Marshall Cavendish, New York : c1997., RL 4.8, 143p

Earthquake terror- Kehret, Peg. : [WC SL BL HB BC EL* KR LT] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Cobblehill Books, New York : c1996., RL 4.2, 132p

Fig pudding- Fletcher, Ralph J. : [WC ES NB SL PW BL NY] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Clarion Books, New York : c1995., RL 4.9,

Figuring out Frances- Willner-Pardo, Gina. : [WC SL* BL BC KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Clarion Books, New York : c1999., RL 5.0, 134p

The fledglings- Markle, Sandra. : [SL PW BL VO MR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale, Pa. : 1998., RL 4.8, 138p

Frozen stiff- Shahan, Sherry. : [SL BK BL BC KR LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, New York : 1999, c1998., RL 4.8, 150p

The ghost stallion- Williams, Laura E. : [SL BL BC VO KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- H. Holt, New York : 1999., RL 5.0, 104p

The girl-son- Neuberger, Anne E., 1953- : [WC WM SL BL BC MR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Carolrhoda, Minneapolis : 1995., RL 4.8, 131p

Goodbye, Walter Malinski- Recorvits, Helen. : [SL PW* BL HB ] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York : 1999., RL 4.9, 85p

Groogleman- Doyle, Debra, 1952- : [ES SL BC BR VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1996., RL 4.8, 113p

Haunts : five hair-raising tales- Medearis, Angela Shelf, 1956- : [WC ES SL BL BC KR LT] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Holiday House, New York : 1996., RL 4.2, 37p

Here there be ghosts- Yolen, Jane. : [WC SL BL VO LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1998., RL 3.9, 122p

Honus and me : a baseball card adventure- Gutman, Dan. : [ES SL NP PW BL KR CR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Avon Books, New York : c1997., RL 3.5, 140p

In the anguage of loons- Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie. : [ES SL FO BR LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Cobblehill/Dutton, New York : c1998., RL 4.8, 104p

It's my life- Harrison, Michael, 1939- : [SL FO NP HB BC VO LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Holiday House, New York : 1998., RL 3.5, 132p

Keeper of the light- Pfitsch, Patricia Curtis. : [ES SL BK NP BL BC BR VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York : c1997., RL 4.8, 137p

A long way from Chicago : a novel in stories- Peck, Richard, 1934- : [WC WM ES NM SL* NB BK BL*] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Dial Books for Young Readers, New York : c1998., RL 4.2, 148p

Melitte- Shaik, Fatima, 1952- : [WM ES SL BL KR* HB BC BR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Dial Books for Young Readers, New York : c1997., RL 4.8, 147p

Mustang Flats- Wisler, G. Clifton. : [WM ES SL BL BC BR KR KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Lodestar Books, New York : c1997., RL 4.8, 116p

My brother, my enemy- Harrah, Madge. : [SL PW BL BC BR VO KR LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York : c1997., RL 4.8, 137p

Never cry "Arp!" : and other great adventures- McManus, Patrick F. : [WM SL BL HB BC BR KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- H. Holt, New York : 1996., RL 4.8, 133p

The new you- Leverich, Kathleen. : [SL PW BL KR KL LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Greenwillow Books, New York : c1998., RL 3.2, 108p

Radiance descending : a novel- Fox, Paula. : [PW* HB BC VO KR LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- DK Ink, New York : 1997., RL 4.8, 101p

Regarding the fountain : a tale, in letters, of Liars and Leaks- Klise, Kate. : [SL BK BL NY HB LT LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Avon Books, New York : c1998., RL 4.8, 138p

Saint Vitus' dance- Rubalcaba, Jill. : [SL BK NP BL BC BR VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Clarion Books, New York : c1996., RL 4.8, 103p

Secret friends- Laird, Elizabeth. : [SL PW BL BC BR LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- G.P. Putnam's, New York : 1999., RL 4.6, 71p

Seedfolks- Fleischman, Paul. : [ES SL* NB BK BL* NP HB BC] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- HarperCollins, New York : c1997., RL 5.0, 69p

Stop pretending : what hppened when my big sister went crazy- Sones, Sonya. : [SL BL* NP BC KR] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- HarperCollins, New York : c1999., RL 5.0, 149p

The summer of the bonepile monster- Henderson, Aileen. : [SL PW BL KR KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Milkweed Editions , Distributed by Publishers Group West, Minneapolis, MN : Emeryville, Calif. : 1995., RL 4.5, 137p

The tent : a parable in one sitting- Paulsen, Gary. : [WM SL BK PW BC VO KR KL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1995., RL 4.6, 86p

A traitor among us- Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth. : [ES SL NP PW BL LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. : 1998., RL 4.2, 133p

The trophy- Hughes, Dean, 1943- : [WM SL BL KR LT] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Knopf , Distributed by Random House, New York : c1994., RL 4.5, 135p

Under the shadow of wings- Banks, Sara H., 1942- : [WM ES SL BK BL] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York : c1997., RL 4.8, 147p

Venus among the fishes- Hall, Elizabeth. : [SL BK PW BL VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin, Boston : 1995., RL 4.1, 143p

When the soldiers were gone- Propp, Vera W. : [WC ES SL* BL* HB BC KR LT] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- G.P. Putnam's, New York : c1999., RL 4.2, 101p

White water- Petersen, P. J. : [SL BL BC KR LT LA] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York : c1997., RL 4.8, 107p

The wild hunt- Yolen, Jane. : [WM SL PW BL BC VO KR KL*] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Harcourt Brace, San Diego : c1995., RL 4.3, 137p

The wild kid- Mazer, Harry. : [WC WM ES SL* HB* BL BC VO] {IL 5-8,-Fic-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York : c1998., RL 3.5, 103p

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