Fiction
Birdsall — The Penderwicks: A Summer
Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a
Very Interesting Boy
Four sisters share adventures while vacationing in the Berkshires with their father.
Cleary — Ramona the Pest (and others)
Ramona meets a lot of interesting people in kindergarten
Estes — The Hundred Dresses
When Wanda tells her classmates she has 100 dresses, they laugh at her, but soon learn a lesson about teasing.
Feiffer — A Room with a Zoo
Julie loves animals so much that she seems to have a zoo in her room.
George — Julie of the Wolves
Thirteen-year-old Julie, lost in the woods, is adopted by a pack of wolves.
Godden — Premlata and the Festival of Lights
Premlata and her family, in Bengal, India, are too poor to celebrate Diwali.
Hoffman — Starring Grace (and others)
Grace and her friends have many adventures during summer vacation.
Holm — Middle School is Worse than
Meatloaf
Ginny’s first year of middle school is both exciting and scary.
Lin — The Year of the Dog
A year in the life of a young Taiwanese American girl and her family.
Lisle — The Lost Flower Children
Two sisters move in with their great aunt, and hear stories about the Flower Children.
Look — Ruby Lu, Brave and True
Ruby Lu, almost 8, tells about her family and her adventures.
Lord — Rules
Frustrated by life with an autistic brother, Catherine just wants a normal life.
Lowry — Gooney Bird Greene
(and others) Gooney tells only absolutely true stories, but the fun is finding out exactly how her stories are true.
