Grades 4–6, 2023–24

Inspired by true events, this award-winning novel by Katherine Applegate tells the story of a captive gorilla and the elephant he befriends.

When 12-year-old Aru Shah lights a cursed lamp in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, she releases an ancient demon. Now she must find a way to stop the demon and rescue her friends and family.

Alec starts a club that he hopes no one will join — but ends up making unexpected connections with his classmates.

In this graphic novel, an African-American seventh grader struggles to fit in at his new private school.

While shopping for groceries, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni finds a dog that will change her life.

In this first book of the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. MacGuire series, the fourth-grade scientist who's usually called Mac partners with a classmate on a volcano project.

During the Gold Rush, twelve-year-old Jack journeys to California in hopes of striking it rich.

Kyle and eleven other kids get the chance to stay overnight in Mr. Lemoncello's new, high-tech library. The children must solve a series of puzzles in order to find a way out of the library and win an amazing prize.

In this first book of the Winterhouse trilogy, eleven-year-old orphan Elizabeth Somers is sent by her aunt and uncle to a hotel in the snowy mountains, where she discovers magical mysteries and adventures with the other guests and owner.

Named after a long line of men in his family, twelve-year-old Andrew Joseph Tyler visits his ancestral home in Missouri and gets transported back in time.

Called many names by different people, a border collie longs for a loving home where he can herd sheep.

Bell and his family are colonists on Mars. When a mysterious illness strikes the adults in the colony, Bell and the other children must try to find a cure.

Matthias and the other mice of Redwall Abbey must fight off a horde of rat invaders led by the evil Cluny.

When twelve-year-old Sophie Brown moves from a California city to a farm her dad has inherited, she is determined to learn how to raise the chickens she finds. Here's a link to our collection for the sequel: Are You Ready to Hatch an Unusual Chicken?.

In this reimagining of the Cinderella story, Ella tries to escape a curse that prevents her from disobeying orders.

During World War II, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her family take part in a courageous effort to protect the Jewish citizens of Denmark from the Nazis.

When Milo comes across a book about achieving perfection, he decides to follow the book's advice — with hilarious results.

While visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy tries to fulfill a promise to help a magical creature find his way home.

In this novel, a boy with facial anomalies tries to navigate the sometimes treacherous world of public school.

The sole survivor of a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness, thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson will need resourcefulness, courage, and strength in order to stay alive.

This first book of the Clementine series introduces an eight-year-old girl who doesn't like sharing her name with a fruit and acts on ideas that result in a not-so-good week.

When tragedy strikes, Esperanza's family has to leave their ranch in Mexico and move to a farmworkers' camp during the Great Depression.

This collection of short stories, which draws on the author's own childhood, focuses on Latino and Latina children growing up in California.

In this sequel to Third Grade Angels, Suds Morton tries to take his first steps to becoming a man by acting tough and mean.

In this fifteenth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Nathaniel Fox runs away from home and finds himself in the middle of the Battle of Brooklyn.

In this volume of the Little House series, the Ingalls family settles in Minnesota and overcomes many obstacles to survival.

When her grandmother Miss Eula leaves Mississippi for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby Lavender misses their adventures, so they write letters to continue sharing their lives.

William must go on a quest to help a tiny knight living in a miniature castle.

Ten-year-old Mia Tang lives and works at the motel where her immigrant parents are employed. Together, Mia and her family strive to make a better life for themselves — and for other immigrants in their community.