My Great Books List
We are always ready to read the latest book but sometimes, during a dry spell, an older book is just the thing.
If you like a author of one of these books, be sure to look for other work by that author.
Let me us know about any books that will always be in your heart.
Picture Books
Junior Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Non-Fiction
Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
Parvanna's Journey (Sequel)
Mud City (Sequel)

Daphne's Book by Mary Downing Hahn

A Dog called Kitty by Bill Wallace

Exiled by Kathleen Karr

The Giver by Lois Lowry
Messenger (Sequel)
Gathering Blue (Sequel)

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The River (Sequel)
Brian's Winter (Sequel)
Brian's Return (Sequel)
Brian's Hunt (Sequel)

Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
Shadow Children Series by Margaret
Peterson Haddix
Among the Hidden
Among the Imposters
Among the Betrayed
Amonh the Barons
Among the Brave
Among the Enemy

Shiloh
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Shiloh Season (Sequel)
Saving Shiloh (Sequel

Ravenmaster's Secret by Elvira Woodruff

Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George
Speare

Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
Sunwing (Sequel)
Firewing (Sequel)

Snot Stew by Bill Wallace

The Tale of Despereaux by Timothy Basil
Ering

The True Confessions of Charlotte
Doyle
by Avi

Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Janie Series by Caroline B. Cooney
The Face on the Milk Carton
Whatever Happened to Janie
The Voice on the Radio
What Janie Found

Jason's Gold
by Will Hobbs
Down the Yukon (Sequel)

Jenny of the Tetons by Kristiana Gregory

The Legend of Jimmy Spoon by
Kristiana Gregory

The Lottery Rose by Irene Hunt

Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
Maggie's Door (Sequel)

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry)

Prairie River Series by Kristiana Gregory
A Journey of Faith
A Greateful Harvest
Winter Tidings
Hope Springs Eternal

Rodzina
by Karen Cushman

Ragweed by Avi
Poppy (Sequel)
Poppy and Rye (Sequel)
The Coffin Quilt by Ann Rinaldi

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen

Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis
Holt

Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen
Sarney (Sequel)
Petey by Ben Mikaelsen

Russian Epics by Gloria Whelan
Angel on the Square
The Impossible Journey
(Sequel)
Burying the Sun (Sequel)

Sang Spell by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Shabanu by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Haveli (Sequel)
Blueberries for Sal by Robert
McCloskey (E-2)

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan
Toomey
by Susan Wojciechowski (E-3)

The Rag Coat by Lauren A. Mills (E-4)

You Are Special written by Max Lucado;
illustrated by Sergio Martinez (E-2)
Crictor by Tomi Ungerer (E-P)