Calling all teachers/librarians

[joenali]

Here is a link from Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. There are a ton of spreadsheets with book ideas. I'm not sure if you use the Fountas and Pinnell leveling system but a 4th grade level would be around "P".

readingandwritingproject.com/resources/classroom-libraries/current-classroom-libraries.html

[UMaineTeach]

I read Moon Over High Street after it was reviewed on NPR. I was a little disapointed that NPR talked up the depth of the story and it wasn't that deep. But, overall a good story, low reading level, mature theme.
www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/moon-over-high-street-booktalk

I really liked The Higher Power of Lucky again, it has mature themes, but is an easy read. I don't think I would like a 4th grader reading it, but would have no problem with an(a) 8th/9th grader reading it.
www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/higher-power-lucky

[pacificrules]

I can't think of any specific titles right now (it's already been a long week!), but know that there are websites you can use to search by lexile. 4th grade lexile range is about 750-1000.

lexile.com/fab/
www.barnesandnoble.com/reading-level-reading-books-lexile/search.asp
teachersites.schoolworld.com/webpages/PVLibrary/booklists.cfm?subpage=1323318 (This one isn't a search, but is a list of high-interest books. There's a few on there that stick out to me as great recs.)

[pacificrules]

Ok, now that I've had a little time to ponder, I wonder about....
Maniac Magee
Artemis Fowl books
Series of Unfortunate Events (maybe too high?)
Warriors series
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Tale of Desperaux

[Deleted]

Stuck In Neutral by Terry Trueman (he has a few other novels as well)

[Deleted]

If you go to ARbookfind.com it tells you the reading level of various books.

I really have enjoyed re-reading a lot of the Newbury award books over the last couple years so maybe some of them would work