Each listing has the Lexile level, Accelerated Reading level (AR) and the published Interest Level (IL).
Clementine - Eight year old Clementine struggles to deal with a difficult friendship with her neighbor Margaret, while also helping her father get rid of pigeons from the front of their apartment building. Lexile 790, AR 4.5, IL 3-6
Piper Reed - Navy Brat by Kimberly Willis Holt - When Piper's dad is reassigned to Pensacola, FL, Piper tries to try to rebuild the life she had in California, but finds that Florida has new possibilities that California could not offer. Lexile 610, AR 3.5, IL 3-5
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (Wonderful story, big words)- Edward Tulane, a selfish and stuffy toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and journeys across the country, getting new owners whose problems are greater than his. Lexile 700, AR 4.4, IL 3-6
Phineas L. MacGuire Erupts by Francis O’Roark Dowell - Self proclaimed scientist, Phineas MacGuire, is forced to team up with the new boy in class on a science fair project, but the boy's obnoxious personality causes Phineas to wonder if the whole project will blow up in his face. Lexile 810, AR 5.0, IL 3-6
Roxie and the Hooligans by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - Roxie Warbler, the niece of a famous explorer, follows Uncle Dangerfoot's advice on how to survive any crisis when she becomes stranded on an island with a gang of school bullies and a pair of murderous bank robbers. Lexile 930, AR 5.3, IL 3-6
The Million Dollar Shot by Dan Guttman - Eleven-year-old Eddie gets a chance to win a much needed million dollars by making a foul shot at the National Basketball Association finals. Lexile 680, AR 4.2, IL 3-6
Rules by Cynthia Lord - Twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal life, but feels hindered by her autistic brother and new friendship with a paraplegic. Lexile 780, AR 3.9, IL 3-6
Dork in Disguise by Carol Gorman – New kid, brainy Jerry Flack, is determined to change his nerdy, science loving image from "dork" to "cool kid," only to discover that he'd rather hang out with the nerdy, science kids. Lexile 510, AR 4.2, IL 3-6
The Anybodies by N.E. Bode - After learning that she is not the biological daughter of boring Mr. and Mrs. Drudger, imaginative and whimsical Fern embarks on magical adventures with her real father and finally finds "a place that feels like home." Lexile 730, AR 4.6, IL 5-8
Say What? by Margaret Peterson Haddix – Six-year-old Sukey and her older brothers are baffled when their parents begin saying the wrong thing every time they misbehave, but soon catch on to their parents tricks and retaliate with their own wrong responses. Lexile 740, AR 4.1, IL 3-6
No Talking by Andrew Clements - The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest, but get into lots of trouble when their teachers demand the contest end and the kids won’t call a truce. Lexile 820, AR 5.0, IL 3-6
The Missing Manatee by Cynthia Deflice - While coping with his parents' separation, eleven-year-old Skeet spends most of Spring Break in his skiff on a Florida river, where he finds a manatee shot to death and begins looking for the killer. Lexile 830, AR 4.9, IL 3-6
The Thing about Georgie by Lisa Graff – Georgie is used to his dwarfism causing problems, but life gets complicated when a surprising announcement, a new boy in school, and a class project shakes things up. Lexile 770, AR 4.3, IL 3-6
Dexter the Tough by Margaret Peterson Haddix – New kid and fourth-grader Dexter slowly reveals, through his writing assignment, the details of an incident in which he punches a student in the bathroom on the first day of school. Lexile 690, AR 4.2, IL 3-6
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (All of them) by Jeff Kinney - Presents the mundane life of an adolescent boy named Greg who wants to do the right thing, but is hindered by his quest for girls and status, his well-meaning parents, his brothers, and his friends. Lexile 950, AR 5.2, IL 5-8
The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco by Janice Repka - Eleven-year-old Phillip's dream of running away from the circus comes true when his parents allow him to stay with relatives in dodgeball capital, Hardingtown, Pennsylvania, but finds life is not necessarily greener on the other side. Lexile 710, AR 4.7, IL 3-6
Air Ball: My Life in Briefs by Lisa Harkrader - Uncoordinated Kansas seventh-grader Kirby Nickel braves his coach's indignation and becomes captain of the basketball team in order to help him prove that NBA star Brett McGrew is the father he has never known. Lexile 700, AR 4.4, IL 5-8
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban - Ten-year-old Zoe Elias longs to play the piano, but is stuck with the Perfectone D60 organ. Zoe finds she's underestimated the value of her organ when she competes in the Perfectone Perform-O-Rama and in the process catch the elusive attention of her workaholic mother and reclusive father. Lexile 730, AR 3.9, IL 3-6
A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy - Inquisitve Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries where ever they go. Lexile 400 - 580, AR 3.0 - 4.5, IL 3-5
Piper Reed Gets a Job by Kimberly Willis Holt - Fifth-grader Piper takes on a job to earn enough money to buy a $2000 clubhouse for the Gypsy Club, but things get out of control when one job turns into three. Lexile 590, AR 3.7, IL 3-5
Zora and Me by Victoria Bond & T.R. Simon - Based on the real-life Florida writer Zora Neale Hurston, this fictional story, set in 1901, follows Zora and her two friends, Carrie and Teddy, as they investigate a murder of a colored man and the identity of the mysterious Gator-man. (Caution: the word, "Nigger," is used several times in this book.) Lexile 860, AR 5.3, IL 3-5
My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian - Summer has arrived and Derek is looking forward to two fun filled, book free months. Unfortunately, Derek has a little too much fun and his mother sends him to "Learning Camp," for the rest of the summer. Derek's only distraction is a mysterious newspaper clipping about a girl who drowned at Martha's Vineyard, that his mother refuses to discuss. Derek starts investigating and discovers he has a personal connection to the story. Lexile - no rated, AR 5.2, IL 3-5
Bobby vs. Girls (Accidently) by Lisa Yee - Bobby Ellis-Chan returns home from summer vacation and finds his secret best friend, Holly, has changed. She's hanging out with snotty Jillian Zarr, she's dressing different and wearing fingernail polish. Holly has turned into a girl! Bobby resents Holly's new self. When he ends up running against Holly for Student Council Representative, things get a little more competitive than usual. Once best friends, become enemies. Lines are drawn and the election pits the boys against the girls. Lexile 650, AR 4.1, IL 3-5
Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin - In the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, ten-year-old Sasha idolizes his father, a devoted Communist, but when police take his father away and leave Sasha homeless, he is forced to examine his own perceptions, values, and beliefs. Lexile not listed, AR 4.6, IL3-5
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen - A boy gets rich quick by mowing lawns with his grandpa's old riding lawn mower, but business gets out of hand when he attracts attention from some blackmailing criminals. Lexile 780, AR 4.3, IL 4-7
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia -Three sisters are sent to stay with the mother they don't know for the summer. Lexile 750, AR 4.6, IL 4-7
P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia - In this sequel to One Crazy Summer, Delphine, Vonnetta, and Fern return home from their summer with their mother and find out their dad has had a busy summer too, falling in love. Lexile 770, AR 4.6, IL 4-7
