Safe Reading List!

Third /Fourth Grade Level (or above)

All time Favorites/Classics Little House on the Prairie series-Laura Ingalls Wilder Anne of Green Gables series- L.M. Montgomery Sarah Plain and Tall trilogy- Patricia MacLachlan The Secret Garden- Frances Hodgson Burnett Adventures of Tom Sawyer- Mark Twain Robinson Crusoe- Daniel Defoe Swiss Family Robinson- Johann David Wyss Black Beauty- Anna Sewell Little Women- Louisa May Alcott Voyages of Dr. Doolittle- Hugh Lofting Charlottes Web-E.B. White Miracles on Maple Hill-Virginia Sorensen Becoming Little Women~ Jeannine Atkins Misty of Chincoteague- Marguerite Henry (and others related to Misty by same author) Nancy Drew Mysteries- Carolyn Keene Hardy Boys mysteries- Franklin W. Dixon The Incredible Journey- Sheila Burnford The Boxcar Children series Gertrude Chandler Warner The Mouse and the Motorcycle trilogy- Beverly Cleary The Indian in the Cupboard series- Lynne Reid Banks Homer Price- Robert McCloskey Rascal- Sterling North Misc. Fun series Big Apple Barn series- Kristin Earhart Gone Away Lake- Elizabeth Enright Return to Gone Away- Elizabeth Enright Mandie series - Lois Gladys Leppard (this was a favorite! There are at least 40 books in this series!) Faithgirlz series- Nancy Rue The Lily Series- Nancy Rue

Historical Fiction American Girl (historic character series) Naya Nuki Kenneth Thomasma Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare Sisters in Time series- Colleen L. Reece (Historical fiction based on specific time periods in our country; Mayflower, Revolutionary War etc) Hannahs Helping Hands Jean Van Leeuwen (and the rest of the Pioneer Daughters series) Regina Silsbys Secret War Thomas J. Brodeur Daughter of Liberty- Robert Quackenbush Sybil Ludingtons Midnight Ride- Marsha Amstel and Ellen Beier Riding Freedom- Pam Munoz Ryan Courage of Sarah Noble- Alice Dalgliesh Cabin Faced West- Jean Fritz The Mystery at Jamestown- Carole Marsh {Carole Marsh has written many mysteries that take place in different towns and famous places. I believe her children and grandchildren are the characters for these books.}

Fifth/sixth Grade Level (or above) My Side of the Mountain-Jean Craighead George The Chronicles of Narnia series- C.S. Lewis Hollys Heart series- Beverly Lewis Girls Only series- Beverly Lewis The Allison Chronicles series- Melody Carlson Camp Club Girls Mysteries series- Renae Brumbaugh Heartland series- Lauren Brooke Red Rock Mysteries series- Chris Fabry Olivia and the Little Way- Nancy Belanger Olivias Gift- Nancy Belanger Historical Fiction Voyage of Patience Goodspeed- Heather Vogel Frederick Liberty Letters series~ Nancy LeSourd Clara Barton and the American Red Cross- Eve Marko Soft Rain- Cornelia Cornelissen A Lantern in Her Hand- Bess Streeter Aldrich Mara Daughter of the Nile- Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Amish Fiction The Mysteries of Middlefield Series- Kathleen Fuller Summer Hill Secrets series-Beverly Lewis

Seventh/Eighth Grade Level (or above) The Forgotten Daughter- Caroline Dale Snedeker {Roman Britain Trilogy-next 3 titles} Eagle on the Ninth- Rosemary Sutcliff The Silver Branch- Rosemary Sutcliff The Lantern Bearers- Rosemary Sutcliff Lord of the Rings series- J.R.R. Tolkien Sierra Jensen series- Robin Jones Gunn Hidden Diary series- Sandra Byrd Boston Jane series- Jennifer L. Holm Witch of Blackbird Pond- Elizabeth George Speare Calico Captive- Elizabeth George Speare Lilys Crossing- Patricia Reilly Giff {Jeanette Oke- has a Classics for Girls series that I allowed my seventh grader to read. Other Jeanette Oke books will probably wait until later years. The next 4 titles are a few from this series} A Gown of Spanish Lace- Jeanette Oke The Calling of Emily Evans- Jeanette Oke Roses of Mama- Jeanette Oke The Bluebird and the Sparrow- Jeanette Oke River of Time series- Lisa Bergren The Healers Apprentice- Melanie Dickerson The Merchants Daughter- Melanie Dickerson Fairest Beauty- Melanie Dickerson My Heart Remembers- Kim Vogel Sawyer Calloway Summers Series-Jennifer Erin Valent

High school/Young Adult Christy Miller series- Robin Jones Gunn

Alerted Hearts series- Roger Bruner Notes from a Spinning Planet series- Melody Carlson Diary of a Teenage Girl series- Melody Carlson Carter House Girls series- Melody Carlson The Secret Life of Samantha McGregor series-Melody Carlson