Summer Reading List for East Lyme Public Schools: 3rd and 4th Grade

Stead, Rebecca. Liar & Spy.New York: Yearling, 2013. Print.

Here is the suggested reading list for the East Lyme Public Schools and Salem School District. Click on the images or hyperlinks to see where the books are located in the East Lyme Public Library. Please remember that these are just suggested titles. If a book is already checked out to another reader, simply ask the librarian for another recommendation. Happy Summer Reading!

For children entering grades 3 and 4:
 

Demuth, Patricia, and David Groff. What Was Ellis Island? New York:Grosset & Dunlap, 2014. Print.

Holub, Joan, and John Hinderliter. What Is the Statue of Liberty?New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2014. Print.

Pascal, Janet B, and Timothy Foley. What Is the Panama Canal? New York Grosset & Dunlap, 2014. Print.

Montgomery, Sy, and Nic Bishop. Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot. Boston [Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010. Print.

Berne, Jennifer, and Eric Puybaret. Manfish: The Story of Jacques Cousteau. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2008. Print. 

Lin, Grace. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. New York: Little, Brown and Co, 2009. Print.

DiCamillo, Kate, and Yoko Tanaka. The Magician's Elephant. Somerville, Mass: Candlewick Press, 2009. Print.

Buckley, Michael. The Sisters Grimm. New York: Amulet Books, 2005. Print.

Buckley, Michael, and Peter Ferguson. The Unusual Suspects: Bk. 2. New York: Amulet Books, 2005. Print.

Shurtliff, Liesl. Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Internet resource.

Stilton, Geronimo. Geronimo Stilton in the Kingdom of Fantasy. New York: Scholastic, 2009. Print.

Holm, Jennifer L. Turtle in Paradise. New York: Random House, 2010. Print.

MacLachlan, Patricia. White Fur Flying. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2013. Print.

Holm, Jennifer L. The Fourteenth Goldfish.New York: Random House , 2014. Print.

Black, Holly, and Eliza Wheeler. Doll Bones. New York: McElderry, 2013. Print.

Alexander, Kwame. The Crossover. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. Print.

Bell, Cece, and David Lasky. El Deafo.New York: Amulet , 2014. Print.

Tarshis, Lauren, and Scott Dawson. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912. New York: Scholastic, 2010. Print.

Tarshis, Lauren, and Scott Dawson. I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916. New York: Scholastic, 2010. Print.

Scieszka, Jon, Mac Barnett, and Adam Rex. Funny Business. New York: Scholastic, 2011. Print. 

Philbrick, W R. Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina. New York: Scholastic , 2014. Print.

Blake, Robert J. Togo. New York: Philomel Books, 2002. Print.

Curtis, Christopher P. Elijah of Buxton. New York: Scholastic Press, 2007. Print. 

Timberlake, Amy, and David Homer. One Came Home. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Print.

Yelchin, Eugene. Breaking Stalin's Nose. New York: Henry Holt, 2011. Print.

Williams-Garcia, Rita. One Crazy Summer. New York: Amistad, 2010. Internet resource.

Avi, , and C B. Mordan. Iron Thunder: The Battle between the Monitor & the Merrimac : a Civil War Novel. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2007. Print.

Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Print.

Hiaasen, Carl. Flush. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Print.

Hiaasen, Carl. Chomp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. Print.

Sherry, Maureen, and Adam Stower. Walls Within Walls. New York: Katherine Tegen Books, 2010. Print.

Gibbs, Stuart. Spy School. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012. Print.

DuPrau, Jeanne. The City of Ember. New York: Random House, 2003. Print.

Hawking, Lucy, Stephen Hawking, Christophe Galfard, and Garry Parsons. George's Secret Key to the Universe. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009. Print.

L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1962. Print.

Lai, Thanhha, and Ray Shappell. Inside Out & Back Again. New York: Harper, 2011. Print.

Kennedy, Caroline, and Jon J. Muth. A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children. New York: Hyperion/Hyperion Books for Children, 2005. Print.

Woodson, Jacqueline. Brown Girl Dreaming. New York: Penguin , 2014. Print.

Singer, Marilyn, and Josée Masse. Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse. New York, N.Y: Dutton Children's Books, 2010. Print.

Riordan, Rick. The Lost Hero. New York: Disney/Hyperion Books, 2010. Print.

Blackwood, Sage. Jinx. New York: Harper, 2013. Print.

Lerangis, Peter. Seven Wonders: 1. New York: Harper, 2013. Print.

Stephens, John. The Emerald Atlas. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Internet resource.

Hagen, George. Gabriel Finley & the Raven's Riddle. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2014. Print.

Foxlee, Karen. Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy. New York: Knopf, 2014. Print.

Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet. New York, N.Y., U.S.A: Viking Penguin, 1987. Print.

Creech, Sharon. The Boy on the Porch. New York: HarperCollins , 2013. Print.

Ryan, Pam M. Esperanza Rising. New York: Scholastic Press, 2000. Print.

Palacio, R J. Wonder. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. Print.

Graff, Lisa. The Thing About Georgie: A Novel. New York: HarperTrophy, 2008. Print.

Hannigan, Katherine. Ida B: --and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (possibly) Save the World. New York: Greenwillow Books, 2004. Print.

Hamilton, Bethany, Sheryl Berk, and Rick Bundschuh. Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board. New York, NY: Pocket Books, 2012. Print.

Jeter, Derek, and Paul Mantell. The Contract. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014. Print.

Maddox, Jake, Thomas K. Troupe, and Sean Tiffany. Bmx Challenge. Mankato, Minn: Stone Arch Books, 2011. Print.

Maddox, Jake, and Val Priebe. Drive to the Hoop. Mankato, Minn: Stone Arch Books, 2011. Print.

Maddox, Jake, Leigh McDonald, and Katie Wood. Dance Team Dilemma. North Mankato, Minn: Stone Arch Books, 2013. Print.

Maddox, Jake, Emma C. Berne, and Katie Wood. Running Scared. North Mankato, Minn: Stone Arch Books, 2013. Print.

Tooke, Wes. King of the Mound: My Summer with Satchel Paige. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012. Print.

Hatke, Ben. Zita the Spacegirl. New York: First Second, 2010. Print.

Hatke, Ben, and Colleen A. F. Venable. Legends of Zita the Spacegirl.New York: First Second, 2012. Print.

Hatke, Ben. The Return of Zita the Spacegirl.New York: First Second , 2014. Print.

Kelley, True, and John O'Brien. Who Was Abigail Adams?New York: Penguin. 2014. Print.

Jerome, Kate B, and David Cain. Who Was Amelia Earhart?New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2002. Print. 
 

Yousafzai, Malala, and Patricia McCormick. I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World. New York: Little, Brown , 2014. Print.

  Smith, Lane. John, Paul, George & Ben. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2006. Print.

Burgess, Matthew, and Kris DiGiacomo. Enormous Smallness: A Story of E. E. Cummings. Brooklyn: Enchanted Lion, 2015. Print.

Please remember these are just suggestions. You are free to read whatever books you and your families choose. Any book you read that is within your reading level counts toward your school's "bingo" prize card and the East Lyme Public Library's summer reading prizes.