Leveled Book List

Leveled Book List

Title	Author	Grade Level	Short Annotation
Tuck Everlasting	Babbitt, Natalie	5	A girl named Winnie Foster found a spring that gave the Tuck’s everlasting life. Winnie has to decide if she wants to drink from it. Another problem she is faced with is the decision of telling the stranger about the spring, so he can sell the water.
Hatchet	Paulsen, Gary	5	This story is about a boy who survives a plane crash. He has to learn how to survive in the wilderness with his hatchet that his mom gave him. He also has to come to terms with his parents’ divorce.
Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary	VanDerRol/Verhoeven	6	This book is about Anne Frank and how the concentration camp ruined her life.
Harriet Ross Tubman (Journey to Freedom)	Troy, Don	6	This book is a biography about a black slave who was mistreated badly and how it led her to seek for freedom in the north.
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet	Shakespeare, William	6	This is a simplified version. It tells about two young people who fall in love when their families are enemies.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Rowling, J.K.	6	“When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.”
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Rowling, J.K.	6	“When Harry and his best friends go back for their third year at Hogwarts, an escaped mass murderer is on the loose, and the sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school.”
Aladdin and Other Tales From Arabian Nights	Dawood, N.J.	6	This book is about Aladdin and how he finds a old lamp which makes his fortune.
Black Beauty	Sewell, Anna	7	This story is about a horse who recounts his experiences with good and bad masters. It takes place in the nineteenth-century.
Sinbad the Sailor and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights	Dawood, N.J.	7	“This book contains Arabian, Indian, and Persian tales full of magic and excitement.”