Reading Beyond Grades 2-3

For children in grades 2-3 reading at a 5th grade level. Challenging books for advanced readers that are still age-appropriate.
 

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1. A black hole is not a hole

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Author:
DeCristofano, Carolyn Cinami
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What is a black hole? Where do they come from? How were they discovered? Can we visit one? Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano takes readers on a ride through the galaxies (ours, and others), answering these questions and many more about the phenomenon known as a black hole. In lively and often humorous text, the book starts off with a thorough explanation of gravity and the role it plays in the formation of black holes. Paintings by Michael Carroll, coupled...

2. The brightest night

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Author:
Sutherland, Tui, 1978-
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Sunny has always taken the Dragonet Prophecy very seriously, so Morrowseer's devastating news changes everything--now she must forge a new identity, and find a way to stop the futile and destructive war between the dragon clans.

3. The chaos curse

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Author:
DasGupta, Sayantani
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Prince Lal has been spirited away to, of all places, Parsippany, so Kiranmala must leave the the Kingdom Beyond and return home to rescue him; but reality seems to be wavering around her because something is causing a dangerous disruption in the multiverse, and she must face the disturbing prophecy about her own role in the approaching conflict between good and evil--not to mention her own growing feelings for Prince Neel.

4. The dark secret

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Author:
Sutherland, Tui, 1978-
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When Starflight, one of the dragonets of destiny, is kidnapped by the NightWings he finds that the kingdom of his birth is a miserable place, full of terrible secrets--and that, with his fellow dragonets too far away to help, the fate of two kingdoms rests in his talons.

5. The dragonet prophecy

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Sutherland, Tui, 1978-
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"Clay has lived his whole life under the mountain. The MudWing dragonet knows war is raging between the dragon tribes in the world outside - a war that he and four other dragonets are destined to end, according to the mysterious prophecy they have been taught. The five "chosen" dragonets were stolen from their homes while they were still in their eggs - and hidden away for years - all to fulfill the prophecy. But not every dragonet wants a destiny....

6. Echo

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Author:
Ryan, Pam Muñoz
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Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica--and decades later three children, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California find themselves caught up in the same thread of destiny in the darkest days of the twentieth century, struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica.

7. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library

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Author:
Grabenstein, Chris
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"Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape"--

8. The Everafter War

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Author:
Buckley, Michael
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4 stars
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Fans of fractured fairy tales will be delighted to discover the fantasy, mystery, adventure, and humor in the beloved Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley, now with new cover art. The nine wildly popular books are favorites around the world. They were among the first books to bring a distinctly girl-power spin to fairy tales-a spin taken up by hit TV shows such as Grimm and Once Upon a Time, the bestselling book series The Land of Stories, and...

9. The fairy-tale detectives

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Author:
Buckley, Michael, 1969-
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Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead.

10. The family Fletcher takes Rock Island

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Author:
Levy, Dana Alison
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Summertime brings the Fletcher Family back to Rock Island where the good times never end, but this summer the boys' favorite lighthouse is all boarded up and with the help from their new neighbors, the Garcia girls, the boys are determined to find out what is really happening with their lighthouse and saving it, no matter what the cost.

11. Game of stars

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DasGupta, Sayantani
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Months after Kiranmala's adventure in the Kingdom Beyond, a vision of the Demon Queen starts showing up in her bedroom, trying to tell Kiran something, but getting cutoff before she can finish; then she starts seeing an advertisement for an archery contest on her family's interdimensional television and Kiran realizes that she must return to her place of birth--where society is falling apart, a reality show is taking over, her friends are in danger,...

12. The Hamilton-Burr duel

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Gutman, Dan
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The Flashback Four are coerced by a secret government organization, NOYB, to travel to July 1804 Weehawken, New Jersey, to witness the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.

13. The hero two doors down: based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend

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Author:
Robinson, Sharon, 1950-
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Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.

14. The inside story

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Author:
Buckley, Michael
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As the fairytale detectives race through the Book of Everafter searching for their baby brother, they encounter various characters including the Editor and his army of Revisers, who threaten the children with dire consequences if they continue to change the stories.

15. The Lincoln Project

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Author:
Gutman, Dan
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In New York Times bestselling author Dan Gutman's all-new series, which blends fascinating real history with an action-packed and hilarious adventure, four very different kids are picked by a mysterious billionaire to travel through time and photograph some of history's most important events. This time, the four friends are headed to 1863 to catch Abraham Lincoln delivering his famous Gettysburg Address. They'll have to work together to ask the right...

16. Magic and Other Misdemeanors

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Author:
Buckley, Michael
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The sister detectives set out to catch a magical thief in the fifth adventure in the New York Times-bestselling children's fantasy series. In this latest adventure, intrepid fairy-tale detectives Sabrina and Daphne Grimm investigate a sudden streak of magical thefts that might add up to a very grim future for their family. With Granny Relda desperately scrambling to pay Mayor Heart's outrageous taxes on humans, the Sisters Grimm tackle their first...

17. The misadventures of the family Fletcher

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Levy, Dana Alison
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Relates the adventures of a family with two fathers, four adopted boys, and a variety of pets as they make their way through a school year and deal with a grumpy new neighbor.

18. Moon rising

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Author:
Sutherland, Tui, 1978-
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"When Moonwatcher, a young NightWing with secret powers, begins school at the academy started by the dragonets of destiny after the end of the war, she soon realizes that someone is attacking the students. Moon must choose whether to help or continue to hide her gifts"--

19. Mr. Lemoncello and the titanium ticket

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Grabenstein, Chris
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"Six lucky kids go on a scavenger hunt inside Mr. Lemoncello's Gameworks factory, where they compete for a chance to win a Titanium Ticket"--

20. Mr. Lemoncello's great library race

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Grabenstein, Chris
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"Mr. Lemoncello holds a contest for his young friends where they must race to bring interesting facts back to his library" -- "Everyone's favorite game maker, Mr. Lemoncello, is testing out his new Fabulous Fact-Finding Frenzy game! If Kyle can make it through the first round, he and the other lucky finalists will go on a great race--by bicycle, bookmobile, and even Mr. Lemoncello's corporate banana jet!--to find fascinating facts about famous Americans....