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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61. Mr. Lemoncello's all-star breakout game

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Author:
Grabenstein, Chris
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4 stars
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"To win Mr. Lemoncello's new television game show, Kyle and his team have to break out of their comfort zone and walk a mile in other characters' shoes and figure out how to unlock a series of locks and break out of the game before their competition!"--

62. Mr. Lemoncello's great library race

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Grabenstein, Chris
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4.5 stars
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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....

63. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

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Author:
Grabenstein, Chris
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5 stars
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"Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS...but someone is trying to censor what the kids are reading"--

64. National Geographic book of nature poetry: more than 200 poems with photographs that float, zoom, and bloom!

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Guilford Juvenile Non-Fiction
J821 NATIONAL
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"When words in verse are paired with the awesomeness of nature, something magical happens. Beloved former U.S. Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis curates an exuberant poetic celebration of the natural world in this stellar collection of nature poems. From trickling streams to deafening thunderstorms to soaring mountains, discover majestic photography perfectly paired with contemporary (such as Billy Collins), classics (such as Robert Frost), and never-before-published...

65. Once upon a crime

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Author:
Buckley, Michael, 1969-
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When the fairy-tale detectives rush to New York City hoping to find an Everafter who can cure Puck, they trigger a chain of events that includes a murder mystery, and learn many new things about their mother who, along with their father, is still in an enchanted sleep.

66. The one and only Bob

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Author:
Applegate, Katherine
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5 stars
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Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.

67. The one and only Ivan

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Author:
Applegate, Katherine
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4 stars
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When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.

68. The One and Only Ivan: My Story

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Applegate, Katherine
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The #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Award-winning novel The One and Only Ivan is now a major motion picture streaming on Disney+

This unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated book is told from the point of view of Ivan himself.

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69. Ophelia and the marvelous boy

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Author:
Foxlee, Karen, 1971-
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Ophelia, a timid eleven-year-old girl grieving her mother, suspends her disbelief in things non-scientific when a boy locked in the museum where her father is working asks her to help him complete an age-old mission.

70. The Parker inheritance

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Author:
Johnson, Varian
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4 stars
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Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...

71. The Penderwicks

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Author:
Birdsall, Jeanne
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With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Jeanne Birdsall is perfect for fans of Noel Streatfeild and Edward Eager.
This summer the Penderwick sisters have a wonderful surprise: a holiday on the grounds of a beautiful estate called Arundel. Soon they are busy discovering the summertime magic of Arundel’s...

72. The Penderwicks: a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy

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Author:
Birdsall, Jeanne
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4.7 stars
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While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.

73. The Penderwicks at last

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Birdsall, Jeanne
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The Penderwick family returns to Arundel for Rosalind's wedding, but Lydia, who has only heard stories of the grand estate, is eager to explore the place where her older siblings had endless adventures.

74. The Penderwicks at Point Mouette

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Author:
Birdsall, Jeanne
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3.3 stars
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When the three younger Penderwick sisters go to Maine with Aunt Claire and are separated from oldest sister Rosalind for the first time in their lives, an uncertain Skye is left in charge as the OAP--oldest available Penderwick.

75. The Penderwicks in spring

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Author:
Birdsall, Jeanne
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4 stars
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As spring arrives on Gardam Street, there are surprises in store for each Penderwick, from neighbor Nick Geiger's expected return from the war to Batty's new dog-walking business, but her plans to use her profits to surprise her family on her eleventh birthday go astray.

76. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street

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Author:
Birdsall, Jeanne
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4.7 stars
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The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.

77. A place to belong

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Kadohata, Cynthia
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Twelve-year-old Hanako and her family, reeling from their confinement in an internment camp, renounce their American citizenship to move to Hiroshima, a city devastated by the atomic bomb dropped by Americans.

78. Plagues: the microscopic battlefield

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Author:
Koch, Falynn, 1985-
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Guilford Juvenile Graphic
J GRAPHIC 614.5 KOCH
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A scientist sets out to interrogate the microorganisms responsible for some of the world's deadliest epidemics, revealing how the human body tries to fight off such invaders.

79. The poetry of us: with favorites from Maya Angelou, Walt Whitman, Gwendolyn Brooks, and more : more than 200 poems that celebrate the people, places, and passions of the United States

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Experience the great diversity of America on a trip through each of the 50 states and the many cultures, traditions, histories, and passions that define us. Taste sweet blueberries and baked beans in New England, hear the bustle of city music and the call of market vendors in the Mid-Atlantic, and watch the sunrise over gentle ridges and silent swamps in the Southeast. Attend city parades and small-town festivals in the Midwest, join cowboys and songwriters...

80. The poison jungle

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Author:
Sutherland, Tui, 1978-
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"Some secrets are deadly. It's no secret that Sundew wants to destroy HiveWings. It's her life's mission to exact revenge on the tribe that tried to wipe out the LeafWings and ripped every tree from the surface of Pantala. Every tree, that is, except those in the wild and dangerous Poison Jungle, where the surviving LeafWings have been hiding since the war--and waiting for a dragon like Sundew, who is uniquely qualified to bring down the hives. But...