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Hillsborough County Public Schools Suggested Reading Grades 3-5
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House of Robots
by James Patterson
Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic "brother," to school with him to learn to become a student.
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The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown
Initializing for the first time on a remote island where she is all alone, Roz the robot learns survival strategies from the island's hostile animals and finally gains acceptance when she cares for an orphaned gosling. By the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of Creepy Carrots!.
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Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, befriends a mysterious boy who introduces him to potty-trained alligators, burrowing owls, and sparkly-tailed poisonous snakes.
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Dive (Series)
by Gordon Korman
Book One: The Discovery. When four kids on a marine expedition for the summer discover a sunken treasure, it's a race against time, sharks, and each other to bring the goods to shore.
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Island (Series)
by Gordon Korman
Book One: Shipwreck. A dramatic new survival trilogy follows a group of six kids who have been sent to a deserted island for a character-building experience as they embark on a quest for survival that will test their limits.
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Everest (Series)
by Gordon Korman
Book One: The Contest. Dominic, Chris, Perry, Tilt, Sammi, Bryn, and Cameron compete with each other to be selected as part of a team of teenage climbers with the goal of ascending Mount Everest.
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Out of My Mind
by Sharon M. Draper
Possessing a photographic memory in spite of an inability to walk or speak, Melody is mistaken as mentally challenged by those who cannot see beyond her cerebral palsy, impelling her to discover a way to communicate. By the two-time Coretta Scott King-winning author of Copper Sun.
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11 Birthdays
by Wendy Mass
After celebrating their first nine same-day birthdays together, Amanda and Leo, having fallen out on their tenth and not speaking to each other for the last year, prepare to celebrate their eleventh birthday separately but peculiar things begin to happen as the day of their birthday begins to repeat itself over and over again.
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Gooney the Fabulous
by Lois Lowry
Gooney Bird Greene takes charge of a class project as she and her fellow students in Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class learn about fables by each making up their own based on an animal that begins with the same letter as their first name.
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The Chocolate Touch
by Patrick Skene Catling
A title first published in 1952 recounts the trials and tribulations of a greedy boy's predicament when everything John Midas touches turns to chocolate.
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Billy Sure, Kid Entrepreneur (Series)
by Luke Sharpe
Twelve-year-old genius inventor and budding businessman Billy Sure hosts an online contest for fellow kid innovators to share their own inventions and the winning submission will be produced by his company, Sure Things, Inc., but with so many fascinating entries, Billy wonders how he will ever choose a winner while helping other kids achieve their dreams at the same time.
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Tesla's Attic
by Neal Shusterman
Moving into a ramshackle Victorian house after his home burns down, 14-year-old Nick discovers a cache of odd antiques in the attic, where his new friends and he become unwitting subjects in a perilous scientific plan by a devious inventor.
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Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative (813) 273-3652 www.hcplc.org
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