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Fabulous Fourth Grade Reads
Poppy
by Avi

Reissued to coincide with the publication of its hardcover sequel, Poppy and Rye, an award-winning novel follows a timid dormouse's attempts to win her and her fellows' freedom by toppling a tyrannical owl. Reissue.
Malcolm under the stars
by W. H. Beck

When a rare coin and a strange code are uncovered at the McKenna School, Malcolm and the other classroom pets of the Midnight Academy take on their most challenging assignment yet and, through their investigations, just might save the school from closing. 
The wild robot
by Peter Brown

Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants
Lionboy
by Zizou Corder

In the near future, ten-year-old Charlie Ashanti, who has the ability to speak the language of cats, sets out from London to seek his kidnapped parents and finds himself on a Paris-bound circus ship learning to train lions. 
The witches
by Roald Dahl

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice
Kenny & the dragon
by Tony DiTerlizzi

When the townsfolk in Kenneth's sleepy little village catch wind that there's a dragon running loose in the countryside, they call George--a retired knight and dragonslayer--out of retirement, and it is up to Kenneth to protect these two--who happen to be his two best friends.
Dragon's milk
by Susan Fletcher

Kaeldra, an outsider adopted by an Elythian family when she was young, possesses the power to understand dragons and uses this power to try to save her younger foster sister, who needs dragon's milk to recover from an illness
Bo at Ballard Creek
by Kirkpatrick Hill

Winning the hearts of two tough gold miners who raise her near an Eskimo village in 1920s Alaska, young orphan Bo thrives amid the daily activities of both cultures before seeing a first airplane, encountering a bear and meeting a mysterious lost little boy.
The secret of platform 13
by Eva Ibbotson

Odge Gribble, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical tunnel from their Island to London to rescue their King and Queen's son who had been stolen as an infant
The misadventures of the family Fletcher
by Dana Alison Levy

A family of four adopted boys, their two dads and a menagerie of pets share a raucous year marked by new schools, old friends, a grouchy neighbor, a hungry skunk, leaking ice rinks, school plays and wet cats. Simultaneous eBook.
When the sea turned to silver
by Grace Lin

Inspired by Chinese folklore, a companion to the Newbery Honor-winning Where the Mountain Meets the Moon follows the efforts of young Pinmei to rescue her beloved storyteller grandmother from a greedy Emperor who seeks to claim a Luminous Stone of legendary power. Simultaneous eBook. 75,000 first printing.
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren

Relates the antics of a rambunctious girl who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village. 
A dash of trouble
by Anna Meriano

Sneaking out of school and into the family bakery where she has been told she is too young to help prepare for the annual Dia de los Muertos festival, Leonora discovers that her female relatives come from a long line of brujas, Mexican witches, who pour a bit of sweet magic into everything they prepare. Simultaneous eBook.
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton

Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock
Twelve kinds of ice
by Ellen Bryan Obed

Illustrated with intricately detailed black-and-white scratch drawings by the award-winning creator of Dahlia, a nostalgic sequence of 20 vignettes depicts various kinds of ice found in a wintry landscape, including a fragile skim on a sheep pail, ice that forms like panes of glass and the surface of a skating pond. 10,000 first printing.
Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh
by Robert C. O'Brien

Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived
Nim's Island
by Wendy Orr

When her father leaves her alone on their island, Nim, who is schooled in the ways of jungle life, is delighted to be on her own with her friends, a sea lion and an amusing iguana, but when she loses contact with her father, she will need courage and her friends to save the day. Reprint.
Nick and Tesla's secret agent gadget battle : a mystery with spy cameras, code wheels, and other gadgets you can build yourself
by Bob Pflugfelder

Discovering that their beloved Uncle Newt is being spied on, whiz kids Nick and Tesla build a variety of outrageous contraptions to expose the covert agent responsible, in a latest adventure complemented by blueprints and instructions for budding young inventors. 
Two Naomis
by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

When their parents begin dating seriously, two girls--one black, the other white--who share nothing in common except a first name, try to find ways to get along after being asked to spend time together. 
The cricket in Times Square
by George Selden

When Chester, a very musical cricket, visits New York, he brings business to Mario's newsstand
Dara Palmer's major drama
by Emma Shevah

Dara Palmer dreams of being an actress, but when she does not get a part in the school play she wonders if it is because of her different looks as an adopted girl from Cambodia, so Dara becomes determined not to let prejudice stop her from being in the spotlight
The mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart

After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules
Ways to make sunshine
by Renée Watson

The Hart family of Portland, Oregon, faces many setbacks after Ryan's father loses his job, but no matter what, Ryan tries to bring sunshine to her loved ones
Stick dog
by Tom Watson

When new middle-grade hero Stick Dog's quest for hamburgers turns out to be more difficult than he could have ever imagined, he challenges his friends to come up with a master plan that includes unconventional solutions, in a hilarious illustrated novel that is perfect for Big Nate and Wimpy Kid fans.
Mystery on Museum Mile : Mystery on Museum Mile
by Marcia Wells

Sixth grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red," has a photographic memory and a talent for drawing anything he sees, so when the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, Eddie becomes their secret weapon to solve the case. 
Clayton Byrd goes underground
by Rita Williams-Garcia

Feeling most alive when he's playing the blues with his grandfather, Clayton is devastated when his grandfather dies and his mother forbids him from playing music, losses that compel him to run away and join bluesmen on the road

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