Challenging Chapter Books for Young Readers

Book List created by the Schaumburg Township District Library

Lexile Range 650 - 1050

FICTION ATWATER Mr. Poppers Penguins by Richard Atwater. L910
FICTION BAUER The Double-digit Club by Marion Dane Bauer. L720
FICTION BRINK Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink. L890
FICTION CHRISTOPHER When the Tripods Came by John Christopher. L760
FICTION CLEARY Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary. L850
FICTION COVILLE Aliens Ate my Homework by Bruce Coville. L730
FICTION DAHL Matilda by Roald Dahl. L840
FICTION DANZIGER Amber Brown is Feeling Blue by Paula Danziger. L760
FICTION DICAMILLO The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. L700
FICTION DUNREA Hanne’s Quest by Olivier Dunrea. L680
FICTION EAGER Half Magic by Edward Eager. L830
FICTION FITZHUGH Harriet, the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. L760
FICTION GRIFFIN Witch Twins by Adele Griffin. L750
FICTION GUTMAN Abner & Me: a Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman. L680
FICTION HADDIX Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix. L800
FICTION HIAASEN Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. L760
FICTION HIRSCH Bartlett and the Forest of Plenty by Odo Hirsch. L750
FICTION HOEYE Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye. L640
FICTION JUSTER The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. L1000
FICTION KIMMEL Balto and the Great Race by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel. L870
FICTION KING-SMITH Billy the Bird by Dick King-Smith. L770
FICTION LYONS Letters from a Slave Boy: the Story of Joseph Jacobs by Mary Lyons. L71
FICTION MONTGOMERY Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. L850
FICTION NAYLOR Carlotta’s Kittens and the Club of Mysteries by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. L840
FICTION NORTON The Borrowers Avenged by Mary Norton. L770
FICTION ODELL Agnes Parker…Girl in Progress by Kathleen O’Dell. L660
FICTION OGILVY Measle and the Wrathmonk by Ian Ogilvy. L900
FICTION ORR Ark in the Park by Wendy Orr. L730
FICTION OSBORNE Standing in the Light: the Captive Diary of Catherine Carey Logan by Mary Pope Osborne. L830
FICTION PECK Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck. L780
FICTION PENNYPACKER Clementine by Sara Pennypacker. L790
FICITON POTTER Olivia Kidney by Ellen Potter. L720
FICTION SNICKET The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. L1010
FICTION WESTON The Diary of Melanie Martin, or, How I Survived Matt the Brat, Michelangelo, and the Leaning Tower of Pizza by Carol Weston. L770