Young Readers’ Choice Selections 2008 - 2009
Grades 3 & 4

A Bear Named Trouble by Marion Dane Bauer.
In Anchorage, Alaska, two lonely boys make a connection--a brown bear injured just after his mother sends him out on his own, and a human whose father is a new keeper at the Alaska Zoo and whose mother and sister are still in Minnesota.  (Lexile 820)
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling.
A boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate.  (Lexile 770)
 Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements.
Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family.
(Lexile 840)
The Monster’s Ring by Bruce Coville.
Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family.
(Lexile 550)

Miss Alaineus a Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier.
Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family.
(Lexile 648)

Max & Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery by  Alexander McCall Smith.
Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family.
Judy Moody Gets Famous by Megan McDonald.
Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family.
(Lexile 490)

A Cricket in Times Square by George Selden.
Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family.
(Lexile 780)

Sneeze! by Alexandra Siy.
Explains the causes of sneezing.  (Lexile 1070)

Melvin Beederman Superhero: The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich by Greg Trine.
After graduating from the superhero academy, Melvin Beederman heads for Los Angeles, where he unexpectedly teams up with Candace Brinkwater, school play actress, to nab the evil McNasty Brothers.  (Lexile 550)