| Instructions: Click on the link for a review, synopsis and picture of each book. When you've made your choice in all for genres, go back and vote for one book in each genre category, for a total of 5 books. |
Genre 1: Traditional Fiction
__ Anne of Green Gables, L.M.Montgomery
__ The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
__ Black Beauty, Anna Sewall
__ Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
__ Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
__ Heidi, Johana Spyri
__ Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren
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Genre 2: Traditional Fantasy
__ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
__ The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
__ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
__ Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
__ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L.Frank Baum
__ The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
__ The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
__ Charlotte's Web, E.B. White
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Genre 3: Historical Fiction
__ Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
__ The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth George Speare
__ The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, Jacqueline Kelly
__ Catherine, Called Birdy, Karen Cushman
__ Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred Taylor
__ Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz Ryan
__ Dragonwings, Lawrence Yep
__ The Birchbark House, Louise Erdrich |
Genre 4: Contemporary Realism
__ Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech
__ The Tiger Rising, Kate di Camillo
__ Kira Kira, Cynthia Kadohata
__ Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
__ Out of my Mind, Sharon Draper
__ A Girl Named Disaster, Nancy Farmer
__ Belle Prater's Boy, Ruth White
__ Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida, Victor Martinez |
Genre 5: Modern Fantasy/Science Fiction
__ The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper
__ The Giver, Lois Lowry
__ The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
__ The Book of Three, Lloyd Alexander
__ A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
__ A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula LeGuin
__ James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
__ The Sea of Trolls, Nancy Farmer
__ The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins |