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Books are selected for this list for many reasons including: classic literature, text or plot complexity/difficulty, cultural significance/reference, award winners, etc.

All books on this list will count for independent reading. Should you find a book you'd like to read this is NOT on the list, TALK TO YOUR TEACHER! New books are approved all the time; New AR tests are purchased on a regular basis.

CONTENT Warning: Some of these novels have material that may be offensive (obscene language, sexual issues, religious issues, racial issues, and violence.) Parents, if you have concerns about the material that your child chooses to read, please use Kitsap Regional Library, Amazon.com, or Barnes and Noble.com to read summaries and/or reviews of the novels to assist your child in finding a novel that is not offensive to your family. There are many novels on this list that do not have objectionable material.

Author	Title	RL	Pts
Aasseng, Nathan	Navajo Code Talkers	9.5	4
Abelove, Joan	Go and Come Back	3.8	5
Adams, Douglas	Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	6.6	8
Adams, Douglas	Life the Universe and Everything	7.6	9
Adams, Douglas	Restaurant at the End of the Universe	6.1	8
Adams, Douglas	So Long and Thanks for the Fish	6.9	7
Adams, Richard	Watership Down	6.2	25
Adamson, Joy	Born Free	7.3	9
Agee, James	Death in the Family, A	6.1	16
Albom, Mitch	Tuesdays with Morrie	5.5	5
Alcott, Louisa May	Jo's Boys	8.8	18
Alcott, Louisa May	Little Men	8.1	19
Alcott, Louisa May	Little Women	7.9	33
Alexander, Caroline	Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition	8.6	11
Anderson, Laurie Halse	Speak	4.5	7
Angelou, Maya	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings	6.7	13
Anonymous/Raffel	Beowulf	10	5
Aronson, Marc	Witch hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials	8.8	8
Atwood, Margaret	Handmaid's Tale, The	5.4	14
Auel, Jean	Clan of the Cave Bear, The	7	35
Auel, Jean	Mammoth Hunters, The	6.6	48
Auel, Jean	Plains of Passage, The	7	58
Auel, Jean	Shelters of Stone, The	6.8	53
Auel, Jean	Valley of the Horses	6.6	37
Austen, Jane	Emma	9.3	30
Austen, Jane	Pride and Prejudice	12	27
Austen, Jane	Sense and Sensibility	8.4	22
Bagnold, Enid	National Velvet	5.5	11
Baker, Russell	Growing Up	6.9	15
Baldwin, James	Go Tell it on the Mountain	6.5	13
Barrett, William	Lilies of the Field	5.4	3
Bissinger, H.G.	Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream	8	19
Borland, Hal	When the Legends Die	5.2	13
Boyd, James	Drums	7.9	25
Bradbury, Ray	Dandelion Wine	6	10
Bradbury, Ray	Fahrenheit 451	5.2	7
Bradbury, Ray	Halloween Tree, The	4.7	4
Bradbury, Ray	Martian Chronicles, The	6.2	9
Bradbury, Ray	Something Wicked This Way Comes	4.8	9
Bronte, Charlotte	Jane Eyre	7.9	33
Bronte, Emily	Wuthering Heights	11	23
Brown, Dan	Angels and Demons	5.6	23
Brown, Dan	Da Vinci Code	6.4	23
Brown, Dee	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee	7.9	27
Buck, Pearl S.	Good Earth, The	6.8	19
Burroughs, Edgar Rice	Tarzan of the Apes	9	16
Camus, Albus	Stranger, The	6.8
Card, Orson Scott	Ender's Game	5.5	16
Card, Orson Scott	Ender's Shadow	5.9	22
Card, Orson Scott	Lost Boys	5.7	26
Card, Orson Scott	Seventh Son	5.9	13
Carroll, Lewis	Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass	7.8	10
Cather, Willa	Death Comes for the Archbishop	7.9	12
Cather, Willa	My Antonia	6.9	14
Cather, Willa	O Pioneers!	6.7	9
Cather, Willa	One of Ours	7.2	22
Chambers, Aidan	Postcards from No Man's Land	5.4	16
Chevalier, Tracy	Girl with a Pearl Earring	5.4	11
Chopin, Kate	Awakening, The	8.5	12
Cisneros, Sandra	House on Mango Street, The	4.5