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Edith Nesbit:
The Railway Children - These siblings have all sorts of adventures!.
The Story of the Treasure Seekers

Kate DiCamillo:
Because of Winn-Dixie - A young girl discovers that a stray dog she takes in enables her to meet lots of interesting people in the small town she and her father now call home!.

The Tale of Desperaux - What is a mouse in love to do!?
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

N!. D!. Wilson:
Leepike Ridge - His father is dead and his mother is now dating a teacher he doesn't like!. He didn't mean to run away from home, but things just happened!. He has quite an adventure and discovers along the way some answers to questions he had not even asked!.

E!. L!. Konigsburg: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs!. Basil E!. Frankweiler

Marguerite D'Angeli: The Door in the Wall
Mark Twain:
The Prince and the Pauper

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - This classic story is based upon the author's life and the lives of close friends in Hannibal, Missouri!. Everyone should know about the cave and the infamous picket fence!.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Some people have attempted to ban this book because it uses a certain word we no longer consider acceptable!. Rather than ignoring or re-writing history, perhaps it would be better to explain how attitudes have changed!.

Albert Payson Terhune: Lad: A Dog
Anna Sewell:
Black Beauty - This story is told from the perspective of the horse! Caution: It will make you cry, but I highly recommend this book!

Enid Bagnold:
National Velvet - Velvet acquires a spirited horse and sets out to train it for the National Steeple Chase Race!. However, her horse needs a jockey and females are not permitted to ride in the National!.

Marguerite Henry:
Misty of Chincoteague - This is based upon a true story!.
Stormy, Misty's Foal
Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Wilson Rawls: Where the Red Fern Grows

Jack London:
The Call of the Wild
White Fang

Rudyard Kipling:
Just So Stories
The Jungle Book - What boy wouldn't like to ride an elephant!?

Fred Gipson: Old Yeller
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings:
The Yearling - A young boy raises an orphaned fawn, but as the animal matures it becomes more and more of a problem for his family!.

George Selden:
The Cricket in Times Square
Chester Cricket's New Home

P!. L!. Travers (a!.k!.a!. Pamela Lyndon Travers):
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins Comes Back
Mary Poppins Opens the Door
Mary Poppins in the Park

James M!. Barrie: Peter Pan

Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson:
Peter and the Starcatchers
Peter and the Shadow Thieves
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon

L!. Frank Baum: The Wonderful Wizard of OZ

Norton Juster:
The Phantom Tollbooth - This is an "Alice in Wonderland style book

Lewis Carroll:
Alice in Wonderland
Through the Looking Glass

Hugh Lofting:
The Story of Dr!. Doolittle
The Voyages of Dr!. Doolittle

Pene du Bois: Twenty-One Balloons

Roald Dahl:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
James and the Giant Peach
The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)
The Twits
Esio Trot
George's Marvelous Medicine
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
Fantastic Mr!. Fox

Cornelia Funke:
Ingraine the Brave
DragonRider
Inkheart and Inkspell
The Thief Lord

Brandon Mull:
Fablehaven
Rise of the Evening Star
Grip of the Shadow Plague

Katherine Paterson: Bridge to Terabithia
Carol Kendall:
The Gammage Cup (This was one of my favorites when I was young!.)
The Whisper of Glocken

Eoin Colfer:
Artemis Fowl
The Arctic Incident
The Opal Deception
The Lost Colony

Andre Norton:
The Witch World
The Web of the Witch World
Three against the Witch World
Year of the Unicorn
Warlock of the Witch World
Dragon Scale Silver
Dream Smith
The Toads of Grimmerale
Spider Silk
Sword of Unbelief
Sarsthor's Bane

Ursula K!. LeGuin:
A Wizard of Earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan
The Farthest Shore
Tehanu
Tales from Earthsea
The Other Wind
Voices

Madeleine L'Engle:
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wind in the Door
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Many Waters
An Acceptable Time

Howard Pyle:
Story of King Arthur and His Knights - There are several collections of stories about King Arthur!.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Roger Lancelyn Green:
The Adventures of Robin Hood
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table

John Bunyan:
Dangerous Journey ( A beautifully illustrated edition of A PilWww@QuestionHome@Com

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theres a series called AMERICAN GIRL!.!.!.all the books are 5 maybe 4 chapters long there about girls that have leaved in america at different time periods there perty good i loved them!

boxcar children is also a good series
anything by Eleanor Estes
nancy drew and clue crew
if you go to the library they usley will help you find what ever you need! Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Well just for fourth graders i suggest "13 ways to sink a sub!" i read it i 4th grade and loved it or you could have her read the book called Bunnicula or Howliday Inn!. they are books in a series but bunnicula is the first one!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

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