Novels to purchase for the 2025-2026 school year:

(in order)

Wishtree by Katherine Applegate (We begin immediately with this book.)

The Witches by Roald Dahl
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
The True Gift  by Patricia MacLachlan

After Christmas Break:

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S.  Lewis
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
We're Not From Here  by Geoff Rodkey

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo 

 Punished by David Lubar

Theme books 

These will serve as downtime silent reading books and will change each

trimester:

Superfudge – Judy Blume

Fudge-a-Mania – Judy Blume

Double Fudge – Judy Blume

Throughout the year we use novels to implement our reading program. We study the

literary elements using these books as a foundation (characterization, summarizing,

inferencing, plot arcs, settings, cause/effect, and more).