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4th grade4th Grade

Before each book description is the book's location in the library:

J - children's fiction
J SP - children's Spanish language

J SP Anzaldua - PRIETITA AND THE GHOST WOMAN
The legendary ghost woman helps Prietita when she becomes lost while searching for herbs.
J Avi - POPPY
A high-spirited young mouse must find her place in the Dimwood Forest, even if it means confronting the dreaded great-horned owl, Mr. Ocax.
J Bellairs - THE GHOST IN THE MIRROR
Even though it is 1951, Rose Rita Pottinger finds herself back in 1828 trying to save a family from being destroyed by a wicked wizard.
J Blume - TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING
Fourth grader Peter Hatcher's biggest problem is his trouble-making toddler brother, Fudge. Trying to keep Fudge happy is driving Peter crazy!
J Brittain - WINGS: A NOVEL
Twelve-year-old Ian tells of "that incredible year … that horrible year … that magnificent year … the year I grew wings."
J Brock - NO FLYING IN THE HOUSE
Gloria, a white dog who is only 3 inches tall, needs a home for herself and Annabel, her young companion.
J Brooks - FREDDY THE DETECTIVE
No mystery on the Bean Farm is too great for Freddy the Pig to solve.
J Bunting - NASTY, STINKY SNEAKERS
Will Colin find his missing sneakers in time to enter "The Stinkiest Sneakers in the World" contest?
J Byars - McMUMMY
Batty and Mozie are greenhouse sitting when they discover what looks to be a humming, moving, human-sized pod!
J Catling - CHOCOLATE TOUCH
How would you like it if everything that touched your lips turned to chocolate?
J Cleary - RAMONA'S WORLD
The adventures of Ramona Quimby, age 9, continue with her older sister, Beezus, and her new baby sister, Roberta.
J Conrad - STAYING NINE
Heather really doesn't want to turn ten until her friend Wacky Rose Rita shows her that growing up isn't all that bad.
J Creech - GRANNY TORRELLI MAKES SOUP
Rosie and Bailey have been best friends since they were babies, but they need lots of help from Grandma Torrelli to stay friends now that they're twelve.
J Dahl - JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
James escapes from wicked Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker to share adventures with his giant insect friends.
J Danziger - AMBER BROWN GOES FOURTH
Amber's life changes as she enters fourth grade, her best friend moves away, and her parents get divorced.
J DiCamillo - BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE
At least a few good things happen to India Opal Buloni because of her big, ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
J Dickinson - CHUCK AND DANIELLE
Danielle's pet dog, Chuck, is afraid of everything, but Danielle is sure that Chuck is going to save the universe some day.
J Eager - TIME GARDEN
Four cousins spending the summer in a house by the sea discover a magic "thyme" garden that lets them travel through time.
J Estes - THE HUNDRED DRESSES
Wanda is teased at school for claiming to have a hundred dresses, even though she wears the same one each day.
J Fitzgerald - THE GREAT BRAIN
Three school-age brothers joke and trick and swindle each other out of pennies as they live their lives in Utah in the early 1900s.
J Fleischman - MR. MYSTERIOUS & COMPANY
The Hacketts are making their way across the country to California in 1884, performing magic all along the way.
J Fleischman - THE WHIPPING BOY
Prince Brat and the boy who takes his punishment, his whipping boy, get involved with dangerous outlaws.
J Gardiner - STONE FOX
Willy needs money to help his grandfather keep their farm. Will he and his dog, Searchlight, be able to win a dog sled race to earn the cash?
J Giff - LILY'S CROSSING
During World War II, Lily's friendship with a young refugee makes her see the war and her own world very differently.
J Greer - THIS ISLAND ISN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE FOUR OF US!
Pete and Scott plan a great trip to a deserted island only to find that Sunny and Jill have arrived first.
J Griffin - WITCH TWINS
Claire and Luna have to think of something good, smart, and tricky to do that will make them one-star witches.
J Gutman - MILLION DOLLAR GOAL
What lucky hockey fan will get a chance to take a shot on goal and possibly win one million dollars?
J Hahn - WAIT TILL HELEN COMES
Molly and Michael don't like their spooky new stepsister Heather, but they must try to save her from a ghost child.
J Harrell - LONGWALKER'S JOURNEY
In 1831, Minko and his father live through terrible hardships as they journey from Mississippi to Oklahoma.
J Horvath - THE TROLLS
Aunt Sally comes to babysit while the Andersons go to Paris, leaving the Anderson kids home to listen to tales of a very goofy family history.
J Howe - BUNNICULA
Chester the cat tries to warn Harold the dog and his human family that their new baby bunny must be a vampire.
J King-Smith - MARTIN'S MICE
Martin is a farm cat who doesn't want to eat mice so he keeps them as pets.
J Kline - HERBIE JONES MOVES ON
Herbie does whatever he can to cope with the fact that his best friend, Ray, is moving to Texas.
J LeGuin - CATWINGS
Four young cats with wings leave the hubbub of the city to find a safer place to live.
J Lowry - NUMBER THE STARS
Annemarie learns about being brave and courageous when she shelters her Jewish friend from the Nazis during World War II.
J Machado - ME IN THE MIDDLE
With the help of a photo of her great-grandmother, Isabel finds her own voice and learns to understand the past and look forward to the future.
J Marsden - THE GOLD-THREADED DRESS
Oy is often teased or ignored in her new fourth grade class because she looks different from her classmates.
J Naylor - SHILOH
Marty tries to hide the beagle he found from his family and from the dog's mean-spirited owner.
J Park - SKINNYBONES
Alex needs his sense of humor to face the school bully, his baseball team, his mom, and his cat … pretty much his whole life.
J Peck - SOUP
"When it came to getting the two of us in trouble, Soup was a regular genius..."
J Robinson - BEST SCHOOL YEAR EVER
The worst kids ever, the six horrible Herdmans, cause trouble in every grade at Woodrow Wilson School.
J Rodda - ROWAN OF RIN
Rowan may be young, weak, shy, and afraid of dragons, but only he can read the magical map that will save his village.
J Snyder - CAT RUNNING
Cat Kinsey builds a secret hideout to escape her unhappiness at home and gets to know a neighboring family during the Depression.
J Soto - THE SKIRT
Miata fears she has lost her mother's folklorico skirt and needs all her wits to get it back without her parents finding out.
J Spinelli - FOURTH GRADE RATS
Suds learns that you don't have to be a tough guy, "a rat" to be a grown up fourth grader.
J Taylor - THE GOLD CADILLAC
Wilma and Lois visit the South with their family in their new car and experience racial prejudice for the first time.
J Yep - LATER, GATOR
Teddy finds himself in big trouble for buying his brother an alligator.

Many of these authors have written other good books that you might enjoy!

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