Teacher & Student Suggested Independent Reading Books

  • The Call of the Wild

    by Jack London Year Published: 1903 1120L, fiction
    Mr. Pratt's rating: 8/10
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  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    by Alexandre Dumas Year Published: 1845 1080L, fiction
    Mr. Pratt's rating: 10/10
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  • The Hobbit

    by J.R.R. Tolkien Year Published: 1937 1000L, fiction

    Mr. Pratt's rating: 9/10

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  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Year Published: 1902 980L, fiction
    Mr. Pratt's rating: 10/10
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  • How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous

    by Georgia Bragg Year Published: 2011 950L, non-fiction

    Student Rating: 10/10

    "This book is an interesting spine-tingling resource about how famous people die." -KM

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  • The Lord of the Rings

    by J.R.R. Tolkien Year Published: 1954 810L-920L, fiction
     Mr. Pratt's rating: 10/10
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  • Poison's Kiss

    by Breeana Shields Year Published: 2017 710L, fiction

    Student Rating: 9/10

    "An alternate world based on Indian mythology.  Marinda is raised to kill by just a kiss.  Also, she must kill a boy she loves (ordered) by her ruler." -AR

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  • Pretend She's Here

    by Luanne Rice Year Published: 2019 680L, fiction

    Student Rating: 10/10

     

    "It is an amazing book. It goes right into the action in the 2nd paragraph. I would recommend this book for action lovers." -DA

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  • Prisoner B-3087

    by Alan Gratz Year Published: 2013 760L

    Student Rating: 9/10

     

    "Prisoner B-3087 is about prisoners surviving the (concentration) camps and the whole war. Through the pain and suffering (Yanek) will survive." -HA

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  • The Sign of Four

    by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Year Published: 1890 950L, fiction
    Mr. Pratt's rating: 8/10
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  • A Study in Scarlet

    by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Year Published: 1887 1040L, fiction
    Mr. Pratt's rating: 9/10
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  • The Sun is Also a Star

    by Nicola Yoon Year Published: 2015 600L, fiction

    Student Rating: 9/10

    "Natasha is straight-forward and loves facts and is fighting deportation when she bumps into Daniel.  He is trying to convince Natasha that he can make her fall in love with him while fighting his family about him not wanting to be a doctor." -RS

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  • Superman for all Seasons

    by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale Year Published: 1998 fiction
    Mr. Pratt's rating: 10/10
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  • The Testing

    by Joelle Charbonneau Year Published: 2013 830L, fiction

    Student Review: 8/10 

    "This book is for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent.  Cia Vale, the main character, faces the struggles of The Testing.  She makes new friends and loses some along the way to graduation day.  The test will never be the same, everything will change." -JT

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  • The Time Machine

    by H.G. Wells Year Published: 1895 1070L, fiction
    Mr. Pratt's rating: 9/10
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  • The War of the Worlds

    by H.G. Wells Year Published: 1898 1040L, fiction
       Mr. Pratt's rating: 8/10
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  • The White House is Burning

    by Jane Sutcliffe Year Published: 2014 960L, non-fiction
    Student Rating: 9/10
    Review: "It tells you what happened to the White House in 1814.  I like the book because I like history and learning about what happened to known buildings." -JH      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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  • White Fang

    by Jack London Year Published: 1906 890L, fiction
      Mr. Pratt's rating: 8/10
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