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2022 Summer Reading Suggestions for Incoming K-5 Students from the TSC Library: 4th Grade

Summer Reading Suggestions for Incoming 4th Graders, 2021

Welcome Incoming 4th Grade Readers and Families!undefined

Explore the TSC Library To Go site to find even more summer resources for reading and learning. Happy reading!

* = Look for more books in the series

Books to Support Conversations Around Social Justice, Anti-Racism, and Empathy

undefinedTHE UNDEFEATED By Kwame Alexander

undefinedWHO WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING? By Bonnie Bader

MADDI'S FRIDGE By Lois Brandt

WHO IS MALALA YOUSAFZAI? By Dinah Brown

GRETA'S STORY: THE SCHOOLGIRL WHO WENT ON STRIKE TO SAVE THE PLANET By Valentina Camerini

THE NAME JAR By Yangsook Choi

RICK By Alex Gino

STRANGE FRUIT: BILLIE HOLIDAY AND THE POWER OF A PROTEST SONG By Gary Golio

NOT MY IDEA: A BOOK ABOUT WHITENESS By Anastasia Higgenbotham

CAN I TOUCH YOUR HAIR? By Irene Latham & Charles Waters

DICTIONARY FOR A BETTER WORLD By Irene Latham & Charles Waters

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CRACKING THE WALL: THE STRUGGLES OF THE LITTLE ROCK NINE By Eileen Lucas

undefinedLOST AND FOUND CAT By Doug Kuntz & Amy Shrodes

THE BOOK RESCUER By Sue Macy

POCKET CHANGE: PITCHING IN FOR A BETTER WORLD By Michelle Mulder

A GOOD KIND OF TROUBLE By Lisa Moore Ramée

RUTH AND THE GREEN BOOK By Calvin Alexander Ramsey

42 IS NOT JUST A NUMBER By Doreen Rappaport

THE HERO NEXT DOOR Edited by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovichundefined

STONEWALL By Rob Sanders

TAKING ACTION AGAINST INEQUALITY By Rita Santos

IT FEELS GOOD TO BE YOURSELF: A BOOK ABOUT GENDER IDENTITY By Theresa Thorn

SEPARATE IS NEVER EQUAL By Duncan Tonatiuh

ONE CRAZY SUMMER By Rita Williams–Garcia

EACH KINDNESS By Jacqueline Woodson

PEACE, LOVE, ACTION! By Tanya Zabinski

A YOUNG PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES By Howard Zinn

Graphic Novels on Sora

undefinedEL DEAFO By Cece Bell

THE BAD GUYS* By Aaron Blabey 

JEDI ACADEMY* By Jeffrey Brown

LUMBERJANES* By Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, & Shannon Watters

WITCHES OF BROOKLYN* By Sophie Escabasse

DONUT THE DESTROYER By Sara Graley

ZITA THE SPACEGIRL* By Ben Hatke​

ROLLER GIRL By Victoria Jamieson​

TWINS By Varian Johnson

AMULET: THE STONEKEEPER* By Kazu Kibuishi​

SQUISH: SUPER AMOEBA* By Jennifer L. Holm

PIE IN THE SKY By Remy Lai

THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB: KRISTY'S GREAT IDEA* By Ann M. Martin

THE WITCH BOY* By Molly Knox Ostertag

ASTER AND THE ACCIDENTAL MAGIC By Thom Pico

5 WORLDS: THE SAND WARRIOR* By Mark & Alexis Siegal

PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN* By Dana Simpson

GUTS* By Raina Telgemeir 

SECRET CODERS* By Gene Luen Yang

Spotlight on Historical Fiction: Travel Through Time

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New and Notable

Fiction

THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN By Katherine Applegate

THE JUMBIES* By Tracey Baptiste

BRAND NEW SCHOOL, BRAVE NEW RUBY* By Derrick Barnes

THE PENDERWICKS* By Jane Birdsall

TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING* By Judy Blume

THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH* By Max Brailler

THE SISTERS GRIMM: THE FAIRY-TALE DETECTIVES* By Michael Buckley

YEAR OF THE BOOK* By Andrea Cheng

BEEZUS AND RAMONA* By Beverly Cleary  

FRINDLE By Andrew Clements

GREGOR THE OVERLANDER* By Suzanne Collins

THE BOY ON THE PORCH By Sharon Creech

THE LEMONADE WAR* By Jacqueline Davies

THE MYSTERIOUS MAKERS OF SHAKER STREET: SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE* By Stacia Deutch

SPY SCHOOL* By Stuart Gibbs

MAKE WAY FOR DYAMONDE DANIELS* By Nikki Grimes

BABE & ME* By Dan Gutman

GYM SHORTS: SCAREDEY-CAT CATCHER* By Betty Hicks

BUNNICULA By Deborah and James Howe

PEEWEE'S TALEBy Johanna Hurwitz

WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER By Tae Keller

BOOK UNCLE AND ME By Uma Krishnaswami

BEASTOLOGIST: FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX* By R.L. Lafeversundefinedundefined

TEN RULES FOR LIVING WITH MY SISTER* By Ann M. Martin\

BOB By Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead

THE SISTERS CLUB* By Megan McDonald

THE WORST WITCH* By Jill Murphy

THE BRILLIANT WORLD OF TOM GATES* By L. Pinchon​ 

THE DRAGON OF LONELY ISLAND* By Rebecca Rupp

THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET By Brian Selznick

ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY* By Sydney Taylor

JUSTIN AND THE BEST BISCUITS IN THE WORLD By Mildred Pitts Walter

THE BOXCAR CHILDRENBy Gertrude Chandler Warner

ELLRAY JAKES IS NOT A CHICKEN* By Sally Warner

WAYS TO MAKE SUNSHINE By Renée Watson

THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE: THE SHADOWS* By Jacqueline West 

CLAYTON BYRD GOES UNDERGROUND By Rita Williams-Garcia

IZZY KLINE HAS BUTTERFLIES By Beth Aine

THE FAIRY REBEL By Lynn Reid Banks

TUMTUM AND NUTMEG: ADVENTURES BEYOND NUTMOUSE HALL* By Emily Bearns

MISSING ON SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN* By Elise Broach

THE SWORD IN THE TREE By Clyde Robert Bulla

THE NOT-JUST-ANYBODY FAMILY* By Betsy Byars

THE CHOCOLATE TOUCH By Patrick Skene Catling

THE LAST OF THE REALLY GREAT WHANGDOODLES By Julie Andrews Edward

DRAGONS IN A BAGBy Zetta Elliott

LOWJI DISCOVERS AMERICA By Candace Fleming

A TALE DARK AND GRIMM By Adam Gidwitz

DEAR MAX By Sally Grindley

THE DOLL PEOPLE* By Ann M. Martin

YANG THE YOUNGEST AND HIS TERRIBLE EAR* By Lensey Namioka​

TIMMY FAILURE: MISTAKES WERE MADE* By Stephan Pastis

CLEMENTINE* By Sara Pennypacker

GOOSEBERRY PARK By Cynthia Rylant​

LADY LOLLIPOP By Dick King Smith 

KIZZY ANN STAMPS By Jeri Watts

CASTLE IN THE ATTIC By Elizabeth Winthrop

FRONT DESK By Kelly Yang

Books to Read Together

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LUCKY BROKEN GIRL By Ruth Behar

THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE* By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

MATILDA By Roald Dahl

OUT OF MY MIND By Sharon Draper

THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX By Kate DiCamillo

MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN* By Jean Craighead George

THE VANDERBEEKERS OF 141ST STREET* By Karina Yan Glaserundefined

GARVEY'S CHOICE By Nikki Grimes

THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH By Jennifer L. Holm

THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH By Norman Juster

A WRINKLE IN TIME* By Madeline L'Engle​

THE LIONS OF LITTLE ROCK By Kristin Levine

undefinedRULES By Cynthia Lord

THE SEVENTH MOST IMPORTANT THING By Shelley Pearsall

THE DOORMAN'S REPOSE By Chris Raschka

ESPERANZA RISING By Pam Muñoz Ryan

THE WEDNESDAY WAR By Gary M. Schmidt

WHEN YOU REACH ME By Rebecca Stead

undefinedMIDNIGHT FOX By Betsy Byars

DEAR MR. HENSHAW By Beverly Cleary

THE TRUTH AS TOLD BY MASON BUTTLE By Leslie Conner

 THE JOURNEY OF LITTLE CHARLIE By Christopher Paul Curtis

undefinedHARRIET THE SPY By Louise Fitzhugh

THE BROOKLYN NINE: A NOVEL IN NINE INNINGS By Alan Gratz​

EVENTOWN By Corey Ann Hadu

FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANWEILER By E.L. Konisburg

WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON By Grace Lin

LUCKY: MARIS, MANTLE, AND MY BEST SUMMER EVER By Wes Tooke  

SAME SUN HERE By Neela Vaswani and Silas House  

THE GREAT WALL OF LUCY WU By Wendy Wan-Long Shang

OTHER WORDS FOR HOME By Jasmine Warga

Non-fiction