
Chronicle Crusaders
Read Laters:
Grades 3 & 4
Each session we present several books to vote on for future meetings. As only one gets chosen, we list the remainders here so that bookclub members who liked a title that did not win have a reference list.
(P.S. This is also a great list for birthday presents within the age group!)
2025/26
A whale of the Wild by Rosanne Parry
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
No Purchase Necessary by Maria Marianayagam
Ferris by Kate DiCamillo
Snoop by Gordon Korman
Pay it Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell
Flamingo Boy by Michael Morpurgo
2024/25
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs
Paperboy by Vince Vawter
The War that Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Flamingo Boy by Michael Morpurgo
The Swifts A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Pearl by Sherri L. Smith and Christine Norrie
Borders by Thomas King
Bluffton by Matt Phelan
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
Ferris by Kate Dicamillo
The war that saved my life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Paperboy by Vince Vawter
The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
Keeper by Kathi Appelt
Kaspar Price of Cats by Michael Morpurgo
2023/24
Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell
The Boggart by Susan Cooper
Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan
Awake and Dreaming by Kit Pearson
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
Restart by Gordon Korman
Kaspar Prince of Cats by Michael Morpurgo
Keeper by Kathi Appelt
The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson
2022/23
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Walls within Walls by Maureen Sherry
Lost Riders by Elizabeth Laird
Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks
Hitler's Daughter by Jackie French
Ronia, The Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren
The Castle Corona by Sharon Creech
Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Saving Lucas Biggs by Marisa de los Santos and David Teague
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
A Prairie as Wide as the Sea by Sarah Ellis
Days of Toil and Tears by Sarah Ellis
Dodger Boy by Sarah Ellis
2020/21
The One Thing You'd Save by Linda Sue Park
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Secret Path by Gordon Downie
Escape From Syria by Samya Kullab
The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett
The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson
The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole by Michelle Cuevas
Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
Out on a Limb by Gail Banning
Song For A Scarlet Runner by Julie Hunt
Primates by Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks
The Apothecary by Maile Maloy
Follow the Elephant by Beryl Young
Okay For Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Paperboy by Vince Vawter
2018/19
Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Saving Lucas Biggs by Marisa de los Santo
Crazy Man by Pamela Porter
Beyond The Laughing Sky by Michelle Ceuvas
Silver Donkey by Sonya Harnett
The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
No more dead dogs by Gordon Korman
Hiding out by Elizabeth Laird
The second Mrs. Giaconda by E.L Konigsburg
2017/18
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
The Apothecary by Maile Meloy
Crunch by Leslie Connor
50 Questions…by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
2016/17
Out On A Limb by Gail Banning
No More Dead Dogs by Rachel Turner
Reading the Bones by Janet Paisley
Okay For Now by Gary D. Schmidt
50 Poisonous Questions by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
When the Worst Happens by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Extreme Battlefields: When War Meets Forces of Nature by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
No Ordinary Day by Deborah Ellis
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor
Hiding Out by Elizabeth Laird
2015/16
Rescue Rider by Janet M. Whyte
Shot in the Dark by Janet M. Whyte
Ungifted by Gordon Korman
Song for a Scarlet Runner by Julie Hunt
Saving Lucas Biggs by Marisa de los Santos
Beyond The Laughing Sky by Michelle Ceuvas
Paperboy by Vince Vawter
2014/15
Jip: His Story by Katherine Paterson
The Underneath by Kath Appelt
The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw
The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi
One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Elixir by Eric Waters
Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Kormon
Iqbal by Francesco D’Adamo
The Second Mrs. Gianconda by E.L. Konigsburg
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
Click by Twelve Authors
2013/14
The Silver Six by A.J. Liberman and Darren Rawlings
Hidden by Loic Davuillier, Marc Lizano and Greg Salsedo
Cat’s Cradle by Jo Rioux
Primates by Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks
Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs
Middle of Nowhere by Caroline Adderson
50 Poisonous Questions by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead
Greater Than Angels by Carol Matas
Follow the Elephant by Beryl Young
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Holes by Louis Sachar
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
No Ordinary Day by Deborah Ellis
2012/13
Crunch by Leslie Connor
Moorchild by Eloise McGraw
Crazy Man by Pamela Porter
Montmorency by Eleanor Updale
A Walk to Remember by k.c. dyer
Hoot by Carl Hiassen
Outlaw by Michael Morpurgo
Black Horses for the King by Anne McCaffrey
Apothecary by Maile Meloy
Second Mrs. Giaconda by E.L. Konigsburg
Silver Donkey by Sonya Harnett
Shadow Girl by Patricia Morrison
Okay For Now by Gary D. Schmidt
2011/12
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Shadow Girl by Patricia Morrison
Black Horses for the King by Anne McCaffrey
Outlaw by Michael Morpurgo
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
A Walk Through A Window by kc dyer
Little Cricket by Jackie Brown
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
Andie’s Moon by Linda Newbery
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
Jip His Story by Katherine Patterson
No Ordinary Day by Deborah Ellis
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.L. Konigsburg
2010/11
Reading the Bones by Gina McMurchy-Barber
The Outlandish Adventures of Liberty Aimes by Greg Swearingen
Hiding Out by Elizabeth Laird
Tiger’s Fall by Molly Bang
The Small Adventures of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O’Connor
Landry News by Andrew Clements
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. by Kate Messner
2009/10
Born to Run by Michael Morpurgo
Dragon’s Milk by Susan Fletcher
Waterslain Angels by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Hana’s Suitcase by Karen Levine
Minnow on the Say by Philippa Pearce
The Fog Mound: Travels of Thelonious by Susan Schade and Jon Buller
Walk Across the Sea by Susan Fletcher
Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
Hitler’s Daughter by Jackie French
Toughboy and Sister by Kirkpatrick Hill
The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood
The Bone Collector’s Son by Paul Yee
Baboon by David Jones
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor
Porcupine by Meg Tilly
2008/9
The Book of One Hundred Truths by Julie Schumacher
The Book of Story Beginnings by Kristin Kladstrup
Magnifico by Victoria Miles
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
2007/8
Shakespeare's Secret by Else Broach
Stop the Train by Geraldine McCaughrean
After Hamelin by Bill Richardson
The Last Dragon by Silvana De Mari
Jakeman by Deborah Ellis
His Banner Over Me by Jean Little
Wild Timothy by Gary Blackwood
Oranges in No Man's Land by Elizabeth Laird
Little Cricket by Jackie Brown
The Ghost Children by Eve Bunting
The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes
A Room with a Zoo by Jukes Feiffer
