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Chronicle Crusaders read laters

GRADE 4 BOOK CLUB

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.

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P.S. This is also a great list for birthday presents within the age group.

2023/24 Grade 3 & 4

  • 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

2020/21 Grade 4

  • 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​

2017/18 Grade 4

  • 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

2015/16 Grade 4 & 5

  • 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

2013/14 Grade 4 & 5

  • 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

2011/12 Grade 4

  • 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

2009/10 Grade 4

  • 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

2007/8 Grade 4

  • 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

2022/23 Grade 3 & 4

  • 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

2018/19 Grade 4

  • 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

2016/17 Grade 4

  • 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

2014/15 Grade 4 & 5

  • 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

2012/13 Grade 4 & 5

  • 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

2010/11 Grade 4

  • 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

2008/9 Grade 4 & 5

  • 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

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