Rowling Keeps Company With Seuss, Blume and Steinbeck

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4. "Charlotte's Web"

5. "Stone Fox," John Gardiner

Fifth grade:

1. "Bridge to Terabithia," Katherine Paterson

2. "Hatchet," Gary Paulsen

3. "Holes," Louis Sachar

4. "The Sign of the Beaver," Elizabeth Speare

5. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," J.K.

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Sixth grade:

1. "Hatchet"

2. "Bridge to Terabithia"

3. "Holes"

4. "Number the Stars," Lois Lowry

5. "The Bad Beginning," Lemony Snicket

Seventh grade:

1. "The Outsiders," S.E. Hinton

2. "Holes"

3. "The Giver," Lowry

4. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"

5. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,"

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Eighth grade:

1. "The Outsiders"

2. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"

3. "The Giver"

4. "Holes"

5. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,"

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Ninth-12th grade:

1. "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee

2. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"

3. "Of Mice and Men," John Steinbeck

4. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"

5. "A Child Called 'It,' " Dave Pelzer

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