Elementary: Modern Companions to Clasic Children's Books

Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O’Dell (AR 5.4)

• The Underneath by Kathi Applet (AR 5.2)
• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (AR 5.3)

Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (AR 4.7)

• When you Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (AR 4.5)
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman (AR 5.1)
• Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick (AR 5.4)
• Savvy by Ingrid Law (AR 6.0)
• Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (AR 5.4)

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (AR 5.3)

• Holes by Louis Sachar (AR 4.6)
• Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett (AR 5.4)
• Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce (AR 4.0)
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (AR 5.1)
• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (AR 5.6)

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (AR 4.9)

• Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (AR 3.9)
• Love that Dog by Sharon Creech (AR 4.5)
• The Good Dog by Avi (AR 3.7)
• Cracker the Best Dog on the Battlefield by Cynthia Kadohata (AR 4.9)
• Notes from the Dog by Gary Paulson (AR 4.7)

Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary (AR 5.1)

• Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker (AR 4.5)
• Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (AR 5.9)
• Alvin Ho by Lenore Look (AR 3.8)

Martha Sherod, Wilmington Branch, LAPL