- One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
- A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
- Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-Made Catastrophes by Lenore Look
- Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
- Leading Change in Your School: How to Conquer Myths, Build Commitment, and Get Results by Douglas Reeves
- A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the World by Daniel Pink
- Dark Life by Kat Falls
- Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking edited by Costa
- The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan
- The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
- Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan
- Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
- Good to Great and the Social Sectors by Jim Collins
- Plague by Michael Grant
- The Art and Science of Teaching by Robert Marzano
- Once by Morris Gleitzman
- Enclave by Ann Aguirre
- Inside out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
- Junonia by Kevin Henkes
- Marty McGuire by Kate Messner
- Divergent by Veronica Roth
- The Friendship Doll by Kirby Larson
- Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
- What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
- Then by Morris Gleitzman
- Small Persons with Wings by Ellen Boorae
- City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
- True (…sort of) by Katherine Hannigan
- A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnely
- The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
- White Cat (Curse Workers Book 1) by Holly Black
- Shine by Lauren Myracle
- Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
- Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
- Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to NOT Reading by Tommy Greenwalk
- The Pull of Gravity by Gae Polisner
- Getting Revenge on Lauren Woods by Eileen Cook
- The Disreputable History of Franki Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
- Troublemaker by Andrew Clements
- Big Girl Small by Rachel DeWoskin
- Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt
- Glow by Amy Ryan
- Speed of Trust by Stephen R. Covey
- Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur
- Point Blank: The Graphic Novel (Alex Rider) by Anthony Horowitz
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip & Dan Heath
- Bigger Than a Breadbox by Laurel Snyder
- The Running Dream by Wendlin Van Draanan
- Matched by Ally Condie
- The Always War by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need and What We Can Do About It by Tony Wagner
- Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver
- Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson
- The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
- Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
- Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
- The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian
- Wolves, Boys and Other Things That Might Kill Me by Kristen Chandler
- Matched by Ally Condie
- Crossed by Ally Condie
- Mostly True Story of Jack by Kelly Barnhill
i’m looking for a list of historical fiction books for 3-5 grade level
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