The Kid in the Red Jacket

The Kid in the Red Jacket (1995 )

by Barbara Park

ISBN: 079808003995

Interest Level by Scholastic: Gr.3-5   Reading Level by Scholastic: Gr.4.5

        IL by AR: Middle Grade   RL by AR: Gr.3.9

IL by Follett: Gr.3-6    RL by Follett: Gr.4.5

Lexile: 640L     DRA: 34     Guided Reading(Fountas and Pinnell): O

  Age: 9+    UK Equivalent: Upper Key Stage2

Type: Chapter Book, US Book     Genre: School Story, Realistic Fiction

Synopsis:  The kids in Howard's new town act as if he's totally invisible, except for his six-year-old neighbor, Molly Vera Thompson. True, Howard could use a friend, but an annoying little girl who talks nonstop and looks like a miniature Bozo isn't exactly what he had in mind! Of course, when you're really lonely, you'll be friends with anyone. (Credits to Scholastic)
 

Miss Holly is Too Jolly!

 
Miss Holly is Too Jolly! (2007)

by Dan Gutman

ISBN: 9780545056915

Interest Level by Scholastic: Gr.3-5   Reading Level by Scholastic: Gr.3.5

IL by AR: Lower Grade    RL by AR: Gr.4.0

IL by Follett: Gr.3-6    RL by Follett: Gr.4.4 

Lexile: 670L     DRA: 34   Guided Reading(Fountas & Pinnell)O

  Age: 8+    UK Equivalent: Lower Key Stage 2

Type: Chapter Book, US Book     Genre: Funny Story

Synopsis: Something weird is going on! Miss Holly, the Spanish teacher, is hanging mistletoe everywhere! That means boys will have to kiss girls. And girls will have to kiss boys. Ugh! Miss Holly is taking the holidays way too far! (Credits to Scholastic)

Owl Moon

Owl Moon (2006)

by Jane Yolen

ISBN: 0590420445

Interest Level by Scholastic: K-Gr.2   Reading Level by Scholastic: Gr.2.9

IL by AR: Lower Grade    RL by AR: Gr.3.2

Lexile: 630L     DRA: 34   Guided Reading(Fountas & Pinnell)O          

  Age: 7+    UK Equivalent: Key Stage 2

Type: Picture Book, US Book     Genre: Books for Family,Caldecott Medal

Synopsis:  A young girl and her father take a nighttime stroll near the farm where they live to look for owls. It is a beautiful night, a moonlit winter night. Bundled tightly against the cold, they trudge through the pristine snow, "whiter than the milk in a cereal bowl." As they go, hidden in ink-blue shadows, a fox, a raccoon, a field mouse and a deer watch them pass. A delicate tension builds as the father imitates the great horned owl's call once without answer, then again. Finally, from out of the darkness "an echo/came threading its way/through the trees." (Credits to Scholastic)

Mr.Klutz is Nuts! (My Weird School)

Mr.Klutz is Nuts! (My Weird School) 2004

by Dan Gutman

ISBN: 9780060507022

Interest Level by Scholastic: Gr.3-5   Reading Level by Scholastic Gr.2.3

IL by AR: Lower Grade     RL by AR: Gr.4.4

Lexile: 770L     DRA: 34     Guided Reading(Fountas & Pinnell)O

  Age: 7-10     UK Equivalent: Lower KS2 

Type: Chapter Book, US Book     Genre: Funny Story

Synopsis:Principal Klutz was hanging upside down from the school flagpole! He kissed a pig on the lips! He painted his bald head orange! And now he wants to bungee-jump off the roof of the school, dressed like Santa Claus!

In fact, all the grown-ups at A.J.'s school seem to have something wrong with them. What's going on here? What are A.J. and the kids in his class going to do? They've got to help Mr. Klutz before he ends up hurting himself.

Never before has school been this mixed up — or this much fun. Popular author Dan Gutman pulls out all the stops for this right-on second-grade hilarity.

Oh, by the way, A.J.'s teacher, Miss Daisy, is off the wall too. Be sure to read Miss Daisy Is Crazy!  (Credits to Scholastic)

The Mummy With No Name

The Mummy with No Name

by Geronimo Stilton

ISBN: 9780439841177

Interest Level by Scholastic: Gr.2-5  Reading Level by Scholastic 2.9

IL by AR: Middle Grade     RL by AR: Gr.3.7

IL by Follett: Gr.3-6    RL by Follett: Gr.4.4

Lexile: 570L     DRA: 34     Guided Reading(Fountas & Pinnell):O

Type: Chapter Book, US Book     Genre: Mystery & Adventure Story

Synopsis:  Rodent writer Geronimo Stilton, not the bravest of mice, is nearly scared out of his fur when he responds to an urgent plea for help from his friend Professor Sandsnout just before Halloween, and finds himself trapped in the Egyptian Museum with real, live mummies. (Credits to Follett)