- Across Five Aprils
- Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The
- Among the Hidden
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
- Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days
- Because of Winn-Dixie
- Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The
- Bridge to Terabithia
- Bud, Not Buddy
- Bunnicula
- Caddie Woodlawn
- Call It Courage
- Call of the Wild, The
- Catherine, Called Birdy
- Cay, The
- Charlotte’s Web
- Christmas Carol, A
- Cricket in Times Square, The
- Crispin: The Cross of Lead
- Dear Mr. Henshaw
- Egypt Game, The
- From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
- Giver, The
- Hatchet
- Holes
- Hoot
- House of Dies Drear, The
- How To Eat Fried Worms
- Hundred Penny Box, The
- In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
- Indian in the Cupboard, The
- Island of the Blue Dolphins
- James and the Giant Peach
- Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The
- Maniac Magee
- Matilda
- Mouse and the Motorcycle, The
- Mr. Popper’s Penguins
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
- My Brother Sam Is Dead
- My Side of the Mountain
- Night of the Twisters
- Number the Stars
- Old Yeller
- Out of the Dust
- Outsiders, The
- Phantom Tollbooth, The
- Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe
- Pinballs, The
- Ramona Quimby, Age 8
- River, The
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
- Sarah, Plain and Tall
- Schooled
- Secret Garden, The
- Shades of Gray
- Shiloh
- Sign of the Beaver, The
- Sing Down the Moon
- Single Shard, A
- Skinnybones
- Sounder
- Stone Fox
- Summer of the Swans, The
- Tale of Despereaux, The
- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
- Taste of Blackberries, A
- That Was Then, This Is Now
- There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom
- Touching Spirit Bear
- True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, The
- Tuck Everlasting
- View from Saturday, The
- Walk Two Moons
- War with Grandpa, The
- Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963, The
- Westing Game, The
- Where the Lilies Bloom
- Where the Red Fern Grows
- Whipping Boy, The
- Wish Giver, The
- Witch of Blackbird Pond, The
- Wrinkle in Time, A
Guiding Minds, Shaping Futures: Trusted Resources for Middle School Language Arts.