Fairfax County Public Library
Grades 3 - 6 Summer Reading List for 2006
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Captain Fact: Dinosaur Adventure Knife JFIC KNI |
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| If you're not
careful, you might learn something when Captain
Fact has a fact attack!
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| Castle Dracula: Romania's Vampire Home Barbara Knox J 949.84 K | ||
| Meet the real
Dracula in this story of Romania's legendary Bran
Castle. Read the whole series!
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| Chasing the Falconers Gordon Korman JFIC KOR | ||
| Meg and Jack
have to prove their parents' innocence before the
FBI and an assassin catch them
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| Clemency Pogue, Fairy Killer J. T. Petty JFIC PET | ||
| Part fantasy,
part dark comedy, part Lemony Snicket, and very
interesting!
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| The Cottonmouth Club Lance Marcum JFIC MAR | ||
| Eleven-year-old
Mitch's summer plans -- comics, movies, bike trips
-- don't go as planned
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| Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Schoolgirl Yan Ma JB MA | ||
| A real teen's
diary set off an international movement to provide
schools for a remote village
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| Double Identity Margaret Peterson Haddix JFIC HAD | ||
| Thirteen-year-old
Bethany uncovers shocking secrets when her parents
leave her with an aunt
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| Double Life Justin Richards JMYS RIC | ||
| Paranormal
puppets replace Londoners in the Invisible Detective's
strange first case
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| Each Little Bird That Sings Debbie Wiles JFIC WIL | ||
| A boy raised
in a funeral home has his life changed when his
great aunt dies
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| Fashion Kitty Charise Mericle Harper JFIC HAR | ||
| Another blah
outfit? Fashion Kitty saves the world one pair of
capris at a time!
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| The Get Rich Quick Club Dan Gutman JFIC GUT | ||
| Four kids have
an out-of-this-world plan to make a million dollars
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| Goha the Wise Fool Denys Johnson-Davies J 398 J | ||
| Is he really
a fool, or is he wiser than them all? Funny stories
from the Middle East
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| Guts: Our Digestive System Seymour Simon J 612.3 S | ||
| Wonder what
happens to pizza after you've swallowed it? Look
at these gross details!
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| The Legend of Spud Murphy Erin Colfer JFIC COL | ||
| Will and Marty
have to spend time at the library under the supervision
of a terrifying librarian!
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| The Liberation of Gabriel King K. L. Going JFIC GOI | ||
| Frita's mission
is to help her friend get over his fear of spiders,
corpses, cows and fifth grade
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| Listening for Lions Gloria Whelan JFIC WHE | ||
| A 13-year-old
orphan is forced to pretend to be a girl who died
in a flu epidemic
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| Looking for Jaguar, and Other Rain Forest Poems Susan Katz J 811 K | ||
| These brightly-illustrated
19 poems celebrate the beauty of rainforest animals
and plants
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| Lowji Discovers America Candace Fleming JFIC FLE | ||
| Lowji leaves
India, learns about his new home, and tries to get
what he's always wanted a pet
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| Lucy Rose: Big on Plans Katy Kelly JFIC KEL | ||
| Lucy Rose has
great ideas on how to spend her summer, including
reuniting her parents
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| The Magician's Boy Susan Cooper JFIC COO | ||
| The magician's
boy must be transported to the Land of Story to
search for a missing puppet
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| Mr. Maxwell's Mouse Frank Asch JFIC ASC | ||
| A mouse makes
sure lunchtime is a memorable experience for a sophisticated
cat
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| The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story Mary Downing Hahn JFIC HAH | ||
| Diana and Georgie
are friendless and alone until Lissa arrives
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| Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude Kevin O'Malley JFIC OMA | ||
| This hilarious
fractured fairy tale is told from alternating voices
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| The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits and a Very Interesting Boy Jeanne Birdsall JFIC BIR | ||
| The girls'
summer adventures involve rabbits, dogs, a new best
friend and a lost child
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| Project Mulberry: A Novel Linda Sue Park JFIC PAR | ||
| Two 7th graders'
silkworm project could ruin their friendship
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| Reaching for the Moon Buzz Aldrin JB A | ||
| Buzz Aldrin
tells his story of determination, strength, and
his historic walk on the moon
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| A Room With a Zoo Jules Feiffer JFIC FEI | ||
| Julie ends
up with a menagerie in her bedroom, but no dog (which
she desperately wants)
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| Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley Sally M. Walker J 973.757 W | ||
| In 1995 a raised
Confederate sub revealed what happened the night
it sank in 1864
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| The Serpent Came to Gloucester M. T. Anderson JFIC AND | ||
| The true story
of a sea serpent spotted off the coast of Massachusetts
in 1817
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| Shakespeare's Secret Elise Broach JMYS BRO | ||
| As she hunts
for a hidden diamond, Hero discovers it isn't the
only mystery to solve
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| Stink Files Series Holm Hamel JMYS HOL | ||
| Bristlefur
the cat is determined to discover who killed Sir
Archibald
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