WHIRL (What Have I Read Lately) Books is a site for readers to find books for themselves and their book clubs. Liz at Literary Masters runs book groups and literary salons where we "dig deep" into literary treasures.
My wonderful little lit-lovers have weighed in with their favorite books. Who better to recommend a great read for a fourth or fifth-grade girl than another fourth or fifth-grade girl? So girls, when you're at a loss for what to curl up with, take a look at the following list--I bet there's a book there for you. And if you'd like to add any titles, or make any comments, please feel free. Some of these titles are tried and true, perhaps even a little on the "easy" side, but they are on the list because they are, like a favorite stuffie or blankey, a "comfort read," something to return to when that is what is called for!
The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
The Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
The Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket
The Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley
The Peter and the Starcatchers series by Dave Barry
The Humphrey series by Betty G. Birney
The Mysterious Benedict Society series by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney
The Warriors series by Erin Hunter
The Seekers series by Erin Hunter
The Ramona Quimby series by Beverly Cleary
The 39 Clues series by various authors (first book by Rick Riordan)
The Penderwick series by Jeanne Birdsall
The Doll People series by Ann M. Martin
The Dear Dumb Diaries by Jim Benton
The Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls series by Meg Cabot
The Frog Princess series by E.D. Baker
The Fudge series by Judy Blume
The Seems series by John Hulme
The Half Magic series by Edward Eager
The Sam series by Lois Lowry
The Anastasia series by Lois Lowry
The Pippi Longstocking series by Astrid Lindgren
The Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat series by Lynne Jonell
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
David and the Phoenix by Edward Ormondroyd
Time at the Top by Edward Ormondroyd
The Magic Half by Annie Barrows
Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
No Talking by Andrew Clements
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgsen Burnett
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgsen Burnett
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Scat by Carl Hiassen
Flush by Carl Hiassen
The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbit
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Robot Dreams by Sara Varon
How I Survived Being a Girl by Wendelin Van Draanen
Maniac Magee by Jeffrey Spinelli
Holes by Louis Sachar
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
A Dog's Life by Ann M. Martin
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise
11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
Savvy by Ingrid Law
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters by Lesley M.M. Blume
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