Celeste's Book List

CELESTE'S CODE:

* = ABSOLUTE FAVORITE
:) = FUNNY
# = A LITTLE SCARY
!  = EXCITING

Mysteries and Puzzles
Against Time by Roderick Jeffries  # !

Alice Jones & the Impossible Clue by Sara Rubin # ! :)

Missing Melinda by Jacqueline Jackson #
 
Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix ! *

Holes by Louis Sachar # !

​The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin # !

Peppermints in the Parlor by Barbara Brooks Wallace :) !

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh :) !

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol

The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew) by Carolyn Keene # !

The Tower Treasure (Hardy Boys) by Frank W. Dixon # !

The Secret of Terror Castle (3 Investigators) by Robert Arthur # !

Imaginary Books
​​The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck :) 

The Borrowers by Mary Norton (and all the Borrower books)

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts

The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Banks Reid (and all the Indian in the Cupboard books)

Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of Nihm by Robert C. O'Brien ! :) *

The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

​The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster :)

The Amazing Adventures of Toby the Trilby by Angela Castillo !

The Wolves of Wiloughby Chase by Joan Aiken # :)

Books About Kids Celeste Would Like to Be Friends With
Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster

​The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill

Honestly, Katie John! by Mary Calhoun

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli :)

In Grandma’s Attic by Arleta Richardson (and all the Grandma’s Attic books)

Bloomability by Sharon Creech

Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry

​Wonder by R.J. Palacio :)

Never Miss a Sunset by Jeanette Gilge-Barnes

Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery

Magic for Marigold by L.M. Montgomery

Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

Donna Parker on Her Own by Marcia Martin

Kristie's Great Idea, The Babysitters’ Club #1, by Anne M. Martin
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The Thanksgiving Treasure by Gail Rock

Books About Times Past
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare # +

The Bronze Bow ​by Elizabeth George Speare 

The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw *

Sawdust in His Shoes by Eloise Jarvis McGraw *

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery * :)

​Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

Never Miss a Sunset by Jeanette Gilge-Barnes

Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery*

Little Women by Louisa Mae Alcott * :)

Jim Ugly ​by Sid Fleischmann :)

​By the Great Horn Spoon ​by Sid Fleischmann :) !

The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill :)

My Mother, the Witch by Rose Blue

The Velvet Room by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Mama’s Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes
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The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier

Animal Books
Fire, Bed, & Bone by Henrietta Branford +

​King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry

Kavik the Wolf Dog by Walt Morey

Freedom for a Cheetah by Arthur Catherall

The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls

Follow My Leader by James B. Garfield

Adventure Books
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain # :) !

​The True Adventures of Charlotte Doyle by Avi # ! *

Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson # !
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Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

​Shipwreck (Island series #1) by Gordon Korman !

Nurse Books

Cherry Ames, Jungle Nurse (and all the other Cherry Ames books) by Helen Wells 

Sue Barton books by Helen Dore Boylston

Farrah's Favorite Books
In Grandma's Attic by Arleta Richardson

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Mr. Mysterious & Company by Sid Fleischmann 

Romona Quimby, Age Eight by Beverly Cleary 

​Mandie & the Charleston Phantom by Lois Gladys Leppard

The Happy Hollisters and the Scarecrow Mystery by Jerry West (and all the Happy Hollister books)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 

Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Missing Millionaire by Kathryn Kenny (and all the Trixie Belden books)

Ellen Tebbits by Beverly Cleary 

​Mystery in the Pirate Oak by Helen Fuller Orton

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (and all the Pippi books)

Mandie and the Mysterious Tunnel by Lois Gladys Leppard

Karolyn's Favorite Books

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parrish

Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik

Tiggy Changes Her Mind by Jane Carruth
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Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

Monty's Favorite Books

The Secret Life of Walter Kitty by Barbara Jean Hicks

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food by Stan and Jan Berenstain

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Ron and Judi Barrett

The Little Red Hen by Diane Muldrow
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The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble