Entering Grade Four
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SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
Frank Einstein series by Jon Sceiszka
Book 1: Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor Kid-genius scientist and inventor Frank accidentally creates smart aleck robots Klink and Klank. Their plans to win the Midville Science Prize are about to be foiled by Frank's archenemy and possible evil genius, T. Edison. |
Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar
(also by this author: Wayside School series and Holes) Tamaya (fifth grade) and Marshall (seventh) take a shortcut through the woods to evade bully Chad. After slinging a handful of mud, Tamaya develops a mysterious rash — which is nothing compared to what happens to Chad. Interspersed are excerpts of testimony from “secret Senate hearings” about a microscopic manmade organism that escaped a laboratory. |
The Jumbies series by Tracey Baptiste
Book 1: The Jumbies Corinne knows jumbies are just creepy characters in folk tales used to scare kids into behaving--but now she's not so sure. When she sees peculiar glowing eyes in the woods, and her dad seems to bewitched by a stranger, she's beginning to think jumbies are real and a serious threat to her town. |
Sal & Gabi series by Carlos Hernandez
Book 1: Sal & Gabi Break the Universe Sal has learned to reach into time and space to retrieve things--and people--from other universes. When Sal uses this skill to put a raw chicken in a locker, he comes to Gabi's attention and together they use this trick in various schemes until they learn this constant rearrangement of matter may be threatening the whole universe. |
The Witch Boy series by Molly Knox Ostertag
Book 1: The Witch Boy In Aster's world, boys are shapeshifters and girls are witches. and those who cross the lines are exiled. Problem is, he hasn't shifted yet, he's fascinated by witchery, and he may be able to use it to save the other boys from a mysterious danger. |