Entering Grade Four
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SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
Apocalypse Taco by Nathan Hale
​Travel to an alien dimension where aliens have made sinister copies of cars, buildings, and people. (graphic novel)
The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief and Sinister by Stefan Bachmann and others
Mysterious and eerie short stories from a number of authors will delight and thrill.
Endling series by Katherine Applegate
Book 1: The Last
After her pack is hunted down, Byx believes herself to be the last of a species of mythical dogs--the Endling-- and sets out on a quest to find a safe home.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling
​The ultimate guide to creature mysterious and marvelous. 
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. 
Hilo series by Judd Winick
Book 1: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth
When a boy falls from the sky, friends must try to help him figure out who he is, and then help him save the world. (graphic novel)
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.
The Only Living Boy series by David Gallaher
Book 1:  Prisoner of the Patchwork Planet 
What if you were the only boy on a strange planet, and needed to fight back against those determined to harm you? (graphic novel)
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.
Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland
Book 1: The Dragonet Prophecy
Clay must join the other four dragonets to save his world, and he reluctantly takes on the responsibility.
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.