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The purpose of this Reading List is to support the mission of ATA: to provide students with a strong
foundation of knowledge. When a student graduates from ATA, s/he will have read at least 30 quality
literature books and completed reports on them. Four book reports per year are required in 1st through
8th grade, with the exception of some grades requiring a special report in place of a book report.
ATA recognizes that every book on the Reading List may not be completely suitable or appropriate for
every child. Therefore, it is the parent's responsibility to pre-screen the book for his or her child if s/he is
concerned about a book's content.
A student may pick any book from the Reading List for his or her book report as long as 1) the book is at
or above the student’s current grade level and 2) is not an adapted version of the story (i.e., it should not
say “Adapted by…” on the title page). Book report books do not have to meet a certain genre or page
requirement.
Book titles listed in bold at the end of each grade level list are unavailable for book report selection. These
books have been selected by the teacher to read and study in class together.
For more information on Lexile levels please refer to www.lexile.com.
Title
Author
Lexile
Level
Abe Lincoln Grows Up
Sandberg, Carl
1260L
Across Five Aprils
Hunt, Irene
1100L
Adam of the Road
Gray, Elizabeth Janet
1030L
Adolph Hitler (World Leaders Past & Present)
Wepman, Dennis & Schlesinger,
Arthur Meier
(The) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Twain, Mark
850L
(The) Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Twain, Mark
970L
Aku Aku: the Secret of Easter Island
Heyerdahl, Thor
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis
590L
All Creatures Great and Small
Herriot, James
990L
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Herriot, James
1070L
All Things Wise and Wonderful
Herriot, James
940L
Amos Fortune, Free Man
Yates, Elizabeth
1090L
And Now, Miguel
Krumgold, Joseph
780L
Andersen's Fairy Tales
Andersen, Hans Christian
860L
Animal Farm
Orwell, George
1170L
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Frank, Anne
1080L
Anne of Green Gables - Series
Montgomery, L.M. (Lucy)
550L-910L
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Title
Author
Lexile
Level
Abigail Adams: First Lady of Faith and Courage
Witter, Evelyn
Anthem
Rand, Ayn
1010L
(The) Arabian Nights Entertainments
Lang, Andrew
1270L
Arizona
Trimble, Marshall
(The) Ark
Benary-Isbert, Margot & Winston,
Clara
Around the World in Eighty Days
Verne, Jules
1070L
As You Like It
Shakespeare, William
NC1120L
(The) Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Franklin, Benjamin
1370L
Banner in the Sky
Ullman, James Ramsey
680L
(The) Battle of the Bulge
Sears, Stephen W.
Beau Geste
Wren, Percival Christopher
Belles on Their Toes
Gilbreth, Frank B & Carey,
Ernestine Gilbreth
890L
Ben Hur
Wallace, Lew
990L
(The) Black Arrow
Stevenson, Robert Louis
980L
(The) Black Cauldron
Alexander, Lloyd
760L
(The) Book of Three
Alexander, Lloyd
770L
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds
Adamson, Joy
1180L
(The) Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Boyne, John
1080L
(The) Boy Who Sailed Around the World Alone
Graham, Robin L. & Gill, Derek
L.T.
Bridge to Terabithia
Paterson, Katherine
810L
(The) Bronze Bow
Speare, Elizabeth G.
760L
Calico Bush
Field, Rachel
1060L
(The) Call of the Wild
London, Jack
990L
Captain Blood
Sabatini, Rafael
Captains Courageous
Kipling, Rudyard
1020L
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Latham, Jean Lee
570L
Castle
Macaulay, David
1180L
(The) Castle of Llyr
Alexander, Lloyd
790L
Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction
Macaulay, David
1120L
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Title
Author
Lexile
Level
Cheaper by the Dozen
Gilbreth, Frank B. and Carey,
Ernestine Gilbreth
890L
A Christmas Carol
Dickens, Charles
900L
Christy
Marshall, Catherine
930L
City: A Story of Roman Planning and
Construction
Macaulay, David
1100L
(The) Clay Marble
Ho, Minfong
860L
(The) Comedy of Errors
Shakespeare, William
910L
(A) Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Twain, Mark
1080L
(The) Count of Monte Cristo
Dumas, Alexandre
780L
(The) Cross and the Switchblade
Wilkerson, David
880L
Cry, The Beloved Country
Paton, Alan
860L
Dandelion Wine
Bradbury, Ray
880L
David Copperfield
Dickens, Charles
1070L
(The) Day Lincoln Was Shot
Bishop, Jim
1020L
(A) Day No Pigs Would Die
Peck, Robert Newton
690L
Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir
Gunter, John J.
1060L
(The) Death on the Nile
Christie, Agatha
660L
(The) Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
1340L
(The) Diamond Necklace and Four Other Stories
De Maupassant, Guy
(The) Diary of Anne Frank
Goodrich, Frances and Hackett,
Albert
1080L
Disasters at Sea
Watson, Milton H.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Stevenson, Robert Louis
1040L
Drums Along the Mohawk
Edmonds, Walter D.
830L
(The) Eight Cousins
Alcott, Louisa May
1260L
(The) Endless Steppe
Hautzig, Esther
940L
Famous Men of Rome
Haaren, John H.
Famous Men of the Middle Ages
Haaren, John H.
Farewell to Manzanar
Houston, James D. & Wakatsuki,
Jeanne
1040L
Fellowship of the Ring
Tolkien, J. R. R.
860L
Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From
Marathon to Waterloo
Creasy, Edward Shepherd
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Title
Author
Lexile
Level
(The) First Woman Doctor
Baker, Rachel
1120L
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Verne, Jules
Forever Free
Adamson, Joy
(The) Four Minute Mile
Bannister, Roger
Freedom Walkers
Freedman, Russell
1110L
Gentle Ben
Morey, Walt
740L
George Washington's World
Foster, Genevieve
(A) Girl of Limberlost
Stratton-Porter, Gene
850L
Go, Team, Go!
Tunis, John R.
God's Smuggler
Andrew, Brother & Sherrill, John
(The) Golden Fleece: And The Heros Who Lived
Before Achilles
Colum, Padriac
1070L
(The) Good Earth
Buck, Pearl S.
1530L
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Hilton, James
930L
(The) Gospel Blimp and Other Modern Parables
Bayly, Joseph
(The) Great Declaration
Commager, Henry Steele
Great Expectations
Dickens, Charles
1150L
(The) Great Fire
Murphy, Jim
1130L
Greek Gods and Heroes
Graves, Robert
990L
(The) Greenleaf Guide to Famous Men of Middle
Ages
Shearer, Cyndy and Robert
Gulliver's Travels
Swift, Jonathon
1300L
Guns of Navarone
MacLean, Alistair
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
Dodge, Mary Maples
1020L
Harriet Tubman Antislavery Activist
Taylor, M. W.
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground
Railroad
Petry, Ann Lane
1000L
(The) Heart of Midlothian
Scott, Walter (Sir)
Heidi
Spryi, Johanna
1200L
(The) Hiding Place
Ten Boom, Corrie
900L
(The) High King
Alexander, Lloyd
900L
Hiroshima
Hersey, John R.
1190L
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Title
Author
Lexile
Level
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years
Field, Rachel
1180L
(The) Hobbit or There and Back Again
Tolkien, J. R. R.
1000L
Horatio Hornblower
Forrester, C. S.
(The) Horse and His Boy
Lewis, C. S.
970L
(The) Hound of the Baskervilles
Doyle, Arthur Conan (Sir)
980L
House of Seven Gables
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
1320L
I, Juan De Pareja
De Trevino, Elizabeth Borton
1100L
(The) Iliad of Homer
Picard, Barbara Leonie
(The) Incredible Journey
Burnford, Sheila
1320L
Invincible Louisa
Meigs, Cornelia
1150L
(The) Invisible Man
Wells, H. G.
960L
Irish Red
Kjelgaard, Jim
890L
(The) Island of Dr. Moreau
Wells, H. G.
990L
Ivanhoe
Scott, Sir Walter
1410L
Jack and Jill
Alcott, Louisa May
Jacob Have I Loved
Paterson, Katherine
880L
Jane Eyre
Bronte, Charlotte
1040L
(The) Jim Thorpe Story: America’s Greatest
Athlete
Schoor, Gene
Jo's Boys
Alcott, Louisa May
1210L
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Verne, Jules
1040L
Julie of the Wolves
George, Jean Craighead
860L
(The) Jungle Book
Kipling, Rudyard
1020L
(The) Keys of the Kingdom
Cronin, A. J.
Kidnapped
Stevenson, Robert Louis
780L
Kim
Kipling, Rudyard
950L
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
Green, Richard L.
1130L
(The) King's Fifth
O'Dell, Scott
840L
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft
Heyerdahl, Thor
1310L
Landing of the Pilgrims
Daughtery, James
990L
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Title
Author
Lexile
Level
Landslide
Day, Veronique
(A) Lantern in Her Hand
Aldrich, Bess
1020L
(The) Last Battle
Lewis, C. S.
8920L
(The) Last Days of Pompeii
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.
1150L
(The) Last of the Mohicans
Cooper, James Fenimore
1270L
(The) Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Irving, Washington
1380L
Life on the Mississippi
Twain, Mark
1090L
(The) Light in the Forest
Richter, Conrad
870L
Lincoln: A Photobiography
Freedman, Russell
NC1040L
(The) Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe
Lewis, C. S.
940L
Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers
Moody, Ralph
1090L
Little Men
Alcott, Louisa May
1260L
Little Women
Alcott, Louisa May
750L
Living Free
Adamson, Joy
(The) Long Road to Gettysburg
Murphy, Jim
1070L
(The) Lord God Made Them All
Herriot, James
990L
Lorna Doone
Blackmore, Richard D.
830L
Madame Curie
Curie, Eve
1060L
(The) Magician's Nephew
Lewis, C. S.
790L
(A) Man Called Peter: The Story of Peter
Marshall
Marshall, Catherine
(The) Man Without A Country
Hale, Edward Everett
(The) Martian Chronicles
Bradbury, Ray
740L
(The) Master Puppeteer
Paterson, Katherine
860L
Mater and Man
Tolstoy, Leo
Medieval Days and Ways
Hartman, Gertrude
Men of Iron
Pyle, Howard
1210L
(The) Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Pyle, Howard
900L
Middle Ages
Corbishley, Mike
Moccasin Trail
McGraw, Eloise Jarvis
960L
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Title
Author
Lexile
Level
Murder on the Orient Express
Christie, Agatha
640L
Mutiny on the Bounty
Nordhoff, Charles
1080L
My Friend Flicka
O'Hara, Mary
960L
(The) Mysterious Island
Verne, Jules
GN510L
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Douglass, Frederick
920L
National Velvet
Bagnold, Enid
700L
New Found World
Shippen, Katherine Binney
(A) Night to Remember
Lord, Walter
950L
Northanger Abby
Austen, Jane
Of Courage Undaunted: Across the Continent
with Lewis and Clark
Daughtery, James
(An) Old-Fashioned Girl
Alcott, Louisa May
1290L
(The) Old Man and the Sea
Hemingway, Ernest
1370L
Old Yeller
Gipson, Fred
910L
Oliver Twist
Dickens, Charles
1230L
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
900L
Onion John
Krumgold, Joseph
710L
(The) Ordinary Princess
Kaye, Mary Margaret
1090L
(The) Oregon Trail
Parkman, Francis
1190L
Our Eddie
Ish-Kishor, Sulamith
Our Town
Wilder, Thornton
NP
Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography
Schweitzer, Albert
Out of the Silent Planet
Lewis, C. S.
1020L
(The) Pathfinder
Cooper, James Fenimore
Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story
Harvey, Paul
900L
(The) Pearl
Steinbeck, John
1000L
Penrod
Tarkington, Booth
Perelandra
Lewis, C. S.
1020L
(The) Pilgrim's Regress
Lewis, C. S.
(The) Pinballs
Byars, Betsy
600L
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Title
Author
Lexile
Level
Plain Girl
Sorenson, Virginia
710L
Pollyanna
Porter, Eleanor Hodgman
790L
(The) Praise of Folly
Erasmus, Desiderius
Pride and Prejudice
Austen, Jane
1100L
Pride of Puerto Rico: The Life of Roberto
Clemente
Walker, Paul Robert
800L
(The) Prince and the Pauper
Twain, Mark
620L
Prince Caspian
Lewis, C. S.
Profiles in Courage
Kennedy, John F.
1410L
Quo Vadis
Sienkiewicz, Henryk
850L
Ramona
Jackson, Helen Hunt
870L
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (unabridged)
Wiggin, Kate Douglas
1160L
(The) Red Badge of Courage
Crane, Stephen
890L
(The) Red Pony
Steinbeck, John
810L
(The) Return of the King
Tolkien, J. R. R.
920L
Rifles for Watie
Keith, Harold
910L
Rikki Tikki Tavi and the White Seal
Kipling, Rudyard
Robinson Crusoe
Defoe, Daniel
920L
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Taylor, Mildred
920L
(A) Roman Fort (Inside Story)
MacDonald, Fionna
(The) Romans
Marks, Anthony
Rose in Bloom
Alcott, Louisa May
1360L
Scarlet Pimpernel
Orczy, Baroness
1140L
(The) Sea-Wolf
London, Jack
880L
Secret Garden
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
710L
Shadow of the Bull
Wojciechowska, Maia
740L
Shark Beneath the Reef
George, Jean Craighead
800L
Silas Marner
Eliot, George
1310L
Silent Spring
Carson, Rachel L.
1340L
(The) Silver Chair
Lewis, C. S.
840L
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Title
Author
Lexile
Level
(The) Silver Chalice
Costain, Thomas
(The) Singing Tree
Seredy, Kate
770L
(The) Slave Dancer
Fox, Paula
970L
Snow Treasure
McSwigan, Marie
690L
Something for Joey
Peck, Richard E.
860L
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Bradbury, Ray
820L
Sounder
Armstrong, William
900L
(The) Spy, A Tale of Neutral Ground
Cooper, James Fenimore
Stanley's Africa
Busoni, Rafaello
Stonewall
Fritz, Jean
1030L
(The) Story of Mankind
Van Loon, Hendrick
1260L
(The) Story of My Life
Keller, Helen
1090L
(The) Story of the Trapp Family Singers
Trapp, Maria A.
950L
Strawberry Girl
Lenski, Lois
650L
Swiss Family Robinson
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Sword in the Stone
White, Theodore
1120L
Syrian Yankee
Rizk, Salom
(A) Tale of a Tub
Swift, Jonathon
Tales From Shakespeare
Lamb, Charles
1390L
(The) Taran Wanderer
Alexander, Lloyd
870L
Tarzan of the Apes
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
1000L
Ten Little Indians
Christie, Agatha
Testament of Vision
Zylstra, Henry
That Hideous Strength
Lewis, C. S.
960L
They Call Me Coach
Wooden, John
They Called Themselves the KKK
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
1180L
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Lawson, Ted
(The) Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
1000L
Thomas Jefferson: Champion of the People
Judson, Clara
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Title
Author
Lexile
Level
Thunderhead
O'Hara, Mary
(The) Time Machine
Wells, H. G.
1070L
Tom Brown's School Days
Hughes, Thomas
1000L
Treasure Island
Stevenson, Robert Louis
760L
(A) Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Smith, Betty
810L
True Grit
Portis, Charles
800L
(The) Trumpeter of Krakow
Kelly, Eric P.
1200L
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Verne, Jules
1030L
(The) Two Towers
Tolkien, J. R. R.
810L
Two Years Before the Mast
Dana, Richard Henry
1290L
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
1050L
Under the Lilacs
Alcott, Louisa May
Up a Road Slowly
Hunt, Irene
1130L
(The) Virginian
Wister, Owen
690L
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Lewis, C. S.
970L
(The) War of the Worlds
Wells, H. G.
1020L
Warrior Scarlet
Sutcliff, Rosemary
Watership Down
Adams, Richard
880L
Waverly
Scott, Walter (Sir)
White Fang
London, Jack
890L
(The) White Stag
Seredy, Kate
1020L
Wilma
Rudolph, Wilma
(The) Wind in the Willows
Grahame, Kenneth
1140L
(The) Witch of Blackbird Pond
Speare, Elizabeth G.
850L
(The) World of Captain John Smith
Foster, Genevieve
Wuthering Heights
Bronte, Emily
880L
(The) Year of the Jeep
Robertson, Keith
(The) Yearling
Rawlings, Marjorie K.
750L
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
Lewis, Elizabeth
890L
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn
Book studied in 8th Grade
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
