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Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

26,294 members

1,451 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: dara85, Tafadhali, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, jeffza

2

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

44,525 members

1,334 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Tafadhali, thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

33,168 members

328 reviews

3.9

5 Members: hipdeep, Tafadhali, aulsmith, cej1027, ahef1963

4

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

43,297 members

520 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, Tafadhali, cej1027, ahef1963

5

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

17,606 members

425 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Tafadhali, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by Ezra Jack Keats

14,958 members

762 reviews

4.2

4 Members: hipdeep, dara85, merrystar, cej1027

7

The Black Cauldron

by Lloyd Alexander

6,873 members

99 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

8

6,613 members

93 reviews

4.1

4 Members: dara85, inge87, thecoroner, ahef1963

9

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

49,940 members

749 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: thecoroner, Dilara86, ahef1963

10

The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

45,019 members

770 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, thecoroner, cej1027

11

40,471 members

1,590 reviews

4.2

3 Members: dara85, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

34,362 members

439 reviews

3.8

3 Members: thecoroner, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

13

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

25,665 members

259 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

14

by Louis Sachar

23,422 members

953 reviews

4.1

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

by S. E. Hinton

21,225 members

680 reviews

4

3 Members: Tafadhali, cej1027, ahef1963

16

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

21,170 members

282 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Tafadhali, thecoroner, ahef1963

17

by Gary Paulsen

17,770 members

581 reviews

3.8

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

18

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

by Judith Viorst

14,499 members

652 reviews

4.2

3 Members: dara85, merrystar, cej1027

19

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

10,631 members

116 reviews

4

3 Members: inge87, merrystar, cej1027

20

by Andrew Clements

9,737 members

214 reviews

4

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Indian in the Cupboard

by Lynne Reid Banks

8,999 members

90 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: inge87, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

22

The Book of Three

by Lloyd Alexander

7,976 members

169 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027

23

My Father's Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

6,031 members

71 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027

24

The Castle of Llyr

by Lloyd Alexander

5,281 members

61 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027

25

by Lloyd Alexander

5,023 members

63 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027

26

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

by Donald J. Sobol

4,100 members

35 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

27

by Robert McCloskey

4,072 members

25 reviews

4.1

3 Members: dara85, merrystar, cej1027

28

The Sword in the Stone

3,377 members

48 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Tafadhali, merrystar, cej1027

29

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

53,026 members

1,300 reviews

4.2

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

30

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

46,134 members

770 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

31

43,766 members

1,013 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

32

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

38,734 members

440 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Tafadhali, ManWithAnAgenda

33

by Charles Dickens

24,428 members

242 reviews

3.8

2 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963

34

Bridge to Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson

21,985 members

611 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

35

A Separate Peace

by John Knowles

12,835 members

191 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

36

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

12,010 members

148 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

37

by Robert Louis Stevenson

10,871 members

119 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

38

The Mysterious Benedict Society

by Trenton Lee Stewart

8,958 members

280 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

39

The House at Pooh Corner

8,538 members

78 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

40

The Dark Is Rising

by Susan Cooper

8,513 members

228 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

41

The Whipping Boy

by Sid Fleischman

7,920 members

125 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dara85, cej1027

42

We Need to Talk About Kevin

by Lionel Shriver

7,820 members

396 reviews

4.1

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

43

7,476 members

88 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

44

Among the Hidden

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

6,035 members

230 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

45

Al Capone Does My Shirts

by Gennifer Choldenko

5,591 members

330 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, cej1027

46

by Beverly Cleary

5,514 members

40 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, cej1027

47

The Chocolate War

by Robert Cormier

4,979 members

197 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

48

by Elizabeth George Speare

4,849 members

52 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

49

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street

4,750 members

83 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

50

The Castle in the Attic

by Elizabeth Winthrop

2,919 members

48 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

51

The Chalk Box Kid

by Clyde Robert Bulla

2,587 members

25 reviews

3.9

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

52

by Laurence Yep

2,533 members

33 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

53

Tom's Midnight Garden

by Philippa Pearce

2,493 members

41 reviews

4.1

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

54

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

1,803 members

12 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: inge87, cej1027

55

by Avi

1,733 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

56

The Children of Green Knowe

by L. M. Boston

1,658 members

42 reviews

4.1

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

57

Black Horses for the King

by Anne McCaffrey

1,382 members

24 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

58

Stuck in Neutral

by Terry Trueman

1,187 members

88 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, cej1027

59

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

by Dorothy Hoobler

806 members

14 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

60

The Man in the Ceiling

by Jules Feiffer

382 members

9 reviews

4

2 Members: Tafadhali, cej1027

61

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling

111,095 members

1,002 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027,ManWithAnAgenda

62

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J. K. Rowling

107,806 members

989 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027,ManWithAnAgenda

63

The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

69,858 members

1,086 reviews

3.8

3 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar ,cej1027

64

by Christopher Paolini

32,633 members

640 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

65

The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

32,077 members

1,256 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

66

The Horse and His Boy

25,795 members

244 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

67

Looking for Alaska

19,280 members

753 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

68

Where the Red Fern Grows

by Wilson Rawls

14,748 members

352 reviews

4

Member: cej1027

69

The Velveteen Rabbit

by Margery Williams

14,198 members

223 reviews

4.2

Member: cej1027

70

Love You Forever

by Robert Munsch

11,777 members

449 reviews

4.2

Member: cej1027

71

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie

11,767 members

798 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ahef1963

72

Something Wicked This Way Comes

by Ray Bradbury

11,448 members

297 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

73

The City of Ember

by Jeanne DuPrau

10,804 members

412 reviews

3.8

Member: cej1027

74

A Painted House

by John Grisham

9,373 members

113 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

75

by Cornelia Funke

9,127 members

191 reviews

3.8

Member: cej1027

76

by Rudyard Kipling

9,043 members

201 reviews

3.8

Member: thecoroner

77

8,338 members

112 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

78

The Wasp Factory

7,132 members

204 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

79

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

6,576 members

235 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

80

by Sharon Creech

6,043 members

337 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

81

King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian

by Marguerite Henry

5,907 members

44 reviews

4.2

Member: cej1027

82

The Door in the Wall

by Marguerite De Angeli

5,883 members

52 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

83

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

by Avi

5,622 members

127 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

84

The Tiger Rising

by Kate DiCamillo

5,496 members

100 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

85

by Graham Greene

5,173 members

116 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

86

by Louisa May Alcott

4,968 members

34 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

87

Freak the Mighty

by Rodman Philbrick

4,689 members

147 reviews

4

Member: cej1027

88

by Theodore Taylor

4,443 members

86 reviews

3.8

Member: cej1027

89

My Name Is Asher Lev

4,428 members

76 reviews

4.2

Member: merrystar

90

Cold Sassy Tree

by Olive Ann Burns

4,155 members

87 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

91

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

4,047 members

79 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

92

The Round House

by Louise Erdrich

3,956 members

222 reviews

4

Member: inge87

93

Swallows and Amazons

by Arthur Ransome

3,904 members

84 reviews

4.1

Member: cej1027

94

Le Grand Meaulnes

by Alain-Fournier

3,467 members

79 reviews

3.8

Member: thecoroner

95

Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday

by Judith Viorst

3,420 members

82 reviews

3.9

Member: cej1027

96

Little Lord Fauntleroy

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

3,290 members

45 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: inge87

97

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

by Chris Grabenstein

3,249 members

124 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

98

The Warrior's Apprentice

by Lois McMaster Bujold

3,180 members

103 reviews

4.1

Member: Tafadhali

99

The Golden Goblet (Scholastic Book Guides)

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

3,168 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

100

A Death in the Family

3,066 members

68 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

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September 2013
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