Reading Road Trip Themes and Destinations 2017-2018

American History Road Trip: Travelling Our Nation's Timeline

What Was Ellis Island? by Patricia Demuth

What Was Pearl Harbor? by Patricia Demuth)

What Was the First Thanksgiving? by Joan Holub

What Was the Gold Rush? by Joan Holub)

What Was the Boston Tea Party? by Kathleen Krull

What Was the March on Washington? by Kathleen Krull

What Was the Underground Railroad? by Yona Zeldis McDonough

What Was the Battle of Gettysburg? by Jim O’Connor 

What Was the Hindenburg? by Janet Pascal

What Was the Alamo? by Pam Pollack

Big Apple Adventures: Welcome to New York

City of Orphans by Avi

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg)

The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 by Lauren Tarshis 

Buzzer Beaters: Books for Good Sports

S.O.R. Losers by Avi

Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman

Shoeless Joe and Me by Dan Gutman

Baseball Fever by Johanna Hurwitz

Roller Girl (graphic novel) by Victoria Jamieson

Athlete vs. Mathlete by W.C. Mack

Skinnybones—2016 by Barbara Park

Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote

Characters with Character: Conduct of Life Stories

El Deafo (graphic novel) by Cece Bell

Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret

The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg

Rules by Cynthia Lord

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Clued into Reading: Mystery and Detective Stories

Who Stole the Wizard of Oz? by Avi

Windcatcher by Avi

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertram

The 39 Clues series by various authors

Farewell, My Lunchbag by Bruce Hale

Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe

Real Kids, Real Places series by Carole Marsh

The Ghost of Lizard Light by Elvira Woodruff 

Music in the Air: Reading about Music and Musicians

Who Were the Beatles?  by Geoff Edgers

What Was Woodstock? by Joan Holub

Hiding out at the Pancake Palace by Nan Marino

Who Was Louis Armstrong? by Yona McDonough

Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? by Y. McDonough

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban

Poetry on Parade: Novels in Verse

The One and Only Ivan by Kate Applegate

Little Dog, Lost by Marion Duane Bauer

All the Broken Pieces by Ann Burg

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

Hidden by Helen Frost

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai