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Reluctant readers index

Reluctant readers, those students who don't enjoy reading and often don't read well, need books that offer them high-interest content at an easier reading level.

Titles listed below meet reluctant readers' needs for suspense and excitement, and range in readability from fourth to eighth grades.

Amy's Story / Susan Beth Pfeffer
Beth's Story / Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Brian Novels / Gary Paulsen
Brian's Return / Gary Paulsen
Brian's Winter / Gary Paulsen
Bud, Not Buddy / Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Me Francis Tucket / Gary Paulsen
Caught in the Act / Joan Lowery Nixon
Chocolate Fever / Robert Kimmel Smith; illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi
Circle of Love / Joan Lowery Nixon
A Dangerous Promise / Joan Lowery Nixon
Driver's Ed / Caroline B. Cooney
The Egypt Game / Zilpha K. Snyder
A Family Apart / Joan Lowery Nixon
The Gypsy Game / Zilpha K. Snyder
In The Face of Danger / Joan Lowery Nixon
Ironman / Chris Crutcher
Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns / Mary Quattlebaum
Jo's Story / Susan Beth Pfeffer
Journey / Patricia Maclachlan
Keeping Secrets / Joan Lowery Nixon
Lucy's Wish / Joan Lowery Nixon
Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quartet / Madeleine L'Engle
Many Waters / Madeleine L'Engle
Meg's Story / Susan Beth Pfeffer
Mr. Tucket / Gary Paulsen
The Orphan Train Adventures / Joan Lowery Nixon
The Orphan Train Children / Joan Lowery Nixon
A Place to Belong / Joan Lowery Nixon
Portraits of Little Women / Susan Beth Pfeffer
The River / Gary Paulsen
Rumble Fish / S.E. Hinton
Search for the Shadowman / Joan Lowery Nixon
The Sign of the Beaver / Elizabeth George Speare
A Swiftly Tilting Planet / Madeleine L'Engle
Taming The Star Runner / S.E. Hinton
Tex / S.E. Hinton
The Egypt Game / Zilpha K. Snyder
Tucket Adventures / Gary Paulsen
Tucket's Gold / Gary Paulsen
Tucket's Ride / Gary Paulsen
Vampire Bugs / Sharon Dennis Wyeth
The Voice on the Radio / Caroline B. Cooney
Will's Choice / Joan Lowery Nixon
A Wind in the Door / Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle In Time / Madeleine L'Engle
The Young Adult Novels of S.E. Hinton / S.E. Hinton