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Oh boy. One or two? Not happening, I just can't narrow it down like that, but I can completely spam you with book links! Hold on. I'll edit this. Titles in italics are series.

 

The Jumbies - a bit scary

 

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm - a bit scary and long

 

The Penderwicks

 

The Nine Pound Hammer

 

Clementine

 

The True Meaning of Smekday

 

Alvin Ho

 

Ramona the Pest

 

Zahrah the Windseeker

 

The All-of-a-Kind Family

 

The Year of the Dog

 

Un Lun Dun

 

Gregor, the Overlander - definitely scary

 

Bo at Ballard Creek

 

Earthsea

 

Seaglass Summer

 

The Exiles

 

One Crazy Summer - touches on some more serious issues, you should definitely pre-read

 

The Boys Start the War

 

The Year of the Book

 

The Toothpaste Millionaire

 

How Tia Lola Came to Stayshort

 

Mars Evacuees - touches on a few serious subjects

 

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - a very mild book, considering the context. This is technically a series, but the other two books are not written for children.

 

Pickle

 

The Great Greene Heist

 

Gabi, Lost and Found - discussions of child neglect, but nothing seriously bad happens

 

The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher

 

Bud, Not Buddy and companion novel The Mighty Miss Malone

 

A Year Down Yonder

 

Bobby Vs. Girls

 

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer - harder to read aloud, as it's an epistolary novel, but worth it

 

Dragonwings

 

The Inquisitor's Apprentice - the series hasn't finished and I hate waiting around

 

So You Want to Be a Wizard - I read this book at this age, and then accidentally destroyed my copy and it was out of print for years so I couldn't get a new copy.

 

A Face Like Glass - complex vocabulary

 

Dash

 

Ambassador

 

Hammer of Witches - deals with Columbus and the Inquisition, so you may wish to pre-read

 

Strawberry Hill

 

The Birchbark House - has a smallpox epidemic

 

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

 

The Conch Bearer - the first book is definitely the weakest

 

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

 

The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson - another short one

 

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

 

The Dalemark Quartet - can be a little hard to get into, but worth it

 

Starry River of the Sky

 

Heart of a Samurai

 

Savvy

 

Al Capone Does My Shirts

 

Princess Academy

 

That should do for now. If I think of any more, I'll make a new post :)

 

Remember, your ideas and mine of what's appropriate for a third grader may differ. I don't know your child or your family at all! The onus is on you to pre-read.

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Oh boy. One or two? Not happening, I just can't narrow it down like that, but I can completely spam you with book links! Hold on. I'll edit this. Titles in italics are series.

 

The Jumbies - a bit scary

 

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm - a bit scary and long

 

The Penderwicks

 

The Nine Pound Hammer

 

Clementine

 

The True Meaning of Smekday

 

Alvin Ho

 

Ramona the Pest

 

Zahrah the Windseeker

 

The All-of-a-Kind Family

 

The Year of the Dog

 

Un Lun Dun

 

Gregor, the Overlander - definitely scary

 

Bo at Ballard Creek

 

Earthsea

 

Seaglass Summer

 

The Exiles

 

One Crazy Summer - touches on some more serious issues, you should definitely pre-read

 

The Boys Start the War

 

The Year of the Book

 

The Toothpaste Millionaire

 

How Tia Lola Came to Stayshort

 

Mars Evacuees - touches on a few serious subjects

 

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - a very mild book, considering the context. This is technically a series, but the other two books are not written for children.

 

Pickle

 

The Great Greene Heist

 

Gabi, Lost and Found - discussions of child neglect, but nothing seriously bad happens

 

The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher

 

Bud, Not Buddy and companion novel The Mighty Miss Malone

 

A Year Down Yonder

 

Bobby Vs. Girls

 

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer - harder to read aloud, as it's an epistolary novel, but worth it

 

Dragonwings

 

The Inquisitor's Apprentice - the series hasn't finished and I hate waiting around

 

So You Want to Be a Wizard - I read this book at this age, and then accidentally destroyed my copy and it was out of print for years so I couldn't get a new copy.

 

A Face Like Glass - complex vocabulary

 

Dash

 

Ambassador

 

Hammer of Witches - deals with Columbus and the Inquisition, so you may wish to pre-read

 

Strawberry Hill

 

The Birchbark House - has a smallpox epidemic

 

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

 

The Conch Bearer - the first book is definitely the weakest

 

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

 

The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson - another short one

 

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

 

The Dalemark Quartet - can be a little hard to get into, but worth it

 

Starry River of the Sky

 

Heart of a Samurai

 

Savvy

 

Al Capone Does My Shirts

 

Princess Academy

 

That should do for now. If I think of any more, I'll make a new post :)

 

Remember, your ideas and mine of what's appropriate for a third grader may differ. I don't know your child or your family at all! The onus is on you to pre-read.

Wow what a great list.  Thanks

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Following because I have a soon to be 3rd grader and am always on the lookout for books. 

 

I just bought for summer reading: 

 

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

 

Harriet the Spy

 

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

 

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great

 

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

 

The BFG

 

The Phantom Tollbooth

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I read these to my 8 year old this summer:

 

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (the audiobook is fabulous!)

 

Where the Red Fern Grows

 

We listened/read many of the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary but he thinks they are too girlish. He has enjoyed Henry Huggins in the past though.

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Looks like you have a girl? And what is she "into" -- fairies/magic, mystery/detective, spies, animals, tomboy, sports, space, dinosaurs…?

 

 

Some ideas:

 

sweet old-fashioned

- The Ordinary Princess (Kaye)

- A Little Princess (Burnett)

- The Secret Garden (Burnett)

- Understood Betsy (Fisher)

- Baby Island (Brink)

- Two are Better Than One (Brink)

- Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (Field)

 

animals

- Black Beauty (Sewell)

- The Black Stallion (Farley)

- Chucaro, Wild Pony of the Pampa (Kalney)

- Kildee House (Montgomery)

- Because of Winn Dixie (DiCamillo)

 

talking animals

- Trumpet of the Swan (White)

- One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Smith) -- MUCH better than the Disney movie

- Ben and Me; Mr. Revere and I (Lawson)

- The Rescuers, Miss Bianca, The Turret, Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines, Miss Bianca in the Orient (Sharp) -- MUCH better than the Disney movies
 
magic
- Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (MacDonald)
- Half Magic, Magic by the Lake, Knight's Castle (Eager)
- The Book of Dragons (Nesbit)
- Letters from Father Christmas (Tolkien)
 

adventure

- Nim's Island (Orr)

- Pippi Longstocking (Lindgren)

- Caddie Woodlawn (Brink)

- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Aiken)

- Daughter of the Mountains (Rankin)

- By the Great Horn Spoon (Fleischman)

 

real life

- The School Story (Clements)

- In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson (Lord)

- The Year of Miss Agnes (Hill)

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The Mysterious Benedict Society (series)...you're welcome  ;). 

 

What I love about the series is that its a cool adventure mystery featuring children who are incredibly gifted in various ways.  I also love that there are multiple puzzle type situations that your 3rd grader can try to figure out along with the characters in the book.  I can't describe it in a way that does it justice.

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