| Grade 1 | Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson
Berenstain Bears Go to School by Jan and Stan Berenstain
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| Grade 2 | How Much Is a Million by David M. Schwartz and Stephen Kellogg
Math Curse by Lane Smith and Jon Scieszka
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| Grade 3 | Back to School with Betsy by Carolyn Haywood
A Day in the Life of a Teacher by Mary Bowman-Kruhm
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| Grade 4 | Fourth Grade Wizards by Barthe Declements
Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar
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| Grade 5 | School Spirit by Johanna Hurwitz and Karen M. Dugan
The Snake Scientist by Sy Montgomery
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| Grade 6 | 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet by Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe
Middle School Blues by Lou Kassem
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| Grade 7 | The Day They Came to Arrest the Book by Nat Hentoff
Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger |