1.       Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls

2.       In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, by Bette Bao Lord

3.       From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler, by E. L. Konigsburg

4.       Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, by Robert O’Brien

5.       Bridge To Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson

6.       The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson

7.       Jacob I Have Loved, by Katherine Paterson

8.       A Taste of Blackberries, by Doris Buchanan Smith

9.       How To Eat Fried Worms, by Thomas Rockwell

10.   Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli

11.   Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry

12.   The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, by Paula Danziger

13.   Matilda, by Ronald Dahl

14.   The B.F.G., by Ronald Dahl

15.   Julie of The Wolves, by J. George

16.   On My Honor, by Marion Dane Bauer

17.   Cousins, by Virginia Hamilton

18.   A Telling of The Tales: Five Stories, by William J. Brooke

19.   The Whipping Boy, by Sid Fleishman

20.   The Potato Kid, by Barbara Corcoran

21.   The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis

22.   Sarah, Plain, and Tall, by Patricia MacLacklan

23.   My Side of The Mountain, by Jean Craighead George

24.   Island of The Blue Dolphin, by Scott O’Dell

25.   Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen