2003 SSCM Kid Picks (A Student Poll) – Grades 5-8

Grade 5

 

The Recess Queen

Alexis O’Neill

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

Horray For Diffendoofer Day

Dr. Seuss

Stuart Little

E. B. White

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl

The Harry Potter Series

J. K. Rowling

Holes

Louis Sachar

Green Eggs and Ham

Dr. Seuss

The Calvin and Hobbes Series

Bill Watterson

Captain Underpants Series

Dave Pilkey

Grade 6

 

The Harry Potter Series

J. K. Rowling

Captain Underpants Series

Dave Pilkey

The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein

The Cat in the Hat

Dr. Seuss

Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis

Walk Two Moons

Sharon Creech

The Lord of the Ring Trilogy

J. R. R. Tolkien

Grade 7

 

Black Pearl

Scott O’Dell

Bronze Bow

Elizabeth George Speare

21 Balloons

William Pene Du Bois

Maniac Magee

Jerry Spinelli

Tennis Ace

Matt Christopher

Number The Stars

Lois Lowry

Sounder

William H. Armstrong

Animal Farm

George Orwell

Holes

Louis Sachar

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Laura Joffe Numeroff

Grade 8

 

Time Machine

H. G. Wells

To Kill a Mockingbird

Lee Harper

The Westing Game

Ellen Raskin

The Phantom TollBooth

Norton Juster

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Scott O’Dell

Holes

Louis Sachar

The Harry Potter Series

J. K. Rowling

Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Bill Martin, Jr. & John Archambault

The Princess Diaries

Meg Cabot