RECOMMENDEDREADS: TRANSITIONALYOUNGFICTION


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JudyMoody andtheMissing MoodRing
MeganMcDonald

When Judy bumps into Mighty Fantaskey, she's excited to make a new friend who is also a Nancy Drew fan. That is, until she visits Mighty's house: it's big and old and creaky and spooky. It even swallows up Judy's mood ring! Can Judy muster up the courage to go back and reclaim it?
YFCRON, D
DoreenCronin TheChicken Squad: TheFirst Misadventure

Dirt, Sweetie, Poppy, and Sugar might be chicks, but they sure aren't chicken. They're the Chicken Squad, and it's up to them to figure out what Tail, the not-so-brave squirrel, is so afraid of.
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Katherine Applegate Doggoand Pupper

An old dog has to welcome a new puppy to the household, in this chapter book by #1 New York Times bestselling author Katherine Applegate with a brightly colored palette from Charlie Alder.
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GoodDog: HomeisWhere theHeartIs
CamHiggins

Rambunctious puppy Bo, who lives with his human family on a farm, loses his dog tag and enlists his barnyard animal friends to help him find it.
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OwlDiaries:
Eva’sTreetop Festival
RebeccaElliott


Eva Wingdale gets in over her head when she offers to organize a spring festival at school. Even with her best friend Lucy's help, there is NO way she will get everything done in time. Will Eva have to ask Sue (a.k.a. Meanie McMeanerson) for help? Or will the festival have to be cancelled?

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ThePrincess inBlack
ShannonHale &DeanHale
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AaronBlabey TheBadGuys

They may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds... whether you like it or not in this New York Times bestselling illustrated series.

KateDiCamillo MercyWatson totheRescue YFDICA, K
After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.
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Hiding her secret identity as a monster-fighting superhero, Princess Magnolia interrupts her fancy tea with the unsuspecting Duchess Wigtower to stop a big blue monster from endangering her kingdom's goats.
GameOver, SuperRabbit Boy!
ThomasFlintham

When King Viking and his evil robot army attack Animal Town, and kidnap Singing Dog, it is up to Super Rabbit Boy, with some help from Sunny and his video game console, to save the day.
King&Kaylaand theCaseofthe CatHunt
DoriHillestad Butler

Dog-and-human detective duo, King and Kayla, must try to figure out how Raj's cat escaped from a locked house.

YFBARK, C
Amyandthe MissingPuppy
CallieBarkley
During Spring Break, mystery lover Amy looks for clues to the disappearance of wealthy Ms. Sullivan's Saint Bernard puppy.
DelaCosta Welcometo theIsland YFCOST, D

Isla Verde loves living on the island of Sol with her best friend, a gecko named Fitz, but when a new girl moves next door, Isla has a hard time keeping her big secret--that she can talk to animals!
KylaMay DiaryofaPug: PugBlastsOff YFMAY, K

Bub is a pug who wants nothing more than to help his human Bella in her craft projects for school. So when he ruins the rocket while trying to get at Nutz the squirrel he needs to find a way to make it up to Bella.

Bink&Gollie YFDICA, K
KateDiCamillo
Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.
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TheHaunted HouseNext Door
AndresMiedoso

When supernatural things start happening in the house timid Andres and his parents just moved into, nextdoor-neighbor Desmond Cole, eight, comes to the rescue.