Classic Books & Contemporary Read-Alikes
Little Women
Wrinkle in Time (Madeline L’Engle)
The Penderwicks (Jeanne Birdsall)
Ameila’s Notebooks series (Marissa Moss)
Peter Pan
Peter and the Starcatchers (Dave Barry)
Peter and the Shadow Thieves (Dave Barry)
Children of the Red King series (Jenny Nimmo)
Series of Unfortunate Events series (Lemony Snicket)
Wizard of Oz
Gregor the Overlander and sequels (Suzanne Collins)
Children of the Red King series (Jenny Nimmo)
Little Princess
Sweetgrass Basket (Marlene Carvell)
Calypso Chronicles (Tyne O’Connell)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
The Looking Glass Wars (Frank Beddor)
Faerie Wars (Herbie Brennan)
Summerland (Michael Chabon)
Wind in the Willows
Cricket in Times Square (George Selden)
Bunnicula: A rabbit-tale of mysery (Deborah Howe)
Sheep (Valerie Hobbs)
Tale of Despereaux (Kate DiCamillo)
Betsy-Tacy
Mary Ann Alice (Brian Doyle)
Seven for a Secret (Mary C. Shepard)
When Pigs Fly (June Rae Wood)
Happy Hollisters & Boxcar Children
A to Z Mysteries series (Ron Roy)
Capital Mysteries series (Ron Roy)
Doyle and Fossie, Science Detectives (Michele Torrey)
Little House on the Prairie
Prairie Skies series (Deborah Hopkinson)
Journey to Nowhere; Frozen Summer; The Road to Home (Mary Jane Auch)
Assorted books in the Dear America series (various authors)
Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys
Bessledorf mysteries (Phyllis Reynolds Naylor)
National Parks mysteries (Gloria Skurzynski)
Juvenile Reader’s Advisory 2008
Handouts available at www.jocolibrary.org/bradleydebrick
Crystal Faris – crystalfaris@kclibrary.org Bradley Debrick – debrickb@jocolibrary.org