Fantasy Books - Grade 4: Messenger Bag
Fantasy Books - Grade 4: Messenger Bag
Fantasy Books - Grade 4: Messenger Bag
Messenger Bag
Powell, Jillian
Call Letters: F Po Pgs: 32 Lexile: 270
When Stacey buys an old handbag at a thrift shop, it seems to magically supply her with
just what she needs.
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The Wish
Levine, Gail Carson
Call Letters: F Le Pgs: 197 Lexile: 490
When granted her wish to be the most popular girl in school, Wilma, an 8th grader, forgets
that she will graduate in three weeks and her popularity will vanish.
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My Rotten Life
Lubar, David
Call Letters: F Lu Pgs: 160 Lexile: 540
Tired of continually having his feelings hurt by popular students and bullies, 5th-grader
Nathan agrees to try an experimental formula (Hurt-Be-Gone) and becomes a half-dead
zombie, a condition which, he soon discovers, has some real advantages.
The Lambkins
Bunting, Eve
Call Letters: F Bu Pgs: 180 Lexile: 580
Kyle finds himself shrunk to the size of a doll and living with three other children in a
dollhouse from which there seems to be no escape.
Grimm Legacy
Shulman, Polly
Call Letters: F Sh Pgs: 325 Lexile: 600
High school student Elizabeth gets an after-school job at the New York Library, and when
she gains access to its collection of magical objects, she and the others are drawn into a
series of frightening adventures involving mythical creatures and stolen goods.
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Night Fairy
Schlitz, Laura Amy
Call Letters: F Sch Pgs: 117 Lexile: 630
When Flory the night fairy's wings are accidentally broken and she cannot fly, she has to
learn to do everything differently.
Magic Half
Barrows, Annie
Call Letters: F Ba Pgs: 211 Lexile: 640
11-year-old Miri Gill feels left out in her family, which has two sets of twins and her, until
she travels back in time to 1935 and discovers Molly, her own lost twin, and brings her
back to the present day.
Dragon's Tooth
Wilson, Nathan D.
Call Letters: F Wil Pgs: 485 Lexile: 640
When their parents' seedy old motel burns down on the same night they are visited by a
strange man covered in skeleton tattoos, Cyrus, Antigone, and their brother Daniel are
introduced to an ancient secret society, and discover that they have an important role in
keeping it alive.
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Ingo
Dunmore, Helen
Call Letters: F Du Pgs: 328 Lexile: 640
When the sea called to Sapphy's father, he vanished from her life. When the sea called to
her brother, he started disappearing for hours on end. And now the sea is calling to
Sapphy, and she feels its pull more strongly than she's ever felt anything in her life.
11 Birthdays
Mass, Wendy
Call Letters: F Ma Pgs: 267 Lexile: 650
After celebrating their first nine same-day birthdays together, Amanda and Leo, who
haven't spoken in a year, prepare to celebrate their 11th birthday separately. But peculiar
things begin to happen as the day of their birthday begins to repeat itself over and over
again.
Sheep
Hobbs, Valerie
Call Letters: F Ho Pgs: 115 Lexile: 660
After a fire destroys the farm where he was born, a young border collie acquires a series of
owners and learns about life as he seeks a home and longs to fulfill his life's purpose of
shepherding sheep.
Lost Hero
Riordan, Rick
Call Letters: F Rio Pgs: 576 Lexile: 660
After saving Olympus from the evil Titan lord, Kronos, Percy and friends have rebuilt their
beloved Camp Half-Blood, where the next generation of demigods must now prepare for a
chilling prophecy of their own.
Cosmic
Boyce, Frank Cottrell
Call Letters: F Boy Pgs: 313 Lexile: 670
12-year-old Liam decides he is going to pose as the adult chaperone on the first spaceship
to take civilians into space, but when he ends up in outer space with a group of kids and no
adult supervision, he must think fast to make things right.
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Poppy (series)
Avi
Call Letters: F Av Pgs: 146 Lexile: 670
Poppy, a deer mouse, urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed
them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas.
Little Secret
Saunders, Kate
Call Letters: F Sa Pgs: 231 Lexile: 680
Jane travels to a remote region of Scotland to spend the summer with her new friend
Staffa, but her vacation takes a mysterious turn when Jane finds herself irresistibly drawn
to a glowing box she has been warned not to touch and the magical world found inside the
castle walls.
Dragon in the Sock Drawer
Kate Klimo
Call Letters: F Kli Pgs: 159 Lexile: 680
Cousins Jesse and Daisy always knew they would have a magical adventure, but they are
not prepared when the rock Jesse has found turns out to be a dragon egg that is about to
hatch.
Ghost of Graylock
Poblacki, Dan
Call Letters: F Po Pgs: 264 Lexile: 690
Staying with their aunts over the summer, Neil Cady, his sister Bree, and their new friends
Wesley and Eric, set out to explore Greylock Hall, an abandoned psychiatric hospital which
is supposed to be haunted by the ghost of Nurse Janet.
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Runt
Bauer, Marion Dane
Call Letters: F Ba Pgs: 138 Lexile: 690
Runt, the smallest wolf cub in the litter, seeks to prove himself to his father King and the
rest of the pack and to earn a new name.
Skull of Truth
Coville, Bruce
Call Letters: F Co Pgs: 195 Lexile: 700
Charlie, a 6th-grader with a compulsion to tell lies, acquires a mysterious skull that forces
its owner to tell only the truth, causing some awkward moments before he understands its
power.
Dragonbreath (series)
Vernon, Ursula
Call Letters: F Urs Pgs: 146 Lexile: 700
Danny Dragonbreath and his friend Wendell get an up-close underwater tour of the
Sargasso Sea from Danny's sea-serpent cousin, encountering giant squid and mako
sharks, and learn about standing up to bullies in the process.
Masterpiece
Broach, Elise
Call Letters: F Br Pgs: 292 Lexile: 700
Marvin the beetle, who lives under the kitchen sink in James Pompaday's apartment,
makes a miniature drawing as a birthday present for James; but when the drawing is
brought to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the pair get mixed up in a theft that could lead
them to a famous Durer drawing.
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Fablehaven (series)
Mull, Brandon
Call Letters: F Br Pgs: 351 Lexile: 700
Kendra and Seth find themselves in the midst of a battle between good and evil when they
visit their grandparents' estate and discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures.
Wish Stealers
Trivas, Tracy
Call Letters: F Tri Pgs: 283 Lexile: 710
A mysterious gift of eleven pennies becomes Griffin's curse. Each penny is a wish stolen
from a fountain, and Griffin must return the wishes to their original owners, or she'll receive
the opposite of whatever she herself wishes.
Frog Princess
Baker, E.D.
Call Letters: F Ba Pgs: 214 Lexile: 710
After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, 14-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a
frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means - and the self-confidence - to
become human again.
Key to Rondo
Rodda, Emily
Call Letters: F Ro Pgs: 342 Lexile: 710
Through an heirloom music box, Leo, a serious, responsible boy, and his badly-behaved
cousin Mimi enter the magical world of Rondo to rescue Mimi's dog from a sorceress, who
wishes to exchange him for the key that allows free travel between worlds.
Emerald Atlas
Stephens, John
Call Letters: F Ste Pgs: 417 Lexile: 720
Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from one orphanage to another in the ten years
since their parents disappeared, but now they learn that they have special powers - and a
fearsome enemy - and embark on a quest to find a magical book.
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Breadcrumbs
Ursu, Anne
Call Letters: F Urs Pgs: 312 Lexile: 720
Hazel and Jack are best friends until an accident with a magical mirror and a run-in with a
villainous queen find Hazel on her own, entering an enchanted wood in the hopes of saving
Jack's life.
Seer of Shadows
Avi
Call Letters: F Av Pgs: 202 Lexile: 720
Photographer Horace Carpetine is hired to do a portrait for Mrs. Frederick Von Macht;
however, the photos evoke both the image and the ghost of the Von Macht's dead
daughter, Eleanora, who has returned to seek vengence on those who killed her.
The Capture
Lasky, Katherine
Call Letters: F La Pgs: 226 Lexile: 730
Soren, a barn owl that is captured and taken to a special school for orphaned owls, is
befriended by elf owl Gylfie and together the two set out to discover what is really going on
at St. Aegolius Academy.
Genie Scheme
Jones, Kimberly
Call Letters: F Jo Pgs: 179 Lexile: 730
12-year-old Jenna buys a hat for a homeless woman, only to discover the woman is
actually a genie who will grant Jenna's every wish, but when Jenna realizes that all the
things she is wishing for are being taken from someone else, she must decide if her own
happiness is worth someone else's misery.
Dying to Meet You
Klise, Kate
Call Letters: F Kl Pgs: 147 Lexile: 730
In this story told mostly through letters, children's book author, I. B. Grumply, gets more
than he bargained for when he rents a quiet place to write for the summer.
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Coraline
Gaiman, Neil
Call Letters: F Ga Pgs: 162 Lexile: 740
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is
similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome
entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
Aliens on Vacation
Smith, Clete Barrett
Call Letters: F Smi Pgs: 251 Lexile: 770
Scrub arrives at his grandmother's bed-and-breakfast only to discover she has opened the
doors to aliens, and he must decide what to do when the local sheriff notices some of the
kids Scrub has on a campout glow in the dark.
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13 Treasures
Harrison, Michelle
Call Letters: F Har Pgs: 355 Lexile: 770
Bedeviled by evil fairies that only she can see, 13-year-old Tanya is sent to stay with her
cold and distant grandmother at Elvesden Manor, where she and the caretaker's son solve
a disturbing mystery that leads them to the discovery that Tanya's life is in danger.
Cold Cereal
Rex, Adam
Call Letters: F Re Pgs: 421 Lexile: 770
When Scott sees a guy with a rabbit's head, he figures it's just another one of the odd
hallucinations he occasionally experiences. It turns out that it's the first of many bizarre
events that include a snarky leprechaun, a Bigfoot butler, and a plot to take over the world
with breakfast cereal.
Secret of Zoom
Jonell, Lynne
Call Letters: F Jo Pgs: 291 Lexile: 770
10-year-old Christina lives a sheltered life until she discovers a secret tunnel, an evil plot to
enslave orphans, and a mysterious source of energy known as zoom.
Willoughby's
Lowry, Lois
Call Letters: F Lo Pgs: 174 Lexile: 790
A tongue-in-cheek take on classic The four Willoughby children set out to become
"deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-
world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.
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Powerless
Cody, Matthew
Call Letters: F Co Pgs: 279 Lexile: 800
Soon after moving to Noble's Green, Pennsylvania, 12-year-old Daniel learns that his new
friends have super powers that they will lose when they turn thirteen, unless he can use his
brain power to protect them.
Redwall (series)
Jacques, Brian
Call Letters: F Ja Pgs: 351 Lexile: 800
When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat
Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary
sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy
the enemy.
Kenny and the Dragon
DiTerlizzi, Tony
Call Letters: F Di Pgs: 151 Lexile: 820
Kenny Rabbit tries to save his friend, the dragon, after he is labeled a community nuisance
by the simple people of Roundbrook village, who arrange for the creature to be fought by
St. George.
Palace of Mirrors
Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Call Letters: F Ha Pgs: 297 Lexile: 820
14-year-old Cecilia has always known she is the true princess of Suala, but when she and
her best friend, Harper, decide to speed up her ascendancy to the throne, they find danger
and many imposters who challenge her claim.
Liesl & Po
Oliver, Lauren
Call Letters: F Oli Pgs: 307 Lexile: 830
After her father's death, Liesl is locked away in a tiny attic room by her stepmother, where
she meets Po, a lonely ghost, and Will, an alchemist's apprentice who bungles an
important delivery and enlists Liesl and Po's help in setting things right.
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Young Fredle
Voigt, Cynthia
Call Letters: F Voi Pgs: 227 Lexile: 840
Fredle, a young mouse cast out of his home, faces dangers and predators, makes some
important discoveries and friends, and learns the meaning of freedom as he struggles to
return home.
Matilda
Dahl, Roald
Call Letters: F Da Pgs: 240 Lexile: 840
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating
headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial
security.
Dial-a-Ghost
Ibbotson, Eva
Call Letters: F Ib Pgs: 195 Lexile: 850
A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan from the diabolical plans of his evil
guardians.
Bliss
Littlewood, Kathryn
Call Letters: F Lit Pgs: 374 Lexile: 870
12-year-old Rose Bliss wants to work magic in her family's bakery as her parents do, but
when they are called away and Rose and her siblings are left in charge, a beautiful
stranger tries to talk Rose into giving her the Bliss Cookery Booke and the magic goes
awry.
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Unwanteds
McMann, Lisa
Call Letters: F Mc Pgs: 390 Lexile: 880
In a society that purges 13-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are
separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in
a wondrous place where youths sharpen their abilities and learn magic.
Princess Academy
Hale, Shannon
Call Letters: F Ha Pgs: 314 Lexile: 890
While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her
mountain village, 14-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her
homeland.
Gully's Travels
Seidler, Tor
Call Letters: F Se Pgs: 173 Lexile: 890
A well-bred Lhasa Apso named Gulliver is forced to leave his master and finds a new one
named Carlos, the doorman of a Manhattan apartment building, who takes the dog to his
place in Queens, where Gully meets low-life mutts and boisterous humans.
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Alien Feast
Simmons, Michael
Call Letters: F Si Pgs: 231 Lexile: 910
In 2017, human-eating aliens have kidnapped two scientists who might cure the disease
that is destroying them, and 12-year-old William Aitkin, his elderly, ailing Uncle Maynard,
and the scientists' daughter, Sophie, set out to rescue them.
Waggit's Tale
Howe, Peter
Call Letters: F Ho Pgs: 276 Lexile: 910
When Waggit is abandoned by his owner as a puppy, he meets a pack of wild dogs who
become his friends and teach him to survive in the city park, but when he has a chance to
go home with a kind woman who wants to adopt him, he takes it.
Storm Makers
Smith, Jennifer E.
Call Letters: F Smi Pgs: 374 Lexile: 940
12-year-olds Ruby and Simon have been growing apart since their parents moved them to
a Wisconsin farm, but weird weather events that seem tied to Simon's emotions bring a
stranger into their lives who introduces them to the Makers of Storms Society.
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The Hobbit
Tolkien, J.R.
Call Letters: F To Pgs: 255 Lexile: 1000
The adventures of the well-to-do hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who lived happily in his comfortable
home until a wandering wizard granted his wish.
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
MacDonald, Betty
Call Letters: F Ma Pgs: 118 Lexile: 1070
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle loves children, both good and bad. She never scolds, but has positive
cures for children with special problems such as answering back or never wanting to go to
bed.
Twenty-One Balloons
DuBois, William
Call Letters: F Du Pgs: 179 Lexile: 1070
Three weeks after leaving San Francisco in a balloon to fly across the Pacific, Professor
Sherman is picked up in the Atlantic clinging to wreckage.
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