Mrs. Cook’s Thinnest AR Book List

The Crossingby Gary Paulsen

Thirteen-year-old Manny, a street kid fighting for survival in a Mexican border town, develops a strange friendship with an emotionally disturbed American soldier who decides to help him get across the border.AR level 5.8 / Pts.3 /114p.Adventure

The Little Princeby Antoine de Saint-Exupery

An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little man from a small planet who describes his adventures in the universe seeking the secret of what is really important in life.

AR level 5.0 / pts.2 /112p

Fantasy

The Night the White Deer Diedby Gary Paulsen

A teenage girl and an old Indian are brought together by the same haunting dream.

The figure who stood in the moonlight in the courtyard was not the Billy Honcho Janet knew; the man who stood tall and graceful sending out music meant for her soul was not some old drunk..

AR level 5.7 /pts. 3 / 105p

Adventure

Save Queen of Shebaby Louise Moeri

A teenage girl and an old Indian are brought together by the same haunting dream.

AR level 5.8 / pts. 4 / 116p

Adventure

Sing Down the Moonby Scott O’Dell

A young Navajo girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was forced to march to Fort Sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers.

AR level 4.9 / pts. 4 / 138p

Historical Fiction

The Strange Night Writing of Jessamine Colterby Cynthia C. DeFelice

Jessie, an elderly calligrapher who writes announcements and notices of birth, marriage, and death for the townsfolk, discovers that she has the ability to predict the future in her writings.AR level 5.0 / pts. 1 / 51pScience Fiction

The Winter Roomby Gary Paulsen

A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle’s tales of an almost mythological logging past.

AR level 5.0 / pts. 3 / 103p

Historical Fiction