# 4th grade Juvenile Fiction books

**64** juvenile fiction books commonly assigned to 4th grade students in US schools. Every title's grade range covers 4th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Grade:** 4th grade  ·  **Genre:** Juvenile Fiction
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/genre/juvenile-fiction/grade/4
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## 4th grade Juvenile Fiction reading list

- [A Boy at War](https://readinglist.school/book/a-boy-at-war-a-novel-of-pearl-harbor) by Harry Mazer _(Grades 3–6)_
- [A Year Down Yonder](https://readinglist.school/book/a-year-down-yonder) by Richard Peck _(Grades 3–7 · pub 2000)_
- [All the Blues in the Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/all-the-blues-in-the-sky) by Renée Watson _(Grades 3–7 · pub 2025)_
- [And Then, Boom!](https://readinglist.school/book/and-then-boom) by Lisa Fipps _(Grades 4–5)_
- [Bones on Black Spruce Mountain](https://readinglist.school/book/bones-on-black-spruce-mountain) by David Budbill _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Bubblegum Shoes: The Case of the Contraband Closet](https://readinglist.school/book/bubblegum-shoes-the-case-of-the-contraband-closet) by Goldy Moldavsky _(Grades 4–5)_
- [Buffalo Dreamer](https://readinglist.school/book/buffalo-dreamer) by Violet Duncan _(Grades 4–5)_
- [Caddie Woodlawn's Family](https://readinglist.school/book/caddie-woodlawn) by Carol Ryrie Brink _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1935)_
- [Carry On, Mr. Bowditch](https://readinglist.school/book/carry-on-mr-bowditch) by Jean Lee Latham _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1955)_
- [Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters](https://readinglist.school/book/christmas-in-the-big-house-christmas-in-the-quarters) by Pat McKissack _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1994)_
- [Crispin: The Cross of Lead](https://readinglist.school/book/crispin-the-cross-of-lead) by Avi _(Grades 3–7 · pub 2002)_
- [Criss Cross](https://readinglist.school/book/criss-cross) by Lynne Rae Perkins _(Grades 3–7 · pub 2005)_
- [Dicey's Song](https://readinglist.school/book/diceys-song) by Cynthia Voigt _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1982)_
- [Donuthead](https://readinglist.school/book/donuthead) by Sue Stauffacher _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Dork in Disguise](https://readinglist.school/book/dork-in-disguise) by Carol Gorman _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Fallen Angels](https://readinglist.school/book/fallen-angels) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1988)_
- [Fifteen](https://readinglist.school/book/fifteen) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Gay Neck, The Story of a Pigeon & Ghond The Hunter](https://readinglist.school/book/gay-neck-the-story-of-a-pigeon) by Dhan Gopal Mukerji _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1927)_
- [Ginger Pye](https://readinglist.school/book/ginger-pye) by Eleanor Estes _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1951)_
- [Hitty Her First Hundred Years](https://readinglist.school/book/hitty-her-first-hundred-years) by Rachel Field _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1929)_
- [It's Like This Cat](https://readinglist.school/book/its-like-this-cat) by Emily Neville _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1963)_
- [Jacob Have I Loved](https://readinglist.school/book/jacob-have-i-loved) by Katherine Paterson _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1980)_
- [Jennifer Murdley's Toad](https://readinglist.school/book/jennifer-murdleys-toad) by Bruce Coville _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Johnny Tremain](https://readinglist.school/book/johnny-tremain) by Esther Hoskins Forbes _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1943)_
- [Kavik the Wolf Dog](https://readinglist.school/book/kavik-the-wolf-dog) by Walt Morey _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Kid Power](https://readinglist.school/book/kid-power) by Susan Beth Pfeffer _(Grades 4–8)_
- [King of the Wind](https://readinglist.school/book/king-of-the-wind) by Marguerite Henry _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1948)_
- [Landry News](https://readinglist.school/book/the-landry-news) by Andrew Clements _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Let the Circle Be Unbroken](https://readinglist.school/book/let-the-circle-be-unbroken) by Mildred D. Taylor _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1981)_
- [Miracle's Boys](https://readinglist.school/book/miracles-boys) by Jacqueline Woodson _(Grades 4–8 · pub 2000)_
- [Miracles on Maple Hill](https://readinglist.school/book/miracles-on-maple-hill) by Virginia Sorensen _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1956)_
- [Miss Hickory](https://readinglist.school/book/miss-hickory) by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1946)_
- [NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society](https://readinglist.school/book/nerds-national-espionage-rescue-and-defense-society) by Michael Buckley _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Onion John](https://readinglist.school/book/onion-john) by Joseph Krumgold _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1959)_
- [Pocket Bear](https://readinglist.school/book/pocket-bear) by Katherine Applegate _(Grades 4–5)_
- [Ramona the Brave](https://readinglist.school/book/ramona-the-brave) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Secret of the Andes](https://readinglist.school/book/secret-of-the-andes) by Ann Nolan Clark _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1952)_
- [Shadow of a Bull](https://readinglist.school/book/shadow-of-a-bull) by Maia Wojciechowska _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1964)_
- [Slam](https://readinglist.school/book/slam) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1996)_
- [Strawberry Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/strawberry-girl) by Lois Lenski _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1945)_
- [Tales from Silver Lands](https://readinglist.school/book/tales-from-silver-lands) by Charles J. Finger _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1924)_
- [The Boggart and the Monster](https://readinglist.school/book/the-boggart) by Susan Cooper _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Castle in the Attic (35th Anniversary Edition)](https://readinglist.school/book/the-castle-in-the-attic) by Elizabeth Winthrop _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Cat Who Went to Heaven](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cat-who-went-to-heaven) by Elizabeth Coatsworth _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1930)_
- [The Dark-Thirty](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dark-thirty) by Patricia McKissack _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1992)_
- [The Doll in the Garden](https://readinglist.school/book/the-doll-in-the-garden-a-ghost-story) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The Experiment](https://readinglist.school/book/the-experiment) by Rebecca Stead _(Grades 4–5)_
- [The Ghost Sitter](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-sitter) by Peni R. Griffin _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Girl with the Silver Eyes](https://readinglist.school/book/the-girl-with-the-silver-eyes) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The Grey King](https://readinglist.school/book/the-grey-king) by Susan Cooper _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1975)_
- [The Hand-Me-Down Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/the-hand-me-down-kid) by Francine Pascal _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The High King](https://readinglist.school/book/the-high-king) by Lloyd Alexander _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1968)_
- [The Man Who Loved Clowns](https://readinglist.school/book/the-man-who-loved-clowns) by June Rae Wood _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The People Could Fly](https://readinglist.school/book/the-people-could-fly) by Virginia Hamilton _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1985)_
- [The Report Card](https://readinglist.school/book/the-report-card) by Andrew Clements _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Toothpaste Millionaire](https://readinglist.school/book/the-toothpaste-millionaire) by Jean Merrill _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Trumpeter of Krakow](https://readinglist.school/book/the-trumpeter-of-krakow) by Eric P (Eric Philbrook) Kelly _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1928)_
- [The Twenty-One Balloons](https://readinglist.school/book/the-twenty-one-balloons) by William Pene du Bois _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1947)_
- [The View from Saturday](https://readinglist.school/book/the-view-from-saturday) by E. L. Konigsburg _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1996)_
- [Thimble Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/thimble-summer) by Elizabeth Enright _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1938)_
- [Time for Andrew](https://readinglist.school/book/time-for-andrew) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Viewfinder](https://readinglist.school/book/viewfinder) by Christine D.U. Chung _(Grades 4–5)_
- [Where It Stops, Nobody Knows](https://readinglist.school/book/where-it-stops-nobody-knows) by Amy Ehrlich _(Grades 4–8)_
- [White Bird: A Wonder Story (A Graphic Novel)](https://readinglist.school/book/white-bird-a-wonder-story) by R. J. Palacio _(Grades 4–6)_

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