# 4th grade books about friendship, fiction

**3** books commonly assigned to 4th grade students in US schools that explore friendship, fiction. 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  ·  **Theme:** friendship, fiction
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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 friendship, fiction reading list

- [My Friend the Vampire](https://readinglist.school/book/my-friend-the-vampire) by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg _(Grades 3–5 · pub 1984)_
- [The Hot and Cold Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/the-hot-and-cold-summer) by Johanna Hurwitz _(Grades 3–6 · pub 1982)_
- [The Secret Garden](https://readinglist.school/book/the-secret-garden) by Frances Hodgson Burnett _(Grades 4–5 · pub 1911)_

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