Recommended Leveled Series

Recommended Leveled Series
Key: IL=Interest Level (by grade)     YA=Young Adult content

Level L

  • Cam Jansen (Adler)
    mystery; IL 3-5

Level M

  • Bloodlines (Sherman)
    hist. fiction/action & adventure; IL 5-8

  • Petsitters Club (Krailing)
    realistic fiction; IL - 3-5

Level O

  • Amber Brown (Danziger)
    realistic fiction; IL 3-5

  • Boxcar Children (Warner)
    mystery; IL 3-5

  • Secrets of Droon (Abbott)
    fantasy; IL 3-6

Level P

  • Diamond Brothers Mysteries (Horowitz)
    IL 3-6

  • Dragon Slayers' Academy (McMullan) fantasy/action & adventure; IL 3-6

  • Time Warp Trio (Scieszka)
    action & adventure/humor; IL 3-6

Level Q

  • Spiderwick Chronicles (Diterlizzi)
    fantasy; IL 3-6

  • Winning Season (Wallace)
    sports/realistic fiction; IL 5-8

Level R

  • Anabelle Unleashed (Margolis)
    realistic fiction; IL 3-6

  • Dark Fusion (Shusterman)
    fantasy; IL 6-8

  • Kingdom Keepers (Pearson)
    fantasy/action & adventure; IL 5-8

  • Shiloh (Naylor)
    realistic fiction; IL 3-6

Level S

  • Emily Windsnap (Kessler)
    fantasy; IL 3-6

  • Winnie series (Myracle)
    realistic fiction; IL 5-8

Level T

  • Chronicles of Narnia (Lewis)
    fantasy; IL 5-8

  • Dear America (various authors)
    historical fiction; IL 5-8

  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Kinney)
    humor/realistic fiction; IL 5-8

  • Forensics Mysteries series (Ferguson)
    mystery; IL YA

  • Hidden Talents (Lubar)
    fantasy/suspense; IL 6-9

  • I Funny (Patterson)
    humor/realistic fiction; IL 5-8

  • Joey Pigza (Gantos)
    realistic fiction; IL 5-8

  • Keys to the Kingdom (Nix)
    fantasy; IL 3-6

  • Middle School (Patterson)
    humor/realistic fiction; IL 4-7

  • Origami Yoda (Angleberger)
    realistic fiction/humor; IL 3-6

  • Penderwicks (Birdsall)
    realistic fiction; IL 3-6

  • Sammy Keyes (Van Draanen)
    mystery; IL 5-8

  • Chasing Vermeer (Balliett)
    mystery; IL 5-8

  • Molly Moon (Byng)
    fantasy; IL 4-6Space

Level U

  • Charlie Bone (Nimmo)
    fantasy; IL 3-6

  • Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (Rennison) 
    realistic fiction; IL YA

  • Land of Stories (Colfer)
    fantasy; IL 3-6

  • Sisters Grimm (Buckley)
    fantasy; IL 4-6

  • Warriors (Hunter) 
    fantasy/action & adventure; IL 5-8

  • Secret Stories (Bosch)
    fantasy; IL 5-8

  • George (Hawking)
    science fiction; IL 4-6

  • Mystic Misadventures [Pandora] (Hennesy)
    fantasy/adventure; IL 4-6

  • 39 Clues (various authors)
    mystery/action & adventure; IL 3-6

Level V

  • Underland Chronicles [Gregor] (Collins) fantasy; IL 3-6

  • Unicorn Chronicles (Coville)
    fantasy; IL 3-6

  • Guardians of Ga' Hoole (Lasky)
    fantasy; IL 3-6

  • Mysterious Benedict Society (Stewart) 
    sci. fi./action & adventure; IL 4-6

  • Series of Unfortunate Events (Snicket)
    fantasy/action & adventure; IL 5-8

Level W

  • Bone [graphic novels] (Smith)
    fantasy; IL 6-12

  • City of Ember (DuPrau)
    science fiction; IL 5-8

  • Crispin (Avi)
    historical fiction; IL 5-8

  • Fablehaven (Mull)
    fantasy; IL 5-8

  • Gallagher Girls (Carter)
    mystery/realistic fiction; IL YA

  • Gatekeepers (Horowitz)
    fantasy; IL 5-8

  • Harry Potter (Rowling)
    fantasy; IL 5-8

  • Heir Chronicles (Chima)
    fantasy; IL YA

  • Heroes of Olympus
    Kane Chronicles
    Percy Jackson     (all Riordan)
    fantasy/action & adventure; IL 5-8

  • Travel Team [Darby Creek] (various authors)
    sports/realistic fiction; IL 6-10

Level X

  • Clique (Harrison)
    realistic fiction; IL YA

  • Nicholas Flamel (Scott)
    fantasy; IL 5-8

Level Y

  • Cryptid Hunters (Smith)
    mystery/action & adventure: IL 5-8

  • Jenna Fox Chronicles (Pearson)
    science fiction; IL YA

  • Larklight (Reeve)
    fantasy: IL 5-8

  • Artemis Fowl (Colfer)
    fantasy/action & adventure; IL 5-8

Level Z

  • Caster Chronicles [Beautiful] (Garcia)
    fantasy; IL YA

  • Cirque du Freak (Shan)
    fantasy/action & adventure; IL 6-8

  • Evil Genius (Jinks)
    science fiction/mystery; IL 5-8

  • Hunger Games (Collins)
    sci. fi./action & adventure; IL YA

  • Life As We Knew It (Pfeffer)
    science fiction/mystery; IL YA

  • Lord of the Rings (Tolkien)
    fantasy; IL YA

  • Princess Diaries (Cabot)
    realistic fiction; IL YA

  • Shadow Children (Haddix)
    science fiction; IL 3-6

  • The Reckoners (Sanderson)
    fantasy/action & adventure; IL YA

  • Uglies (Westerfeld)
    science fiction; IL YA

  • Wolves of Mercy Falls (Stiefvater)
    fantasy; IL YA