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Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Award Program (Grades 4-6)

Description: Mensa Education & Research Foundation

Rank Title Author Added

1

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

46,116 members

769 reviews

4.1

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Magician's Nephew

29,609 members

366 reviews

3.9

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

3

26,730 members

240 reviews

3.9

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

25,656 members

259 reviews

4

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Silver Chair

24,147 members

197 reviews

3.9

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

22,196 members

424 reviews

3.9

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

7

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E. L. Konigsburg

16,403 members

280 reviews

4.2

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Tuck Everlasting

by Natalie Babbitt

15,356 members

548 reviews

3.9

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

9

by Johanna Spyri

10,406 members

148 reviews

3.8

6 Members: merrystar, racergirl76, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez

10

8,534 members

126 reviews

3.9

6 Members: merrystar, racergirl76, rretzler, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

11

by Lloyd Alexander

5,023 members

63 reviews

4.1

6 Members: merrystar, racergirl76, rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Alice in Wonderland [Norton Critical Edition, 1st ed.]

by Lewis Carroll

148 members

3 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

13

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

35,719 members

561 reviews

4.1

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez

14

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

29,699 members

563 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez

15

22,265 members

480 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Bridge to Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson

21,980 members

611 reviews

4

5 Members: rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

17

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

12,005 members

148 reviews

4

5 Members: racergirl76, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

18

by Brian Jacques

11,276 members

143 reviews

4

5 Members: merrystar, racergirl76, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

19

The Dark Is Rising

by Susan Cooper

8,513 members

228 reviews

4.1

5 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Misty of Chincoteague

by Marguerite Henry

8,047 members

58 reviews

3.9

5 Members: merrystar, racergirl76, rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez

21

The Book of Three

by Lloyd Alexander

7,976 members

169 reviews

4

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

22

Harriet the Spy

by Louise Fitzhugh

7,054 members

122 reviews

4

5 Members: rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

23

The Black Cauldron

by Lloyd Alexander

6,873 members

99 reviews

4.1

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

24

Over Sea, Under Stone

by Susan Cooper

6,617 members

139 reviews

3.8

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

25

by Lloyd Alexander

6,049 members

59 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

26

The Railway Children

5,947 members

77 reviews

3.9

5 Members: merrystar, racergirl76, rretzler, ahef1963, TKMartinez

27

by Susan Cooper

5,892 members

89 reviews

4.1

5 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

28

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

by Ingri d'Aulaire

5,406 members

101 reviews

½ 4.5

5 Members: merrystar, racergirl76, rretzler, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

29

The Castle of Llyr

by Lloyd Alexander

5,281 members

61 reviews

4

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

30

by Susan Cooper

5,090 members

72 reviews

3.9

5 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

31

Silver on the Tree

by Susan Cooper

4,986 members

64 reviews

4

5 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

32

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates

by Mary Mapes Dodge

4,084 members

32 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: merrystar, racergirl76, rretzler, ahef1963, TKMartinez

33

by Eleanor Estes

2,374 members

19 reviews

4

5 Members: merrystar, racergirl76, rretzler, cej1027, TKMartinez

34

The Horse and His Boy

25,783 members

244 reviews

3.9

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez,ManWithAnAgenda

35

The Last Battle

23,496 members

194 reviews

3.9

5 Members: merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez,ManWithAnAgenda

36

Caddie Woodlawn

by Carol Ryrie Brink

7,875 members

60 reviews

3.9

4 Members: merrystar, racergirl76, rretzler, TKMartinez

37

by Robert McCloskey

4,068 members

25 reviews

4.1

4 Members: racergirl76, cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

38

Strawberry Girl

3,067 members

43 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez

39

Perrault's Fairy Tales (Dover)

by Charles Perrault

308 members

4 reviews

4.1

4 Members: racergirl76, rretzler, ahef1963, TKMartinez

40

Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse

18,206 members

208 reviews

3.9

3 Members: rretzler, ahef1963, TKMartinez

41

by Gary Paulsen

17,764 members

581 reviews

3.8

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, TKMartinez

42

The Swiss Family Robinson

by Johann David Wyss

8,850 members

90 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: racergirl76, rretzler, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda,cej1027

43

by P. L. Travers

6,431 members

164 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, rretzler, TKMartinez

44

Cheaper by the Dozen

by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

4,765 members

80 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, TKMartinez

45

The Summer of the Swans

4,556 members

66 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: racergirl76, ahef1963, TKMartinez

46

by Robert Lawson

2,820 members

23 reviews

3.9

3 Members: racergirl76, cej1027, TKMartinez

47

by Maud Hart Lovelace

2,516 members

53 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, TKMartinez

48

Lassie Come Home

2,234 members

21 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ahef1963, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

49

D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths

by Ingri d'Aulaire

1,722 members

36 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: racergirl76, rretzler, TKMartinez

50

The House of Dies Drear

by Virginia Hamilton

1,571 members

18 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

51

by Margery Sharp

1,146 members

20 reviews

3.8

3 Members: cej1027, TKMartinez, ManWithAnAgenda

52

by Albert Payson Terhune

964 members

11 reviews

4

3 Members: racergirl76, ahef1963, TKMartinez

53

The Twenty-One Balloons

by William Pène du Bois

5,067 members

64 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, TKMartinez

54

The Black Stallion

by Walter Farley

5,035 members

57 reviews

4

2 Members: racergirl76, TKMartinez

55

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

by Jacqueline Kelly

3,373 members

215 reviews

4.1

2 Members: racergirl76, TKMartinez

56

by Elizabeth Enright

2,150 members

27 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, TKMartinez

57

1,748 members

13 reviews

4

2 Members: racergirl76, TKMartinez

58

The Children of Green Knowe

by L. M. Boston

1,658 members

42 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, TKMartinez

59

1,352 members

30 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, TKMartinez

60

The Pushcart War

by Jean Merrill

1,350 members

23 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, TKMartinez

61

A Dog on Barkham Street

306 members

3.9

2 Members: racergirl76, TKMartinez

62

The Jungle Books

by Rudyard Kipling

5,770 members

55 reviews

3.9

2 Members: racergirl76, TKMartinez,cej1027

63

The Matchlock Gun

by Walter D. Edmonds

2,515 members

32 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: racergirl76, TKMartinez,cej1027

64

Let's Kill Uncle

by Rohan O'Grady

212 members

33 reviews

3.9

Member: SomeGuyInVirginia,rretzler ,cej1027
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