AR Reading Level 5th Grade
Titles L-R
December 19, 2009
| Lake of Souls, The | Shan, Darren | 5.9 | 8 |
| Lamborghini (Ultimate Cars) | McKenna, A.T. | 5.4 | 0.5 |
| Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of...Girl in Minnesota | Bauer, Marion Dane | 5.9 | 7 |
| Land, The | Taylor, Mildred D. | 5 | 18 |
| LaRue For Mayor: Letters from the Campaign Trail | Teague, Mark | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Last Battle, The | Lewis, C.S. | 5.6 | 7 |
| Last Book in the Universe, The | Philbrick, Rodman | 5 | 6 |
| Last Brother: A Civil War Tale, The | Noble, Trinka Hakes | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Last Days: A Novel, The | Westerfeld, Scott | 5.1 | 10 |
| Last Domino, The | Meyer, Adam | 5 | 9 |
| Last Holiday Concert, The | Clements, Andrew | 5.4 | 4 |
| Last Leap, The | Dixon, Franklin W. | 5 | 5 |
| Last of the High Kings, The | Thompson, Kate | 5.9 | 9 |
| Last of the Roundup Boys, The | Seely, Debra | 5.1 | 6 |
| Last of the Sky Pirates, The | Stewart, Paul | 5.7 | 12 |
| Law of the Jungle | Dixon, Franklin W. | 5.6 | 5 |
| Lazarus Plot, The | Dixon, Franklin W. | 5.5 | 5 |
| Learning by Heart | Young, Ronder | 5.7 | 6 |
| Learning Tree, The | Parks, Gordon | 5 | 13 |
| Leaving Fishers | Haddix, Margaret Peterson | 5.2 | 8 |
| Leaving Protection | Hobbs, Will | 5.2 | 6 |
| LeBron James | Walters, John | 5.6 | 0.5 |
| Legend of Bass Reeves...Most Valiant Marshal in the West, The | Paulsen, Gary | 5.8 | 6 |
| Leonard Bernstein | Venezia, Mike | 5.6 | 0.5 |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Stanley, Diane | 5.8 | 2 |
| Let Him Live | McDaniel, Lurlene | 5 | 5 |
| Let Sleeping Dogs Lie | Erickson, John R. | 5.6 | 4 |
| Let Them Play | Raven, Margot Theis | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Letters from a Slave Girl | Lyons, Mary E. | 5.1 | 4 |
| Letters From Rifka | Hesse, Karen | 5.1 | 8 |
| Leviathan | Westerfeld, Scott | 5.3 | 12 |
| Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Free Throws | Rallison, Janette | 5 | 7 |
| Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, A | Hesse, Karen | 5.3 | 4 |
| Lilies of the Field | Barrett, William | 5.4 | 3 |
| Lily B. on the Brink of Cool | Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody | 5.6 | 7 |
| Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, A | Garland, Sherry | 5.6 | 6 |
| Lion Family Book, The | Hofer/Ziesler | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The | Lewis, C.S. | 5.8 | 6 |
| Lisa Leslie (Jam Session) | Dougherty, Terri | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Listen for Rachel | Kassem, Lou | 5.7 | 8 |
| Listen! | Tolan, Stephanie S. | 5.4 | 6 |
| Listening for Lions | Whelan, Gloria | 5.7 | 7 |
| Little Princess, A | Warren, Eliza Gatewood | 5.1 | 4 |
| Little Riders, The | Shemin, Margaretha | 5 | 2 |
| Little Town on the Prairie | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | 5.4 | 9 |
| Lizzie at Last | Mills, Claudia | 5.4 | 5 |
| Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy | Schmidt, Gary D. | 5.9 | 10 |
| Loch | Zindel, Paul | 5.2 | 7 |
| Loch Ness Monster, The | Sievert, Terri | 5 | 0.5 |
| Lock and Key | Dessen, Sarah | 5.3 | 17 |
| Lombardo's Law | Wittlinger, Ellen | 5 | 5 |
| London, 1850 | Rook, Sebastian | 5.3 | 7 |
| Lonesome Dove | McMurtry, Larry | 5.8 | 58 |
| Long Shot | Lupica, Mike | 5.2 | 5 |
| Long Way from Chicago, A | Peck, Richard | 5 | 5 |
| Looking for Alaska | Green, John | 5.8 | 11 |
| Lord of the Flies | Golding, William | 5 | 9 |
| Lord of the Shadows | Shan, Darren | 5 | 6 |
| Lost and Found | Clements, Andrew | 5 | 4 |
| Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family, The | Pelzer, Dave | 5.1 | 9 |
| Lost in the Dark Unchanted Forest | Erickson, John R. | 5.6 | 4 |
| Lost Island | Whitney, Phyllis A. | 5.5 | 14 |
| Lostman's River | DeFelice, Cynthia | 5.4 | 6 |
| Love and Peaches | Anderson, Jodi Lynn | 5.3 | 9 |
| Love Is a Gift | Brooke, Lauren | 5.5 | 6 |
| Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson | Turner, Ann Warren | 5.6 | 5 |
| LoveSick | Coburn, Jake | 5.5 | 8 |
| Lucky | Sebold, Alice | 5.4 | 14 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Venezia, Mike | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Lunch Money | Clements, Andrew | 5.2 | 6 |
| Lyddie | Paterson, Katherine | 5.6 | 9 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson (United States Presidents) | Joseph, Paul | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| M. C. Higgins, the Great | Hamilton, Virginia | 5.7 | 11 |
| Maggie, Too | Nixon, Joan Lowery | 5.6 | 3 |
| Magic of the Glits, The | Adler, C.S. | 5.5 | 2 |
| Magic Steps | Pierce, Tamora | 5.7 | 9 |
| Magician's Nephew, The | Lewis, C.S. | 5.4 | 6 |
| Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist | Cline-Ransome, Lesa | 5.7 | 0.5 |
| Make Lemonade | Wolff, Virginia Euwer | 5.9 | 7 |
| Making Strides | Brooke, Lauren | 5.4 | 7 |
| Man from the Other Side, The | Orlev, Uri | 5.6 | 8 |
| Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness, A | Pelzer, Dave | 5.9 | 15 |
| Maniac Magee | Spinelli, Jerry | 5 | 6 |
| Many Stones | Coman, Carolyn | 5 | 5 |
| Marine Biologist: Swimming with the Sharks | Greenberg, Keith | 5.6 | 0.5 |
| Mark McGwire (Jam Session) | Dougherty, Terri | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Marked: A House of Night Novel | Cast, P.C. | 5.4 | 13 |
| Marlfox | Jacques, Brian | 5.7 | 17 |
| Maserati (Ultimate Cars) | Wheeler, Jill C. | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Massachusetts | Joseph, Paul | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Matchlock Gun, The | Edmonds, Walter | 5.2 | 1 |
| Matilda | Dahl, Roald | 5.7 | 4 |
| Maximum Ride: Max | Patterson, James | 5.2 | 8 |
| Maximum Ride: The Final Warning | Patterson, James | 5 | 7 |
| May Bird and the Ever After | Anderson, Jodi Lynn | 5.1 | 12 |
| May Bird, Warrior Princess | Anderson, Jodi Lynn | 5.8 | 9 |
| Maze, The | Hobbs, Will | 5 | 7 |
| Melitte | Shaik, Fatima | 5.1 | 5 |
| Memorial Day (The Library of Holidays) | Margaret, Amy | 5.4 | 0.5 |
| Mercedes-Benz (Ultimate Cars) | Wheeler, Jill C. | 5.4 | 1 |
| Merlin Effect, The | Barron, T.A. | 5.3 | 9 |
| Mermaid Summer, The | Hunter, Mollie | 5.6 | 5 |
| Mexico (The Countries) | Furlong, Kate A. | 5.3 | 1 |
| Mexico, 1850 | Rook, Sebastian | 5.5 | 7 |
| Mia Hamm (Jam Session) | Dougherty, Terri | 5.5 | 1 |
| Micawber | Lithgow, John | 5.3 | 0.5 |
| Michael, Wait for Me | Calvert, Patricia | 5.4 | 7 |
| Michigan | Joseph, Paul | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Middle Moffat, The | Estes, Eleanor | 5.2 | 7 |
| Midnight in the Dollhouse | Stover, Marjorie | 5.6 | 4 |
| Midnight Over Sanctaphrax | Stewart, Paul | 5.1 | 10 |
| Mind Games | Grunwell, Jeanne Marie | 5.1 | 3 |
| Minerva Clark Gets a Clue | Karbo, Karen | 5.3 | 8 |
| Minerva Clark Goes to the Dogs | Karbo, Karen | 5.3 | 7 |
| Minstrel's Melody, The | Tate, Eleanora E. | 5.1 | 5 |
| Miracle Worker, The | Gibson, William | 5.2 | 4 |
| Miracles on Maple Hill | Sorensen, Virginia | 5.9 | 8 |
| Misadventures of Maude March, or, Trouble Rides a Fast Horse, The | Couloumbis, Audrey | 5.1 | 11 |
| Miss Hickory | Bailey, Carolyn | 5.6 | 4 |
| Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller | Miller, Sarah | 5.8 | 8 |
| Missing | Duffy, James | 5.7 | 5 |
| Missing May | Rylant, Cynthia | 5.3 | 3 |
| Missing Since Monday | Martin, Ann M. | 5.8 | 5 |
| Mississippi | Joseph, Paul | 5.3 | 0.5 |
| Mississippi Bridge | Taylor, Mildred D. | 5 | 1 |
| Mississippi Trial, 1955 | Crowe, Chris | 5.5 | 9 |
| Misty's Twilight | Henry, Marguerite | 5.4 | 3 |
| Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day | Paulsen, Gary | 5.8 | 3 |
| Moment of Truth | Dixon, Franklin W. | 5.5 | 5 |
| Money, Money, Money | Parker, Nancy | 5.4 | 2 |
| Monster | Myers, Walter Dean | 5.1 | 5 |
| Monster Movers | Gunn, Richard | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Monster Truck Wars (MotorSports) | Savage, Jeff | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Moonlight Madness | Erickson, John R. | 5 | 4 |
| Moray Eel, The | Gross, Miriam J. | 5.4 | 0.5 |
| More Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World | Olson, Arielle North | 5.3 | 5 |
| Motorcycles (Extreme Machines) | Oxlade, Chris | 5.9 | 0.5 |
| Moves Make the Man, The | Brooks, Bruce | 5.9 | 12 |
| Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission | Curtis, Christopher Paul | 5.6 | 8 |
| Mr. Lincoln's Drummer | Wisler, G. Clifton | 5.3 | 5 |
| Mr. Tucket | Paulsen, Gary | 5 | 5 |
| Mr. Tucket Fourth | Paulsen, Gary | 5 | 5 |
| Mr. Was | Hautman, Pete | 5 | 8 |
| Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (The Secret of NIMH) | O'Brien, Robert C. | 5.9 | 9 |
| Mrs. Mike | Freedman, Benedict | 5.3 | 16 |
| Murder in the Middle Pasture | Erickson, John R. | 5.6 | 4 |
| Murder on the Twelfth Night | Hays, Tony | 5.7 | 9 |
| Mustang (Ultimate Cars) | McKenna, A.T. | 5.4 | 0.5 |
| Mustang Moon | Farley, Terri | 5.1 | 7 |
| My Brother Made Me Do It | Kehret, Peg | 5.4 | 4 |
| My Darling, My Hamburger | Zindel, Paul | 5 | 4 |
| My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price...Teacher | Murphy, Jim | 5.6 | 6 |
| My Life in Dog Years | Paulsen, Gary | 5.4 | 3 |
| My Life, Take Two | Many, Paul | 5.4 | 7 |
| My New York | Jakobsen, Kathy | 5 | 0.5 |
| My Robot Buddy | Slote, Alfred | 5 | 2 |
| My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck | Osborne, Mary Pope | 5.5 | 4 |
| My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington, D.C. | Kennedy, Edward Moore | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| My Side of the Mountain | George, Jean Craighead | 5.9 | 7 |
| My Sister's Keeper | Picoult, Jodi | 5.3 | 18 |
| My Teacher Flunked the Planet | Coville, Bruce | 5 | 5 |
| My War with Goggle-Eyes | Fine, Anne | 5 | 6 |
| Mysterious Benedict Society, The | Stewart, Trenton Lee | 5.6 | 18 |
| Mystery of Blackbeard the Pirate, The | Marsh, Carole | 5.2 | 4 |
| Mystery on Skull Island | Jones, Elizabeth McDavid | 5.6 | 6 |
| Nailed | Jones, Patrick | 5.6 | 9 |
| Name of the Game Was Murder, The | Nixon, Joan Lowery | 5.5 | 7 |
| Nancy Drew: Ghost Stories | Keene, Carolyn | 5.1 | 5 |
| Naya Nuki | Thomasma, Kenneth | 5.6 | 4 |
| Necropolis | Horowitz, Anthony | 5.1 | 16 |
| Nervous System, The | Petrie, Kristin | 5 | 0.5 |
| Net Force | Clancy/Pieczenik | 5.8 | 16 |
| Never Trust a Dead Man | Velde, Vivian Vande | 5.6 | 7 |
| New Class, The | Brooke, Lauren | 5.6 | 7 |
| New England Patriots, The | Italia, Bob | 5.4 | 1 |
| New Policeman, The | Thompson, Kate | 5.1 | 8 |
| Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist | Cohn, Rachel | 5.6 | 7 |
| Night Flyers, The | Jones, Elizabeth McDavid | 5 | 5 |
| Night Journey, The | Lasky, Kathryn | 5.3 | 5 |
| Night Moves | Clancy/Pieczenik | 5.7 | 15 |
| Night My Sister Went Missing, The | Plum-Ucci, Carol | 5.5 | 8 |
| Night the Heads Came, The | Sleator, William | 5 | 6 |
| Night the White Deer Died, The | Paulsen, Gary | 5.7 | 3 |
| Night the Whole Class Slept Over, The | Pevsner, Stella | 5.3 | 5 |
| Night Wings | Bruchac, Joseph | 5.7 | 6 |
| Nightjohn | Paulsen, Gary | 5.5 | 2 |
| Nightmare | Roberts, Willo Davis | 5.7 | 9 |
| Ninth Grade Slays | Brewer, Heather | 5.3 | 9 |
| No Effect | Hayes, Daniel | 5.2 | 9 |
| No Talking | Clements, Andrew | 5 | 4 |
| Nobody's There | Nixon, Joan Lowery | 5 | 7 |
| Noonday Friends, The | Stolz, Mary | 5.1 | 6 |
| North Carolina | Joseph, Paul | 5 | 0.5 |
| North to Freedom | Holm, Anne | 5.7 | 9 |
| Not Quite a Stranger | Rodowsky, Colby | 5.3 | 6 |
| Not-Just-Anybody Family, The | Byars, Betsy | 5 | 5 |
| Nowhere to Call Home | DeFelice, Cynthia | 5.3 | 7 |
| Number the Stars | Lowry, Lois | 5 | 4 |
| Nurses (People Who Care for Our Health) | James, Robert | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Octopuses (Welcome to the World of Animals) | Swanson, Diane | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Old Yeller | Gipson, Fred | 5.8 | 6 |
| On My Honor | Bauer, Marion Dane | 5.3 | 2 |
| On My Own, by Caitlin O'Conner | Carlson, Melody | 5.1 | 9 |
| On the Edge: Stories at the Brink | Duncan, Lois | 5.4 | 7 |
| On the Way Home | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | 5.3 | 3 |
| One Day in the Desert | George, Jean Craighead | 5.1 | 1 |
| One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich | Solzhenitsyn, Alexander | 5.5 | 8 |
| One Day in the Prairie | George, Jean Craighead | 5 | 1 |
| One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss | Denenberg, Barry | 5.6 | 6 |
| One More River | Banks, Lynne Reid | 5 | 9 |
| One of the Third Grade Thonkers | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | 5.1 | 4 |
| One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies | Sones, Sonya | 5.1 | 5 |
| One-Room School, A | Kalman, Bobbie | 5.3 | 1 |
| Oregon Trail Cooking | Gunderson, Mary | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Othello | Lester, Julius | 5.2 | 5 |
| Out from This Place | Hansen, Joyce | 5.3 | 5 |
| Out of Nowhere | Sebestyen, Ouida | 5.3 | 7 |
| Out of Reach | Jones, V.M. | 5.2 | 9 |
| Out of the Dust | Hesse, Karen | 5.3 | 3 |
| Out of Time | Cooney, Caroline B. | 5.2 | 7 |
| Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, The | Konigsburg, E.L. | 5.5 | 9 |
| Over a Thousand Hills I Walk With You | Jansen, Hanna | 5.2 | 12 |
| Pageant | Lasky, Kathryn | 5.5 | 10 |
| Paint the Wind | Ryan, Pam Muñoz | 5.3 | 6 |
| Painted House, A | Grisham, John | 5.8 | 19 |
| Painting the Black | Deuker, Carl | 5.3 | 10 |
| Pants on Fire | Cabot, Meg | 5 | 9 |
| Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball! | Zindel, Paul | 5.4 | 11 |
| Paris, 1850 | Rook, Sebastian | 5.4 | 7 |
| Partner, The | Grisham, John | 5.6 | 17 |
| Party Princess | Cabot, Meg | 5.3 | 9 |
| Paul Bunyan: A Tall Tale | Kellogg, Steven | 5.7 | 0.5 |
| Pawns | Roberts, Willo Davis | 5.4 | 6 |
| Peaches | Anderson, Jodi Lynn | 5.1 | 11 |
| Peak | Smith, Roland | 5 | 9 |
| Peak of Danger | Dixon, Franklin W. | 5.2 | 5 |
| Pecos Bill | Kellogg, Steven | 5.7 | 0.5 |
| Peddler's Dream, A | Shefelman, Janice Jordan | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Peeling the Onion | Orr, Wendy | 5.3 | 7 |
| Peeps: A Novel | Westerfeld, Scott | 5.4 | 11 |
| Penguin Family Book, The | Somme/Kalas | 5.8 | 0.5 |
| Permanent Connections | Bridgers, Sue Ellen | 5.1 | 11 |
| Peter and the Starcatchers | Barry, Dave | 5.2 | 13 |
| Peter Tchaikovsky | Venezia, Mike | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Pet-Sitting Peril, The | Roberts, Willo Davis | 5.3 | 5 |
| Pharmacists (People Who Care for Our Health) | James, Robert | 5.8 | 0.5 |
| Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts! The First Experiment | Dowell, Frances O'Roark | 5 | 2 |
| Phoenix Rising | Hesse, Karen | 5.1 | 7 |
| Photojournalist: In the Middle of Disaster | Greenberg, Keith | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Physical Therapists (People Who Care for Our Health) | James, Robert | 5.9 | 0.5 |
| Pick of the Litter | Auch, Mary Jane | 5.5 | 5 |
| Picture of Guilt, The | Keene, Carolyn | 5 | 5 |
| Pigman & Me, The | Zindel, Paul | 5.6 | 5 |
| Pigman, The | Zindel, Paul | 5.8 | 6 |
| Pillow of Clouds | Talbert, Marc | 5.9 | 8 |
| Pioneer Farm Cooking | Gunderson, Mary | 5.3 | 0.5 |
| Pip: The Story of Olive | Kane, Kim | 5.1 | 8 |
| Pirate Code: Life of a Pirate, The | O'Donnell, Liam | 5.3 | 0.5 |
| Pirate Treasure: Stolen Riches | O'Donnell, Liam | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Pit of Vipers | Keene, Carolyn | 5 | 4 |
| Place to Call Home, A | Koller, Jackie French | 5.1 | 7 |
| Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, The | McArthur, Nancy | 5.3 | 2 |
| Play Around the World | Lakin, Patricia | 5.4 | 0.5 |
| Point of Impact | Clancy/Pieczenik/Perry | 5.8 | 15 |
| Poison Evidence | Dahl, Michael | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Polar Bear Family Book, The | Larson/Kalas | 5.1 | 1 |
| Polar the Titanic Bear | Spedden, Daisy | 5 | 0.5 |
| Polly Panic | Shura, Mary Francis | 5.3 | 3 |
| Pollyanna | Porter, Eleanor | 5.2 | 8 |
| Pop | Korman, Gordon | 5.1 | 8 |
| Popcorn Days & Buttermilk Nights | Paulsen, Gary | 5.8 | 4 |
| Porsche (Ultimate Cars) | McKenna, A.T. | 5.4 | 0.5 |
| Power Tractors | Williams, Michael | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Powwow | Ancona, George | 5.1 | 1 |
| Pretties | Westerfeld, Scott | 5.7 | 13 |
| Pride and Prejudice | Siegel, Fern | 5.5 | 3 |
| Primrose Way, The | Koller, Jackie French | 5.5 | 10 |
| Prince Caspian | Lewis, C.S. | 5.7 | 7 |
| Princess Bride, The | Goldman, William | 5.8 | 14 |
| Princess Grace of Monaco | O'Shei, Tim | 5 | 0.5 |
| Princess in Love | Cabot, Meg | 5.8 | 8 |
| Princess in the Spotlight | Cabot, Meg | 5.7 | 8 |
| Prisoner of Time | Cooney, Caroline B. | 5.3 | 6 |
| Private Peaceful | Morpurgo, Michael | 5.2 | 7 |
| Probably Still Nick Swansen | Wolff, Virginia Euwer | 5.7 | 7 |
| Project Princess | Cabot, Meg | 5.8 | 2 |
| Promises to the Dead | Hahn, Mary Downing | 5.5 | 8 |
| Public Enemies | Korman, Gordon | 5.2 | 4 |
| Quarter Horse, The | Stewart, Gail B. | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Quest Begins, The | Hunter, Erin | 5.4 | 12 |
| Question of Trust, A | Bauer, Marion Dane | 5.4 | 5 |
| Rabble Starkey | Lowry, Lois | 5.3 | 7 |
| Rachel Chance | Thesman, Jean | 5.2 | 7 |
| Racso and the Rats of NIMH | Conly, Jane | 5.5 | 10 |
| Rag and Bone Shop, The | Cormier, Robert | 5.7 | 4 |
| Rain Forest Rose | Farley, Terri | 5.4 | 6 |
| Ralph S. Mouse | Cleary, Beverly | 5.1 | 3 |
| Ramona and Her Mother | Cleary, Beverly | 5.1 | 4 |
| Ramona the Pest | Cleary, Beverly | 5.5 | 5 |
| Ramsay Scallop, The | Temple, Frances | 5.6 | 10 |
| Ransom of Mercy Carter, The | Cooney, Caroline B. | 5.7 | 9 |
| Ravenmaster's Secret: Escape from the Tower of London, The | Woodruff, Elvira | 5.2 | 7 |
| Reaching Dustin | Grove, Vicki | 5.6 | 7 |
| Ready or Not: An All-American Girl Novel | Cabot, Meg | 5 | 8 |
| Really Truly Ruthie | Tripp, Valerie | 5.2 | 2 |
| Realms of the Gods, The | Pierce, Tamora | 5.9 | 10 |
| Recluse Spiders | Wheeler, Jill C. | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Red Dog | Wallace, Bill | 5.3 | 7 |
| Red Pony, The | Steinbeck, John | 5 | 5 |
| Red Sky at Morning | Bradford, Richard | 5.4 | 11 |
| Regarding the Fountain: A Tale in Letters, of Liars, and Leaks | Klise, Kate | 5.8 | 2 |
| Remotely Piloted Aircraft: The Predators | Green, Michael/Gladys | 5.7 | 0.5 |
| Renegade, The | Farley, Terri | 5.1 | 7 |
| Respiratory System, The | Petrie, Kristin | 5 | 0.5 |
| Response | Volponi, Paul | 5.4 | 4 |
| Return of Skeleton Man, The | Bruchac, Joseph | 5.5 | 4 |
| Return of the Indian, The | Reid-Banks, Lynne | 5.3 | 6 |
| Return to Howliday Inn | Howe, James | 5.8 | 3 |
| Revolutions of the Heart | Qualey, Marsha | 5.2 | 6 |
| Rhode Island | Joseph, Paul | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Ribsy | Cleary, Beverly | 5 | 3 |
| Riddle of Penncroft Farm, The | Jensen, Dorothea | 5.4 | 7 |
| Riddle of the Prairie Bride | Reiss, Kathryn | 5.5 | 5 |
| Riddle of the Rosetta Stone: Key to Ancient Egypt, The | Giblin, James Cross | 5.5 | 3 |
| Rite of Passage | Wright, Richard | 5.5 | 5 |
| River Rats | Dixon, Franklin W. | 5.1 | 5 |
| River Thunder | Hobbs, Will | 5 | 7 |
| River, The | Paulsen, Gary | 5.9 | 5 |
| Rivers West | L'Amour, Louis | 5.8 | 8 |
| Road Trip | Carlson, Melody | 5.2 | 8 |
| Rocket Boys/October Sky | Hickam, Homer | 5.9 | 21 |
| Rodeo Clown: Laughs and Danger in the Ring | Greenberg, Keith | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Rolls-Royce (Ultimate Cars) | Wheeler, Jill C. | 5 | 0.5 |
| Romania | Van Cleaf, Kristin | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Romeo and Juliet: Together...at Last | Avi | 5.7 | 2 |
| Rookie Arrives, The | Dygard, Thomas J. | 5.2 | 6 |
| Room One: A Mystery or Two | Clements, Andrew | 5.1 | 4 |
| Roots in the Outfield | Zirpoli, Jane | 5.3 | 4 |
| Ropers and Rides (Rodeo) | Sherman, Josepha | 5.3 | 0.5 |
| R-T, Margaret & the Rats of NIMH | Conly, Jane | 5.2 | 6 |
| Rules of the Road | Bauer, Joan | 5 | 6 |
| Runaway | Stine, R.L. | 5.9 | 6 |
| Runaway Ralph | Cleary, Beverly | 5.3 | 4 |
| Russia (The Countries) | Italia, Bob | 5.4 | 1 |
| Ryan White: My Own Story | White/Cunningham | 5.4 | 11 |
