English Language Arts / 2nd Grade / Unit 4: Finding Your Power: Freddie Ramos / Independent Reading Suggested Books

Independent Reading Suggested Books for Finding Your Power: Freddie Ramos

Additional Texts by the Author

Sofia Martinez by Jacqueline Jules (390L)

Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics

Alvin Ho (series) by Lenore Look (600L)
Captain Awesome (series) by Stan Kirby (650L)
Dragons in a Bag (series) by Zetta Elliott (740L) **
Eerie Elementary (series) by Jack Chabert, Sam Ricks (600L)
EllRay Jakes (series) by Sally Warner (840L) **
Even Superheroes Have Bad Days by Shelly Becker (640L)
Kung Pow Chicken (series) by Cyndi Marko (550L)
Lunch Lady (series) by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Mia Mayhem (series) by Kara West (550L)
The Adventures of Sparrowboy by Brian Pinkney (540L)
The Carver Chronicles (Series) by Karen English (710L) **
The Gumazing Gum Girl! (series) by Rhode Montijo (580L)
The Princess in Black (series) by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale (500L)
Warren & Dragon (series) by Ariel Bernstein (640L)
Yasmin the Superhero by Saadia Faruqi (480L) *

Non-Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics

Death of a loved one

Always and Forever by Alan Durant (570L)
Missing Mommy: A Book about Bereavement by Rebecca Cobb
The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers

Military Families

H is for Honor: A Military Family Alphabet by Devin Scillian, Victor Juhasz
Hero Dad by Melinda Hardin (550L)
I Miss You!: A Military Kid’s Book About Deployment by Beth Andrews
Lily Hates Goodbyes by Jerilyn Marler

* lower Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.

** higher Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.

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